Schroders’s Valuable 500 Commitment:
At Schroders, we want to create a workplace where we all feel a sense of belonging and where everyone can achieve their full potential. We also know that diversity of thought creates the best solutions for our clients and our vision is for our workforce to represent the diversity of the communities in which we operate.
We recognise we can do more at Schroders to make our organisation more inclusive for people with disabilities and that’s why we’re committing to the following actions as part of our participation in the Valuable 500:
I. We will continue to partner with our disability-focused employee resource group (Workability) to get feedback and ideas on how to improve accessibility and engage with those with disabilities.
II. We will continue to host work experience placement for students with disabilities in partnership with our charity partner, the Snowdon Trust. The managers involved will receive specialist training from Disability Rights UK.
III. In partnership with a disability-specialist organisation, we conducted an audit of our recruitment processes with a focus on disability and accessibility. We will continue to drive improvements so candidates feel that they are supported and can be successful.
IV. We will begin advertising on disability-specific job boards to engage a more diverse group of candidates.
V. We will continue to encourage more employees to complete their diversity profile. By having a clearer picture of our workforce we will be able to make well-informed, data-driven decisions when it comes to our Inclusion and Diversity strategy.
