Scottish Water’s Valuable 500 Commitment:
At Scottish Water we believe that diversity, inclusion and belonging are essential to the achievement of our strategic ambitions and our broader Water Sector vision of supporting a flourishing Scotland. Scottish Water has made a long-standing commitment to the Scottish Business Pledge, and more recently to a wider Energy and Utility Skills Sector Commitment which recognises priority areas for sector action in the areas of gender, disability, ethnicity and youth. This commitment to the Valuable 500 further focuses our efforts to strive for equity for those with disabilities within our organisation and in our future workforce and the communities we serve.
In working towards this aim, we commit to action in the following areas:
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Our customers and communities; continuing to engage with the communities we serve through initiatives such as our Priority Services Register to help ensure that our services are accessible for all
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Our future workforce; working to achieve more diverse and representative candidate pools through our recruitment activity and to remove any barriers to equity in our selection processes
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Our people; fostering an equitable and inclusive environment by;
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increasing awareness, understanding and representation of those with disabilities by encouraging open discussion and the sharing of personal experiences
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delivering a fast and effective reasonable adjustments programme to ensure that all our employees have equitable access to work, to perform well and to reach their full potential
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supporting, involving and listening to our growing employee-led networks, recognising the important role that our disABILITY Forum play in shaping our employee experience.
