About us

500 Companies
Leading
The Way.

We are the global
business partnership
of 500 companies
working together to
end disability exclusion.

Manifesto

We drive change through Synchronised Collective Action. Channelling the power of 500 partners working in harmony – moving in the same direction, at the same time, against the same system barrier.

We hold each other to account. Working towards the Valuable 500 Accountability Summit, Tokyo 2025 – where we will invite our 500 Companies to report on their progress against our three Synchronised Collective Actions: Leadership, Reporting and Representation.

We won’t stop until everyone is seen and valued equally.

Our Vision

The end of disability exclusion.

Our Shared Purpose

As a Partnership of 500 Companies, we are unified in accelerating disability inclusion through business.

Our Guiding Principles

We believe that:​

Inclusive Leaders create inclusive business.​

Inclusive Business creates inclusive society.​

Working together accelerates and scales system impact.​

Our Values

Our values light the way for our team, our Partners and community. They guide everything we do and say.

  • Accountable: Each and every one of us is accountable for delivering our Shared Purpose. We hold ourselves and our Partners to account. We invest our time and money wisely.
  • Collaborative: We build and nurture collaborative relationships. We collaborate with mutual respect, aligned action and accountability for impact. We pull together no matter the adversities.
  • Inventive: We are not bound by convention. We never stop questioning. We think in possibilities. We forge new paths.
  • Kind: We engage by bringing positive energy and intention. We are inclusive and kind to everyone. We are setting a new business standard of inclusion and humanity.

Our Definition Of Disability

We use the definition set out in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), which aims to set a global standard.

The Convention protects all persons with disabilities, who are defined in Article 1 as including “… those who have long-term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairments which in interaction with various barriers may hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others.”

This broad definition adopts what is known as the social model of disability. It recognises that disability is an evolving concept, and that we are often prevented from exercising all of our human rights and fundamental freedoms by barriers of attitude and environment which have been placed in our way. In other words, the Convention seeks to alter social attitudes by ensuring that governments, individuals and organisations recognise that we have the same human rights and fundamental freedoms as all other persons.

Our Impact

500
companies
22M
Employees
64
Sectors
41
Countries

The Team

Meet the people making change happen.
Caroline Casey in black and white.
Caroline Casey
Founder & Creator
Katy Talikowska.
Katy Talikowska
Chief Executive Officer
Photograph of Paul Polman
Paul Polman
Chair
Jeff Dodds.
Jeff Dodds
Chair of the Valuable 500 Foundation
Gitika Kalra.
Gitika Kalra
Chief Operating Officer
Ryan Curtis-Johnson
Ryan Curtis-Johnson
Chief Communications Officer
Photograph of Stephane Leblois
Stephane Leblois
Chief Community & Programmes Officer
Photograph of Clare Brentnall
Clare Brentnall
Head of Culture

The Advisory Board

Meet our board of advisors.
A photograph of Rosaleen Blair
Rosaleen Blair
Founder and Chair,
AMS
A photograph of Katherine Garrett Cox
Katherine Garrett Cox
Chief Executive Officer,
Gulf International Bank (GIB)
A photograph of Rama Gheerawo
Rama Gheerawo
Director, The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design,
Royal College of Art
A photograph of Judith Heumann
Judith Heumann (18/12/47 - 04/03/23)
International Disability Rights Advocate
A photograph of Ichiro Kabasawa
Ichiro Kabasawa
Executive Director, The Nippon Foundation
A photograph of Renee Manfredi
Renee Manfredi
Advocate
A photograph of Neil Milliken
Neil Milliken
Global Head of Accessibility & Digital Inclusion, Atos
A photograph of Natasha Mueller
Natasha Muller
Founder and CEO,
NM Impact Ltd.
A photograph of Greg Nugent
Greg Nugent
Co-founder,
HTYT Films
A photograph of Saadia Zahidi
Saadia Zahidi
Managing Director, Centre for the New Economy and Society, World Economic Forum

Supporters

A game-changing ambition needs game-changing supporters.
Meet the global organisations supporting us.