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Diversity & Inclusion
Diversity and Inclusion in the Fashion Industry
The MBS Group and The British Fashion Council are delighted to share our in-depth report, Diversity and Inclusion in Fashion Industry, which measures the diversity of our industry's leadership and the extent to which...
“The key to solving disability inequality is business”: in…
It was in January 2021 that I interviewed Sara Weller for my Boards of the Future manifesto. I have known Sara, who is former MD at Argos and is now on her fourth FTSE 100 Board role, for about 20 years, so when we...
14 million workdays: Why it’s time for employers to…
Around this time last year, Channel 4 aired an important documentary. Davina McCall: Sex, Myths and the Menopause lifted the lid on a topic that had previously be shrouded in stigma and misinformation, dispelling myths...
Adaptive fashion: the $400bn opportunity to embrace Disability inclusion
You might think that any product category expected to be worth $400bn by 2026 would be impossible to ignore. But adaptive fashion – the term given to clothing that is tweaked to suit the needs of Disabled people –...
Why disability inclusion is an investment, not a cost:…
Writing for Vogue in March last year, journalist and model Madison Lawson recounted her experience at New York Fashion Week. “At one point,” she wrote, “my personal assistant had to throw me over her shoulder and...
Looking in the mirror: kickstarting the conversation on diversity,…
The beauty industry has never been more exciting or vibrant than it is today. This week alone, we’ve seen Dolce & Gabbana commit to investing €300m in the category to take production in-house; ecommerce giant...
Movement of the needle: inclusion and diversity in the…
Two years ago, we set out to analyse the state of inclusion and diversity in the consumer goods and grocery sector. At that point, conversations were not advanced, and schemes to promote inclusion were few and far...
Was the “Summer of 2020” a turning point? Reflecting…
One highlight of this past August for me was going to the cinema for the first time since lockdown 2020, and watching the film Summer of Soul. In 1969, a club singer, concert promoter and raconteur named Tony Lawrence...
How to recruit with diversity at front of mind
Last week, we launched the 2021 Edition of the WiHTL Annual Report, which found that although progress has been made on diversity in the hospitality, travel and leisure sector, there is still much, more that needs to be...
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