Aggregate Industries started their Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in 2017 – read key takeaways from their journey to better employee lifecycles, achieving gender balance and creating an inclusive workforce.
Have you set an ED&I strategy, but found no positive change?
Aggregate Industries’ ambition was to create an EDI strategy for everyday life, both within the organisation and within the construction and infrastructure industry.
They wanted to create an inclusive culture across their locations, where all colleagues can come to work as their authentic selves. But when they started reviewing data in 2020, the company realised that all their efforts didn’t actually change any of the key metrics set in the strategy – it made no positive impact, in other words.
The ED&I plans didn’t work – what next?
They critically reviewed the situation, set their ED&I priorities, and what they actually wanted to achieve. They paused the existing strategy and took time to actively gather information and work with others to better understand their current position. To create an evidence base for action by:
- Inviting external organisations in to participate in a best practise
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