CBI’s Director General Rain Newton-Smith talks to The Times about the change happening at the CBI.
For everyone committed to inclusive workplaces for women, the news makes for distressing reading. From politics to police forces, companies to sporting bodies, many of our national institutions have failed badly in keeping their people safe. It feels as though we are mired in an epidemic of discrimination and harassment against women.
The CBI has a place within that roll call of shame – particularly given the seriousness of some of the allegations brought to us by The Guardian. That some go back a number of years and have only just come to light is no excuse. We can, we must, and we will do better.
Inclusive change will sit at the centre of my agenda as Director-General. I hope that by going through a process of extensive and unflinching self-reflection and being honest about what needs to be done we can help show how a modern organisation needs to ac
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