AAT is a signatory to the Race at Work Charter
The Race at Work Charter is part of Business in the Community's (BITC) Race at Work campaign. This is an initiative set up to respond to the government-sponsored Race in the workplace: The McGregor-Smith Review in 2017.
A year after the review, BITC published Race at Work 2018: The Scorecard Report, whose findings led them to create the Race at Work Charter, including calls to action for organisations committed to improving equality of opportunity in the workplace.
As a signatory to the charter, we make these commitments.
We commit at board level to zero tolerance of harassment and bullying.
We make equality, diversity and inclusion the responsibility of all leaders and managers.
We support our Diversity and Inclusion Champions in raising awareness and celebrating different backgrounds and cultures with an annual D&I programme for all colleagues.
We take action that supports Black, Asian, Mixed Race (BAME) and other ethnically diverse employees' career progression. We've developed an action plan supporting recruitment and progression of BAME staff to more senior grades.
We've implemented an inclusive recruitment training module for recruiting managers with a focus on unconscious bias. We also ensure our recruitment partners are clear about our ambitions to increase diversity at senior levels and attract diverse talent, as well as using more diverse job boards.
We include Black, Asian, Mixed Race and other ethnically diverse-led enterprise owners in supply chains.
