Inclusion update for the built environment and renewables industries
Newsletter 34: Sensory-friendly Santas & the Rainbow Railroad
Constructing Rainbows advises built environment and renewables organisations across the globe who have an aim of making our industry inclusive for all. To find out more visit www.constructingrainbows.co.uk This newsletter will provide you with some updates on what others are doing, within the built environment, renewables and in other industries.
As the holiday season gets underway, hundreds of US malls will offer individuals with disabilities a special opportunity to meet with Santa Claus without the hubbub that such visits often entail.
The CLC, as part of its desire to increase engagement with young professionals across the sector, has launched a recruitment competition to select four young ambassadors. One for each of our priority workstreams – Building Safety, Net Zero and Biodiversity, People and Skills and also Next Generation Delivery.
Danny Clarke, Commercial Director at National Federation of Builders, shares his thoughts on how to support trans employees in the workplace when transphobia is increasing in society.
IWFM is supporting a survey commissioned by the Chartered Bodies Collaborative (a consortium of regulatory and professional bodies) which explores issues relating to equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI).
The CIPD's inclusion at work report has highlighted that just under half (47 per cent) of leaders do not have a ready equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) strategy or action plan in place.
If you need support creating one, please get in touch.
The use of NDA's in discrimination cases allows perpetrators to carry on in their career as normal, whereas for many people who have experienced discrimination they are unable to talk about what happened to them.
I would love to see legislation banning NDAs for all discrimination claims unless requested by the victim. I also think companies should be made to report how many NDAs they have signed for discrimination cases.
What really frustrates me is when companies claim they are diverse and inclusive but yet they are covering up these claims.
The RICS World Built Environment Forum have recorded a podcast about accessibility & inclusion in the built environment with Jean Hewitt, Vanessa Curtis and I.
In lieu of client christmas gifts this year, I have donated to the Rainbow Railroad who do great work helping LGBTQI+ people escape state-sponsored violence.
Merry Christmas everyone, and I look forward to working with you in 2023!
