Media firm enforces strategies towards an inclusive work environment

AI Global Media has enforced strategies for an inclusive environment with the introduction of a DE&I Committee, as part of National Inclusion Week.

National Inclusion Week is an annual event that highlights the importance of inclusion across the UK. Creating an inclusive workplace allows employees to feel valued, respected, and supported.

The theme this year is ‘Take Action Make Impact’ in which the organisation, Inclusive Employers calls companies and leaders to acknowledge what positive actions they can encourage within their workplace.

Inclusive Employers has organised a week’s worth of events to educate businesses around the nation the events include multiple webinars on topics like how to recruit inclusively.

As part of their acknowledgement of National Inclusion Week, AI Global Media LTD will be creating a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee.

AI Global Media’s workforce is currently 47 per cent male and 53 per cent female.

HR Manager, Natalie Harrison explained how AI Global Media on the companies’ methods to acknowledge inclusion. She said: “As a business and as people leaders I believe we are naturally inclusive, aim to provide equal opportunity and embrace diversity.

“It’s now time to ensure that we are doing everything we can to live and work by our values. I believe that creating a DE&I committee will support this and I am really looking forward to the launch this month.

“I am looking forward to working closely with the committee, have meaningful discussions and make plans to do the best we can for our people!”

The Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee has the aim to ensure a supportive and welcoming environment in which employees of all backgrounds and demographic characteristics can work well together and thrive.

The opportunity is open to all employees, to provide an avenue to discuss any issues or shortcomings that may exist within the business whilst looking at initiatives which can be introduced to support DE&I in the workplace.

In a recent report, statistics show that just 26 per cent of the tech workforce are women, with 3 per cent of which being black & Hispanic and 5 per cent being Asian. AI Global Media’s IT department is continuously looking to develop and improve its workforce statistics.

Within AI Global Media Ltd, they are beginning to see a growth in their employee inclusion within departments.

Josh Hewitt, IT Manager explained: “As a team we have always been inclusive, it’s just that 99 per cent of applicants have been male whenever we post job adverts.

“I think having a mix within the department brings a fresh dynamic to the way we think and come up with new ideas. It also helps when problem solving as we all think differently about things and within IT there is usually multiple ways of solving an issue, it’s just choosing the right one.

“Hopefully it’s a sign that more women are looking to take up IT roles with the potential of more joining the department in the future.”

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