{"id":14246,"date":"2024-02-23T04:37:45","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T18:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=14246"},"modified":"2024-02-23T04:37:45","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T18:37:45","slug":"atkinsrealis-first-engineering-firm-to-achieve-platinum-standard-for-equality-diversity-and-inclusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=14246","title":{"rendered":"AtkinsR\u00e9alis first engineering firm to achieve Platinum Standard for equality, diversity and inclusion"},"content":{"rendered":"

AtkinsR\u00e9alis<\/a>\u00a0has become the first firm in the UK engineering sector\u00a0to\u00a0achieve the Clear Assured Platinum Standard accreditation, recognising the company\u2019s\u00a0commitment to embedding equality, diversity and inclusion (ED&I).<\/p>\n

The ED&I accreditation \u2013 assessed by\u00a0the\u00a0Clear Company\u00a0following an in-depth, evidence-based assessment \u2013\u00a0is given to organisations that include diverse talent in every aspect of their operational performance and have leaders who proactively challenge themselves and their teams to be more inclusive.<\/p>\n

There are 450 organisations in the Clear\u00a0Assured\u00a0community, around 280 of which have been assessed, and AtkinsR\u00e9alis is one of three to achieve\u00a0the preeminent Platinum Standard,\u00a0after receiving\u00a0Gold in 2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Platinum accreditation was awarded based on AtkinsR\u00e9alis\u2019 progress and impact with ED&I initiatives across several areas, including allyship, industry impact, inclusive recruitment and inclusive policies and procedures.<\/p>\n

Richard Robinson, AtkinsR\u00e9alis President \u2013 UK and Ireland, said: \u201cOur Clear Assured Platinum accreditation reflects the progress we have made with our ED&I initiatives\u00a0in recent years, through more inclusive policies and using our voice\u00a0to effect change in the industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cDeveloping\u00a0ED&I across the engineering sector is vital to diversity of thought and there is always more we can do to improve our culture and that of the wider industry. We will use the Platinum Standard to continue to positively influence our people, clients and other organisations, to ensure our sector is an attractive, inclusive and progressive place to build a rewarding career for everyone.\u00a0We\u00a0have firm foundations in place with an established\u00a0strategy\u00a0that weaves ED&I into everything we do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kate Headley, Clear Company Director and Co-Founder, said:\u00a0\u201cAtkinsR\u00e9alis\u2019 unwavering commitment to their Clear Assured journey has been exemplary. Seeing sector leaders take such a pragmatic, reflective and astute approach to meeting every element of the required criteria demonstrates how their dedication to ED&I has truly become embedded across the organisation. We are delighted to award their Platinum accreditation.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Clear Company\u2019s assessment of AtkinsR\u00e9alis highlighted ED&I across four key themes:<\/p>\n

Allyship:\u00a0<\/strong>AtkinsR\u00e9alis has invested significant resources in supporting and educating employees about what it means to be an ally (i.e. supporting under-represented groups), how to have difficult conversations, and how to coach people to feel more engaged and empowered. This has facilitated enhanced interaction between underrepresented groups and senior leadership, with a clear focus\u00a0on sharing lived experiences and exploring how the company can continue to be more inclusive.
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Industry impact:\u00a0<\/strong>AtkinsR\u00e9alis made an external ED&I impact by increasing awareness of inclusive design, fostering diversity of thought in the industry, and proactively considering the needs of future generations. Examples include education outreach by supporting the UK Governors for Schools programme, mentorships through Women in Rail, industry-leading diversity in early careers intake, communications on how to improve passenger journeys, supplier diversity commitments, among others.
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Inclusive recruitment:\u00a0<\/strong>AtkinsR\u00e9alis is committed to inclusive recruitment practices, resulting in more diversity of talent and internal progression. Full employee recruitment audits have been completed, leading to role interviews\u00a0better balancing behaviour\u00a0and competency\u00a0assessments, and the upskilling of hiring managers for inclusive recruitment delivery.
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Inclusive policies and procedures:\u00a0<\/strong>AtkinsR\u00e9alis has made substantial changes to its policies to align them with an evolving culture.\u00a0Employee-led policy revisions addressed issues such as flexible bank holidays, faith differences, family leave, and maternity pay, which improved talent attraction and retention.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AtkinsR\u00e9alis\u00a0has become the first firm in the UK engineering sector\u00a0to\u00a0achieve the Clear Assured Platinum Standard accreditation, recognising the company\u2019s\u00a0commitment to embedding equality, diversity and inclusion […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":14247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[7,11],"class_list":["post-14246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rail-news","tag-transport","tag-usa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}