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Scott Bader recognised for DE&I initiatives at Business Culture Awards 2024

28/01/2025
Ben Penney
Global chemistry group, Scott Bader, has been shortlisted for the ‘Best Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Initiative’ at this year’s Business Culture Awards.
The Business Culture Awards is an international scheme celebrating a diverse set of organisations that have recognised the impact great culture has on continuing performance. Organisations including AstraZeneca UK, British Heart Foundation, Sony Music UK and the University of Liverpool – alongside Scott Bader – have been selected as finalists.
Scott Bader’s nomination comes off the back of a range of DE&I initiatives over the past three years, including; launching a Women in Leadership programme that has now ran five times with 40% of the organisations female colleagues in attendance, the establishment of a global D&I Council, D&I focused e-learning for all colleagues in 2020 and again in 2023, launching RISE a diversity in leadership programme in 2021 and repeated in 2023 with 92% of the first cohort receiving promotions, leadership competencies introduced for all our line managers, introducing a D&I focused Guiding Principle into the Group’s Constitution, and work to improve its UK gender pay gap resulting in Scott Bader’s UK median pay gap sitting at -8.3% in April 2024 compared with a national average of 14.3%.
We are delighted to be recognised for the efforts the entire organisation has made to achieve our mission of building and inclusive work environment through our diverse communities across the world. Of course, our efforts don't stop here and we continue to push ourselves to ensure we are building the best and most inclusive work environment for Scott Bader.
Julie Thorburn, Group HR Director
Scott Bader’s focus on D&I was recently recognised by International certifying body RINA, who awarded them the ISO 30415 Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) standard, making them one of the world’s first manufacturers to receive the prestigious certification. The ISO 30415 standard provides organisations with a robust framework to ensure that their governance bodies, leaders, colleagues, and representatives are equipped with the policies, know-how and understanding to support a workforce that feels psychologically safe and equally empowered to reach their full potential.
Winners of the Business Culture Awards will be unveiled on 13th November in London’s West End.

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