Next time you’re in a meeting, look around and see who’s there. Is it mostly men or women? Study the way people interact. Who does most of the talking? Who gets interrupted? Who interrupts? Which voices are heard and which ones are ignored?
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Reduced Inequalities
Greater diversity across the company will help us develop fresh ideas and make sure we meet the needs of all our customers. Recruiting from different parts of the community also means we’ll increase our chances of attracting the best people.
We want our employees to contribute to their full potential. We value everyone’s unique experiences and personalities, respect each other’s differences, and work to combat discrimination and harassment. Ultimately, this contributes to a better work environment for everyone.
- Reduce inequality across the nine diversity dimensions protected by European equality laws: ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, age, disability, marriage or civil partnership, and pregnancy or maternity.
- To become an attractive, safe and inclusive workplace for all by 2026.
- Introduce group wide anti-harassment training.
- Run annual initiatives on ethnicity and skin colour, age, and LGBTQIA+ awareness.
- To run training on preventing modern slavery for all managers.
Cookbook
Celebrated Diversity Month with an international cookbook compiled by our people.
Top tips for creating a more inclusive workplace
Diversity creates a better working environment and helps us improve the ways we understand each other and our customers. Here are some tips to help us all be more inclusive.
1. Become aware of what’s going on around you
2. Broaden your perspectives
Suppose you’re in a workshop where employee survey results are being discussed.
The issue of ‘perceived level of respect from colleagues’ is raised. Most people are from one ethnic group and they are all happy with the level of respect they receive. One or two people with different ethnic backgrounds disagree. How can the team help their colleagues feel more included?
3. Understand different abilities
Imagine your team has raised concerns about working with a particular person. They say this colleague has difficulties reading and understanding safety procedures because
of a learning disability. How can the team start an open discussion about disabilities? What actions can you all take to find some solutions? Can these actions create a stronger feeling of belonging in the team?
Recipes for success
Connecting Europe took on another meaning for Stena Line in May 2021. To celebrate European Diversity Month and highlight the important role diversity plays in our workplaces and in wider society, we created ‘A culinary journey’, a cookbook made up of recipes supplied by people around the company.
A culinary journey
With almost 40 nationalities working together to connect Europe, we were confident we would collect some delicious recipes. And we did! We’re delighted by the variety of national cuisines represented in the book, from Italian carbonara and Bavarian obatzda to Welsh rarebit and Swedish fika.
Sustainability Stories
Sustainability
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The green list
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