Five-hundred global firms put disability inclusion on boardroom agendas

Business leaders from 500 of the world’s biggest companies, including Microsoft, Unilever, Google and Coca-Cola, have joined The Valuable 500 global disability network, and have agreed to raising disability representation through quarterly updates and reporting on their progress. The network aims to tackle the lack of diversity representation among multinational firms. According to the network, only five FTSE 100 companies have issued board-level statements about disability, while only 10 have set goals related to inclusion, and almost one in three fail to meet government website accessibility requirements. The organisation said 13 of the companies would undertake further work to improve disability inclusion by working with other firms in the network as part of the second phase of its campaign, including Allianz, BBC, Sony, and Sky.

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