Page 20 - Annual Review 2015-2016

Achievements

What we achieved Why it was important What the benefits are

We held our first Diversity Week. During the week we challenged our people Our experience has shown that diversity and
to think about their approach to diversity inclusion have a positive impact on our business results
and inclusion, and whether there is anything and deliver:
they could do differently to help build and
maintain a diverse and inclusive workplace. • Enhanced client focus and responsiveness: Diverse
teams better understand and relate to clients’ needs,
building trust through an inclusive approach to
doing business
• Talent and productivity: An inclusive workplace is a
magnet for high-quality people and helps us attract
and retain diverse talent, whilst engaging them to
perform at their best
• Improved decision-making: We are aiming for
diversity of thought, opinion and experience. This sort
of diversity leads to better decision-making, thought
leadership, innovation and agile thinking, whilst
helping us avoid institutional blindness.

We were named in Stonewall’s We climbed 91 places and entered The lists are a powerful benchmarking tool which
Top 100 Employers list 2016 which Stonewall’s exclusive Top 100. This is enable us to drive our ambition to create an
showcases the best places to testimony to our ongoing commitment inclusive environment.
work for lesbian, gay, bisexual and to creating a supportive and inclusive
transgender (LGBT) employees. environment for our people.
We were also named as one of the The research by the charity Working
Top Employers for Working Families. Families benchmarked employers on flexible
and family friendly working policies and
practices, and saw DWF ranked in the top
10 alongside leading organisations, such as
American Express, Lloyds Banking Group,
Deloitte and the Ministry of Justice.

We inspired our people to get We are exceeding our volunteering KPI of This activity is helping to embed CSR into the working
involved: We committed 7,865 hours 30% participation rates across each DWF lives of the people at DWF, and to deepen our
between 1 May 2015 to 30 April 2016. location (currently 36%). commitment to creating sustainable value within
Valued at £1,367,000. our communities.

We launched our own Charitable The launch marks a significant step in • Wider colleague engagement, more local impact.
Foundation on 1 December 2015 evolving our community investment strategy, As a charity, independent of DWF, its operating
with the sole aim of providing funds, transitioning away from nominated charities costs are met by DWF, so every penny raised goes
resources and support to help supported by our people within their to support good causes. The Board of Trustees are
our communities achieve their full respective location. recruited from across DWF and at all career levels
potential. A total of £43,050 has been
granted to local charities so far. The foundation enables us to support a more • Through the DWF Foundation we hope to build upon
diverse range of charities than ever before, the excellent work that our local CSR teams already
whilst ensuring all grants distributed align do with our local communities.
to our four community investment pillars
of education, employability, health and
wellbeing and homelessness.