As Italy currently hold the EU Presidency, it is worth looking at a success model which was developed there over year. DiversitaLavoro offers several innovative features in the large landscape of diversity recruitment fairs. That the events focuses on foreign nationals, disabled and transgendered people is just of the unusual aspects.
A recent survey investigated senior business leaders’ concerns about people-related M&A issues. It shows that these issues are perceived as ever more important while uncertainty about some aspects persists. Fortunately, Diversity Management can help addressing the challenges related to the most widespread concerns.
D&I is on the move from a social context (previously) to a more business-focused stakeholder positioning. This key finding is based on the analysis of all Annual Reports, CSR Reports and Websites of Europe’s 50 largest corporations as listed in the STOXX ® 50 Europe index. The research carried out by EMEA’s D&I pioneer research […]
As a new milestone in the history of the Business Case for Diversity, this 3rd edition of the unique global research report summarises 195 carefully selected studies (60 more than the previous 2012 edition) substantiating the value-added from Diversity & Inclusion.
Can you imagine life and work reality of a trans-gendered person? Are you aware of some of the basic challenges they encounter, from hostile reactions to the lack of legal recognition? The documentary ‘Irish Lives: My Transgender Journey’, aired by TV3, explores three personal biographies and shows some of the facets transgendered people may encounter.
What has snow removal, ambulance transport or school performance got to do with Gender Equality? More than it appears atfirst glance, as a short movie named „Sustainable Gender Equality – a film about gender mainstreaming in practice“ shows.
After 20 years of Diversity Management, the list of standard, must-have programmes has become longer and longer, while the search for best practices – in the true sense of the word – has become tough. For one part, we should be glad about this development as it illustrates that D&I is now much more common […]
As a consequence of Barilla’s chairman, Guido Barilla, making homophobic statements during a live interview the concrete damage of his words become evident. He said he would “never do [a commercial] with a homosexual family” and if gays did not like this, they could buy somebody else’s pasta.. Since then,
The annual International Women’s Day is an excellent opportunity to raise awareness for positive developments, best-practices and still persisting barriers in the field of Gender. In March 2014, more than 1,300 events were organised by companies, women’s groups, schools, governments, charities and individuals from all around the world, showing the richness and creativity of the […]
The Middle East is known as region with huge economic potential, a wealth of resources and repeating political tensions. However, countries in the Middle East might emerge as a new talent pool, a recent global research study by Towers Watson and Oxford Economics indicates. According to the report ‘Talent 2021’, the Middle East will produce […]
