Responsible Business Brief - May
Business in the Community
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Welcome to the May edition of the ‘Responsible Business Brief’ – our roundup of essential updates curated by Business in the Community (BITC), the UK's leading responsible business network.
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📚 Top new BITC resources for your organisation:
How to reduce intersectional bias in recruitment. Download our essential free toolkit to learn how to make your recruitment process more inclusive and promote social mobility and inclusivity in the workplace.
Open the door to diverse talent. In our latest case study, discover how our member, Irwin Mitchell, has opened its doors to diverse talent by advertising on a job board for disabled candidates, introducing Neurosight for bias-free assessments, and ensuring job adverts are jargon-free and gender-neutral.
Inclusive Flexible Working toolkit. Hot off the press to coincide with new flexible working legislation, our new guide with Phoenix Group sets out practical actions to build an inclusive flexible work culture, highlighting the benefits for both employers and employees. Despite a stigma existing around flexible working, our research shows that it offers clear benefits to employers and employees alike.
📰 Latest news highlights
⚡'The power of Seeing is Believing. We brought senior business leaders together in Tower Hamlets in London, and in Bradford, to understand the challenges facing local communities and the business benefits of taking action. Seeing is Believing is a uniquely immersive experience that never fails to inspire!
👑 His Majesty The King confirmed as Business in the Community’s Royal Founding Patron. We're delighted to have His Majesty The King as our Royal Founding Patron, building on 40 years of his inspirational support and legacy, and supporting for our efforts to transform lives and help communities thrive.
🌍 Change lives with our Community Climate Fund! Learn how our fund brings businesses and communities together to address the climate crisis and cost-of-living crisis, supporting collaborative projects that enhance community resilience. Find out how your organisation can be involved!
🎯Bradford’s ambitious new vision announced. We're proud to have led a collaborative effort to outline a pioneering plan for Bradford's future, tackling issues like unemployment and child poverty, while driving economic growth.
📅 Key upcoming BITC events
Windrush Generation Celebration. Join our LinkedIn Live event on 18 June as we recognise the incredible contributions of the Windrush Generation. Hear from a panel of senior leaders.
Responsible AI Series. As the exponential growth of AI continues, join us to explore the positives and negatives of AI in environmental sustainability strategy on 6 June, and its impact on the HR function on 13 June. Don’t get left behind. 🤖
Let's Care Together to support wellbeing. With research showing that unpaid carers have worse wellbeing outcomes than non-carers, our free event on 6 June (with further events on 19 June and 3 July) is a great opportunity to learn about our new virtual mentoring initiative to support carers’ wellbeing.
Increase the impact of your education engagement. Join our Employer Standards webinar on 26 June in this joint event with The Careers & Enterprise Company . Find out how your business can get involved and what support you can expect.
About Business in the Community
We bring together business leaders committed to changing business, transforming lives and helping the planet and communities thrive. We work with thousands of business leaders, and our network represents over 7 million people — more than 20% of the UK workforce. Over the last few years, we have benefitted nearly 10 million people, and we are transforming lives in eight of the most deprived places in the country.
🌍 Tired of business as usual? Join a movement where profit and purpose go hand in hand. Explore the many benefits of joining BITC, and reach out to us to learn how we can build a fairer and greener world together.
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