We are aware that unconscious bias affects decisions made by leaders, that’s why we’ve created a sub-committee within our Board structure to focus on diversity, inclusion, wellbeing and spirituality, to oversee our strategic direction in these areas.
We have provided all employees, senior managers and Board members training on unconscious bias. The training covered topics such as white privilege and anti-racism. One of the key learnings from this has been to shift our diversity and inclusion policy that acknowledges racial equity rather than racial equality. We acknowledge that not everyone has access to the same resources and opportunities. We believe that equality implies that everyone starts from the same position- we don’t believe this to be true.