Research
March 2024 | Closing the Gap report
This report explores the gender pay gap, delving into its complexities and challenges in measurement and understanding. It emphasises the need for transparency in industries like Private Equity, Venture Capital, and Asset Management, highlighting efforts to promote fairness and equality through initiatives like Equality Group's Honordex framework.
March 2024 | Private Equity and Venture Capital Honordex 2024
Equality Group commissioned Honordex to assess 283 companies in the Private Equity (PE) and Venture Capital (VC) industry for their Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) performance. Now in its fourth year, the index allows funds to benchmark themselves to peer organisations and develop meaningful actions to continually improve on social sustainability performance.
July 2023 | FTSE 100 CEO Diversity Data 2023
The Equality Group FTSE 100 CEO Diversity Data 2023 is a report which collected the latest data on the diversity of CEOs in the FTSE 100. Our data found, for example, there are more CEOs named Simon and Andrew than the total number of female FTSE 100 CEOs. Meanwhile, there are almost as many Simons as there are companies run by ethnic minority CEOs.
June 2023 | Multi-Strategy Index Score 2023
Equality Group’s latest report analyses the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) performance of over 200 global Multi-Strategy funds across the Asset Management industry using Honordex. In its first year, the index allows funds to benchmark themselves to peer organisations and develop meaningful actions to continually improve on social sustainability performance.
April 2023 | European Inclusive Index Score 2023
Equality Group’s annual Inclusive PE & VC Index 2023 scored over 200 European funds on their Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) efforts over the past 12 months. Now in its third year, the index allows funds to benchmark themselves to peer organisations and develop meaningful actions to continually improve on social sustainability performance.
March 2023 | Inclusive Index Score 2023
Equality Group’s annual Inclusive PE & VC Index 2023 scored over 300 funds on their Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) efforts over the past 12 months. Now in its third year, the index allows funds to benchmark themselves to peer organisations and develop meaningful actions to continually improve on social sustainability performance.
January 2023 | Behind the barriers to diverse boards
In 2022 we requested input from different Private Equity and Venture Capital firms into a survey focused on uncovering some of the barriers to getting more diverse candidates onto portfolio boards.
March 2022 | Inclusive Index Score 2022
The Equality Group’s annual Inclusive PE & VC Index 2022 is a comprehensive evaluation tool that analyses fund performance on inclusion, diversity and equity over the past 12 months. Now in its second year, the index allows funds to benchmark themselves to peer organisations and develop meaningful actions to continually improve on social sustainability performance.
February 2022 | Top APAC Companies Leading the Way in Inclusivity
Equality Group, supported by Equilibrium, a FiscalNote company, examined almost 150 leading companies making progress in the DEI space across nine APAC nations. The companies were chosen based on their revenue and industry to ensure representation across the board. The countries examined are Australia, Japan, India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Indonesia. Apart from recognizing some of the most inclusive companies across the APAC region, this report
also highlights the key findings of the research.
March 2021 | FTSE 100 CEO Diversity Data 2021
The Equality Group FTSE 100 CEO Diversity Data 2021 is a report which collected the latest data on the diversity of CEOs in the FTSE 100. In 2018, an INvolve report revealed there were more CEOs named Dave and Steve than there were women and ethnic minorities.
Three years on, Equality Group reviewed and analysed the diversity of leaders in the UK’s most powerful and valuable companies.
March 2021 | Inclusive Index Report
The Equality Group Inclusive PE & VC Index 2021 is a comprehensive evaluation tool that analyses fund performance on inclusion, diversity and equity over the past 12 months. It allows funds to benchmark themselves to peer organisations and develop meaningful actions to continually improve on social sustainability performance.
February 2021 | LGBT+ Lens Report
Research undertaken by Equality Group together with LGBT Great, LGBT Capital and the Bisi Alimi Foundation has revealed that the LGBT+ community are seeking more thought-leadership and values-driven management from the investment sector, while investment professionals inadequately understand and deploy LGBT+ related sustainability considerations in their products. The report goes on to outline how to effectively employ an LGBT+ lens strategy.
April 2020 | White Paper
Research has uncovered a number of small things that can have similarly large and positive effects on your business and your employees. With this White Paper, Equality Group provides a scientifically-grounded, up-to-date look at these Micropositives; small but powerful steps toward a more inclusive and more productive workplace.
April 2020| White Paper
The Inclusive Remote Working Guide is here to equip individuals and organisations to maintain and develop inclusive ways of working together. Equality Group have compiled scientifically-grounded advice for how to foster inclusion and connection for remote working teams, drawing upon the best business practice currently available.
February 2020 | Report
Equality Group has commissioned nationally representative research that investigates social mobility following a KPMG report that found that the financial services sector suffers an above average percentage of ‘nepotism’ with low levels of social mobility. In light of this, Equality Group explores the truth about how people are securing their jobs.
September 2019| White Paper
The latest scientific evidence shows that the hyper-focus on unconscious bias training, to the exclusion of other strategies, will probably make your company less diverse and inclusive, not more. Our white paper covers what you have to know about bias, unconscious and otherwise, and the best evidence-based strategies for dealing with the problem.
August 2019 | Report
Within the UK, social mobility has been virtually stagnant since 2014 with entry into professional occupations remaining largely dependent on parent’s careers, professional networks and access to educational opportunities. Nationally representative research by Equality Group highlights the truth about social mobility in the UK.
June 2019 | Report
Equality Group has commissioned nationally representative research* building on the work of the Stonewall report. The survey conducted by Equality Group is trying to further understand how unconscious bias, workplace culture and management ability effect the career experience of the LGBTQ+ community.
May 2019 | Report
Equality Group has commissioned nationally representative research following several high profile cases of poor working culture. It proves that toxic cultures are having a corrosive effect on employee wellbeing. Meanwhile, 60% reported that a good manager meant they’d stay in a role.
March 2019 | Report
A year and a half since the popular emergence of #MeToo on social media, The Equality Group – an organisation that helps companies attract, retain and develop diverse talent – has commissioned nationally representative research that delves into the tangible impact the movement has had on the UK’s workplace culture.
January 2019 | Report
Equality Group has commissioned nationally representative research that delves into UK ethnic minority citizens, their career aspirations and the inequalities that persist within the world of work. This research is launched amidst latest industry data that shows only 84 of the 1,048 directors in the FTSE100, originate from an ethnic minority.