Barclays ESG Investor Presentation 2021
Environment
Social
Financing
Governance
We focus on six intersectional diversity and inclusion agendas
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Approach
Set
priorities
11% of colleagues told us they consider
themselves to have a disability, mental health
or neurodiverse condition
"This is Me" campaign challenging stigma
around disability, mental health and neuro-
diversity in the workplace
Able to Enable channel aiming to remove
barriers to employment
5% of colleagues told us they identify as
LGB+
Sponsor of Pride celebrations in cities across
the world for many years
Strong legacy of engaging with external
partners in the UK, US and India including
earning the designation as a "Best place to
work for LGBTQ Equality” in the US
Launched a new Wellbeing index with a
starting score of 84%
Range of support provided to UK and US
colleagues to help promote work life balance
including access to Work+Family Space
website for UK employees
UK medical cover now covers treatment for
menopausal symptoms²
Appoint an
Accountable Executive
Disability
Committed to ensuring
colleagues of all abilities
achieve their full
potential
LGBT+
Making everyone feel
comfortable being
themselves at work is
central to our culture
Multigenerational
Supporting the diverse
needs of colleagues
across all stages of their
lives
Operate an Employee
Resource Group (ERG)
Gender
Committed to improving
the gender diversity of
our leadership and to
closing pay gaps
Multicultural
Ambitions to improve
race and ethnicity
diversity
Socio-economic
Supporting those
disadvantaged from a
lower socio-economic
background
1 In 2021 we asked colleagues to self-identify across ten diversity questions in our employee opinion survey (Your View) | 2 When referred to a specialist by a GP |
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Consider
intersectionality
Aiming for diverse assessors and panels to
ensure widest pool of talent considered for
promotion
Development opportunities for future female
leaders, e.g. ex-officio roles
Increased female representation in senior
roles in the UK, reducing our hourly gender
pay gaps
One of the first signatories of the UK's Race at
Work Charter in 2018
Public commitment to be a trusted ally in the
pursuit of racial justice in 2020
Launched Race at Work Action Plan in 2020
and Race at Work Ambitions in 2021
Member of the City of London socio-
economic taskforce
Our socio-economic ERG, Inspire, launched in
2021 to amplify the voices of colleagues
Committed to social mobility through our
LifeSkills programme
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