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Diversity | Catalyst
Disability high on the diversity agenda for
Alexander Mann Solutions
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n January 2019, Alexander Mann Solutions
joined the Business Disability Forum (BDF). Our
membership supports us in helping existing talent
with disabilities, while recruiting new people into
the company. We are also partnering with BDF
as part of its Global Task Force think tank, in order to
influence initiatives that give company disability strategies
an international focus.
In June, we signed up to the Valuable 500, which aims
to gain the support of 500 national and global businesses
prepared to make a formal commitment to unlocking the
business, social and economic value of people around the
world living with disabilities. If we can achieve this, as a
group of industries (many of whom are our current clients)
we will be the tipping point for change, unlocking the door
to 1.3 billion talented people.
We also partner with Auticon, an international social
enterprise and IT consultancy which exclusively employs
adults on the autism spectrum, with relevant skills, as its
consultants, matching them with corporate organisations
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that have specific tech needs. This collaboration will
support our recruitment of cognitively diverse individuals,
enabling us to tap into the skills of people with autism. To
date, we have worked with Auticon and supported focused
roundtables with our clients, including Crown Commercial
Services and Credit Suisse.
On 3 December 2019, we celebrated the International
Day of People with Disabilities, introduced in 1992 by the
United Nations. This promotes the rights and wellbeing
of people with disabilities in all spheres of society
and development, and aims to increase awareness of
disability in every aspect of political, social, economic and
cultural life.
Here at Alexander Mann Solutions, we want all our
employees to have the chance to be the best that they can
be and to create a culture that is inclusive of diverse talent
from around the globe.
It is estimated that around 15% of the global population
(1 billion people) have some form of a disability – that’s
a lot of talent!