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With the increasing importance of wind as a contributor to the global energy mix, the growing industry underpinning this transition presents an opportunity to address many of the imbalances that incumbent energy companies are struggling to retroactively transform. Whilst there has been a lot of talk in recent years about ethnic and gender diversity, there is an urgency for the sector to move from good intentions to practical applications of best practice. The Equal Group was commissioned by the Offshore Wind Industry Council to create a best practice guide specifically touching on practical interventions that wind companies could take to improve their diversity and inclusion outcomes.
Mac Alonge, CEO of The Equal Group will facilitate a conversation exploring the background and process to create the guide, the key aspects of the best practice guide, as well as highlighting some of the sector's key successes and barriers that organisations typically face in improving their outcomes. This webinar will be an opportunity to explore some of the nuances at play in the wind sector that may contribute to the underrepresentation of ethnically and gender diverse talent and leave participants with practical and implementable solutions.
Programme (times in CEST)
15:00-15:10 Introduction (Sarah Barber)
15:10-15:25 Presentation of the guide “Diversity & Inclusion: focusing on gender and ethnicity in the offshore wind sector“
Mac Alonge, The Equal Group
15:25-15:50 Questions and discussion
15:50-16:00 Summary of discussion and closing (Sarah Barber)
Key-note speaker MAC ALONGE
Mac Alonge is an impact focused leader with 15+ years experience advising some of the world's leading organisations. As CEO of data driven equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) consultancy The Equal Group, Mac leads a multidisciplinary team delivering EDI transformation projects with organisations across public, private and voluntary sectors. Prior to founding award winning consultancy The Equal Group, Mac spent 10 years as a regulatory consultant, focused on energy and utilities, working for organisations such as KPMG, National Grid and the UK government. Over the years Mac had built a track record of providing sound strategic advice and delivering high-quality outputs in politically, commercially and socially significant environments. Mac has been a guest lecturer at a number of universities including Warwick Business School. Mac serves as a trustee of b:music, as well as serving on the Lloyds Bank Black Business Advisory Committee. Mac also chairs the BRIG (Birmingham Race Impact Group) Metrics Working Group.
