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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

Do you ever wonder where the LGBTI community fits into the conversation about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion?

In this webinar we will talk about LGBTI inclusion in the workplace with Martin Proksch, ambassador of the Swiss LGBTI label, Chief Human Resources Officer, Co-founder of Native Genius.

After an introduction on LGBTI topics in general from Sarah Barber, Martin will

• Highlight some of the work that has been done on LGBTI inclusion in the workplace,

• Outline the business case for diversity and inclusion from a leadership point of view, and

• Share what non-inclusion means from a personal perspective.

This webinar will allow participants to change unconscious behanviour through critical thinking and self-reflection. Moreover, we hope it will be a call to action for participants to become allies in building the workplace of the future, where every individual feels a sense of belonging.

Do you ever wonder what the benefits of diversity really are? In this webinar we discuss the business benefits of diversity in climate tech with Helen Whiteley, Founder of Women+ in Climate Tech, an organisation committed to empowering and amplifying the voices of women+ in climate tech,
working to solve the biggest challenge of our time. After an overview of recent literature by the host, Sarah Barber, Helen will talk about how data is key to providing a foundation for proving the benefit of diversity both to project success, sustainability and to the bottom line. After that, she will present you with actionable measures companies and teams can take to promote diversity within their ranks. Finally, we will discuss how these insights can be useful for the wind energy sector.

Have you ever wondered why people with certain communication styles get promoted or recognised more than others? Why women sometimes get overlooked for promotions due to a purported “lack of confidence”? Or if you disadvantage people through any unconscious communication biases?

In this webinar we discuss how we unconsciously communicate and why this can be very misleading., with a focus on how men and women communicate differently and what we can do to become better in understanding each other.

Do you sometimes wonder what all this talk of #BreakThe Bias and “unconscious bias” is all about? Is it really necessary for the wind energy industry? How can it help? Or do you have experience with “unconscious bias” training that you’d like to share? We look forward to a diverse range of inputs, and are open to people from all backgrounds, organisation types, countries and industries.

Do you find yourself wondering what all this talk about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) is about? If the effort of trying to improve DEI in wind energy really worth it? And what you can even do to help?