Barclays H1 2023 ESG Investor Presentation
Our strategy and ESG progress
Climate and sustainability
Social
Governance
FY22: Executing our DEI strategy against five DEI priorities, through the lens
of six core agendas
Workforce
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diversity
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Disability
Gender
DEI agendas
LGBT+
Multicultural
Multigenerational
Socio-economic
Barclays Military and Veterans Outreach programme - supported 45 active duty service members into permanent roles at Barclays
Partnership with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund ¹ to increase the diversity of our talent pipelines in the US
Participation in the Grace Hopper Celebration in the US->400 full-time job offers extended to women and non-binary technologists
Black Professionals Resource Group created Ascent, a development programme to support the progression of Black colleagues
DEI
priorities
Inclusive and
equitable
culture
Leadership
accountability
Data
transparency
and
accountability
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Colleagues now able to display their personal pronouns and phonetic spelling/audio recording of their name in internal phonebook
• UK branch colleagues can now add their pronouns, markers indicating health conditions and flags denoting spoken languages to their name
badges
Made enhancements to our provision of workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities and health conditions
• Executive Sponsors from the Group ExCo appointed to champion DEI across Barclays
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Hosted second annual Inclusion Summit to engage and mobilise senior leaders in respect of the DEI strategy, reaching >1,000 Barclays
leaders and ERG2 representatives
Colleagues continue to be assessed against a mandatory inclusion performance objective as part of their performance review
Held another 'Count Me In' campaign, inviting colleagues in the UK and US to review and share their personal details on HR systems in line
with local privacy laws
Began producing an enhanced monthly management pack for senior leaders, providing a detailed breakdown of progress against our Race
at Work and gender ambitions
Disability resources and support: Business Disability Forum, Disability Confident and Disability:IN
⚫ LGBT+ and Gender inclusivity feedback: Stonewall, Pride Circle, and Working Mother Media
Optimisation
of external
relationships
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Platforms to connect with Multicultural talent: COQUAL, Thurgood Marshall Fund, National Urban League, amongst others
Multigenerational and socio-economic support: Working Families, Carers UK, and the UK Socioeconomic Taskforce
1 Represents a network of 47 Historically Black Colleges and Universities and predominantly Black Institutions in the US | 2 Employee Resource Groups |
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