Leaders’ Commitment
Data has consistently shown that engagement with leaders is crucial, both to encourage them to lead by example, and drive change in their own organisation.
TIDE created a Leaders’ Commitment, aimed at CEOs / UK Country Manager level – those that are in a position to make strategic decisions for the business.
We are reviewing the Commitment as part of the strategic review into TIDE’s activities, and plan to work closely with Energy & Utility Skills’ CEO Council and POWERful Women’s Leaders Coalition on next steps.
The Commitment required leaders to:
- Visibly demonstrate allyship and promote EDI
- Challenge fellow leaders and stakeholders in poor EDI practice; ie refuse to participate in or host non-diverse panels and taking action and offering advice when they see poor practice
- Include at least one EDI target as part of their performance objectives, and ensure their direct reports do the same.
- Ensure senior accountability (Board level) for EDI within their organisation, and frameworks, policies and processes for reporting harassment and abuse
- Ensure the organisation they lead
- has inclusive recruitment practices
- gathers EDI data and set targets for improvement within 12 months if one does not exist
- embeds EDI into its business mission, strategy and values to drive an inclusive company culture
- completes the EDI Health Index from 2024
Signatories
- Reuben Segal, CEO, ABL Group
- Chris O’Shea, Group Chief Executive, Centrica
- Mayur Gondhea, Founder/Director, CubeLynx
- Dan Hopkinson, CEO, ElectraLink
- Lawrence Slade, CEO, ENA
- Nick Wayth, CEO, Energy Institute
- Dhara Vyas, CEO, Energy UK
- Chris Norbury, CEO, E.ON UK
- John Pettigrew, CEO, National Grid
- Cordi O’Hara OBE, President, National Grid Electricity Distribution
- Jonathan Brearley, CEO, Ofgem
- Keith Anderson, CEO, ScottishPower
- Simon Oscroft, Interim CEO, So Energy
- Alistair Phillips-Davies, CEO, SSE
- David Murray, Executive Director, Sustainability First