Bringing you the current happenings in the EDI world.
- News: Health Index opens
- News: Women in Green Business Awards nominations open
- News: Energyz Black’s Top 20 Black Women in Energy
- News: Inclusive PPE Standard
- News: POWERful Women annual survey – Closing soon!
- News: 10,000 Black Interns programme
- News: Share your thoughts on the offshore wind sector
- News: Women to Work coaching offer
- News: Climate Ambassadors
- News: Women in Energy survey
- News: Breaking the glass ceiling podcast
- Event: IGNITE Network+ Annual Event
- Event: The power of culture webinar
- Top tip: Subtitles, captions and transcripts – what’s the difference?
Industry updates
Health Index opens
The 2025 Health Index is now open! By participating, you’ll gain valuable insight into your workplace’s inclusivity, identify key strengths and areas for growth, and play an active role in driving meaningful change across the industry.
Registered companies should have recieved an email invitiation to complete the survey. The survey will be available until 22 April 2025. Make sure to complete it before then!
Women in Green Business Awards nominations open
Nominations for this year’s Women in Green Business Awards are now open! The Awards showcase the companies committed to tackling gender inequities as they drive forward UK climate action, while celebrating the role women are already playing in building the UK’s green economy.
Nominate yourself, a colleague or an organisation today.
Energyz Black’s Top 20 Black Women in Energy
To celebrate International Women’s Day, Energyz Black has announced the Top 20 Black Women in Energy. Find out more about the women who have accelerated technology breakthroughs, pushed for inclusive energy access and helped to close gender gaps in STEM.
Inclusive PPE Standard
The British Standard Institute has opened the public commenting stage on the Inclusive PPE Standard. This standard is crucial for ensuring safety and accessibility for all employees.
Learn more and share your views.
POWERful Women annual survey
The POWERFful Women annual survey is closing soon, but there’s still time to give them some valuable feedback on their important work. The survey helps the team understand their community and shape the focus and themes of future events, campaigns and resources.
By sharing your ambitions, challenges and ideas, you will help them help you! The survey is anonymous but there’s a chance to be entered into a prize draw to win a copy of Bloody Brilliant Women by Cathy Newman!
10,000 Black Interns programme
The 10,000 Black Interns programme, run by the 10,000 Interns Foundation, champions Black talent by connecting individuals with hiring organisations. The programme is currently seeking organisations interested in participating.
To provide more information, the charity hosts weekly information sessions, where prospective organisations can learn more and ask questions. Upcoming sessions in April will be held on 10 April, 17 April and 24 April.
Share your thoughts on the offshore wind sector
University of East Anglia and Anglia Ruskin University are gathering examples of best practices as part of developing a guide for The Offshore Wind Industry Council that supports inclusive workplaces and equitable career pathways.
They would like to hear examples from across other energy sectors as well as offshore wind.
All responses will be anonymised unless you choose to provide your details for follow-up. Submit your best practice examples.
Alongside this, they are running a short study on neurodiversity within the sector and a focus group study for leaders, line managers, and HR professionals. To find out more, please contact marijana.baric@aru.uk and j.stalker@uea.ac.uk.
Women to Work coaching offer
Women to Work is offering a new discount on its coaching programmes for 2025 exclusive to TIDE members. TIDE members can receive a 15% discount off a block of six one-to-one. Women to Work is also offering a package deal of up to 20 one-to-one coaching sessions to be taken throughout 2025 with a 10% discount.
To learn more and book a programme, please contact info@womentowork.co.uk.
Climate Ambassadors
The Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of East Anglia is looking for Climate Ambassadors in the East of England to support local schools and leaders to develop their own climate action plans across the topics of energy, biodiversity, climate resilience, and green skills and jobs. This is a national scheme for those wanting to volunteer some time to develop children’s STEM education and includes training options for ambassadors. It is an England-wide scheme, you can find your own regional hub manager here.
Women in Energy survey
The Women in Energy Report from NES Fircroft and Energy Jobline aims to shine a light on the female energy workforce across five continents and all sectors. This year, the report is focusing on AI in the workplace and workplace culture, as well as finding out how women view their future careers in the energy and engineering sectors.
Take part in the short survey to share your experience.
Breaking the glass ceiling podcast
POWERful Women Head Georgina Worrall, spoke to the Wolfe Power Club podcast recently to explore the gender diversity and inclusion challenges of the day, and to share the stats on why DEI is better for business.
Events
Have you used TIDE’s industry-wide EDI Calendar yet? It’s a great tool to help you catch annual milestones recognising EDI themes and stay aware of upcoming events across the sector. You can even add your own dates.
IGNITE Network+ Annual Event
30 April 2025 | 10am – 4pm | London
The event will focus on career pathways and opportunities for underrepresented and minority groups in energy research. Join for project updates, guest speakers, breakout discussion workshops and plenty of networking opportunities.
The power of culture webinar
8 May 2025 | 12:30pm – 1:30pm | Online
The Women’s Utilities Network (WUN) is hosting a virtual session focusing on the power of culture and creating change in the utilities sector. The session will also discuss insights from this year’s WUN survey which will be published in April.
Top tip: Subtitles, captions and transcripts – what’s the difference?
Learn how to make your videos more accessible with subtitles, captions and transcripts. Scope, the disability equality charity, explain the differences and how you can help people with various access needs in this free handy resource.
Further information and guidance on ‘Subtitles, captions and transcripts for accessibility’.