Racial diversity: further and faster

Our profession needs to get its act together on racial diversity, says Jamie Agombar – which is why IEMA has co-published a statement of intent on how it plans to tackle the issue
The UK sustainability sector has a racial diversity problem. A 2017 report by think tank the Policy Exchange, using ONS data, ranked 'environment professionals' as the second least diverse professionContinue reading this with an IEMA membership
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