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Welcome to EUA's EDI Roundup
Equity Diversity & Inclusion at your Workplace EDI are three closely linked values held by many organisations that are working to be supportive of different groups of individuals, including people of different ethnicities, heritage, religions, abilities, genders, and sexual orientations.
We're really pleased to provide members with a roundup of EDI news to help keep you updated and informed on this hugely important area.
I was honoured to have been asked to sit on the judging panel for the Women in Utilities Awards 2025 earlier this year. The calibre of entrants was outstanding - each demonstrating the remarkable achievements of women in the utilities sector and the organisations and individuals that champion them. I don't mind admitting that judging was extremely tough! However, the finalists have now been revealed and you can see them here.
You can join me and the amazing women working in our industry as we celebrate the finalists during the lunch-time awards ceremony on 27 June, Royal Lancaster, London - secure your ticket/s here!
We'd be thrilled to include your EDI news in our next edition - just let ana@eua.org.uk know what you'd like us to share.
Read on for our roundup of EDI news!
Debbie Mitchell, UN Director
Exploring inclusivity and diversity - latest episode of 'People of Network Plus' The most recent episode delves into the crucial themes of inclusivity and diversity. and discusses how respecting individuals, appreciating differences, and ensuring equal access to opportunities is not just the right thing to do but also beneficial for business success.
New WUN report - The power of culture: a leader’s guide to creating change in the utilities workplace You can view a recording of this insightful session, including a panel discussion with experts from across our industry here.
Access to the full 2025 WUN report, The power of culture: a leader’s guide to creating change in the utilities workplace provides answers to the following questions:
- Are utilities organisations getting workplace culture right?
- Is wellbeing washing a problem for our industry?
- What workplace benefits do women value most? Hint: It's not salary.
- What actions can we all take to create real cultural change?
Download the report here.
Northern Gas Networks’ Young Innovators Council (YIC) YIC helps shape the decisions made by the gas distribution network and has been recognised for its fantastic impact and was shortlisted for the EUA/IGEM 2025 Gas Industry Awards (Business Innovation Award).
Find out more about Northern Gas Networks’ Young Innovators Council (YIC):
- Young Innovators Council March 2025 Young Innovators Council (YIC) is the voice of young people at Northern Gas Networks. It’s aim is to provide young people’s perspectives and help ensure young people’s thoughts and opinions are put at the heart of our decision making through meaningful and relevant engagement with our future customers.
- Report: Young Innovators Council 2025: Ideal Work Experience
Ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting - consultation Large employers already report on their gender pay gaps, In line with its commitments in Next Steps to Make Work Pay, the Government is working towards extending mandatory reporting obligations for large employers to cover ethnicity and disability.
This consultation is seeking views on how to introduce mandatory ethnicity and disability pay reporting for large employers. Responses to the consultation will help to shape proposals which will be included in the upcoming Equality (Race and Disability) Bill.
National Gas - how can we close the gender pay gap and build a more diverse energy workforce? National Gas Chief People Officer, Sarah Stanton, joined Michelle Gyimah on the “Beyond the Pay Gap” podcast sharing how National Gas is tackling gender inequality and creating a culture of belonging.
From strategy to action, Sarah talked through the impactful steps already taken to reduce the gender pay gap, and what National Gas is recommitting to as they roll out the 2025 Belonging Strategy:
- Refreshing role profiles with more inclusive language
- Expanding our focus beyond visible diversity
- Reviewing our hiring approach and raising awareness of gender bias
- Recommitting to the Women’s Utilities Network
- Growing our women’s development and sponsorship programmes
Find out more here.
UK Research and Innovation publishes gender pay gap report – UKRI The sixth annual gender pay gap report highlights the percentage difference between the average hourly earnings for males and females across the organisation.
The gender pay gap is a measure across all jobs in UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), not of the difference in pay between males and females for doing the same job.
UKRI’s mean gender pay gap (GPG) has narrowed by 0.6 percentage points since 2022. The figures show that in 2024, UKRI’s mean gender pay gap was 9.0 per cent, 1.3 percentage points higher than the UK national GPG, which stood at 7.7 per cent in 2023. In other words, for every £1 that males earned, on average females earned 91p.
However, the most recent data has shown a widening by 0.7 percentage points in the last year, and the median GPG has increased by 2.5 percentage points.
Read the UKRI gender pay gap report 2024.
Diversity Survey Report 2024 The Diversity Survey is the UK’s largest annual benchmarking initiative for collecting and aggregating protected characteristic data of employees within the built environment sector.
This report analyses data from the 2024 Diversity Survey, presents findings, highlights key trends, and suggests areas for targeted improvement. The data is visualised through graphs, tables, and graphics, with comparisons across Tiers and sectors, as well as identification of annual trends.
Key topics include gender, age, ethnicity, disability, inclusive workplaces, sexual orientation, board diversity, religion and belief, the impact of unknown data, attraction and recruitment, voluntary turnover, and the core group of 57 reporting organisations. Read the report here.
Upcoming Events
- Full list of events: Womens Utilities Network (WUN)
- Construction Inclusion Coalition: Introduction to Unconscious Bias Webinar 18 June 12-1pm - email info@builtonbetter.uk for more information