More than a third of retailers have all-white boards

Leaders need to ‘double down’ on efforts to improve retail sector diversity and ensure senior teams reflect the communities they serve, according to a report.

More than a third of retailers in the UK have all-white boards or all white executive committees, while women account for less than 40% of board and executive committee members, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and The MBS Group’s Tracking progress on diversity and inclusion in UK retail report.

Although ethnic diversity has increased, momentum in this area has slowed. The proportion of ethnic minority leaders at executive committee level increased by only 1.9% in the past year, while those directly reporting to the executive committee has decreased by 4.3%.

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