The Case for Inclusion in APAC
In Singapore alone, 60% of employees want their employer to be more inclusive. Research from Harvard Business Review found that an absence of employee belonging correlates to poor on-the-job performance, absenteeism and staff turnover. The Inclusive Business Pledge programme helps deliver better performance from teams by helping your employees feel respected and that they belong - their diverse perspectives valued, regardless of who they are, how they appear, their ages or backgrounds.
Inclusion Starts with Commitment
When your organisation signs the pledge, you are committing to: ✔ Protecting employees from discrimination ✔ Safeguarding your employees from harassment ✔ Accomodating to diverse needs and abilities
Three Pathways to Inclusion
Begin your journey by signing the Pledge and accessing other resources included in the Starter Pack.
Then you'll be able to unlock more tools suited to your organisation's needs.
Pack
- Your organisation added to the Signatories List.
- A 90-day Inclusion Action Plan to start your journey.
- Complimentary webinar access (2 seats): Introduction to Inclusion & Diversity from a Singapore lens.
- Eligibility to unlock Professional and Professional Plus Packs.
Pack
- Your organisation added to the Signatories List.
- A 90-day Inclusion Action Plan to start your journey.
- Complimentary webinar access (5 seats): Introduction to Inclusion & Diversity from a Singapore lens.
- Self-assessment with leaders questionnaire + anonymous employee climate.
- Premium 2022 Pledge Badge upgradable to Silver, Gold or Platinum after self-assessment.
- Your organisation added to the Signatories List.
- A 90-day Inclusion Action Plan to start your journey.
- Year-long access (100 seats per month) to our monthly webinars with expert speakers to support your implementation.
- Self-assessment with leaders questionnaire + anonymous employee climate.
- Premium 2022 Pledge Badge upgradable to Silver, Gold or Platinum after self-assessment.
- One employer marketing session in the Inclusive Careers Lab 2022 calendar.
- Access to the step-by-step implementation roadmap.
Programme Features
Badges
Broadcast your commitment with Silver, Gold or Platinum 2022 Pledge Badges. Badges are suitable for use on websites, LinkedIn and other social media channels, email signatures and client presentations. Badges are renewable annually. Any organisation can claim the Pledged Badge through the Starter Pack. Silver, Gold, or Platinum Badges are awarded after completing the self-assessment. For Professional and Professional Pack holders only.
90 Day Action Plan
The 90 Day Action Plan is for leaders of organisations of all sizes to consistently role-model inclusive behaviours over a 90 day period for the purpose of improving team communication, reducing blind spots and encouraging innovation. Available for Starter Pack, Professional Pack, and Professional Plus Pack holders.
Self-Assessment
Signatories can upgrade their badge through the self-assessment tool, which encompasses an anonymous survey for leaders and employees to identify the organisation's gaps in their inclusion journey. For Professional and Professional Plus Pack holders only.
Inclusive Careers Lab
Reach untapped talent through inclusive employer marketing, Reach women, racial minorities, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ and other underrepresented talent in Singapore and across Asia by presenting panel discussions or skills workshops that showcase your organisational culture as part of the Inclusive Careers Lab’s calendar of monthly events in 2022. For Professional Plus Pack holders only
Monthly Webinars
Raise awareness among your team members with our monthly webinars, The 2022 program of monthly webinars will cover: race, LGBTQ+ and other diversity pillars from an Asian lens; forming inclusion councils, preventing workplace harassment; inclusive leadership behaviours; building long-lasting employee resource groups and other foundational themes. For Professional Plus Pack holders only. Starter Pack and Professional Pack holders have access to the introductory webinar.
Roadmap
Empower your leaders with a step-by-step roadmap. Our implementation framework is designed by inclusion practitioners with over 20 years of experience in APAC. The framework is tailored for use in Asia, for organisations of all sizes and underpinned by the Global Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Benchmarks (2021). Activities in the framework map out three stages of an organisation’s inclusion journey: foundational, intermediate and advanced. For Professional Plus Pack holders only.
