Nearly half of Stonewall Diversity Index are VinciWorks clients

VinciWorks proudly serves 42 of the top 100 firms who’ve dedicated themselves to LGBTQ+ inclusion

Stonewall’s annual top 100 Employers is the definitive list of workplaces who’ve dedicated themselves to supporting LGBTQ+ inclusion in the workplace. It’s always an exciting moment for VinciWorks to see just how many of our clients are represented on the annual list. These are firms who use our compliance software to monitor diversity for instance, or who train with our suite of equality, diversity and inclusion courses, or use our e-learning to make their workplaces better. This year, VinciWorks is thrilled to see that 42 firms out of the top 100 of the list is made up of VinciWorks clients.

In 2019, VinciWorks was incredibly proud to see that the law firm Pinsent Mason’s topped the Stonewall list. Kate Dodd, their diversity and inclusion specialist, worked closely with VinciWorks to create groundbreaking diversity training that was instrumental in securing the law firm’s top spot on the list that year. We hosted a special webinar with Kate who took us through exactly what she and her team did to deliver such an important result, and set the tone for law firms going forward. You can listen again to that webinar here.

This year’s list is notable for its diversity. Again it is topped by a law firm – Clifford Chance – and includes a mix of private, public and voluntary sectors. Notably law firms and financial services are strongly represented on the list, with firms including Linklaters, Citi, HSBC, Shearman & Sterling, Tesco, DLA Piper, Leigh Day, Rolls-Royce and Irwin Mitchell all strongly represented.

The diversity index is designed as a developmental framework, meaning respondents are supported with in-depth feedback to build a robust, tailored action plan to improve their inclusion year by year. In the 2022-2024 list, Stonewall placed more focus on non-binary and bi inclusion, and work that supports intersectional identities (such as disabled LGBTQ+ people, or LGBTQ+ people of colour). Stonewall also included criteria around maintaining a focus on LGBTQ+ inclusion in dispersed workplaces, since hybrid working has become the new normal.

Of the top 100 firms represented, 42 are clients of VinciWorks. Our clients cover the broad range of companies represented, from private firms, law firms, financial services, public and voluntary sectors. They use our suite of diversity and inclusion training, compliance software, policy templates, guides and other resources in their business. VinciWorks clients are represented up and down the top 100.

With much more diversity and inclusion training to come, from the upcoming launch of our intersectionality course to our new suite of sexual orientation training along with tracking software, now is the perfect time to use VinciWorks to help your firm secure it’s place on next year’s list.

If you want to see your own firm on next year’s list, get in touch with us today to find out how VinciWorks can help your business prioritise diversity and inclusion, and be a role model for your industry.

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