Drive up social mobility to boost DEI initiatives, NextGen urges

Research finds industry focus groups have concerns over ‘diversity-washing’

Martin Richmond
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Drive up social mobility to boost DEI initiatives, NextGen urges

Employers in the pensions industry should take action to drive up social mobility as part of their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, a report from NextGen has argued.

The organisation's report, Supporting socioeconomic diversity in the pensions industry, surveyed 175 individuals across the pensions and investment industries as well as a series of focus groups. T...

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