Tesco also has strong links with many organisations representing
disabled people, such as Whizz-Kidz. It also has its own Diversity
Council. The Council sets the diversity strategy for Tesco. Its goals
are to show that Tesco is inclusive, to make everyone welcome and
to play an active role in the diverse communities it serves. Tesco is
currently working with disabled colleagues to establish whether
there is a need for a disability network. The business also works
with a number of diversity partners. These partnerships help Tesco
to build and improve its diversity strategy. These partners are:
• Stonewall. Tesco is a ‘Diversity Champion’ member of
Stonewall, a charity which exists to ensure equal rights for
lesbians and gay men in a society where they can be open,
honest and safe at home, at school, at work and in
the community.
• EFD (Employers Forum on Disability). EFD is currently working
with Tesco to help it to do a better job for disabled colleagues.
It will also help encourage more disabled people to choose
Tesco as a great place to work.
• Opportunity Now. This group offers support for gender equality
in business. It is committed to supporting the business to offer
opportunities to both men and women. Its key objective is
equal treatment of genders but, as it is women who are most
often under-represented, this tends to be its focus