The document discusses how diverse companies perform better financially, drive more innovation, and have higher employee engagement. It provides statistics showing gender-diverse and ethnically diverse companies are more likely to financially outperform less diverse companies. The document also notes women-owned and minority-owned businesses grew significantly more than non-minority owned businesses from 1997 to 2015.
2. Diverse companies perform better financially.
35%
more likely
15%
more likely
Gender-diverse
companies
Ethnically diverse
companies
Source: McKinsey Diversity Matters (2015) available at: http://tinyurl.com/WICT11
How likely is it for companies in the top quartile for diversity to
financially outperform those in the bottom quartile?
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3. Diverse companies drive more innovation.
85% of top companies believe that diversity is crucial to encouraging different
perspectives and ideas that drive innovation.
Source: Forbes Insight Fostering Innovation Through A Diverse Workforce (2011) available at: http://tinyurl.com/WICT12
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5. Your employees want diversity.
57% of employees think their company should be doing more to increase
diversity among its workforce.
Source: Glassdoor What Job Seekers Really Think of Your Diversity Stats (2014) available at: http://tinyurl.com/WICT13
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6. Diverse companies have higher employee
engagement.
What % of staff are engaged in their work?
Most diverse
companies
Least diverse
companies
60%
of staff
11%
of staff
Source: Gallup When Equal Opportunity Knocks (2006) available at: http://tinyurl.com/WICT14
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8. The number of female and minority owned
businesses is quickly growing.
From 1997 – 2015, how much did businesses grow?
235%
growth
74%
growth
Women
owned
Minority
owned
40%
growth
Non-minority
owned
Source: Amex OPEN The State of Women-Owned Business Report (2015) available at: http://tinyurl.com/WICT15
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9. Diverse teams understand diverse customers.
A team with a member who shares a client’s ethnicity is 152% likelier to understand
that client, leading to better understanding of unmet needs in underleveraged markets.
Source: Harvard Business Review How Diversity Can Drive Innovation (2013) available at: http://tinyurl.com/WICT16
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10. Your clients ar diverse
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11. Cleantech employs more women than
traditional energy industries.
20%
women
18.6%
women
13.1%
women
Wind Energy Solar Energy Mining & Oil
Source: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (2013), National Solar Jobs Census (2014), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2013)
Available at: http://tinyurl.com/WICT17, http://tinyurl.com/WICT18, http://tinyurl.com/WICT19
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12. S&P 500 companies whose boards are composed of 30% or more women are
39% more likely to invest in clean energy projects.
Companies with women on their boards are
more committed to clean energy.
Source: Calvert More Women On Boards = More Clean Energy Commitments (2013) available at: http://tinyurl.com/WICT20
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15. Women have supported electric vehicles since
the early 1900s.
Source: CleanTechnica Henry Ford’s Wife Wouldn’t Drive Ford Model T, Kept Her Electric Car (2014)
Available at: http://tinyurl.com/WICT22
Clara Ford, Henry Ford’s wife, refused to drive the petrol-powered Model T
and drove a 1914 Detroit Electric until 1938.
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