Standard Chartered Forges Partnership On Diversity, Inclusion

IN accordance with its 'diversity and inclusion mantra,' the Standard Chartered Bank says it is committed to ensuring fair and equal treatment for candidates and employees with disabilities, helping them fulfil their potential within a professional and fair working environment.Through the instrumentality of its Diversity and Inclusion Council (D&I), the bank recently launched a partnership with the Children's Developmental Centre (CDC), an arrangement that was equally given an expression via a workshop titled 'Finding Normal'.With the motto, 'in order to understand the world of people with disabilities we must enter their normal world,' the workshop highlighted how the bank and its employees could take part in creating an enabling work environment for people with special needs.The CDC is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to children and young adults with special needs, providing a broad range of services ranging from Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Language Therapy and Hydrotherapy. The partnership, according to sources in the bank, aims at sensitising staff and customers and at changing their mindset and perception on people living with disabilities.Mr. Diran Olojo, the bank's Head of Corporate Affairs in Nigeria, said the bank 'takes a progressive approach to diversity and inclusion in the work place. We employ people based on merit, regardless of age, physical ability or disability, gender or ethnicity. Through this partnership with CDC and the workshop, we were able to understand some of the challenges people living with disabilities face on a daily basis.'The bank appoints, trains, develops, rewards and promotes employees on the basis of merit and ability. The Group places great value in diversity and strives to ensure its approach to recruitment attracts candidates with disabilities through appropriate events, marketing and inclusive processes. To accommodate disabled applicants and staff with disabilities, the bank will also provide the necessary tools and equipment to support employees with disabilities perform their roles sufficiently.
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