Everyone Belongs strategy
Everyone Belongs is our equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) strategy for the next five years.
We’ve made significant progress to become more diverse and inclusive under our previous strategy. Everyone Belongs continues that progress while striving to create an environment that is equitable too – where everyone is given the right environment to thrive.
Everyone Belongs puts our people at the centre – encouraging and empowering everyone to bring their whole selves to work and be part of our inclusive journey.
Our five strategic themes support the progress we need to make:
- Elevate industry leadership
We’re committed to getting better and setting a good example. - Embed accountability and responsibility for EDI
We will all understand our own role, and our individual responsibilities, in making Network Rail a place where everyone feels they belong. - Build inclusive capability at all levels
Supporting everyone to have the understanding and skills to help people feel like they belong here. - Enable systemic inclusion
We will promote inclusion, and making sure everyone feels they belong, up in our list of priorities – from being an afterthought to something that is consciously thought about. - Adopt an evidence-led approach
We will use data and insight to keep learning, and to guide us. Seeing what has worked and what hasn’t, to help us to keep improving.
Having diverse, inclusive teams supports a safer, more reliable railway and better service delivery, by bringing together talent, different perspectives and ideas including views which are representative of our communities.
Inclusion isn’t a goal – it’s a commitment. This is why we’re continuing our work in this area to remove the barriers. We know that when people feel included, they are empowered to do their best and safest work. Inclusion will make Network Rail a better place to work and, as a result, the work we do will be even better.