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Ethnic diversity of UK boards: the Parker Review

Independent review by Sir John Parker into the ethnic diversity of UK boards.

Updates to this page

From:
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, Department for Business and Trade and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
Published:
2 November 2016
Last updated:
21 June 2023
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  1. Addition of 2023 update from the Parker Review: improving the ethnic diversity of boards.

  2. Link added to the 2022 update from the Parker Review: improving the ethnic diversity of boards.

  3. Added link to Parker Review survey results, November 2020.

  4. Added link to 2021 update report: Ethnic diversity enriching business leadership.

  5. Added link to Ethnic Diversity Enriching Business Leadership: 2020 update report from The Parker Review.

  6. Final report published.

  7. First published.

Documents

2023 update from the Parker Review: improving the ethnic diversity of boards

https://parkerreview.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/The-Parker-Review-March-2023.pdf

2022 update from the Parker Review: improving the ethnic diversity of boards

https://parkerreview.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/EY-Parker-Review-2022.pdf

Ethnic diversity enriching business leadership: 2020 update report from The Parker Review (PDF, 3MB)

https://parkerreview.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ey-parker-review-2020.pdf

Beyond one by ‘21: a report into the ethnic diversity of UK boards - 2017 final report (PDF, 1MB)

https://parkerreview.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ey-parker-review-2017.pdf

Details

This independent review considers how to improve the ethnic and cultural diversity of UK boards to better reflect their employee base and the communities they serve.

The report sets out objectives and timescales to encourage greater diversity, and provides practical tools to help business leaders to address the issue.

For more information and additional resources please visit the Parker Review webpage.

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