D&I annual report 2022-23
D&I annual report 2022-23
Central to our strategy is a commitment to driving an inclusive culture that champions and celebrates the differences and similarities of everyone at Kainos.
Our long-term D&I approach helps us achieve this commitment; creating an environment of fairness and equity where everyone has an equal opportunity to grow, be recognised, and be rewarded for their valuable contribution.
We have accomplished a lot in the last 12 months, and we're excited to continue our journey. But we still have more to do.
In our annual report, we provide you with an update of our diversity and inclusion journey to date.
Why D&I matters
At Kainos, we celebrate diversity and are committed to fostering a working environment which allows everyone to be themselves and achieve their full potential.
The case for creating a diverse and inclusive culture is underpinned by research and aligns to the Kainos strategic principles:
Be a great employer
By having more culturally diverse leadership and teams, we are more likely to have increased staff wellbeing and higher rates of staff engagement and retention.
Delight our customers
With a more diverse work environment, we are able to develop more new products than those with homogenous teams, as well as being able to quickly introduce and bring new innovations into market.
Be a growing, profitable and responsible company
With a more diverse and inclusive culture, we can become more agile and adopt better to change in volatile environments, whilst meeting or exceeding global equality standards and laws. We can also achieve growth ambitions with higher return on equity, and become more profitable as a result.
Key pillars
Our focus in D&I is underpinned by three primary pillars:
1. Leadership
Ensuring accountability and inclusive leadership.
2. People
Attracting, developing, engaging and retaining a diverse pool of talent.
3. Culture
Open, inclusive and high performing talent - globally.
Our progress to date
Areas of focus
Looking ahead, our primary focus will centre around the following activities within our three key pillars:
Leadership
- Delivery of Inclusive Leadership program to all leaders in Kainos globally.
People
- Review our talent acquisition processes for inclusivity.
- Assess each of the measures to drive gender diversity individually and implement initiatives to drive progress.
- In conjunction with the global benefits review, paid family leave is being examined. Phase 1 is complete with enhanced paid family leave policies in the UK, USA & Canada regions now implemented.
Culture
- A strong emphasis and dedicated commitment to enhancing our diversity data. Our goal is to attain an 80% completion rate in 2023-24.
- Use Peakon (our employee listening tool) to identify trends, strengths, and areas for development in diversity and inclusion at Kainos. Sustain or enhance our 84% score for D&I.
D&I data
Our D&I dashboard (VIBE) allows us to see the diversity of our global workforce. It helps to:
- understand, monitor and improve D&I in Kainos
- drive diversity efforts in hiring, promotion and retention
- make better D&I decisions
- track progress against our UN Sustainability Goals.
This year, we used gender and ethnicity data to support an extensive analysis on pay equity, resulting in initiatives in the areas of annual salary review, critical market adjustments and promotion awards.
Our VIBE data disclosure grew from 66% to 70% this year. Despite this progress, there remains a notable percentage of 'incomplete' data fields that we are actively addressing.
A snapshot of our progress is measured in the tables below:
Gender identity
| Gender identity | % |
| Men | 43.6% |
| Non-binary | 0.2% |
| Women | 25.4% |
| Transgender men | 0.0% |
| Transgender women | 0.1% |
| Gender identity not listed | 0.04% |
| Prefer not to disclose | 1.7% |
| Incomplete | 29.0% |
Ethnicity
| Ethnicity | % |
| Asian or Pacific Islander | 0.1% |
| Asian/Bangladeshi/Indian/Pakistani/Other | 8.2% |
| Black/African/Caribbean/Other | 2.9% |
| Chinese | 0.8% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 0.8% |
| Ethnicity not listed | 1.3% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 0.3% |
| Indigenous peoples | 0.7% |
| Two or more ethnicities | 1.5% |
| White European/American/Other | 68.6% |
| Ethnicity not listed | 1.4% |
| Prefer not to disclose | 1.2% |
| Incomplete | 13.9% |
Religion
| Religion | % |
| Buddhist | 0.04% |
| Christian | 12% |
| Hindu | 3% |
| Islam | 2% |
| Juddaism | 0.3% |
| No religion or belief/atheist | 17% |
| Prefer not to disclose | 6% |
| Protestant | 12% |
| Religion not listed | 7% |
| Roman Catholic | 17% |
| Sikh | 1% |
| Incomplete | 23% |
Disability
| Disability | % |
| Hearing | 0.4% |
| I do not have a disability | 11.7% |
| Long-term medical, mental, or neurodivergent condition | 1.9% |
| Learning | 0.6% |
| Sight | 0.1% |
| Use of arms or hands | 0.04% |
| Use of legs | 0.1% |
| Disability type not listed | 0.8% |
| Prefer not to disclose | 0.5% |
| Incomplete | 83.9% |