Recommendation 6

First and foremost, it must be the responsibility of firms, boards and investors to drive improvements in diversity and inclusion, particularly given the clear evidence that 40 Sexism in the City more diverse firms achieve better results. We heard that many firm-level initiatives aimed at improving diversity and inclusion were often not treated in the same way as other core business priorities. We encourage firms, boards and investors to put this right and ensure diversity and inclusion is given the same focus as any other core business priority. The lack of progress in the past five years cannot be tolerated indefinitely. The loss of potential is just too great.