b'28 Partner News Winter 2022CorporateEngineering where everyone is included Engineering a more efficient, safer and sustainable world is a substantial challenge and one were tackling every day across the Spirax-Sarco Engineering Group.Its a challenge that relies on the fullInclusion can be a long journey. With themenopause and supporting family members diversity of skills, thinking, experience andlaunch of our plan, we wanted to both signaland relationships at home. The commitment perspectives from our colleagues workingits importance across our Group and to makehas also inspired the roll out of free, around the world. Creativity and innovationan immediate positive difference to the livessustainably sourced menstruation products flourishes when everyone feels supported,of our colleagues globally. across our UK sites and in France.valued and visible and can be their authentic self at work. Which is why we created 10 group inclusionIn addition, our group inclusion commitments commitmentsour global minimumcover topics as diverse as race equity, Thats why we created our global inclusionstandards on inclusion. They apply in everyLGBTQ+ inclusion, disability, faith, mental plan called, Everyone is Included. Launchedpart of our business, and in every one of thehealth and more. To help us and to hold in February 2022, Everyone is Included is our67 countries we work.us to account, weve begun several new commitment to making a positive differencepartnerships, including with the Business to the lives of everyone in the Spirax-SarcoSupport with lifes challengesDisability Forum, Change the Race Ratio Engineering Group.Recognising that starting a family is onecampaign, Stonewall, Womens Engineering of the biggest joys and challenges ourSociety and Women in Science and As well as being the right thing to do forcolleagues can face, our group inclusionEngineering. Weve also signed the United our colleagues, it supports the best resultscommitments include a minimum of 16 weeksNations LGBTI Standards of Conduct for for our customers, the communities werepaid gender neutral parental leave for allBusiness and Womens Empowerment part of and the world around us too. Ourcolleagueswhoever they are, whereverPrinciples.approach to inclusion is vital to being able tothey are and however they become a parent. deliver our purpose to create value for all ourSharing the learning stakeholders by engineering a more efficient,Life can be tough, so weve also introducedGoing global on inclusion and introducing safer and sustainable world.15 days of paid caregiver leave for allour group inclusion commitments across all colleagues to help with planned andour operating countries at the same time has From words to action emergency caregiving, a minimum of tentaught us a few things. So, what does Everyone is Included mean indays pregnancy loss leave (whoever you are practice? For us, this is about empowering aand however your loss is experienced) and aThe first is most definitely not to wait until truly inclusive and equitable working cultureminimum of 10 days of safe leave to supportyou have all the answers. As one of our where colleague wellbeing is prioritised.colleagues who are experiencing domesticDanish colleagues put it, if wed waited until Everyone is Included aims to achieve thisviolence or abuse.we had all the answers, we may never have through a focus on four themes: inclusivelaunched the group inclusion commitments. leadership, inclusive behaviours, inclusiveWorking with our Womens Network,Yes, some of those commitments will have a processes and inclusive partnerships. We setwe created a set of menopause friendlycost impact and a manufacturing impact, but goals related to these themes and continueworkplace principles and guidelines onwe decided that should not be a barrier to to evolve them as our journey progresses,positive menstrual health at work. Thesesupporting our colleagues to be their best sharing our progress on our website and inare now opening up new conversationsbecause we would learn and adapt as we our annual report. on supporting colleagues experiencingprogressed.'