​Earlier this week Network Recruitment shared a blog highlighting the importance of embracing diversity within an organisation. There are four South African organisations that continue to pave the way in embedding diversity and inclusion in their company culture strategy, and it's evident that their respective strategies are working.

According to the 2018 Thomson Reuters Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) Index, Woolworth's Holdings (24th overall), Vodacom (42nd overall), Clicks Group (58th overall) and Nedbank (95th) were amongst the top 100 most diverse companies to work for in the world.

For any organisation to qualify as diverse and inclusive, the Index considers numerous factors such as the make-up of the company's board members in terms of gender and culture, if they make concessions for disabled employees or not, and how they go about training current and new employees. Furthermore, it considers working conditions, remuneration and the amount of time the company was covered by the media on a controversial issue.

These are the Index's top 20 diverse companies in the world:

Company Name Overall D&I Percentage Score (%)HQ Country Accenture PLC84.25Ireland Novartis International AG79.25 Switzerland Medtronic PLC79.00I reland Diageo PLC78.75 UK Gap Inc.78.50 USA Telecom Italia SpA77.75 Italy Kering SA77.50 France Natura Cosmeticos SA77.25 BrazilL'Oreal SA77.25 France Acciona SA 77.00 Spain Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.77.00 USA Ucb SA75.00 Belgium Roche Holding AG75.00 Switzerland Woolworths Group Ltd.74.75 Australia Nestle SA74.50 Switzerland Microsoft Corp.74.25 USA Colgate-Palmolive Co.74.00 USA Procter & Gamble Co.74.00 USA Eli Lilly and Co.74.00 USA HP Inc.73.75 USA Merck & Company Inc.73.75 USA.

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