As a membership and representative organisation, employer, and charity, Icon is deeply committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI), placing these values at the heart of everything we do to ensure inclusive action within Icon and across the conservation profession.
EDI are a set of ethical principles, key to ensuring supportive environments for groups and individuals including people of colour and those of with disabilities, different ethnicities, religions, genders, and sexual orientations.
Icon's EDI Policy Objectives
Icon works to ensure the organisation actively realises the following five policy objectives:
- EDI in workplace culture (Staff, Board, and Volunteers)
- Representing diversity through advocacy
- EDI best practice in recruitment and training (Staff, Board, and Membership)
- Diversity in membership.
- Organisational value of EDI practice
Icon's Definition of Diversity
Underpinning the policy is Icon's definition of diversity, which aligns with the definition defined in The Equality Act (2010). Icon's definition further includes Socioeconomic background and status, ethnicity, regional and social identities, and the wider LGBT+ community.
EDI Objectives and Deliverables
To acheive these objectives, Icon has developed a series of actions designed to embed EDI in to all aspects of our work, ensuring our progress is measurable and meaningful.
Importantly, we have defined outcomes for each of these actions, demonstrating how we are meeting our key objectives and driving positive change within Icon and the wider conservation profession.
Some of these outcomes have already been achieved, whilst others are actively being worked on as part of our ongoing commitment to EDI.
For full details on Icon's EDI Policy Statement as well as Icon's Objectives and Deliverables, please visit our About Us page.