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Navigating the importance of DEI in an increasingly polarised world is about addressing challenges and embracing opportunities to unite rather than divide.
For businesses, DEI means understanding demographic shifts and ensuring that the workforce reflects these changes. Employees should feel fairly treated and included, yet data reveals significant gaps, including unemployment disparities and underrepresentation in leadership roles.
During difficult times, it’s often the most vulnerable groups that are impacted the hardest. Sweden has the second-largest unemployment gap in Europe between college-educated migrants and natives, with only 4.5% of management teams being non-white. Switzerland, where Mitt Liv recently established a subsidiary, ranks 21st in gender equality. This underutilization of talent is a huge brain waste, impacting not just businesses but society. Simultaneously, many industries face critical skills shortages.
Mitt Liv’s mission is clear: to create equal opportunities based on individuals’ competence and potential, bridging the gap between talent and employers’ needs. Our focus is to ensure that everyone, regardless of background, has access to a labour market that values merit, diversity, and inclusion.
And we are hopeful. Research consistently shows that companies integrating DEI into their core strategies are more successful, innovative, and sustainable in the long run. We are seeing forward-thinking CEOs and boards embrace this, and their commitment is evidenced by the success of our CEOs for D&I program, which has welcomed 19 participants since 2021. Additionally, through our new partnership with Stockholm School of Economics Executive Education, CEOs will now be certified after this program, underscoring the growing recognition of DEI’s importance in leadership.
The Edelman Trust Barometer 2023 shows that business is now the most trusted institution and the only one seen as both ethical and competent. This shift reflects rising expectations for companies to lead on societal issues like economic inequality and reskilling. The report also highlights growing global polarisation, declining economic optimism, and widening trust gaps.
Despite these challenges, there’s a strong call for businesses to step up.
Now is the time for action. In difficult times, our commitment to fairness and inclusion will shape the future. I hope you will find the impacts that we present in this report inspiring and that you will join Mitt Liv in our movement for lasting, positive change!
The respondents represent contact persons at our partner organisations who are key contacts in the collaboration with Mitt Liv. 23 out of 39 organisations (59%) completed the digital questionnaire that was sent out by email after the end of the financial year.
state that Mitt Liv contributed to their efforts to increase diversity, while 96% made changes or activities to boost diversity during the collaboration.
state that Mitt Liv contributed to their efforts to increase inclusion, with 91% having made changes or activities to boost the level of inclusion during the collaboration.
state that Mitt Liv contributed to their efforts for a more inclusive recruitment process, while 78% made changes or activities to enhance inclusivity in recruitment during the collaboration.
state that Mitt Liv contributed to their efforts for more inclusive leadership, while 74% made changes or activities to foster inclusive leadership during the collaboration.
The respondents represent mentees, individuals with a foreign background and post-secondary education, who participated in our three* mentoring programs during the period September 1, 2022 -December 31, 2023. 841 out of 1,528 mentees (55%) responded to our follow-up questionnaire 5 months after completing the program. 719 out of 1,528 mentees (47%) completed the digital evaluation survey that was sent out by email at the end of the programs.
*In 2023, we adjusted our financial year, which is why programs from both 2022 and 2023 are in included in this report.
The respondents represent mentors who participated in our three* mentoring programs during the period September 1, 2022 -December 31, 2023. 327 out of 1,089 mentors (30%) completed the digital evaluation survey that was sent out by email at the end of programs.
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