21/10/2011
Statement in Response to Davies Report (“Women on Board”)
The Board of Dignity plc strongly supports the spirit of Lord Davies’ Report “Women on Boards” and will work towards an aspiration of 25% of board positions filled by women by 2015. To facilitate achievement of this aspiration, as we replace retiring Directors, the Board and Nominations Committee will ensure that our executive search agents include the strongest possible field of female candidates. We will however remain mindful of the overall need to recruit the very best candidates regardless of gender.
The Board will continue to encourage similar diversity in senior management positions and throughout the workforce. Dignity plc actively seeks to attract and retain women at every level of the Company.
Dignity plc will continue to publish the details on corporate diversity suggested in Recommendation 2 of the Davies Report, support the changes to the UK Corporate Governance Code in Recommendation 3 and report on our compliance (Recommendation 4) and appointment process (Recommendation 5) in our Annual Report.