Inclusivity and diversity
January/February 2021
Krishna Mistry/Photo Linda Salamoun
SLL Light Grafitti event in 2019: the SLL aims to include a diverse selection of gender, ethnicity and age when selecting speakers and chairs for panel discussions and events
ALL INCLUDED SLL coordinator Juliet Rennie examines CIBSE, and the society's, policy on inclusivity and diversity ithin its inclusivity statement, CIBSE identifies the role its members, affiliates and staff play in advancing the art of the possible. It highlights that an inclusive culture brings resilience, creativity and innovation. The statement lays out the institution's collective goal to ensure that the organisation, together with the building services engineering profession and community, are welcoming to all, for the benefit of all.
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As a division of CIBSE, this goal is also central to the SLL’s development. In promoting the value of a quality lit environment, it is also working to ensure that the society and the wider lighting industry reflect this policy. The SLL has sought guidance and advice from the CIBSE inclusivity panel, to increase the diversity of its membership so that it can better support and represent the lighting industry and the public. The inclusivity and diversity panel, comprising 10 volunteers from across the membership, including from the institution’s board and the executive, was set up in 2017 with a view to shaping the future of the institution and the building services profession for improved business performance. Its aim was to ‘advise and support the institution on all elements of diversity,’ recognising that some groups are underrepresented within the membership and in the profession as a whole. Its key aims, which the SLL is pursuing,
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