It has now been a year since the 2024 race riots erupted across the UK, a powerful and painful reminder of the racial injustice that continues to shape our society. As we reflect, we must ask ourselves: what has really shifted in the past 12 months?
In the final piece in our series, we hear from Mary Ann Clements (pictured right), Co-Chief Executive Officer of ADD International.
Let’s shift the dynamic from building for communities to building with them to ensure every construction project in the development sector is inclusive, sustainable, and truly meets people’s need.
In the second in our series, we hear from Christine Allen (pictured right), CEO of CAFOD.
Following a series of anti-racism seminars for CEOs hosted by Bond and the subsequent formation of the Bond CEO Anti-Racism Working group, we asked three CEOs to take us through their progress on anti-racism within their organisation.
The race riots in the UK over the summer were a glaring reminder of how deeply entrenched inequities can erupt into visible unrest and how far we still have to go. Our Head of Anti-Racism and Equity Lena Bheeroo looks at what progress we made as a sector in 2024, and how the ugly events over the summer are happening both on a micro and macro level across the globe, both institutionally and societally.
After a year in the job, our CEO Romilly Greenhill reflects on what she has learned working internally on anti-racism and equity, diversity, the challenges she has faced, and how she plans to take this crucial work into her second year.
