Bentley has embarked on a journey to become the leader in sustainable luxury mobility.
Importantly, we invest in our people, their wellbeing and development. None of our sustainability ambitions would be possible without our colleagues. We wholeheartedly believe that diversity drives business success as different perspectives drive purposeful decision-making and greater innovation. We have developed a robust DEI strategy to foster a welcoming environment for our colleagues as well as ensuring our recruitment processes are inclusive. We have a wider role to play in society and our local community and actively support charities and non-profit organisations under the banner of our Advancing Life Chances strategy.
Diversity isn’t a tick-box exercise. We’re looking to retain the talented colleagues we already have and recruit the very best new candidates from all backgrounds, ensuring everyone gets the support needed to reach their full potential. The diverse workforce itself is not the attraction – instead it’s our way of working, our inclusive culture and our policies and facilities here at Bentley.
In 2023, we focused on embedding the criteria that can enable us to move our maturity level from compliant to strategic. We did this by creating and delivering a range of DEI objectives and targets and by putting KPIs in place to ensure we can track and monitor our progress. In addition, we have ensured that all leaders own and communicate Charge Forward Inclusive Leadership within their functions and act as DEI role models. We are now focused on achieving the next maturity level of integrated, which requires us to have further policies and practices in place to enhance our DEI strategy. To build on this, we will continue to actively champion underrepresented groups. Moreover, we will develop leaders further so that they have the in-depth DEI knowledge they need to role model and live inclusive behaviours every day.
One way we do this is through our constantly evolving People Strategy, which is aligned to, and supports, the delivery of our corporate Beyond100 strategy. This has brought all our strategic activities together into one simple, understandable framework and can also be linked to living our inclusive behaviours.
With this framework, all Bentley colleagues can see exactly where they add value and can contribute to delivering our ambitious at both a departmental and business level.
The strategic ambitions in HR strategy:
1. We are a global employer of choice: We attract, engage, develop and retain world-class, diverse talent through inclusive and industry-leading tools, ways of working, rewards and benefits.
2. We achieve success through our people: We are committed to creating a lean and sustainable organisation of the future, underpinned by innovative and industry-leading skills development.
3. We embrace diversity of thought: Through collaboration and relentless curiosity, we challenge the status quo. This helps us transform the future of our business to become a global leader in sustainable luxury mobility.
4. We charge forward to drive an inclusive high-performance culture: We live our behaviours through an embedded culture, creating an environment where everyone belongs.
