Independent report

Ethnic diversity of UK boards: the Parker Review

Independent review by Sir John Parker into the ethnic diversity of UK boards.

From:
Department for Business and Trade and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
Published
2 November 2016
Last updated
21 June 2023 鈥� See all updates

Documents

https://assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey-sites/ey-com/en_uk/topics/diversity/ey-parker-review-report-2022.pdf?download

https://assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey-sites/ey-com/en_uk/topics/diversity/ey-what-the-parker-review-tells-us-about-boardroom-diversity.pdf

https://assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey-sites/ey-com/en_uk/news/2021/03/parker-review-appendix.pdf

https://assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey-sites/ey-com/en_uk/news/2020/02/ey-parker-review-2020-report-final.pdf

https://assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey-sites/ey-com/en_uk/news/2020/02/ey-parker-review-2017-report-final.pdf

Details

This independent review considers how to improve the ethnic and cultural diversity of UK boards to better reflect their employee base and the communities they serve.

The report sets out objectives and timescales to encourage greater diversity, and provides practical tools to help business leaders to address the issue.

For more information and additional resources please visit the .

2023 update report: Improving the Ethnic diversity of UK business

Read the related EY press release, March 2023: .

2022 update report: Ethnic diversity enriching business leadership

Read the related EY press release, 16 March 2022: .

2021 update report: Ethnic diversity enriching business leadership

Read the related EY press release, 12 March 2021: .

2020 update report: Ethnic diversity enriching business leadership

Read the related EY press release, 5 February 2020: .

Updates to this page

Published 2 November 2016
Last updated 21 June 2023 show all updates

  1. Addition of 2023 update from the Parker Review: improving the ethnic diversity of boards.

  2. Link added to the 2022 update from the Parker Review: improving the ethnic diversity of boards.

  3. Added link to Parker Review survey results, November 2020.

  4. Added link to 2021 update report: Ethnic diversity enriching business leadership.

  5. Added link to Ethnic Diversity Enriching Business Leadership: 2020 update report from The Parker Review.

  6. Final report published.

  7. First published.

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