Annual Impact Report 2023

Annual Impact Report 2023
People
Our people are our greatest asset and two key
themes we made progress on this year include
ensuring that we have excellent HR and wellbeing
infrastructure in place, alongside meaningful
moments for the team to contribute to our strategic
priorities and direction as a firm. In practice this
included steps such as:
HR and wellbeing infrastructure
• Investing in dedicated HR advisory support;
• Formally launching our new Menopause Policy to
codify the support and flexibility we provide to
menopausal and perimenopausal colleagues;
• Introducing a stress risk assessment that can
be completed with colleagues as and where
appropriate.
Our team is now…
24%
People of the
Global Majority
24% - under-30
25% LGBTQ+ 28% part-time
Society’s wider benefits offer includes a Personal and
Professional Development Allowance (PPDA), PPDA topups
on birthdays and work anniversaries, payroll giving, an
Employee Assistance Programme and financial wellbeing
advice, and the option of agile working. This year we also
introduced a growth shares scheme for long-standing
service.
Our colleagues also continued to volunteer their time
and expertise to a range of organisations across the UK,
the US, and New Zealand. We believe that volunteering
is an excellent way of recharging our batteries, building
team spirit and forging meaningful partnerships with our
communities. Society has colleagues who are trustees
of schools and charities, and we support these voluntary
commitments as a great way of developing inclusive and
innovative leaders within the firm.
In September we held our annual All Company Volunteering
Day. Our New Zealand colleagues spent the day at Kiwi
Harvest. Our UK colleagues helped regenerate London’s
green spaces through the Hanger Hill Tyre Project in
partnership with The Conservation Volunteers. And our
New York colleagues distributed food parcels for West Side
Campaign Against Hunger.
Section 2
Co-production and team engagement
• Collectively assessing our 2023 progress and coproducing
our strategic aims for 2024 through our
end-of-year strategy days;
• Our CEO conducting an organisation-wide
listening tour to take into account team feedback
and wellbeing considerations.
59% women;
29% men,
12% non-binary,
100% hybrid or
wholly remote
working
Looking forward, during 2024 we are committed to
further evolving our benefits structure and recruiting
broader lived experience into our team.
6% - disabled
In our latest colleague survey at the start of 2024,
we received the following feedback:
“I like the variety and global reach of the work we undertake. I’m proud of our B Corp
status and everything that underpins it.”
“Leadership seems to genuinely care about all employees and I feel like part of the
team. Suggestions and opinions are taken seriously and I feel like my voice is heard.”
18% - over-45
“Society does things differently and has a people focus at the heart of everything it
does in all areas – clients, candidates, colleagues. We’re on the front foot when it
comes to DEI, sustainability and being values driven.”
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