We are committed to keeping our workplaces free from all unlawful discrimination and to ensuring that all staff have the opportunity to achieve their potential. The majority of our staff are well educated with technical qualifications and based in office accommodation, and therefore we do not consider breaches of human rights to be a significant risk.
The number of women employed in our sector is still relatively low. However, 28% of our staff are women, the same percentage as last year, but this has increased by 5% over the last six years. The proportion of women in senior roles has declined from 16% in 2006 to 15% in 2007.
We recognise the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and are committed to the principles of the UN Global Compact and are committed to ensuring that human rights issues do not adversely affect our business, our staff and the communities in which we operate. WSP has a human rights policy that is regularly reviewed and it is communicated both electronically and in hard copy to all our staff.
There are no specific targets assigned to our policies other than regulatory non-discriminatory ones such as Black Empowerment in South Africa where we have developed the necessary policy and performance reporting.