Our Impact
Creating Change | 2024
“A world built for all, by all. That’s our vision. This is not about quotas.
At Built By Us, what we are asking for is that everybody gets the chance to prove themselves and contribute to our industry.
It is about getting out of the way of the amazing, diverse talent and using that extra collective intelligence to build more inclusive spaces…”
Please find out about how Built By Us made social impact by downloading our latest report.
5 ways you can benefit from a diverse workforce
TALENT
Talent seeks to work with the widest range of other voices to challenge, learn and evolve and according to research
“67% of job seekers said that a diverse workforce is an important factor when evaluating companies and job offers.”
2. INSIGHT
Working solely with the traditional power base of the built environment will not bring the diversity of experience, mindset, or experience needed to create future-proof communities.
“The quality of the built environment has a significant role to play in tackling social disadvantage.”
- Inclusive Environments, Design Council
3. INNOVATION
Increasing diversity, building inclusion, and embedding inclusive leadership are core tenets of an innovative, outwards looking workforce.
“Buildings are deeply emotive structures that form our psyche. People think they are things they maneuver through, but the make-up of a person is formed by the structures they move through.”
- Sir David Adaje.
4. PROFITABILITY
According to Mckinsey In 2019, companies in the top quarter for Diversity outperformed* those in the fourth by
36%
5. GROWTH
In 2019, companies who were behind the Diversity curve were more likely* to make less profit than those who have diverse executive boards by
40%
*Source: McKinsey
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“Support from BBU has also seen us launch our own in-house mentoring programme, plan our EDI strategy and most importantly; help our management team improve awareness and identity, develop talents and contribute to the realisation of professional aspirations.”
Chris Castle, Managing Director, EPR Architects
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Awards and Recognitions
National Mentoring Awards 2019 - National Diversity Mentoring Winner
School of Social Entrepreneurs - Start-Up 2018
School of Social Entrepreneurs - Trade-Up 2019
UnLtd - Thrive Award Winner 2019
Featured in the Mayor of London’s Handbook Supporting Diversity as part of Good Growth By Design
AJ 100 Disruptors 2020 , Architect's Journal