LGBT Great reveals first six financial services firms to achieve D&I Gold Standard

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Investment Week
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LGBT Great has unveiled the first six financial services organisations to achieve its Gold Standard for LGBT+ equality within financial services.  

Fidelity International, Legal and General Group, BlackRock, Lane Clark & Peacock, Janus Henderson Investors and M&G plc have been awarded the prestigious Gold Financial Services Standard Award, which is achieved by firms that scored top marks in LGBT Great's Inclusion Index Benchmarking Tracker (iiBT).  The iiBT framework was developed by LGBT Great alongside the financial services industry and is designed to empower financial services organisations to achieve their full LGBT+ diversity, equity, and inclusion potential. It provides an industry specific lens and enables benchmarking again...

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