Improving ethnic and racial diversity and social mobility in the business world has been a painfully slow process, and that is particularly true for real estate. That doesn’t mean that change isn’t possible, but the data for real estate is stark. Only 3% of a group of real estate pros surveyed by recruitment firm Granger Reis thought real estate is more diverse than other industries. And when it comes to pay, Black real estate pros fell further behind, continuing a trend of the last several years, data from a Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors-backed survey found. Global news events that many hoped would precipitate change have come and gone with little impact.
“One thing I've been tracking for the last two years are the companies that made statements back in June and July 2020,” British Land Head of Employee Relations, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Ade Onagoruwa told the audience of the Bisnow Rise… Read the full story here. |