Diversity and inclusion

Wonderfully you

At Severn Trent, we’re all united by our purpose of wanting to take care of one of life’s essentials and make a positive difference to our communities every day.

Beyond that, we’re all individuals – and we celebrate that.

For us, it’s not about labels. Our focus is on you as a person. We’re all more than one demographic or single ‘group’ that we might belong to. So, we want to understand you - your goals, career aspirations and what you need to get there, so we can best support you with it.

Our 2030 Diversity and Inclusion Strategy

We’re not all the same. We all arrive at today from different directions. Embracing that – and making it part of our business – isn’t just something that’s nice to have, it’s a must have. It helps us to deliver for our customers and do right by our communities.

The reason we have a Diversity and Inclusion strategy is because we’re not all the same. That might seem an obvious thing to say. But it’s crucial to our business. Why? Because we serve everyone.

Our D&I 2030 strategy sets out how we’re going to continue our great progress, and we’d love you to take a look. 

Our colleague networks

We have a supportive culture of openness and when things get in the way of someone doing their best work, we’ll listen to each other and work together to put it right.

We have five colleague networks: Armed Forces, Disability, Ethnicity and Cultural Heritage, LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans, Queer/Questioning), and Women’s.

Each network has a Severn Trent Executive Committee sponsor and an appointed chair. These networks help our colleagues connect through shared experiences and ensure that everyone, regardless of their differences, can thrive and succeed at Severn Trent.

We’re proud of our progress

The big steps we’ve made hasn’t happened by accident. We know there is still much more we want to do, but that doesn’t distract from how proud we are of the progress we’ve made. It’s the result of lots of deliberate actions, and we couldn’t be more passionate about getting this right.

Here’s some of our most recent achievements:

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