News UK has announced today (Friday) that it has become a member of The Valuable 500, a global business network encouraging firms to commit to disability inclusion.

The Valuable 500 – launched by social entrepreneur and activist Caroline Casey at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in January 2019 – wants to put disability on the global business leadership agenda.

Its aim is to persuade 500 multinational companies that have at least 1,000 employees to make a public commitment to advance disability inclusion in their organisation.

News UK is proud to support this hugely important endeavour which addresses a crisis faced by so many in the disability community.

CEO, Rebekah Brooks said: “I am delighted to be signing News UK and Ireland up to the Valuable 500 and supporting the disabled community. We launched a diversity and inclusion strategy last year which aims to improve our diversity as an organisation and the representation of our audiences. If every organisation can pledge to make some small changes to improve the experience of disabled people, we can together make a huge difference.”

We join a total of 415 companies who also pledge action including Bupa Global, Burberry, The Coca-Cola Company, Credit Suisse, Nestlé, Prada Group and Siemens AG.