DTZ’s first diversity survey of its UK business has revealed that 92.5% of staff are white, 94.3% are heterosexual and 1.4% disabled.
Conducted by the agent’s Curzon Group, which is responsible for promoting inclusivity within the business, the study found that the majority of DTZ’s employees had a state school education and that 58% are male and 42% female.
Colin Wilson, DTZ’s head of UK & Ireland, said: “I want our business to constantly challenge the historic diversity issues that have affected our industry. The first step towards achieving that is having an accurate understanding of DTZ as it stands and where we need to focus our efforts in the future.”
The company is working with Women in Property, and in 2015 some 60% of the graduate intake was female.
Stonewall recognises DTZ as an employer which takes steps to ensure that its workplace environment is inclusive of all of sexual orientations.
The firm is also working to ensure that its social and ethnic mix, while in line with other firms working in the built environment, reflects society at large.
DTZ has started to address this industry-wide challenge with structured work experience placements from London academies.
