Diversity policy
At Arriva, diversity means valuing differences in our staff and customers. Diversity is about recognising and accepting that all types of people can be successful at work.
Arriva positively welcomes all types of staff and customers, which will give us an advantage over other companies, making Arriva an employer of choice. We will have the best employees, we will offer a better service to our customers and this will benefit us all.
To do this we have to recognise, understand and appreciate the differences in people. For example, skin colour, religion, where you were born, men and women, gays and lesbians, how old you are, which school you went to, what you like and don't like, what you believe in, what things are important to you and so on. To help us to value differences in our employees and customers, we have defined what diversity does and does not mean:
What diversity is:
- Essential to the success of our business
- Something that affects every one of us in the way we behave
- About genuinely valuing and welcoming differences in people
- A business opportunity that affects all people
- Proactive
- About values, behaviours and culture
- About more than numbers or targets
What diversity is not:
- Optional or "nice to do"
- Political correctness
- Compliance with the law or paying "lip service"
- Only about minority groups
- Reactive or problem centred
