The Diversity Project launches new campaign for 'business imperative' menopause support

One in ten employees

On World Menopause Day the Diversity Project has demanded the investment industry implements menopause focused policies and culture changes to better support employees, Investment Week can reveal.

The Diversity Project works towards an inclusive culture within the investment industry and in its latest campaign is calling for new company support systems for employees experiencing menopause. It cited the Standard Chartered and Financial Services Skills Commission report last year, which showed one in ten employees, or 128,000 women on average a year, are actively working through menopause. But according to the group "there is fundamental evidence to prove that minimal action has been taken to support the people [menopause] impacts the most". The Diversity Project said that "suppo...