Independent report

Ethnic diversity of UK boards: the Parker Review

Independent review by Sir John Parker into the ethnic diversity of UK boards.

• From: Department for Business and Trade and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Published: 2 November 2016
• Last updated: 21 June 2023 — See all updates

Documents

2023 update from the Parker Review: improving the ethnic diversity of boards

https://assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey-sites/ey-com/en_uk/topics/diversity/ey-parker-review-report-2022.pdf?download

2022 update from the Parker Review: improving the ethnic diversity of boards

https://assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey-sites/ey-com/en_uk/topics/diversity/ey-what-the-parker-review-tells-us-about-boardroom-diversity.pdf

Parker Review survey results, 2 November 2020 (PDF, 47KB, EY website)

https://assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey-sites/ey-com/en_uk/news/2021/03/parker-review-appendix.pdf

Ethnic diversity enriching business leadership: 2020 update report from The Parker Review (PDF, 3MB, EY website)

https://assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey-sites/ey-com/en_uk/news/2020/02/ey-parker-review-2020-report-final.pdf

Beyond one by ‘21: a report into the ethnic diversity of UK boards - 2017 final report (PDF, 1MB, EY website)

https://assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey-sites/ey-com/en_uk/news/2020/02/ey-parker-review-2017-report-final.pdf

Details

This independent review considers how to improve the ethnic and cultural diversity of UK boards to better reflect their employee base and the communities they serve.

The report sets out objectives and timescales to encourage greater diversity, and provides practical tools to help business leaders to address the issue.

For more information and additional resources please visit the Parker Review webpage.

2023 update report: Improving the Ethnic diversity of UK business

Read the related EY press release, March 2023: Parker Review announces new targets to improve ethnic diversity of FTSE 350 senior management teams and large private businesses.

2022 update report: Ethnic diversity enriching business leadership

Read the related EY press release, 16 March 2022: Nearly all FTSE 100 companies have met the Parker Review’s ‘One before 2021’ target to improve ethnic diversity of FTSE 100 boards.

2021 update report: Ethnic diversity enriching business leadership

Read the related EY press release, 12 March 2021: Significant progress on improving ethnic diversity of FTSE 100 boards reveals new data from the Parker Review.

2020 update report: Ethnic diversity enriching business leadership

Read the related EY press release, 5 February 2020: New Parker Review report reveals ‘slow progress’ on ethnic diversity of FTSE boards.

Other related reviews

• Race in the workplace
• Race disparity audit report
• Race at work charter from Business In The Community

Published 2 November 2016
Last updated 21 June 2023 + show all updates

1. 21 June 2023

   Addition of 2023 update from the Parker Review: improving the ethnic diversity of boards.

2. 16 March 2022

   Link added to the 2022 update from the Parker Review: improving the ethnic diversity of boards.

3. 23 March 2021

   Added link to Parker Review survey results, November 2020.

4. 15 March 2021

   Added link to 2021 update report: Ethnic diversity enriching business leadership.

5. 5 February 2020

   Added link to Ethnic Diversity Enriching Business Leadership: 2020 update report from The Parker Review.

6. 12 October 2017

   Final report published.

7. 2 November 2016

   First published.