We would like to know your main reasons for using the Gold Standard toolkit. Please rank your top 3 reasons (with 1 being the most significant reason)

Rank 1Please select...Ethical/Corporate Social Responsibility ReasonsRegulatory/Legal ReasonsTo improve Recruitment and RetentionTo improve ProductivityTo tender for DWfL servicesTo tender and compete for new work from LDA/GLATo tender and compete for new work with private sectorTo diversify our supplier baseTo make the business more competitiveTo improve service deliveryIn order to enter new marketsTo develop diversity strategy or action planTo assess your current diversity practices against good practice standardOther

Rank 2Please select...Ethical/Corporate Social Responsibility ReasonsRegulatory/Legal ReasonsTo improve Recruitment and RetentionTo improve ProductivityTo tender for DWfL servicesTo tender and compete for new work from LDA/GLATo tender and compete for new work with private sectorTo diversify our supplier baseTo make the business more competitiveTo improve service deliveryIn order to enter new marketsTo develop diversity strategy or action planTo assess your current diversity practices against good practice standardOther

Rank 3Please select...Ethical/Corporate Social Responsibility ReasonsRegulatory/Legal ReasonsTo improve Recruitment and RetentionTo improve ProductivityTo tender for DWfL servicesTo tender and compete for new work from LDA/GLATo tender and compete for new work with private sectorTo diversify our supplier baseTo make the business more competitiveTo improve service deliveryIn order to enter new marketsTo develop diversity strategy or action planTo assess your current diversity practices against good practice standardOther

If other, please specify

How long did it take to complete the toolkit?Please select...20 minutes30 minutes60 minutesother

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How many times have you completed or accessed the DWfL Gold standard toolkit?Please select...Only onceTwiceThree timesFour timesFive timesMore than five times

If No, then specify why not

We would like to find out what you thought about the DWfL Gold standard toolkit, case studies and other materials you have used. Please rate against the following criteria on a scale of 1 to 5 (with 1 being excellent and 5 being very poor).

The overall look of the toolkitPlease select...Excellent (1)Very Good (2)Average (3)Poor (4)Very Poor (5)

Ease of access in finding the information you needPlease select...Excellent (1)Very Good (2)Average (3)Poor (4)Very Poor (5)

Quality of informationPlease select...Excellent (1)Very Good (2)Average (3)Poor (4)Very Poor (5)

Relevance to your businessPlease select...Excellent (1)Very Good (2)Average (3)Poor (4)Very Poor (5)

Level of detail provided in the informationPlease select...Excellent (1)Very Good (2)Average (3)Poor (4)Very Poor (5)

Extent to which the information met your objectives/answered your queryPlease select...Excellent (1)Very Good (2)Average (3)Poor (4)Very Poor (5)

Ability to explain the commercial and business benefits of greater workforce and supplier diversityPlease select...Excellent (1)Very Good (2)Average (3)Poor (4)Very Poor (5)

We would like to know about the impact which the DWfL Gold standard toolkit has had on your company. Please indicate the extent to which you agree with the statements below, with 1 being I strongly agree with the statement and 5 being I strongly disagree. As a direct result of using the Gold standard toolkit

I have an increased awareness of equality and diversity issuesPlease select...Strongly Agree (1)Agree (2)Neither agreenor disagree (3)Disagree (4)Strongly Disagree (5)

I have a greater understanding of the business benefits of equality and diversity within the workforce and supplier basePlease select...Strongly Agree (1)Agree (2)Neither agree nor disagree (3)Disagree (4)Strongly Disagree (5)

My company has improved equality and diversity policies and practicesPlease select...Strongly Agree (1)Agree (2)Neither agree nor disagree (3)Disagree (4)Strongly Disagree (5)

My company has improved the diversity of our workforcePlease select...Strongly Agree (1)Agree (2)Neither agree nor disagree (3)Disagree (4)Strongly Disagree (5)

My company has improved the diversity of our supplier basePlease select...Strongly Agree (1)Agree (2)Neither agree nor disagree (3)Disagree (4)Strongly Disagree (5)

We have been able to effectively address regulatory / legal issues relating to diversityPlease select...Strongly Agree (1)Agree (2)Neither agree nor disagree (3)Disagree (4)Strongly Disagree (5)

We have been able to improve our recruitment and retentionPlease select...Strongly Agree (1)Agree (2)Neither agree nor disagree (3)Disagree (4)Strongly Disagree (5)

The number of people employed by our firm has increasedPlease select...Strongly Agree (1)Agree (2)Neither agree nor disagree (3)Disagree (4)Strongly Disagree (5)

Company turnover has increasedPlease select...Strongly Agree (1)Agree (2)Neither agree nor disagree (3)Disagree (4)Strongly Disagree (5)

Company profit has increasedPlease select...Strongly Agree (1)Agree (2)Neither agree nor disagree (3)Disagree (4)Strongly Disagree (5)

We have improved company productivityPlease select...Strongly Agree (1)Agree (2)Neither agree nor disagree (3)Disagree (4)Strongly Disagree (5)

There has been greater creativity and innovation within the firmPlease select...Strongly Agree (1)Agree (2)Neither agree nor disagree (3)Disagree (4)Strongly Disagree (5)

The business is more competitive as a resultPlease select...Strongly Agree (1)Agree (2)Neither agree nor disagree (3)Disagree (4)Strongly Disagree (5)

We have been able to improve service deliveryPlease select...Strongly Agree (1)Agree (2)Neither agree nor disagree (3)Disagree (4)Strongly Disagree (5)

Our company has been able to enter new markets, which we otherwise wouldn’t have accessedPlease select...Strongly Agree (1)Agree (2)Neither agree nor disagree (3)Disagree (4)Strongly Disagree (5)

We would like to know how satisfied you are with the DWfL Gold Standard Toolkit. Overall, after using the Gold Standard toolkit, are you:Please select...Very satisfiedSatisfiedNeither satisfied nor dissatisfiedDissatisfiedVery dissatisfiedDon’t know (do not read)

We would like to know whether you think that the DWfL Gold Standard toolkit could be improved in anyway? If so, please specify.Please select...Yes - the website could be improvedNo - the website is fine the way it is

Improvements?Yes - the website could be improvedNo - the website is fine the way it is

How likely would you be to recommend the DWfL Gold Standard toolkit to other companies?Please select...Very LikelyFairly LikelyNeither Likely nor unlikelyFairly UnlikelyVery UnlikelyDon’t know

Do you have any further comments which you think would help us to improve the DWfL Gold Standard toolkit? Please specify below.

We are interested to know what action you took after using the Toolkit or what action you expect to take in the future. Please answer either yes, no or plan in response to the actions below

I have found out more about diversity as an issue and the benefits to my businessPlease select...YesNoPlan

I have attended a DWfL eventPlease select...YesNoPlan

I have used the website again on a future occasionPlease select...YesNoPlan

I have used the DWfL toolkit as a guide for continual improvement to equality and diversityPlease select...YesNoPlan

I have contacted another organisation for further information on diversity related issues (please specify name of organisation)Please select...YesNoPlan

I have amended my companies diversity / equality policies / practicesPlease select...YesNoPlan

We have recruited a person specifically to deal with diversity issues or incorporate this function into an existing team members rolePlease select...YesNoPlan

We have decided not to pursue the issue of diversity for the immediate futurePlease select...YesNoPlan

We have decided not to pursue the issue of diversity at all (please specify reasons why)Please select...YesNoPlan

Other (please specify)

What additional support from DWfL would assist you in improving your diversity practices?Please select...Development of an action plan to achieve GoldClarification of validation process to achieve Gold level accreditationIntroduction of Intermediate level certificate of accreditationInformation on the business case for diversityOther

If other , please specify

Which of the following sectors does/did your company trade in? You can indicate more than one if this more appropriately describes your businessManufacturingEnergyFinance & BankingBusiness ServicesComputingRetail & Wholesale TradeHotels and restaurantsTransport & CommunicationConstructionAgriculture Fishing MiningPersonal ServicesPublic Sector or CharitableOther

If other please specify

Please tell us what your position is within the company. Choose from one of the following categoriesPlease select...General Manager or Senior OfficialHuman ResourcesEquality and Diversity ManagerBusiness DevelopmentProcurementOther

If other please specify

We would like to know how many people your business employs

Please tell us your contact name

Please tell us your Company/Organisation name

Email address

Telephone number