Includability – Certified B Corp – is delighted to welcome DRUM Studios as an Includability Committed Employer for 2023.
DRUM has successfully completed the Includability Committed Employer 5 Star Verification Process in which they have engaged in taking the journey towards authentic inclusion by integrating fairness into their company culture and into each stage of their recruitment process by making commitments in our pillar areas of Diversity, Inclusion, Sustainability, Mental Health, Wellbeing, Talent Management, Impact, Leadership and Governance and Ex-Military Support.
Paul Smith, Founder of Includability, said: “We are delighted to welcome DRUM into our Includability Community. Obtaining our Includability Committed Employer status is a fantastic achievement, and I am so pleased the team have worked so closely with our verification partners to commit to greater transparency to create an inclusive and mentally healthy workplace culture.
“They are now part of a growing network and community of like-minded organisations that will support each other to share best practice, empower employees, do better for the planet and work collaboratively to consistently set higher workplace standards. I am thrilled we will be taking this journey together.”
Who is DRUM?
DRUM Studios is a digital media agency who creates sustainable digital media for everyone. Founded in 2006, their mission is to craft accessible and sustainable user experience, by overcoming barriers and inequality, for brands wishing to lead the way.
They create websites, Apps, videos and animations, marketing collateral and audit sites accessibility and run workshops for design students and marketing departments to help them feel more empowered.
DRUM’s approach to accessibility is to look beyond compliance and to think about it more empathetically, after all empathy and accessibility are so highly interconnected. They believe empathy is essential to creating truly accessible designs and experiences. Without empathy, companies are just focusing on compliance for their own brand’s personal gain. When you look beyond compliance and you instead wish for all your customers to have the same equal experience, you have human empathy and only then, will you truly become accessible.
“DRUMs values are firmly rooted in inclusivity and sustainability so joining Includability seemed like an obvious choice to bolster our knowledge on how to make DRUM even more inclusive and a mentally healthy workplace where everyone can bring their authentic selves and can thrive and be happy. Includability will help us to assess what we are doing well and where we can grow. We look forward to spreading the word on the importance of digital accessibility and sustainability.” – Kaye Moors, Managing Director at DRUM.
What are Includability's pillar of inclusion areas?
Includability champions the following:
Environment and sustainability (E+S)
Mental health
Employee well-being
Talent management
Leadership and governance
Equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI).
Ex-Military Support
All areas fall under the people, planet, purpose and profit framework of the Environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) business model.
What is Includability’s 5 Star Verification process?
The 5 Star Verification Process was independently conducted by Includability Official Partners; Prosperah, Outliers Wellbeing, Flex Wellbeing, Unleashed, The HR Agency and Mental Health Charter CIC to ensure practices align with established definitions of an ‘Inclusive Workplace’.
Completing our 5 Star Verification process (or the 6 Star Verification Process for Includability Committed Recruitment Agencies) involves members completing a Company Commitment survey, having introductory, and possible follow-up, calls with our verification partners to assess where they are on their journey, making further commitments to engage with best practice in our pillar areas, and focussing each area into an overall sustainability strategy for their company which will raise the standard of their corporate social responsibility.
What does Includability’s verification process mean for new members?
Successfully completing the Includability 5 Star Verification Process for Includability Committed Employers immediately gives DRUM access to a growing community network of purpose-led organisations.
Displaying our Includability Committed Employer or Includability Committed Recruitment Agency badge signifies to audiences and jobseekers that the holder is committed to undertaking steps to better themselves through education and collaboration. In a values-driven market, Includability Committed Employers enjoy a wider range of talent from our standard.
Why choose Includability?
Includability is a B Corp Certified community network developed to raise expectation, increase employer accountability, and create a new standard for what the recruitment sector should deliver through engagement, collaboration and regularly sharing best practice.
Includability became a Certified B Corporation in March 2023 with a score of 143.2 and is one of the few B Corps to be both Planet Mark and B Corp Certified.
Includability provides; community networking, access to best practice consultants and resources, and a job board to all Includability Committed Employers. We aim to provide inspiration and action for positive change in the workplace.
Our scope of incorporating all of our pillars into our verification process means we are the number one network platform of choice for employers and job seekers and to positively contribute towards a society that is sustainable, free from discrimination and mentally healthy, which will be achieved through clear communication, collaboration and decisive action.
