The benefits of taking part

The Disability Standard is the only management tool that enables organisations to accurately measure their performance on disability in every way in which it affects the business, and to put in place action plans that deliver real business improvement.

The Disability Standard will help you employ people on the basis of their contribution to the business, access untapped reserves of talent, open up new markets, improve operational efficiency, promote new sources of ideas and creativity and improve the quality of customer care you offer to everyone. All this while building reputation and brand loyalty.

Taking part in the Disability Standard will:

• allow you to audit the current state of disability equality within your organisation
• provide a systematic approach to assessing disability related risk
• help you compare your organisation's performance with competitors and other employers
• help publicise your commitment to disability equality to your board, employees, customers and other stakeholders
• help you to gain an understanding of how disability affects the entire organisation and what constitutes best practice
• help you to minimise legal and reputational risk, as the Disability Standard requires you to move beyond compliance with the Disability Discrimination Act into best practice
• provide a platform on which to build your organisation's disability action plans and set targets for the future.

In summary, the Disability Standard shows you where you are on disability, where you need to be and how to get there.

Find out more about what's included in the Disability Standard package.

To download a copy of the Disability Standard 2009 Brochure click here for the PDF version and here for the Word version.