{"id":601175,"date":"2023-01-23T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/23\/social-equity-key-to-boosting-built-environment-workforce\/"},"modified":"2023-01-23T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T00:00:00","slug":"social-equity-key-to-boosting-built-environment-workforce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/23\/social-equity-key-to-boosting-built-environment-workforce\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Equity Key to Boosting Built Environment Workforce"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 The\u00a0National Institute of Building Sciences<\/a>\u00a0<\/a>recently convened 30 building industry executives to discuss social equity and goals to steer the future of the U.S. built environment workforce.<\/p>\n

NIBS is partnering with Avenue M Group to conduct a biannual survey of the building industry to take the pulse on where things stand, with regard to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Survey results will be released in May.<\/p>\n

\u201cA successful workforce hinges on companies and organizations championing and nurturing DEI,\u201d said AC Powell, JD, CPS, President and CEO of NIBS. \u201cInclusion, diversity, social equity, and opportunity must be embedded into all aspects of built environment operations.\u201d<\/p>\n

An initiative of the NIBS Consultative Council, the roundtable follows the first\u00a0Built Environment Social Equity Survey,<\/a> which was released in May 2021. <\/p>\n

That study included 16 participating organizations, who sought to obtain consistent data across many industry sectors.<\/p>\n

Background<\/h3>\n

According to the May 2021 Built Environment Social Equity Survey, most respondents (65%) indicated it is important or extremely important to increase the diversity of the built environment. <\/p>\n

Other highlights: 43% of employed respondents indicated their company has a program or initiative dedicated to DEI; 28% of respondents indicated they have experienced discrimination or prejudice based on age; and 66% of respondents indicated they have experienced discrimination or prejudice based on gender (women).<\/p>\n

Last year, the Consultative Council released its annual Moving Forward Report, examining the critical area of\u00a0driving workforce diversity, equity, and inclusion in the built environment<\/a>. The report found that the U.S. is reaching a crisis point, in terms of ensuring that a \u201cfull pipeline\u201d of skilled workers is available to meet the needs of a rapidly advancing building industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cCritical to this effort is improving access, targeted recruitment efforts, and training for women and underrepresented groups, including ensuring fair and equitable opportunities for career advancement within the industry,\u201d says the report. <\/p>\n

Learn more about\u00a0NIBS\u2019 commitment<\/a>\u00a0to DEI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\n Jeanice Antes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 The\u00a0National Institute of Building Sciences\u00a0recently convened 30 building industry executives to discuss social equity and goals to steer the future of the U.S. built environment workforce. NIBS is partnering with Avenue M Group to conduct a biannual survey of the building industry to take the pulse on where things stand, with regard […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":601176,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23181,534,700],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-601175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-equity","category-financial","category-social"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}