EY European DEI Index

The study analizes the perception of managerial and non-managerial employees regarding DEI in their own company. These answers are used to generate the EY DEI Index to show, how advanced companies in European countries are in terms of DEI.

Authors: 

Marcel van Loo and Ev Bangemann

Publication: 

4 April 2024

Language: 

English

Number of pages: 

28

Document type: 

Study

Key questions we will explore: 

  1. European companies do not perform well in the new DEI Index compiled by EY: the average DEI Index score is 5.69 out of 10. Only Swiss companies achieve an average score of 6.0.
  2. DEI progress in Switzerland is encouraging: 89% of employees surveyed say that they understand their company's attitude and actions towards the DEI issue.
  3. Only 34% of managers surveyed in Europe belong to underrepresented groups (16% excluding women), compared to 66% of non-managerial employees (31% excluding women).
  4. 30% of employees in Europe have experienced discrimination or bullying in their own company, but only just over half of these have reported such cases.

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