Tesco demonstrates commitment to disability equality
10th August 2007
Tesco, one of the worlds largest retailers, has become the latest organisation to join Employers' Forum on Disability (EFD) as a gold member.
The leading supermarket group has been a member of EFD since 1995 and now becomes a key contributor to the world's leading employer-led disability organisation. Tesco has previously sponsored EFD's best-selling publication, ‘Welcoming disabled customers' guide.
Juliet Crisp, Diversity Manager for Tesco, said: "We have been working with Employers' Forum on Disability for a while now and are pleased to become gold members.
"Earlier this year we completed their benchmarking survey and are looking forward, with EFD's help, to practically find ways to improve the facilities and environment for our disabled staff and customers."
Susan Scott-Parker, chief executive of the EFD said: "We are pleased to announce Tesco's commitment to becoming an EFD gold member.
"The gold group's commitment underpins EFD's work. As core funders their support is fundamental in building our capacity to make it easier to employ disabled people, serve disabled customers and value disabled people as stakeholders.
"We are looking forward to forging a close relationship with Tesco that will help us build our capacity to provide practical advice for EFD's growing membership."
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Media enquiries, please contact:
Liz Nightingale, Communications Manager
Employers' Forum on Disability
Email: liz.nightingale@efd.org.uk
Telephone: 020 7403 3020
About Employers' Forum on Disability
Employers' Forum on Disability is the employers' organisation focused on disability as it affects employers and service providers. With over 400 members, EFD represents organisations that employ around 20 per cent of the UK workforce.Since its establishment in 1991, EFD has worked closely with government and other stakeholders, sharing best practice to make it easier to employ disabled people and serve disabled customers.