Back in June, we said we needed to do more to bring Black people into innocent. Here’s an update on what we’ve done so far.

With recruitment, we’re using Black talent online job boards to advertise new roles, as well as joining a partnership to mentor Black people in the early stages of their careers.

We’re in the process of introducing equal opportunities monitoring into our UK recruitment, so we can properly understand who’s applying for jobs with us, and who’s underrepresented. Our unconscious bias training is now also available in all our European offices.

Inside innocent, Werdah and Marta have created “beam” – an affinity group for all of us here brought together by our ethnic diversity. Beam’s a safe space for voices and experiences to be heard and make real change. Keep your eyes peeled for a full update on our beam team soon.

We’re also rolling out lots more training. We’re launching a race ally course, so those of us from majority ethnicities are better equipped to be anti-racist allies and launching race training specifically for our leadership team.

And, as you might have seen, we joined the Stop Hate For Profit boycott in July to stand up against the spread of racism, hate and misinformation on social media. We haven’t paid for ads on Facebook or Instagram since.

This is definitely just a start. We've spoken with loads of different people and experts along the way, but we'd always love to hear what's worked at your work so give us a shout if there's anything else you think we should know.