In this episode, FuturePlus CEO and host, Alex Smith sits down with Rachel Sadka, Director of Social Sustainability at EY, to explore how businesses can move beyond compliance to create genuine transformation through social sustainability and DEI initiatives.

Rachel shares insights from her 13+ years at EY, including her work developing the National Equality Standard and Global Equality Standard. The conversation covers navigating DEI backlash, measuring social impact, embedding sustainability across all business functions, and why socioeconomic diversity matters.

Rachel explains how leading organisations link social sustainability to value creation, the role of AI in recruitment and performance management, and why transparency about challenges builds trust.

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IMPACT PROVEN THROUGH RESULTS

REUBEN DIGITAL

“The FuturePlus platform gave us exactly what we needed. It’s transformed how we think about our business impact.” - Ray Stephens, Managing Director, Reuben Digital

UNIPET

"FuturePlus provides a structured, practical, and evidence-based approach to managing sustainability performance." - Ria Sooknarine, Sustainability Manager, Unipet

SOHO HOUSE

“FuturePlus has been integral to our ESG work at Soho House.” - Min Shrimpton, Head of House Foundations Communications, Soho House

REUBEN DIGITAL

“The FuturePlus platform gave us exactly what we needed. It’s transformed how we think about our business impact.” - Ray Stephens, Managing Director, Reuben Digital

UNIPET

"FuturePlus provides a structured, practical, and evidence-based approach to managing sustainability performance." - Ria Sooknarine, Sustainability Manager, Unipet