Purpose Coalition introduces the fifteenth Purpose Goal - Working in Partnership

The Purpose Coalition has - for the first time - introduced a new Purpose Goal.

Goal 15 - Working in Partnership - will promote the need for organisations to work in partnership to boost equality of opportunity. By fostering strategic alliances with unions and citizens assemblies, organisations can harness diverse talent and perspectives, and ensure their initiatives are grounded in the needs of real-world communities.  

Measures underpinning the fifteenth Goal includes recognition of a Trade Union in the workplace, including active and considered dialogue percentage of partnership with external bodies in organisational activity, and percentage use of Workers Assemblies’ when taking major workplace decisions (a representative group of workers from across the organisation).

The first reports from Purpose Coalition partners utilising the new Working in Partnership Goal will launch in the coming weeks.

The Purpose Goals, launched in 2021, set out the 15 core barriers to opportunity that exist in the UK. They are the framework adopted by organisations committed to breaking down those barriers.

The Goals, developed by the Purpose Coalition, collectively map out the key barriers to opportunity in the UK, offering a blueprint for businesses and other organisations to focus their efforts. The 15 Purpose Goals encompass a broad range of societal and economic issues, from early childhood development to workplace inclusivity, highlighting the multifaceted nature of inequality and the need for a comprehensive approach by responsible businesses and other organisations. The goals also emphasise areas where many businesses and other organisations have best practice to share such as when it comes to fair career progression, open recruitment, and good health & wellbeing.

For businesses and other organisations, the Purpose Goals provide a structured framework to assess and enhance their positive role in society by working to break down each of the 15 barriers to opportunity. The Goals have been adopted by more than 100 businesses and other organisations including Leonardo, UK Power Networks, bp, the Co-op Group, Sodexo, Pennon Group, Channel 4, Reed, the BBC, NHS Trusts, UK councils and UK universities amongst others.

Click here to find out more about Goal 15.