We’re one the UK’s top 25 employers in the Social Mobility Foundation Employer Index.
We won the gold Diversity and Inclusion Award at the UK Employee Experience Awards 2024.
Our EDI strategy
Our five-year EDI strategy, published in 2022, sets clear goals to build a diverse, inclusive and equitable organisation. We report against our progress annually.
Gender parity
Our gender parity target is 50/50. As of 2025, our workforce was 58.6/41.4 male to female (2024: 60/40).
Ethnic diversity
Our ethnic diversity target is 35%. As of 2025, 32.9% of our workforce are from ethnically diverse communities (2024: 30%).
Read PPL’s EDI Strategy 2022-2027
Progress and reporting
We voluntarily publish gender and ethnicity pay gap data as part of our commitment to transparency and continuous improvement.
The key takeaways from our latest reporting include:
- A mean gender pay gap of 3.5%, excluding CEO pay (2024: 5%).
- A 2.9% increase in Asian, Black and Mixed ethnic group representation across the workforce.
Read our latest pay gap reporting
Internal initiatives
Diversity forum and wellbeing committees
Employee-led group supported by the EDI and Wellbeing team who propose and develop initiatives to bring about positive change in respect of EDI and promote mental, physical and emotional wellbeing.
Neurodiversity support group
Exploring the challenges and identifying ways to provide tangible assistance to employees living with neurodivergent conditions, including workplace needs assessments.
Black Employee Network Group
Founded in 2020 by Black employees across the organisation to provide a safe place of understanding, empathy and acknowledgement of issues, challenges and trials experienced within the workplace and outside for black employees.
Championing disability inclusion
Partnering with health and welfare charity Leonard Cheshire to offer paid summer placements for young people with disabilities, many of whom have transitioned into permanent roles at PPL.
Menstrual health and gender inclusion
We are proud to be recognised as a Period Positive Workplace. As part of our wider support for colleagues experiencing menopausal symptoms, we facilitate confidential one-to-one appointments with specialist menopause clinicians through the Menopause Support Service.
Empowering managers to support inclusivity
Rolling out disability training and workshops through the charity Attitude is Everything (AiE) to equip managers, HR teams and Member Services with tools to support colleagues, staff and members who may have a disability.
Mental health first aiders
A trained group of PPL employees, certified by Mental Health First Aid England, offer support to colleagues experiencing mental health challenges.
External initiatives
We work closely with organisations across the UK music industry to promote EDI. As active members of the UK Music Diversity Taskforce, we support initiatives that advance the EDI agenda throughout the music and wider creative industries. This includes our work with Black Lives in Music, the Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority (CIISA), and Race Equality in Music Events Licensing (REMEL).