RIBA has called on architects and practices to commit to setting diversity targets and publicly reporting on their progress to drive inclusivity within the profession.

Urging architects to sign up to its newly launched Inclusion Charter, the body has set out five actions it says are needed to address “the urgent need for inclusion in the architecture profession and wider construction industry”.

It follows recommendations from RIBA’s former president Jack Pringle in August for all RIBA council members to do unconscious bias training to counter what he called “subtle prejudices” within the architectural profession.

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