{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6177c48df62eb80013741032/673dd41993bec8617f2d8415?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Access Denied: The environment sector’s problem with race","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6177c48df62eb80013741032/1732229486996-f762c52c-5030-4c71-a968-5b7a6a1a827a.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>According to some estimates, the environment sector is among&nbsp;the least diverse profession in the UK, second only to agriculture.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show that in the 12 months to June 2024, 93% of environmental professionals were white, and 7% identified as Black, Asian or belonging to an ethnic minority group.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Surveys have also found evidence of overt and covert racism in the sector.</p><p>To understand what lies behind the sector’s problem with race and the implications for the environmental profession and its future, we speak with:</p><p><br></p><ul><li><strong>Manu Maunganidze</strong>, the co-director for inclusion and climate Justice at Students Organising for Sustainability (SOS-UK) and co-author of the sector’s landmark RACE Report.</li><li><strong>Nadia Shaikh</strong>, Right to Roam campaigner and Raven Network organiser.</li><li><strong>Sarah Mukherjee</strong>, head of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment.</li><li><strong>Edel McGurk</strong>, Natural England’s&nbsp;regional director for the south-east and senior champion for the regulator’s ethnicity and race network.</li></ul>","author_name":"Environmental Data Services (ENDS)"}