As both a membership organisation and an employer, ICE is committed to diversity. We value the diversity that men and women with differing backgrounds, skills, and abilities bring to the Institution. We will endeavour to foster an environment free from harassment and unfair discrimination in which individual potential can be cultivated, so that everyone associated with the Institution can act against prejudice with open and critical minds. A key theme in our business plan is to improve accessibility to the Institution for all groups. It is our policy to:

	increase awareness of equal opportunities through training and the media
	research and reduce obstacles to equal opportunities
	challenge and root out discrimination if it occurs
	monitor and keep under review ICE policies and practices within the Institution to ensure the promotion of equal opportunities.

This policy applies to members of all grades, employees and applicants. ICE also actively encourages its members to promote diversity in their workplaces.