 diversity and inclusion porterbrook is a fully diverse and inclusive employer the company is registered as a disability confident employer and holds living wage accreditation our diversity policy is reviewed regularly in order to ensure fair and equal treatment for all existing and potential staff women are well represented across every level of the organisational structure many of our female colleagues are role models within the rail industry we are immensely proud that the last year has seen an increase in the percentage of women working at porterbrook rise to a third this compares to an industry average of 16% across rail source women in rail 2016 we are striving to improve on this still further by actively promoting flexible working which is in place at every level of the organisation including the executive team encouraging remote working to offer further flexibility for all staff but particularly those with caring responsibilities engaging with cross industry initiatives to attract more diversity into the rail industry particularly among women young people and under represented communities 