Diversity and inclusion
BarentsKrans is committed to providing a safe, inclusive working environment where employees can be themselves – a place where everyone is welcome and feels at home irrespective of their cultural background, gender, sexual orientation, personal beliefs or disabilities.
We embrace influences from different cultures and subcultures. This creates the best environment, not only for our people but also for our clients, as it broadens our view, adds to our job satisfaction and has a positive impact on our collaboration.
We focus on three aspects of diversity and inclusion: (i) gender equality, (ii) room for cultural diversity, and (iii) organisation-wide support for the LGBTIQA+ community.
We train our colleagues to recognise unconscious bias, which creates awareness in both our recruitment policy and our performance reviews. Our office is also a partner of Bridges Network, a network that gives bicultural law students easy access to our lawyers.
Contact
BarentsKrans has a CSR Committee; Cosima Stroeve is the point of contact for this committee. Questions and suggestions on the BarentsKrans CSR policy can be addressed to mvo@barentskrans.nl.
Social impact
We encourage both business development and personal development, which is not just limited to our colleagues and clients. We believe in sharing knowledge, and this extends beyond the legal field.
BarentsKrans hasbeen a sponsor of JINC since 2019. This organisation works with businesses and schools to empower young, socio-economically deprived people to give them a good start and to reduce the inequality of opportunity in the employment market. In addition to our role as sponsor, we actively contribute to JINC’s goals by organising workshops and other activities.
As we operate with consideration for society and since we have the people and resources to help others, every year we organise a team activity for a good cause.