SUSTAINABILITY
“ Are we doing enough right now ? No , but we are committed to doing better and doing more ”
MARIENTINA LAINA DIRECTOR OF SUSTAINABILITY , NTT GLOBAL DATA CENTERS
“ Are we doing enough right now ? No , but we are committed to doing better and doing more . We can always do better .”
Working as Technical Director at Mission Critical Management ( MiCiM ) and Managing Director at Operational Intelligence , Sophia Flucker has a cross-industry perspective on the DE & I situation .
Based in the UK and Ireland , MiCiM has more than half a century ’ s worth of experience in data centre construction projects , but is wary of the need to enhance its diversity efforts .
“ A lot of this is borne out in the statistics ,” says Flucker . “ We know we [ members of the data centre industry ] are not as diverse as we should be so , certainly , we need to do more .
“ I think the proportion of women in construction is even less . We ’ re still better than other companies – about 30 % of our workforce is female – but it ’ s not enough and we ’ re still trying to improve our inclusivity so we can really benefit from having a much more rounded team .
“ I ’ d also make the point that diversity and inclusion isn ’ t just about gender or one issue ;
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