We have recently announced that we will further enhance our family leave offering:

• Birthing parents (this includes adoption, surrogacy and pregnancy loss): increased from 18 weeks to 26 weeks full pay
• Non-birthing parents: increased from 4 weeks to 6 weeks full pay

All of the Kent team are able to benefit from two volunteer days per year. We encourage our employees to use these to support external STEM activities within academia, but with a real focus on Schools. The key to increasing the future pool of women in engineering is to promote this within schools, to get girls excited about engineering!

We have continued to invest in Inclusive Leadership capability across our People Managers, supported by our Kent Signature People Development programmes. 25% of our UK employees participated in Kent Signature Programmes throughout 2025.

We are actively working towards gold standard in the Kent Inclusion Blueprint during 2026. This structured framework continues to support our ambition to create a fair and inclusive workplace aligned to our global Inclusion and Belonging strategy.