ISO 30415 diversity and inclusion, put into practice across your organisation.

What it is

What is ISO 30415?

ISO 30415, Human resource management — Diversity and inclusion, is an international standard from ISO technical committee ISO/TC 260. ISO describes it as guidance on diversity and inclusion for organisations, including their governance body, leaders, workforce and recognised representatives, and other stakeholders.

It is written to scale to any organisation in the public, private, government or non-governmental sectors, whatever its size, industry, growth phase or country-specific requirements. In practice it gives leadership a structured way to decide what inclusion means for the organisation, build it into people processes and track whether it is working.

Current edition. ISO 30415:2021 is the first edition, published in May 2021. ISO lists the standard as under systematic review, with the review closed in September 2026; the outcome will show on its iso.org page.

Who it is for

Who uses ISO 30415?

Nobody is required to follow ISO 30415, so the reasons are the organisation's own. Clients come to Sterling from four starting points:

• Leadership has made a commitment. The board or executive team has promised progress on inclusion and wants a recognised framework behind it.
• Customers or investors are asking. Tender questionnaires, ESG ratings and investor queries ask how the organisation manages diversity and inclusion.
• HR processes feel inconsistent. Recruitment, promotion and pay decisions vary by manager or country, and nobody can show the pattern.
• A group wants one approach. Companies across several countries want shared principles with room for local law and culture.

Inclusion shows up in everyday decisions about who is hired, heard and promoted. The work has to reach those decisions.

Requirements

What does ISO 30415 cover?

ISO 30415 is guidance: ISO describes recommended actions, suggested measures and potential outcomes rather than requirements. Its clause structure is not reproduced here; the list below is what Sterling's work covers when applying it.

• Accountability: the roles of the governance body and leaders, and who owns progress.
• Policy and strategy: a diversity and inclusion commitment linked to the organisation's objectives.
• People processes: recruitment, development, pay, promotion and exit reviewed for fairness.
• Products, services and suppliers: where inclusion reaches customers and the supply chain.
• Measures and reporting: indicators chosen, collected and reviewed, with actions taken on the results.

Your engagement

What your ISO 30415 engagement includes

One team takes you from a first assessment to working practice, under one all-inclusive proposal.

• Scope, gap assessment and plan

  Against the guidance of ISO 30415, with owners and dates.

• Policy and process design

  A commitment and people processes written with HR and managers.

• Effivity ISO & GRC software

  Objectives, actions, indicators and reviews in one workspace, included with the engagement at no additional cost.

• Training for leaders and staff

  Awareness for everyone, with preferential Sterling Academy access, including complimentary awareness training for your people as part of the engagement.

• Internal review and management review

  A check of how the practices are working, with actions agreed.

• Sustain™

  Ongoing support so the measures and reviews continue after the first cycle.

ISO 30415 is guidance and cannot be certified. Sterling helps you apply it and show the evidence.

Often combined with

Standards organisations pair with ISO 30415

• amfori BSCIamfori BSCI audit preparation for producers: gap assessment across the 13 performance areas, remediation, worker-facing evidence and support from Sterling.
• CSDDDCSDDD compliance and requirements after Omnibus I: scoping, risk-based due diligence, complaints, monitoring and the 2029 start, delivered in one all-inclusive proposal.
• FairtradeFairtrade certification and requirements: which Fairtrade International standards apply, FLOCERT's audit, cost and timing, and how Sterling prepares you.
• ISO 26000ISO 26000 social responsibility consulting: apply its seven core subjects in your decisions and reporting.
• ISO 45003ISO 45003 psychosocial risk consulting: manage work-related stress and wellbeing within your ISO 45001 system.
• Modern Slavery Acts (UK / Australia)Modern slavery statement support under the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 and Australia's Modern Slavery Act 2018: risk assessment, due diligence and evidence.