119. UKRI’s first EDI strategy13sets out its ambition for a more diverse and inclusive research and innovation system. 120. EDI is integral to UKRI’s vision and mission. Including and valuing a broader range of people and talent will help UKRI achieve the extraordinary potential of research and innovation to improve lives, promote economic growth, and support a knowledge economy that benefits everyone. 121. The EDI strategy has four objectives that provide a unifying framework for the actions they will take to implement this strategy: • Foster a world-class research and innovation system, ‘by everyone, for everyone’ • Include and support a diversity of people and ideas through our funding and partnerships • Create a more inclusive and fair organisational culture, where everyone can contribute and participate, and feels valued and respected • Advance and grow knowledge and capability to support a thriving research and innovation system by being a creative, evidence-based and evidence-informed organisation 122. It is clear that a variety of approaches and interventions will be needed to create a more inclusive research and innovation system, where people, creativity, and ideas can flourish. This is why UKRI Councils have developed action plans to support the implementation of the EDI strategy. Each action plan has an owner, who is accountable for monitoring and assessing progress. Monitoring of these action plans will enable UKRI to manage and evaluate the performance and significance of the strategy and inform future activities. 123. UKRI’s EDI strategy and action plans include actions that will enable it to respond to the recommendation. EPSRC publishes data on participation in peer review. We are actively exploring extending and expanding the reporting of peer review data across UKRI, to sit alongside our application and award data publications. Further detail on how individual UKRI Councils are improving the representation on their committees is included below in as part of the discussion of recommendation 24.