The Valuable 500
A global business coalition of over 500 companies and their CEOs working to end disability exclusion.
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Overview
The Valuable 500 is a global business-to-business coalition and advocacy organisation that mobilises chief executives and their companies around disability inclusion. It describes itself as "the global organisation of over 500 partners and companies working together to end disability exclusion." Rather than selling a consumer product, the organisation functions as a membership and accountability platform: companies join by making a leadership commitment, and the coalition then drives collective action across four workstreams — Leadership, Reporting, Representation, and Accountability. The organisation was founded by the social entrepreneur Caroline Casey, who launched the campaign around the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2019 with the goal of getting 500 major companies to put disability on the boardroom agenda. The "500" in the name refers to that target of 500 committed companies, a threshold the coalition says it has now surpassed. Its stated vision is "the end of disability exclusion," and its shared purpose is "accelerating disability inclusion through business." It frames its method as "Synchronised Collective Action" — channelling the power of over 500 partners and companies "moving in the same direction, at the same time, against the same system barrier." The coalition positions itself as apolitical, neutral, and industry-agnostic, engaging companies solely on the basis of their commitment to ending disability exclusion. Its membership spans many sectors and includes a set of "Iconic Partners" — described on its website as 18 innovators and leaders who co-fund and support its work. The organisation's activities include leadership commitments from CEOs, work on disability data and reporting to close the "disability data gap," promoting authentic representation of people with disabilities in advertising and media, and accessibility. It also publishes resources such as a Global Disability Legislation Index. A signature initiative is its accountability summit. In December 2025 the organisation convened CEOs and C-suite leaders with disability inclusion changemakers and industry experts for what it calls the world's first accountability summit on disability inclusion in business, branded SYNC25, where participants shared progress, showcased innovations, and established accountability frameworks. The Valuable 500 is a private, mission-driven organisation rather than a listed company, and it operates globally from the United Kingdom.
History
The Valuable 500 was founded by the social entrepreneur Caroline Casey and launched as a campaign at the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2019. Its founding proposition was simple and measurable: persuade 500 of the world's largest companies and their chief executives to make a public leadership commitment to disability inclusion, thereby putting disability on the global business agenda. The name of the organisation derives directly from that target of 500 committed companies. From the outset the initiative was framed not as a charity or a service provider but as a business coalition. Companies join by making a commitment at CEO level, and the coalition then works to convert those commitments into systemic change. The organisation describes its method as "Synchronised Collective Action," in which over 500 partners and companies move "in the same direction, at the same time, against the same system barrier." This approach reflects its guiding principles: that inclusive leaders create inclusive business, that inclusive business creates inclusive society, and that working together accelerates and scales system change. Having reached and surpassed its original target of 500 companies, the organisation has broadened its work into four main areas. Under Leadership, it works to keep disability inclusion on the leadership agenda. Under Reporting, it addresses the "disability data gap" to create business accountability. Under Representation, it promotes authentic representation of people with disabilities in advertising and media and works on accessibility. Under Accountability, it holds members to account for their commitments. It also publishes reference resources, including a Global Disability Legislation Index. A defining moment in its accountability work came in December 2025, when the organisation convened CEOs and C-suite leaders alongside disability inclusion changemakers and industry experts for what it describes as the world's first accountability summit on disability inclusion in business, branded SYNC25. At the summit, participants shared progress, showcased innovations, and established accountability frameworks to support the work ahead. The organisation states that it "won't stop until everyone is seen and valued equally," and frames its vision as "the end of disability exclusion." Throughout, it maintains an apolitical, neutral, and industry-agnostic stance, engaging companies solely on the basis of their commitment to ending disability exclusion.
Launched as a campaign at the World Economic Forum in Davos with the goal of securing 500 company commitments
Surpassed its target of 500 partner companies and CEOs
Held SYNC25, described as the world's first accountability summit on disability inclusion in business
Released the Global Disability Legislation Index
Products and positioning
An apolitical, neutral, industry-agnostic global coalition of over 500 companies and CEOs driving disability inclusion through Synchronised Collective Action.
Leadership commitment
A commitment by CEOs to put disability inclusion on the leadership agenda.
Reporting
Work tackling the disability data gap to create business accountability.
Representation
Authentically representing people with disabilities in advertising and media, and ensuring accessibility for all.
Global Disability Legislation Index
A published index of global disability legislation.
Recent events
Valuable 500 announces four executive appointments[6]
Valuable 500 announced appointments of Rhiannon Parker as chief innovation officer, Betsy Beaumon as chief product officer, Crosby Cromwell as chief partnerships officer, and Chloe Matharu as chief marketing officer.
Valuable 500 appoints new advisory committee members[6]
Valuable 500 announced the appointment of 12 new advisory committee members and said the committee would support the campaign’s development.
UGG joins The Valuable 500[7]
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UGG joined The Valuable 500, a global movement focused on putting disability inclusion on the business leadership agenda.
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