The impact a company has increasingly extends beyond its own operations to include the short-andlong-term changes the business generates for individuals, communities, and society. Impacts are created across the value chain, from the way in which raw materials are sourced throughto how products are used and disposed. They range from how a business supports the […]
Over the next ten years, record numbers of leaders and managers will approach retirement in the U.S. labor force and look to off-ramp. The trend provides companies with a unique opportunity to accelerate their demographic profile at the management and executive level. Leaders need to assess their organization’s demographics and age profile, identify when employees […]
Sodexo: Ending Workplace Violence In 2016, Sodexo committed to improve the quality of life of women in the communities it serves byfocusing on gender equality and empowerment through operations in Latin America and India. By August 2019, Sodexo will: 1) Promote awareness of gender-based violence; 2) Provide in-depthtraining about gender-based violence prevention; 3) Provide economic […]
As the environment becomes more of a growing concern for corporations and citizens, an environmental agenda is crucial for companies to achieve greater business success. Employee Resource Groups provide an impact with a bottom-up approach to dealing with climate change, diminishing environmental threats and reaching sustainability goals, whether locally or globally. Sustainability-centered E/BRGs provide employees […]
Link Between Diversity & Inclusion and Brand A diverse population and global marketplace have made diversity and inclusion (D&I) essentialcomponents of a company’s brand:• Over 80% of leaders acknowledge that employer branding has a significant impact on their ability to hire talent.• 50% of candidates won’t consider working for a company with a bad employer […]
A diversity and inclusion (D&I) council is a group of employees, including senior leaders or executives, that acts on behalf of the company to jumpstart and manage the diversity and inclusion process. The Council works closely with senior leaders to ensure tight alignment with the organization’s overall business strategy and to help institutionalize human capital […]
Johnson & Johnson: ERG Impacts Bottom-Line J&J’s Hispanic-Latino Organization for Leadership Advancement (HOLA) exposes the company’s brands to more than 7,000,000 people every year, by giving away sample product and coupons at events and providing input into marketing campaigns through the HOLA Advisory Panel. The HOLA Advisory Panel is a formal body within HOLA that […]
Below you will find a few key resources and case studies from our seminal guide to ERGs, the ERG Leadership Handbook, to help get you started in creating new ERGs or restructuring or expanding current groups. Looking for more? Our ERG Leadership Handbook has many more tools and templates and 40+ case studies covering Assessing […]
Today’s corporations have repeatedly benefited by their actions to support and advance LGBTQ rights in the workplace. But for global companies that conduct business in jurisdictions that are not supportive of the rights of LGBTQ individuals—and in some cases penalize and persecute LGBT individuals—it can be challenging to extend nondiscrimination protections and offer equitable benefits […]
This report includes a range of publicly available benchmarking information related to diversity and inclusion to provide a high-level snapshot of how companies throughout the manufacturing industry approach diversity messaging, infrastructure, employee resource groups, recruitment, community connections, and developing the pipeline. 3M 3M’s Diversity Message Our vision at 3M is to be an employer of […]
Experts and employers say it is becoming increasingly common for workplaces to offer paid time off to do volunteer work as part of an effort to boost engagement and retention among employees. An annual study of employer benefits by the Society for Human Resource Management found that 22 percent of respondents offered this perk, and […]
