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 […]

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 […]

Programs for Returning Workers Barclays expanded upon the success of its apprenticeship program (which appointed over 2,000 apprentices) to offer apprenticeships targeted to candidates over age 50 who are returning to work or looking for a newcareer. The bank said it considers mature workers from unrelated fields, and that the only experience needed is practical […]

The success of D&I efforts can no longer be measured in terms of the color and composition of the workforce: they must, however, amount to real business results that create competitive advantages. Understanding the global talent landscape and the potential impact of a comprehensive D&I strategy can help companies shift the paradigm of diversity from […]

LGBTQ ERG Community Programs and Initiatives Employee resource groups (ERGs) are often measured by their impact and effectiveness in four key operational areas: commerce, culture, career, and community. When ERG’s focus on community, they provide a platform for positioning a company’s commitment to two critical stakeholder groups—their employees and the communities those employees live and […]