A commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion–both in your organization and as part of your community–brings purpose to your business, ignites commitment to your people and provides benefits to society.
The pursuit of diversity isn’t just about doing the right thing. Inclusive teams lead to different perspectives, creative thinking and open collaboration. A diverse workforce and deliberate inclusion efforts help drive equitable outcomes that can lead to the broader economic development of our society, which benefits everyone.
In this historic moment, organizations can no longer take a back seat—organizations must lead and make a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. It’s time to start taking an active role in demonstrating inclusive behavior, creating an environment and culture that works for everyone, so no one gets left behind. Your business can make an impact and have purpose, but only when leaders, employees, supply chain, community and all stakeholders get involved.
By leveraging insights from our own DE&I journey, including PwC’s D&I Transparency Report, we can help you move from awareness to empathy to action—and demonstrate inclusive leadership by addressing the following challenges:
An enhanced Diversity, Equity & Inclusion strategy reflects your purpose, culture, values and business strategy. By understanding the complex challenges and disparities that impact your workplace and communities you can successfully navigate unprecedented changes in how you work, take care of your people and address societal social injustices. Through thoughtful, data-driven design, people-centered implementation and authentic execution your organization can:
A topic as complex as this requires a sustained and collective effort. Changing attitudes alone will not change behavior. We can help you enhance inclusion practices—and in the process, help create a world that’s more welcoming to all.
The DE&I journey can be one of the most difficult challenges for an organization to take on—but like most things of utmost importance, it’s the right thing to do. We work alongside our clients to identify systemic barriers and suggest specific behaviors for your organization that can help you build awareness and inclusion to drive meaningful change. We can help you continue to be bold, intentional, transparent and unwavering in your commitment.
Lay the foundation for your DE&I strategy and confirm alignment with your company purpose, culture, values and business strategy through:
Leverage the maturity model to obtain a baseline understanding on where your organization is on your DE&I journey and where interventions may be needed.
The model is anchored in four program areas that can serve as levers to help advance your organization along your DE&I journey:
Management is more confident in the success of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts than employees are. To correct the mismatch, leaders need to sweat the small stuff—and examine their own habits and actions.
Bristol Myers Squibb expanded their diversity, inclusion and health equity efforts by producing and sharing their first global D&I strategy report.
At PwC, inclusion is more than a principle. We foster a culture where everyone feels they belong, can thrive, contribute and grow.
Companies can prepare today for potential SEC human capital disclosures updates and evolving global regulations in human capital management.
