Every company in North America and the world is currently doing the good work of measuring equality and diversity in their workforces and making the necessary adjustments to bring equity to the table for all employees. Here are 7 companies that make products that help this righteous leveling of the playing field happen more smoothly and efficiently.
How does your company’s product support DEI and anti-racism efforts?
Curriculum Associates designs research-based print and online instructional materials, assessments, and data management tools for students and teachers. Its most popular product, i-Ready, was designed to get students excited about learning, support teachers in their efforts to meet the individual needs of all learners, and make the promise of differentiated instruction a practical reality. CA has made it a priority to ensure that i-Ready is constantly evaluated through a DEI lens, which keeps the content culturally relevant and, in turn, provides engaging, equitable experiences for students of all backgrounds and abilities. CA integrates DEI initiatives into its i-Ready instructional materials, including courses on American Sign Language representation, mathematics with multicultural contexts, and excerpts from a wide variety of books showcasing the firsthand experiences of children from diverse backgrounds.
How does your company’s mission figure into your stance on anti-racism and DEI policies?
Curriculum Associates’ longstanding mission to improve learning and teaching is a natural driver of many of their recent initiatives. Along with ensuring high-quality, engaging, and culturally relevant content in all of its products, CA has strengthened how its programs reflect and engage with a variety of authentic, diverse teaching voices, in order to ultimately deliver equitable learning experiences for all students. This work will support change in classrooms across the country and will extend the mission of CA to contribute increasingly equitable experiences for all students who are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) as well as those with disabilities. In addition to product-centric initiatives, CA has made it a priority to sustain an internal culture that provides an equitable workplace environment to promote diversity and inclusion at all levels, including mandatory internal anti-racism training, the formation of several identity-focused employee resource groups, instating a newly created role of Chief Inclusion Officer, and a restructuring of the hiring practices to make recruiting a more equitable and inclusive process.
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Through Chipotle’s round-up for real change program, guests have supported underserved communities, raising over $8.5M since launching in 2020, by rounding up their bill to the next highest dollar amount at checkout on the Chipotle app or Chipotle.com. These funds have supported organizations like the National Urban League, Kids In Need, and Project 10X | Local Initiatives Support Corporation’s (LISC’s) Initiative for Racial Equity, which raises funds to help close the 10X gap in health, wealth, and investment in Black communities.
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At Chipotle, our mission has always been to cultivate a better world and not just through serving real food, but also through real, meaningful action. Chipotle is committed to transparently reporting on our internal metrics to ensure that we’re successfully meeting goals of increasing diversity while creating an inclusive environment. As of December 31, 2020, more than half of Chipotle’s U.S.-based employee population is female and approximately 66% is comprised of racial and ethnic minorities.
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Within maternal and infant healthcare, access matters. As the most trusted breast pump brand in North America, Medela is proud to support families with quality breast milk feeding products. In addition to being available at retailers nationwide and accessible through insurance and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), Medela works with mission-aligned organizations through its Medela Cares program to ensure that all families receive the breastfeeding support they need to meet their breastfeeding goals. As part of the company’s commitment to supporting breast milk feeding, Medela USA actively works to protect and expand access to breast milk feeding supplies, education, and support for all mothers across the United States. Medela speaks with congressional leaders, advocates, healthcare professionals, and communities about the importance of breast milk and encouraging mothers and their care circles in their decision to provide their babies with breast milk.
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As a global, family-owned company, an inclusive environment is essential to Medela’s culture. To make a lasting impact in the lives of families and patients around the world, Medela believes that by focusing on diversity, equity and inclusion, the world can become a better place for all. With a focused effort on employees, Medela’s commitment to all its employees is to foster an inclusive culture that supports equality and diversity and promotes personal growth and well-being, providing coequal opportunities, regardless of nationality, ethnicity, gender, orientation, religion, age, life situation or ability. While we are still learning and evolving, Medela strives to ensure fairness, foster and attract talent, and further embrace the business and cultural benefits of a diverse workforce.
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Workhuman Cloud helps global organizations build cultures where all employees can experience inclusion and belonging in the workplace. Through our Social Recognition and Community Celebrations solutions, employees are appreciated and recognized for all that they do and all that they are, fueling a sense of belonging and fostering meaningful connections. And when employees utilize our Inclusion Advisor tool within the solution, they are receiving in-the-moment coaching that helps to identify and correct unconscious bias in written form. Finally, Moodtracker, our free employee pulse survey tool, provides a way for leaders to ensure that the voices of all employees are heard, shared, and acted on appropriately.
How does your company’s mission figure into your stance on anti-racism and DEI policies?
We know that when humans feel seen, recognized, and valued at work, they’re inspired to bring their whole selves – the best of themselves – every day. The greatest opportunity for humanity and business is recognizing the shared experiences and commonality in all of us. At Workhuman, we believe in building more human workplaces where people are recognized and celebrated for what they do and who they are.
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How does your company’s product support DEI and anti-racism efforts?
At Lowe’s, we work hard to create a workplace where we bring out the best in our associates, customers and the communities we serve. By fostering an inclusive culture, building a diverse team and encouraging accountability, we increase our associates’ engagement while improving customer service. In 2020, Lowe’s joined the OneTen Coalition to advance the careers of one million Black Americans over the next ten years. Further, we’ve implemented internal initiatives such as the Annual Women’s Leadership Summit and Business Resource Groups to empower our associates with the tools they need to celebrate diverse identities all across the business.
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At Lowe’s, we recognize the importance of strengthening our bonds with the diverse communities we serve. To advance these efforts, Lowe’s gives back to our communities and partners with community leaders to deliver value to our customers. For example, we dedicated more than $150 million to support our communities in the fiscal year 2020, including more than $100 million in pandemic-related relief. The COVID-19 support includes $55 million in grants to deliver much-needed financial assistance to rural, minority-owned, and women-owned small businesses. Lowe’s also donated essential protective products to help small and minority businesses reopen and keep medical professionals on the frontlines safe and healthy.
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How does your company’s product support DEI and anti-racism efforts?
As a world leader in information and analytics, Elsevier has a responsibility to help build a more inclusive community in research and health. Inclusive Research: we are committed to improving reproducibility, openness, transparency, collaboration (interdisciplinary, international, and across public and private), and evaluation in research. With the Elsevier Foundation and our external Inclusion & Diversity Advisory Board, we work in partnership with diverse stakeholders to advance inclusion, diversity, and equality in science, research, and healthcare around the world. Since 2006, the Elsevier Foundation provides over USD 1 million a year in grants to knowledge-centered institutions around the world, which address the UN SDGs through tech-enabled innovations in inclusive health and research. https://www.elsevier.com/about/corporate-responsibility/inclusive-research
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Our People: At Elsevier, we continue to build a workplace that reflects the diversity of the communities we operate in. We know that teams that are inclusive and diverse enhance innovation, productivity, and decision-making. More importantly, creating an inclusive company is the right thing to do for our employees and customers. Partnerships to Support Diversity: Knowledge and innovation are born of diversity: diversity of people, ideas, thought, culture and perspective. In science and health — where knowledge can change a life or the destiny of our planet — diversity is essential. While important progress has been made in gender, race, ethnicity, pride, generations, and disability inclusion, we continue to do more. Inclusion & Diversity Board: As a global leader in scientific publishing, Elsevier can make an impact in key areas which impede the progress of female researchers. The Board brings together influential academic scientists, policymakers, I&D and gender researchers, and professionals in STEM who are committed to driving change in gender balance. Gender Equality: Our mission is to help science and healthcare realize its full potential through quality content, data, analytics, and inclusion. But if research has blind spots, algorithms discriminate, or medical treatments don’t take into consideration the gender dimension of research, we cannot truly serve our communities. By bringing together the best minds, cooperating on meaningful partnerships, and supporting inclusive initiatives, we will be able to truly collaborate for the good of society Explore our initiatives and browse our growing portfolio of gender-related journals and books. https://www.elsevier.com/about/corporate-responsibility/gender-equality
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How does your company’s product support DEI and anti-racism efforts?
Alida’s DE&I Solution supports its customers as they structure their DE&I initiatives and strategies. It helps companies ensure they are capturing a representative sample and voice across their data and reduces bias in their analytics.
How does your company’s mission figure into your stance on anti-racism and DEI policies?
Alida’s mission is to help businesses make decisions with their customers, not for them. Our core values are built around the fact that people matter and their voices come first. Research has shown that organizations who are truly able to leverage the unique and diverse nature of their workforce benefit from low turnover, higher productivity, and job satisfaction which ultimately equate to greater revenue streams. Organizations must take a systematic, business-led approach to inclusion & diversity and make bold steps to strengthen inclusion across their company. We strive to ensure that our DE&I policies are built for equal representation across our workforce and tech solutions.