It has been a year since the black squares. Since the flood of #BLM hashtags. Since companies came out with promises to improve the racial diversity in their businesses, admitting that they had a problem.
U.S. workforce diversity reported in 2021: 53 percent white, 21 percent Black, 17 percent Latine, 4 percent Asian, 3 percent two or more races, 2 percent Native The company also created Shared Value Networks in June last year, noting in its Culture Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Annual Report released in late April that: “Following six months of discovery assessing gaps in social systems, issues and solutions, each SVN identified three pillars of focus. The SVNs make recommendations to the SVN Steering Committee, led by Doug McMillon, president and chief executive officer of Walmart Inc.
Key 2020 commitment: “Today [June 12, 2020] Nike Inc. is announcing a $40 million commitment over the next four years to support the Black community in the U.S. on behalf of the Nike, Jordan and Converse brands collective. This commitment will be focused on investing in and supporting organizations that put social justice, education and addressing racial inequality in America at the center of their work.
The claim: “What we heard over the past year as we met with groups to hear how we could expand beyond our June 2020 commitments to the Black community, was that we must also continue our work to support Hispanic and Latinx populations, Asian Americans and the broader AAPI community, Native and Indigenous populations and more,” Sam said.
• Continuing to provide essentials such as baby formula, diapers, medicine and more to communities most in need. …We are working to be a catalyst for action in civic engagement, focused on building greater trust, transparency and accountability and acting as a convener of partners to create change, including our voting rights principles to ensure everyone’s voice is heard. We’ve also joined organizations encouraging law enforcement reform, including the Business Roundtable, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and U.S. Conference of Mayors grant program.
We will work to grow a more inclusive and diverse organization at all levels, ensuring management opportunities are accessible to Black talent.” “As we continue to become a more inclusive and diverse organization at all levels, we know we must do it in a way that creates sustainable change over the long term,” the company noted. “We look forward to providing updates on our progress at TJX.com.”COACH U.S. workforce diversity reported in 2020: 52 percent white, 39 percent “non-white,” 9 percent not identified
“We are incredibly proud of the launch of our three Employee Resource Groups: Black Alliance, Prouder Together, and Working Parents and Caregivers. A fourth ERG will launch this summer,” she said. “This year, we also welcomed new observances and celebrations — Juneteenth, Holocaust Remembrance, AAPI History Month and later this year, Hispanic Heritage.
Key 2020 commitment: “To combat racism now, we’re donating $50,000 to the ACLU to support their work on police accountability, racial justice and defending the right to protest. Where representation is concerned, VF will release new diversity data in July. But Guthrie did say an increase can be expected.
As for how well Guthrie believes the industry at large is doing on diversity: “I think that the conversations that have been started in the past year show no signs of slowing down I think we have opportunity to continue to come together as an industry with that spirit of coalition or collaborative work to strive toward greater impact.
Key 2020 commitment: “We pledged to donate at least $1 million to fund the fight against racism and inequality because we believe Black Lives Matter. Today we are announcing our expanding commitment to key community partners the Urban League and YWCA by donating $1 million to their national and Columbus-based affiliates.
Key 2020 commitment: “Kohl’s is committed to serving and celebrating all families. It is our responsibility to acknowledge injustices and commit to the actions and behaviors that will make Kohl’s and the world a better place. Through our diversity and inclusion efforts, we are focused on casting a wider net to attract diverse talent, strengthening our pipeline and ultimately contributing to economic empowerment.