DIVERSITY EQUITY & INCLUSION

Helping Organizations To Be The Change

Your Organization Be More Diverse and Inclusive?

A diverse and inclusive organization is one where everyone, regardless of who they are or what they do for the business, feels equally involved in and supported in all work areas.

A Diverse and Inclusive Business:

  • Conducts business as if all people matter
  • Implements DE&I strategies and policies
  • Strives to be a leader in DE&I and provides education and training to their employees
  • Tracks employment data and offers transparent reporting to stakeholders
  • Designs and creates products or services that aspire to be diverse, inclusive, and benefit all
  • Develops diversity-focused marketing and communications strategies

Businesses want to make the changes necessary to accelerate their diversity and inclusion but need help assessing, strategizing, implementing, and communicating how far advanced they are with DE&I.

Why Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion?

Investors and other stakeholders want greater transparency on how organizations manage their DE&I risks and opportunities and integrate them into their business strategy.

With growing concern about the ethical status of organizations of all sizes, DE&I standards are included in the central factors that measure the ethical impact and sustainability of investment in a company.

What Is Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion?

All businesses, regardless of size, can integrate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion principles into their business strategies.

Diversity

Diversity means the presence of differences within a given setting like race or gender, sometimes ethnicity, religion, nationality, or sexual orientation.

Equity

Equity is about creating fair access, opportunity, and advancement for all and ensuring that everybody has access to the same opportunities.

Inclusion

Inclusion means that everyone in the diverse mix feels involved, valued, respected, treated fairly, and embedded in your culture.

Benefits of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

DE&I Done Properly Has Many Benefits For Businesses Of All Sizes

Bigger Talent Pool

Increased Employee Engagement

Improved Trust And Performance

New Perspectives And Innovation

Better Decision-Making

Business Growth

Being Diverse and Inclusive Isn’t Easy And Businesses Need Help Implementing DE&I In A Simple, Cost-Effective Way

That’s Why We Created ScaleUP

We use our ScaleUP process that follows the key steps: Assess, make a Strategy, Implement, Measure,Report, and then Communicate the impact of your efforts—helping you take your DE&I to the next level.

We Take Your DE&I To The Next Level

Here Are The 7 Steps Within The ScaleUP Process For Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

ASSESS

Step #1 DE&I Assessment
We begin by uncovering DE&I gaps and challenges through focus groups and data evaluation. Through our assessments, you will gain an in-depth understanding of the current state of DE&I, which will help you determine what you want to achieve in your DE&I journey.

What’s Included

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Assessment – FREE
  • Employee Engagement Program
  • DE&I Assessment Report
  • DE&I Purpose and Strategic Pillars

Why It Matters 

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are complex and heavily nuanced. Without thoroughly assessing the current state of your organization, you’re basing future decisions on assumptions, scattered data or current trends and fads in DE&I.

Step #2 Business Analysis
Once we know which strategic pillars are the priority, we assess your company’s existing programs, policies, metrics, and engagements. Our Business Model Analysis scores your company on your current DE&I and compares that score to your competitors. Then we identify new business opportunities that will grow your bottom line through your DE&I initiatives.

What’s Included

  • Current State Baseline Report
  • Gap and SWOT Analysis
  • Competitors Analysis
  • D&I Buyer Personas And Customer Segmentation
  • D&I Employee Personas And Retention Strategy
  • D&I Product Evaluation
  • Brand Reputation Analysis
  • Risk Analysis Report

Why It Matters

The Business Model Analysis will show the correlation between your business and DE&I performance. In addition, it will help strategize how to grow your business through DE&I and communicate your commitments and progress across your organization and stakeholders.

STRAGETY

Step #3 DE&I Strategies and Road Map
A DE&I program won’t hold up unless it has a road map that clearly outlines your organization’s vision and purpose to meet your DE&I priorities. We develop this road map and identify clear and measurable outcomes that define what success looks like for you.

What’s included

  • DE&I Vision Statement
  • Budget Setting
  • Accountability Plan
  • DE&I Team Creation
  • Strategic DE&I Roadmap
  • Goals And KPI Indicators
  • Policy Recommendations

Why It Matters

Your DE&I Road Map will translate ambitious, data-based targets into more detailed implementation plans through critical measures. Our centralized management data software creates your custom DE&I Road Map to track critical metrics and performance efficiently.

IMPLEMENT & MEASURE

Step #4 Implement and Measure DE&I Goals
To effectively implement a DE&I program requires the integration of DE&I into business practices and processes and continual measurement. We set regular communication and updates for key stakeholders to continuously evaluate goals, update data, and compare best practices.

What’s Included

  • DE&I Program Implementation
  • Employee Training Program
  • Weekly Team Meetings
  • Monthly Data Gathering And Updating
  • KPI Monitoring
  • Monthly Action Plans

Why It Matters

We stay apprised of adjustments needed to stay on track toward your goals by constantly monitoring your road map. We use AI technology to accurately upload, manage, and update your DE&I data, as well as generate benchmark insights and visualizations within your dashboard.

REPORT

Step # 5 DE&I Reporting
DE&I reporting is more than collecting and holding data; it’s about sharing it with your stakeholders in a transparent manner. Our DE&I reporting gives your initiatives transparency and credibility and is guided by the UN Sustainable Development Goals and Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) reporting standards.

What’s Included

  • Monthly Performance Trends On DE&I Metrics (dependant on topics chosen by the organization)
  • Employee Data
  • DE&I Product Life-Cycle Data

Why It Matters

Our powerful and easy-to-use dashboard uses our proprietary “Inclusion Score” to easily identify pain points, diagnose the cause, & track improvements to your DEI metrics. By clearly diagnosing problem areas we will create a plan for improving your specific needs with proven, real-world business solutions.

Step # 6 ROI Reporting
Over 75% of companies are not measuring the ROI of DE&I initiatives, and 89% of sustainability initiatives fail long-term. We believe that ROI needs to be fully understood. DE&I should not be different from any other business function where investment decisions are judged and tracked according to how they add value to the business.

What’s included

Operational ROI

  • Productivity data

Reputation ROI

  • Sales Revenue Strategy And Tracking
  • Stakeholder Survey-Based Measurement
  • Analysis Of Views And Engagement From The Awareness Campaign
  • Customer Satisfaction Analysis

Talent ROI

  • Employee Retention Data
  • Employee Engagement Data
  • Employee Satisfaction Data

 

Why It Matters

With the correct data and tracking, ScaleUP complies the contribution of DE&I relating to the overall business. This will provide a much more accurate measure of DE&I ROI and, in turn, will give you a more significant, sustained, and optimized investment leading to meaningful change.

COMMUNICATE

Step #7 DE&I Communications
DE&I communications must start with a data-driven understanding of the audience and stakeholders. We map out the motivations with content that resonates with internal and external audiences. Then we determine the right mix of communication channels and create content that will accelerate the delivery of your messages.

What’s Included

  • Internal DE&I Communications Strategy
  • Employee Training Program
  • Employee Recognition Program
  • External DE&I Communications Strategy
  • DE&I Awareness Campaign For Social Media
  • DE&I Focused Strategic Content Writing
  • DE&I Section Design On Your Website
  • Annual Corporate DE&I Report

Why It Matters

DE&I communication is a business strategy that creates a strong ROI if done effectively. It accelerates telling your DE&I story in the language your stakeholders will connect with.

A DE&I Program Will Attract New Investors and Other Stakeholders By Bringing Credibility To Your Sustainably Efforts

We use the world’s most widely used sustainability reporting standards that enable comprehensive, credible, and effective reporting and communications.

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Our DE&I programs integrate the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Global Reporting Initiative

Zero Waste follows the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) reporting standards

B Corp

Your Zero Waste program will fill all requirements for the B Corp Certification process

Our Technology

Our Technology Supports Companies Regardless Of Their Size, Industry, Or DE&I Experience

Meet Our Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Senior Consultants

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are not a destination; they are a journey and commitment. DE&I will challenge you to check your biases and seek out different perspectives while testing and learning to adapt to new ways of working.

Once you’ve made this commitment, it needs to translate into strategy, policy, and internal-external communications. All while encouraging and being open to feedback.

Senior DE&I Strategist and Communications Advisor

Organizations can hide behind claiming that there aren’t top candidates from a particular candidate pool, whether referring to gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or even neurodiverse candidates.

But I believe that there are candidates available in all pools.

There are talented individuals in all spheres and all walks of life, and it comes down to the company’s talent acquisition strategy.

Judi Carter

Senior DE&I Strategist and Employee Relations Advisor

As your partner in diversity equity and inclusion, we will:

  • Identify and engage with your stakeholders to determine what DE&I values are essential for your organization.
  • Analyze any current programs and uncover potential cost efficiencies
  • Partner cross-functionally to identify and advise on DE&I optimization practices
  • Implement systems and procedures to track DE&I in alignment with targets
  • Work with the appropriate internal leaders to seamlessly guide the day-to-day function of DE&I in support of corporate objectives
  • Develop internal DE&I training programs
  • Create customized DE&I reporting for internal and external stakeholders
  • Develop a communications content strategy that focuses on DE&I and increasing sales

The Future Is Inclusive. Are You?

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