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Lenovo Recognized for Disability Inclusion Across US, UK, and Brazil

Debashish Mukherjee — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 14:33:00 +0200

Lenovo has been recognized once again as a “Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion” by the Disability Index, widely regarded as the leading benchmark for assessing workplace inclusion for people with disabilities. This year marks Lenovo’s fifth consecutive year receiving this honor in the United States and the second year it has been acknowledged in both the United Kingdom and Brazil. The recognition across multiple regions underscores Lenovo’s ongoing dedication to fostering an inclusive and accessible environment for all employees.

“Disability talent brings distinct perspectives, resilience, and creativity that are vital for driving innovation and nurturing an inclusive culture,” said Calvin Crosslin, Lenovo’s Chief Inclusion Officer.

“Being acknowledged by the Disability Index again reflects the inclusive culture we continue to build. Through our global initiatives and employee resource groups, we aim to create an environment where every employee can thrive while helping Lenovo achieve its mission of developing smarter technology for everyone.”

The 2025 Disability Index evaluated six core performance areas: Culture & Leadership, Enterprise-Wide Access, Employment Practices, Community Engagement, Supplier Inclusion, and Responsible Procurement.

Launched two years ago, Lenovo’s Disability Advantage Initiative is one of the company’s key global programs. The initiative promotes awareness, develops resources, and integrates disability inclusion and accessibility across Lenovo’s operations. Guided by a global self-assessment in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO), it has produced region-specific action plans and established a global HR task force focused on raising awareness, providing resources, and challenging conventional practices.

In the three markets recognized this year, Lenovo teams implemented local initiatives to support disability inclusion:

United States: In Raleigh, North Carolina, ABLE collaborated with the LatinX ERG, HOLA, to host a ComMotion event in March 2025. The session featured adaptive dance exercises set to Latin music, transitioning from seated to standing movements, with participation from students of the Governor Morehead School for the Blind.
United Kingdom: Lenovo’s Farnborough and Glasgow offices offered employees access to Autism Reality Experiences and Virtual Dementia Tours. These programs help staff, particularly managers, gain a deeper understanding of these communities’ needs, fostering empathy and inclusivity.
Brazil: At its Indaiatuba facility, Lenovo launched the “Be an Inclusive Buddy” program to help integrate employees with disabilities. Volunteers, known as “Buddies,” provide daily guidance and support to new hires, ensuring a smooth transition into the workplace.

Through these local initiatives combined with global programs, Lenovo continues to drive meaningful cultural change, reinforcing its commitment to disability inclusion across the company.

Click here to know more about Lenovo’s accessible innovations and inclusive workplace.

GoDaddy 2024 Sustainability Report: Empowering Entrepreneurs Through Innovation & Responsible Growth

Debashish Mukherjee — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 15:04:00 +0200

At GoDaddy, empowering entrepreneurs isn’t just a slogan — it’s the driving force behind everything we do. As we introduce our 2024 Sustainability Report, we’re proud to highlight the progress we’re making in sustainability, aligning these efforts with our broader business objectives to create positive impacts for our customers, shareholders, communities, and the planet.

We concentrate on key sustainability priorities
In 2024, we conducted our first Double Materiality Assessment to identify and prioritize the issues most significant to our business, stakeholders, society, and the environment. This evaluation enables us to make strategic, data-informed decisions, deepening our commitment to responsible growth. It also equips us with a structured approach to managing risks and uncovering opportunities, ensuring we continue to support entrepreneurs worldwide.

Innovation fuels entrepreneurship around the globe
Innovation remains at the core of our mission, and 2024 marked a year of significant technological advancement. According to GoDaddy’s Venture Forward research, over half of microbusiness owners are now comfortable incorporating AI into their operations.

Recognizing this shift, we introduced GoDaddy Airo, leveraging AI to streamline and accelerate the entrepreneurial journey. From generating business names to crafting digital assets, our solutions are tailored to empower our customers' success.

By making cutting-edge tools accessible to microbusiness owners who might not otherwise have them, we are helping to build a more inclusive entrepreneurial landscape and enabling businesses of all sizes to innovate and compete effectively.

We nurture an inclusive and empowering culture
Our employees are the heart of GoDaddy, and we strive to foster a workplace where they can flourish. In 2024, 84% of our team participated in GoDaddy Voice, our annual employee engagement survey, highlighting strong trust and collaboration across the company.

We remain committed to offering fair compensation, professional growth opportunities, and a culture rooted in respect and community.

We prioritize responsible governance and sustainable operations
Sustainability is woven into our operational practices and governance strategies. For instance, our AI and Machine Learning Governance Council ensures that our technology use aligns with ethical standards and supports our broader mission.

In 2024, we also announced a goal to cut our scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions by 90% by 2030 - a major step in our environmental stewardship journey. By reducing our carbon footprint, we anticipate both environmental and business benefits, including cost efficiencies and improved operational performance.

We are committed to a sustainable and resilient future
Strengthening our corporate sustainability efforts remains a top priority as we focus on creating long-term value for GoDaddy and its stakeholders. By staying true to our sustainability objectives, we are not only addressing today’s needs but also laying the foundation for a resilient, thriving future for entrepreneurs everywhere.

Click here to view our Sustainability Report for 2024 to know more the steps we are taking to create a sustainable and an inclusive world.

Driving Success Through Diversity, Innovation, and Talent Development

Debashish Mukherjee — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 14:10:00 +0200

The success of our company is deeply rooted in the strength of our people. As we drive innovation and harness technology to protect and serve the world, a key element of our business strategy is attracting, developing, and retaining top talent. This is essential for achieving advancements in engineering, science, and IT. To fulfill our strategy and provide value to our shareholders, customers, and employees, we are committed to offering purposeful work as we:

Develop solutions for our customers’ most complex challenges.
Continue delivering value to the business through meaningful diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) initiatives.
Support our employees' growth through upskilling and job rotation, helping to bridge skill gaps and improve retention.
Foster a culture where individuals feel empowered to be authentic and do their best work for our customers.
Provide programs and benefits that enhance the employee experience and well-being.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I)
Our DE&I vision is clear:

We are dedicated to creating a workplace where everyone is valued, respected, and empowered to reach their full potential.
We cultivate a culture that celebrates differences and promotes collaboration, innovation, and growth.
We strive daily to be a diverse, inclusive company and a leader in advancing the business case for DE&I across our industry.

DE&I Guiding Principles
In FY24, we made significant strides in diversity, equity, and inclusion through internal initiatives, employee development, talent acquisition, and engagement. Remarkably, our gender pay gap was less than 1%, with a 99% pay equity ratio for women compared to men among full-time nonexecutive employees. We also set goals to achieve gender and racial parity in leadership and non-leadership roles by FY26. In FY23, we reached gender parity in leadership roles, maintaining 28% representation in FY24, and improved leadership representation for people of color by 2%, reaching 25%.

We hold ourselves accountable by linking progress on these goals to leadership performance evaluations, impacting bonus compensation. To foster diverse leadership, we promote diverse candidate slates, eliminate bias in recruitment processes, and offer leadership development programs like the AcceleratHER Women’s Leadership Academy and others aimed at underrepresented groups.

Additionally, we continue to improve workplace practices to remove barriers, enhance inclusion, and ensure equitable opportunities for all employees. This includes DE&I training for recruiters and managers, diversifying talent sourcing tools, and partnerships with organizations like historically Black colleges and universities, DisabilityIN, and Women in Tech. As a result, women represent 32% and people of color 57% of our job candidates.

Commitment to Small and Diverse Businesses
We believe small and diverse businesses are vital to a dynamic contractor ecosystem and essential to meeting our government customers' needs. Our company actively supports these businesses by offering mentoring, contracting opportunities, and expanding partnerships with diverse suppliers. In FY24, we spent over $420 million with small, diverse-owned businesses, which has been recognized by several industry awards, including the 2023 Small Business Industry Large Prime of the Year and the 2022 National Veterans Small Business Advocate of the Year.

Industry Recognition
Our commitment to diversity has been acknowledged by several third parties, including:

Forbes' list of 500 Best Employers for Diversity
Forbes America's Best Employers for Women 2024
LATINA Style’s Top 50 Best Companies for Latinas
Newsweek America's Greatest Workplaces for Diversity
Newsweek America's Greatest Workplaces for Women 2024
Fair360 Noteworthy Companies for 2024

Click here to learn more about Inclusion at SAIC.

DEI deepens strategy towards more inclusive culture

Debashish Mukherjee — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 10:30:00 +0100

One of my favorite aspects of the DE&I professional community is the sharing of best practices. Learning from one another is extremely valuable, and I always take advantage of opportunities to share with others.

I recently appeared on the Including You podcast with @AmyCWaninger. We discussed how my organization is creating a more inclusive culture through our Associate Centric Teams (ERGs) and how feedback is being used to supplement data in setting DEI strategy direction.

To listen click here.

Avantor's Vice President, DE&I is Nol France (she/her). Avantor, a Fortune 500 company, is a global leader in providing mission-critical products and services to customers in the biopharma, healthcare, education and government, and advanced technologies and applied materials industries. Avantor employs over 14,500 people worldwide.

To checkout the episode of the pod podcast click here,

If you could like to learn more about Avantor's commitments to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, click here.

Bloomberg places MetLife in Gender-Equality Index for 8th consecutive year

Debashish Mukherjee — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 10:15:00 +0100

MetLife, Inc. announced that it has been named to the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI) for the eighth consecutive year. The GEI tracks the performance of public companies that report gender-related data.

The index assesses gender equality in five areas: leadership and talent pipeline, equal pay and gender pay parity, inclusive culture, anti-sexual harassment policies, and external brand.

“Realizing the potential of women in the workplace by reinforcing an inclusive culture, growing careers and developing leaders is directly aligned to MetLife’s purpose of building more confident futures for all,” said MetLife Chief Human Resources Officer Susan Podlogar.

“Our focus on gender equity is part of our company’s broader commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, which we believe creates an environment where our employees are energized to drive innovation for our customers and other stakeholders.”

MetLife is addressing the needs of the underserved and underrepresented through a combination of investments, products and services, supply chain, volunteering, and community efforts as part of its 2030 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Commitments. MetLife's diversity, equity, and inclusion focus areas include:

MetLife is a member of the UN Global Compact's (UNGC) Target Gender Equality Initiative, a gender-equality accelerator program for companies that have signed on to the UNGC.
MetLife is implementing the UN Women's Empowerment Principles through time-bound action plans aimed at building a workplace that works for all.

To know more on MetLife’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, click here.