由于人口结构的变化，当今世界正变得越来越分散。人们以及吸引他们的产品和服务都在发生变化。作为一家全球测量公司，为了更好地理解这些变化，我们在所有业务领域的各级组织都必须反映我们业务所在社区的多样性。
That’s why we’re excited to release our third-annual Diversity & Inclusion Annual Report. As Angela Talton, our Chief Diversity Officer, explains in the video above, the report shares an update on our strategic diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives, metrics, partnerships, results and awards during 2017.
在这一年里，我们在多元化和包容性方面取得了长足的进步。去年的一些亮点包括
- 在全球范围内，我们高级领导层的女性比例为 33.8%。这一比例高于其他全球公司，根据倡导为女性提供包容性工作场所的全球非营利组织 Catalyst 的数据，在这些公司中，女性在高级管理层中的比例介于 24% 到 29% 之间。
- We launched the global D&I ambassador program, comprising 20 leaders and influencers who meet monthly to support the activation of D&I initiatives that are tailored to meet the needs of their specific markets and countries. Our global D&I ambassadors are essential to ensuring our D&I strategy is implemented in each of the more than 100 countries where we operate.
- The Diverse Leadership Network (DLN)—our 15-month ‘mini-MBA’ leadership development program for mid-career, high-potential diverse talent—saw 45% of its participants and alumni begin new roles or expanded their responsibilities during 2017, which showcases our commitment to identifying, developing and promoting our diverse talent. The DLN also continued its momentum by graduating its third class and inducting its fourth.
- We held our first Hispanic Employee Forum, convening more than 150 U.S.-based associates from 19 cultural backgrounds spanning Latin America (including Central and South America), the Caribbean and Europe, as well as 13 clients and community partners. Our employee forums are designed to foster greater retention of our diverse associates by giving them visibility and access to our senior leaders and the opportunity to network and build relationships in a culturally authentic atmosphere. To date, we have had a 97% retention rate among Hispanic Employee Forum attendees.
- Over 1,000 new associates around the world participated in our “Working in an Inclusive Environment” training, which is a mandated part of their new hire onboarding program. The course, available in 10 languages, is designed to increase each associate’s understanding of what D&I is, why it matters to Nielsen, and how they can bring our D&I program to life in their work.
- Our global employee resource group (ERG) membership outside the U.S. grew by 60%. We also launched our ninth ERG, Multinational Organization Supporting An Inclusive Culture (MOSAIC), in the U.K., as well as 22 new ERG chapters around the world. ERG members contributed over 1,500 volunteer hours in the communities where we live, work and serve.
- We co-created a week-long event called HeroZona, which was designed to connect military veteran business owners with corporate procurement teams. The event continued to drive our Supplier Diversity goal of spending at least 10% of our total U.S. sourceable spend with diverse businesses.
- We provided $1 million in financial support to more than 130 U.S. local and national nonprofit organizations that help advance a cause within our five giving priorities: education; with an emphasis on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM); D&I; civil rights and social advancement; civic engagement; and hunger. Additionally, in order to maintain the representativeness of our panels, we prioritize supporting organizations that serve the African-American, Hispanic/Latinx and Asian Pacific American communities.
- For the seventh consecutive year, we released the Nielsen Diverse Intelligence Series (DIS) reports, which explore the unique preferences and undeniable power of diverse consumers. In 2017, for the first time, all three reports shared a unified theme. Asian-American Women: Digitally Fluent with an Intercultural Mindset, Latina 2.0: Fiscally Conscious, Culturally Influential and Familia Forward 和 非裔美国妇女我们的科学，她的魔力 each tell unique stories of how multicultural women continue to influence mainstream culture. Our DIS reports are designed to give diverse communities empowering knowledge of their consumer power and to reinforce with our clients that Nielsen is the definitive source of insights on diverse consumers.
- Our D&I thought leaders shared our insights on diverse consumer at more than 120 engagements last year. Our leaders engaged with our clients, members of diverse communities, political leaders, the press and our internal associates to increase our stakeholders’ cultural IQ around diverse consumer behavior.
- Our efforts to infuse D&I into everything we do were recognized by several influential organizations, including DiversityInc, DiversityMBA, Fortune, Human Rights Campaign, United States Business Leadership Network and many others.
我们希望这份报告既是一份资源，也是一份行动号召，希望全球企业、我们的客户、社区组织、多元化供应商和公众都能将尼尔森视为在瞬息万变的消费环境中专注于多元化和包容性的公司典范。
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