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ATLANTA (March 7, 2019) – The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Corporation (ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½) is pleased to announce it has joined , the largest CEO-driven business commitment to advance Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) within the workplace globally.

By joining, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ is pledging to help cultivate a workplace where diverse perspectives and experiences are welcomed and respected, and where employees feel empowered to discuss issues related to D&I.

“In a collective commitment with more than 500 businesses, including many of our customers and suppliers, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ plans to make progress in advancing D&I in our workplace and communities around the world,” says Mike Marberry, President & CEO of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½. “At ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½, we have taken a big step, but it’s a long journey, and the path may not always be perfectly clear. I look forward to working with other like-minded CEOs to exchange D&I ideas and best practices, and to help accelerate ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½’s progress.”

By signing this pledge, the company is progressing in its initiative—called I Belong at ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½—to create a diverse, inclusive, and respectful environment where people are welcomed to offer different perspectives and be aware of unconscious biases that can exist in the workplace.

“The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Principles, our core values, have inspired us to create a company culture that values different opinions, backgrounds and ideas,” Marberry says. “The I Belong at ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ initiative builds on those values and reflects our desire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace.”

As part of the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion pledge, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ has committed to do the following:

1. We will continue to cultivate our workplace to support open dialogue on complex, and sometimes difficult, conversations around D&I.
2. We will make unconscious bias education available to everyone.
3. We will share actions that we are taking as part of our I Belong at ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ journey on the CEO Action for D&I website to further best practices in this area overall.

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ plans to introduce unconscious bias education to all employees in 2019, as well as offer multiple opportunities for global employees to have constructive dialogues about D&I through globally and locally hosted internal events and forums.

Visit the I Belong at ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ page for more information and updates on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½’s D&I journey.