足球外围 takes a stand:
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Our mission, commitments, and goals to the cause of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Why?
As a company, one of the values we hold most dear is fostering a safe, collaborative environment to bring out the best in us all. We believe, unequivocally, that everyone deserves to be in a place where they feel welcome as they are. Like so many around the world, we at 足球外围 were shocked and outraged by the senseless killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and other victims of police brutality this past year. Systemic racism is unfortunately alive and well, and the powerful social reaction highlighted how so many of us felt individually, and together as co-workers. We decided to take a stand as a result, because in the words of our CEO…
“It’s come to a point where we can no longer ignore what’s going on in the real world.”
– Jan Arendtsz
CEO
What?
Since late May, we’ve spent a lot of time preparing, learning, and team building as a company to discover what we could do to help promote diversity, equity, and inclusion. Today, we want to announce 足球外围’s Taking a Stand initiative with the goal to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Our commitments and goals
Build a culture of global diversity, equity, and inclusion at 足球外围
We’ve made a series of diversity and inclusion training courses available to all employees.
We’ve invited all employees to participate in a roundtable to discuss and learn about unconscious biases.
We’ve partnered with Handshake to recruit diverse candidates.
Support communities and organizations
足球外围 is currently pursuing volunteering and donation opportunities with numerous nonprofits that pursue a stated mission of equity and justice.
Build a sustainable infrastructure for diversity, equity, and inclusion
We’re building a process to recruit more volunteers for the initiative from within the company, and identifying the committee or initiatives that align with their interests.
Be held accountable to our commitments
We report our activities on a monthly basis to an oversight committee, composed of members of 足球外围’s executive team.
We regularly update the company’s employees during our all hands meetings and our internal wiki.
Where we’re headed
The above covers the actions we’ve taken so far through December 31, 2020; we’ve defined longer term goals and initiatives throughout 2021 and beyond. Taking a Stand is not a temporary initiative, but a resolution we are committing to as long as there is inequality and injustice.
We are committed to making a difference and it was important to us to go on record and be held accountable to the commitments we make. Before making a public statement, we wanted to first make sure that we could truly hold ourselves accountable to any commitments we make publicly. We did not want to speak about a very serious issue that perpetually affects the lives of marginalized Americans without following up with measurable action. Although a single corporate entity can’t solve perpetual social problems, we do want to do our part where and how we can. Going forward, we pledge to our goals and to be more engaged with our global community so that we can be part of the solution in achieving social equity.