Best Buy Fiscal Year 2022 ESG Report | 48 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion . Racial Equity Leadership Immersion (RELI): When George Floyd was murdered not far from our corporate headquarters, we formed a company-wide Task Force for Racial Equity. A highly diverse group of 19 employees from across the enterprise came together to dive deep into and learn about current events and topics from colonization to immigration. That journey continued for six months into FY22 with 43 employees and set the foundation to figure out how to best address racial and social inequity and take action to create the biggest impact at Best Buy. Since then, the task force has evolved into the Racial Equity Leadership Immersion (RELI) program. RELI has guided individual cohorts of 35 employees each through a curriculum addressing racial and intercultural competence. The group participates in the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) to understand their DE&I development plan. The cohort learns tools to help them go out into the organization and lead the acceleration of the attainment of our DE&I goals. Participant feedback consistently reflects that this immersion is personally and professionally life changing, inspiring them to act wherever they can to influence change. RELI’s strategy is to create additional immersive experiences for holistic leadership development in the future.
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