2022 ESG Report | FedEx 30 OUR PEOPLE INTRODUCTION OUR PRINCIPLES OUR PLANET DATA APPENDIX Our communities, customers, and suppliers Serve and support our communities, customers, and suppliers Our education and engagement Enrich, expand, and enhance our culture through DEI education Our people Recruit, retain, develop, and provide advancement opportunities for team members Our story Amplify the stories of our people, celebrate differences, and promote DEI efforts across the enterprise DEI Diversity, equity, and inclusion create opportunity As a global company, we see exceptional business and community value in the diversity of perspectives and experiences that our team members bring to work every day. We are committed to embracing DEI so everyone feels appreciated and valued. While we are proud of what we have achieved during our almost 50-year history, we know that DEI must always be at the forefront of our business strategy. In 2020, we established four consistent, strategic pillars across our enterprise to frame our DEI work and share our progress: Our People; Our Education and Engagement; Our Communities, Customers, and Suppliers; and Our Story. This year, we continued to align our strategy with these pillars by investing in programs, initiatives, and people across our workforce, culture, marketplace, and communities. Our people The most important outcomes of our DEI efforts have been the opportunities created for our team members to grow and advance their careers. We actively invest in recruiting, developing, and retaining a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve. In FY21, our operating companies collaboratively participated in five enterprise-wide recruitment events, partnering with the National Black MBA Association, the Society for Women Engineers, Hiring Our Heroes, the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, and the Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers to diversify our external talent pool. We are evaluating how to expand and connect with even more groups at an enterprise level. Our operating companies continued to advance and update their initiatives in support of our DEI strategy this year. The FedEx Ground workforce career path program, Purple Pathways, targets career growth and engagement of frontline managers and package handlers—our most diverse population. Over 11,000 team members are registered for the program, with more than 500 Purple Pathways mentors. FedEx Express launched OnDeck, a training and development program that provides front-line workers with skills to prepare for management roles. See the Data appendix for statistics on our workplace gender, race/ethnicity, and generational diversity. To further our transparency efforts regarding our workforce composition, in 2021 we began reporting the prior year gender, racial, and ethnic composition of our U.S. workforce by EEO-1 job category, as set forth in the consolidated EEO-1 Reports filed by FedEx and its operating subsidiaries with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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