0 Introduction Environmental Social Governance Indexes and Glossary Social Overview Access to products and services Inside Social Supporting Our Team Members Board and Workplace Diversity Products and Guest Experiences Built on Fairness and Equity Serving and Strengthening Communities Going beyond the need for safe, high-quality products, we also want our guests to feel represented and reflected in all aspects of product, packaging, fit and accessibility. By 2030, Target aims to be the market leader for creating and curating inclusive, sustainable brands and experiences. To help us, our Inclusive Design Council seeks to guide relevant owned brand teams in making our products even more inclusive from the design stage. In addition, our Inclusive Merchandising Council reviews products sold by Target to check they are inclusive and representative of our guests and team members. Our Director of Inclusive Products is responsible for advancing social sustainability within our owned brands, working with internal teams as well as brands, trade groups, certification bodies, diversity organizations, and medical and academic institutions, to map social strategies to business priorities. Target in action Advancing Design Diversity The mission of our Advancing Design Diversity (ADD) initiative is to deliver long-term impact to American design diversity, with a focus on advancing Black talent. We recognize the lack of exposure, access and preparation that Black communities, Indigenous communities and other communities of color (BIPOC) face in the design industry. Young aspiring designers are unaware of the range of possibilities open to them and there are many hurdles to pursuing design studies. To help address this inequity, we are setting up mentorship relationships with students to increase exposure to opportunities, supporting aspiring design students on the path toward professional careers and/or post-secondary study and develop their skills outside of the traditional college structure. We are also building relationships with professional Black designers to accelerate Black talent. Our high school mentoring program launched in fall 2021, in partnership with local school districts and leading design schools in three cities: the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles and the Savannah College of Art and Design . We funded workshops, events and scholarships for both school year and summer pre-college programming for participants and other BIPOC high school students, and plan to extend the ADD program into Minneapolis and Detroit in 2022. In 2021, Target also became a founding supporter of the Pensole Lewis College of Business & Design (PLC) , the first historically Black college in the U.S. to be focused on design. 2022 Target ESG Report 44
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