In our communities, we are making In addition, our CEO, Julie Sweet, is co-chairing investments that leverage our unique strengths. the newly launched New York Jobs CEO Council, In the United States, we launched the a joint initiative composed of two dozen leading Black Founders Development Program to help companies and educational institutions. The Our commitments Black entrepreneurs advance and grow their Council, which has committed to create 100,000 technology businesses through more direct new jobs by 2030, is designed to provide access to venture capital, corporate mentorship increased opportunities for people in low-income We have set goals that will make our company more representative and strategic connections with Accenture and minority communities by transforming job of the communities in which we work.* For example, by 2025 we will business partners and clients. As part of this training, recruiting and hiring in New York City. increase our race and ethnicity representation as follows: program, we established the Black Founders Development Fund, with an initial commitment In the U.S.: In South Africa: In the U.K.: to invest US$15 million. African American and African Black colleagues Black colleagues from In the United Kingdom, we are working with Black colleagues 45% to 68% 4% to 7% MOBO to create “Mobolise”—a digital job 9% to 12% and Coloured** colleagues from and more than double platform to connect Black professionals with the and managing directors from 6% to 10% the number of our Black best career opportunities at the most innovative 2.8% to 4.4% managing directors African Black, Coloured** and (currently eight people) organizations. Also, we are a corporate member Hispanic American and Indian managing directors of DIAL Global, a peer-to-peer network of diverse Latinx colleagues 39% to 70% professionals helping to inspire individuals and corporations to advocate for diversity inside and 9.5% to 13% with a focus on African Black and outside their organizations. and managing directors from Coloured** representation 3.5% to 4.7% *Data in goal statements is reflective of announcement date—for the U.S., September 1, 2020, and for the U.K. and South Africa, October 1, 2020. ** Coloured is a multiracial ethnic group native to Southern Africa who have ancestry from more than one of the various populations inhabiting the region, including Khoisan, Bantu, Afrikaner, Whites, Austronesian, East Asian or South Asian. United Nations Global Compact: Communication on Progress 2020 | 16