Sustainability Report 2021 41 2021 Inclusion Highlights Throughout 2021, the majority of our employees participated in DEI learning opportunities, including virtual, on-demand courses focused on three areas: > The Inclusive Manager Toolkit : Explains actions managers can take to increase inclusion, engagement, and team performance, with an emphasis on understanding unconscious bias, awareness of micro-messages, and creating psychological safety. > Inclusive Virtual Meetings: Examines challenges and best practices for facilitating inclusive virtual meetings. > Unconscious Bias and Micro-inequities: Explores the social stereotypes individuals can unintentionally internalize. The training challenges participants to test their automatic assumptions, move from micro- inequities to micro-affirmations, and be mindful of the ARTS of Inclusion: Appreciation, Respect, Trust and Sensitivity. Employee Resource Groups An integral part of the Applied Materials experience since 2001, our ERGs provide forums for learning, exchanging ideas, strengthening bonds across and within our employee communities, and advising our leaders’ efforts to remove systemic barriers to inclusion. Today, our network includes eight ERGs with 25 global chapters: > Applied PRIDE > Asians in Motion > Hispanics in Partnership > Leadership Encouraging Achievement through Diversity and Black Employee Network > Male ERG for Equity > Veterans Employee Team > Women’s Professional Development Network > Young Professionals Network “I am celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month by participating in the various fun and cultural activities we have organized with the Hispanics in Partnership employee resource group. I feel responsible to pay it forward by volunteering as a board member with two nonprofits, the Hispanic Foundation of Silicon Valley and the Montalvo Arts Center, both dedicated to educating and engaging the Latinx community.” Stuardo Senior Director, Strategic Marketing INTRODUCTION PURPOSE PEOPLE Recruiting and Hiring Our Culture of Inclusion Learning and Development Employee Safety and Support During COVID-19 Occupational Health and Safety Human Rights PLANET PROGRESS Sustainability Report 2021 41