Inclusion, Belonging and NFP
Integrating Inclusion and Belonging into Everything We Do
Advancing a culture of belonging with employees, clients and communities starts with strategy, and continues with learning, acting, refining and moving forward with a belief that we are never done.
We aim to cultivate enterprise-wide systems and cultures that permeate every aspect of the business and empower all stakeholders — both internally and externally — to succeed.
Defining Inclusion and Belonging
It’s easy to say that inclusion and belonging are important to an organization. But what do these words really mean?
Living Our Values
Our strategy creates systems and cultures that permeate every aspect of the business. We’re empowering stakeholders, both internally and externally, to succeed. This requires commitment from leadership, focused action, ongoing measurement and continuous refinement.
Empowering our employees to be their best selves and drive the growth of our business.
Aligning with our client’s values, elevating services, products and solutions, promoting innovation, and offering enhanced business opportunities and market expansion by engaging underrepresented markets.
Partnering with organizations and businesses and building fully integrated alliances that effectuate change and positively impact our communities.
Helping to advance business opportunity with a vibrant Supplier Diversity Program. It opens multiple procurement channels and fosters economic growth in communities by cultivating and promoting supplier partnerships and increasing our spend with them.
Inclusion and Belonging Policy Statement
NFP seeks to cultivate an enterprise-wide strategy that is aligned with business objectives and creates systems and cultures of inclusion and belonging, permeates every aspect of the business, and empowers all employees and stakeholders, both internally and externally, to succeed.
Business Resource Groups
As part of NFP's inclusion and belonging initiatives, employees are encouraged to engage, connect and get involved in our Business Resource Groups, collaborative and supportive forums where both members and their allies join with the community at large to ensure member development, enhance inclusivity and align with NFP’s business objectives.
Leadership
NFP is a collaborative and innovative organization and our ability to be more inclusive, and ensure all people feel they belong, directly impacts our results. Progress requires leadership, deliberate action, measurement and refinement, and engagement across our company.
I'm proud to be part of an organization that promotes inclusion and provides opportunities for everyone to thrive. But we know we can go further. With empowerment and accountability we will become the model for fostering an environment where everyone feels they belong.
Inclusion and Belonging Advisory Board
NFP’s Inclusions and Belonging Advisory Board is the driving force behind our company’s efforts to advance inclusion and belonging.
Advisory board members collaborate to advise and recommend policies, procedures and action plans; help NFP integrate strategies, initiatives and best practices that align with and advance NFP’s business objectives; drive communications and serve as ambassadors across the organization and externally.
Our Advisory Board includes employees from across the organization in various positions, specialties and levels of leadership. They are key members that engage with employees, provide support and drive initiatives within the company.
Our Commitment in Action
Employees are encouraged to engage, connect and get involved in our Business Resource Groups, collaborative and supportive forums designed to support member development, enhance inclusivity and align with NFP’s business objectives.