Category: Diversity & Inclusion

DEI in TMTs is essential to business innovation by facilitating an unbiased decision-making process, promoting creativity, and establishing an inclusive culture. To better achieve this goal, companies should work to better understand the experience of top leaders and employee perceptions of their leadership efforts...

In the next few months, the Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling overturning or significantly restricting affirmative action programs used in college admissions. This ruling presents significant challenges for all public and private universities, as well as for community colleges...

BAAM members reflect on what Black resistance means to them and how our ideas, while poignantly different, may more greatly unite us all...

We asked several of our LGBTQIA ERG members to share why our history matters to them and recommended a book that tells a part of our history...

Rikejo (science women), a term frequently heard in Japanese media and daily conversations, addresses women who are pursuing an education in STEM...

To achieve meaningful progress, it is essential for university leadership to weave DEI goals into the fabric of the strategic plan...

Encore launched when five women, who had taken time out of the workforce to be caregivers, returned to recharge their careers...

As independent, objective reviews of how corporate policies and practices affect underrepresented groups, racial equity audits are vital to ensuring that companies become fairer and more welcoming places to work...

As we celebrate diversity and inclusion this month, we heard from members of each of APCO's Employee Resource Groups to better understand the experiences and challenges community members are facing inside and outside of the workplace...

This day is dedicated to recognizing the resiliency and accomplishments of the trans and gender nonconforming community while also shedding light on the hardships the community still faces due to transphobia and bigotry...

Leaders have to understand that employees no longer consider equity and justice the right thing to do, it has become the necessary thing to do...

So how can corporate institutions adjust and iterate to these trends to fundamentally challenge and improve the purpose of corporate DEI?..

There remain major barriers to closing the gender gap in the U.S., seemingly embedded in our social structure and exacerbated by the pandemic...

Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) exist for their members. Yet they also add value toward a sense of belonging for the organization in its totality...

The pandemic may have further exacerbated an organization’s need to embrace DE&I but it falls to each and every one of us to now carry the baton forward...

We want our colleagues around the world to challenge and question one another and, in this way, push each other to think differently..

As part of their diversity, equity and inclusion commitments, companies and organizations should look for ways to constantly empower Hispanic women to pave their way toward leadership positions...

Data is playing an increasingly important role in driving and guiding all areas of business, including corporate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts...

As the world’s largest women-owned and independent advisory and advocacy communications consultancy, it’s our responsibility to not only celebrate the work we’ve done so far, but to continue to push ourselves to do more and to do better...

Nothing showcases the theme of this year's UN General Assembly as clearly as the issues facing women and girls. From gender equity to economic empowerment and security to the deep impact of COVID-19, any discussion of solutions to global challenges needs to include the impact and role of women. In this edition of APCO Forum, we explore these topics with experts who have been at the center of policymaking and solutions at the UN for decades...

Identity is about showing people the truest version of yourself. This topic has not always been easy to navigate for some, especially in the workplace...

It is a time to reflect on the the progress of the LGBTQ+ community, the trailblazers who led us here, the individuals we lost and the journey ahead...

This resource guide will teach you some things you might not know about AAPI leaders, communities and actionable steps you can take to fight for equality...

For AAPI Heritage Month, several APCO employees provided their own testimonies in order to celebrate understanding of our community’s lived experience...

We sat down with Josh Cheung, creative director at APCO Worldwide, to discuss his experience and perspectives as an Asian American in the PR industry...

All stakeholders, including governments, businesses and foundations, must commit to using gender data to guide their decision and commitment making...

Anti-Asian sentiment and antisemitism stems from the perception of these groups having advantages that they don’t actually have—the “model minority” myth...

More than 50 years after the term "Asian American" was first used, AAPI communities are struggling with inequality, racism and identity as Americans...

Lack of diversity in the newsroom impacts coverage and impartiality – diverse voices breed greater understanding and helps develop more informed opinions. ..

Black, indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) face many additional challenges and inequities when it comes to mental health...

We hope to demonstrate solidarity in the fight against racism, while also creating space for healing, education and collaboration as a diverse community...

Kelly and Jason came together to discuss the role of leadership in creating impactful, lasting change, and how leaders can instill a sense of bravery/empowerment across the entire culture of a company...

Unequal pay is hardly new but with a global pandemic and its disproportionately devastating impacts on women—in the pandemic, women have lost a net of 5.4 million jobs—we are facing a true crisis...

As we consider the year behind us, and all that it entailed, Claire Boussagol and Kelly Williamson share their thoughts on the events of the past year, and how APCO is working to ensure an inclusive and accessible work environment for all its employees. ..

Although there is no country that is not experiencing the drastic effects of climate change, as a populous, tropical emerging economy, India faces a bigger challenge than others in coping with the consequences. ..