The We Are all Human Foundation, a US nonprofit organisation dedicated to promoting diversity and inclusion, has announced that 97 companies have now signed up to The Hispanic Promise and pledge to workplace diversity, following a recent Hispanic Leadership Summit. This promise is the ‘first-of-its-kind’ national pledge to hire, promote, retain and celebrate Hispanics in the workplace, according to the foundation.
The Hispanic Leadership Summit, which took place in Dallas on 9th September 2019, brought together prominent leaders from leading local companies at the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University to ‘foster robust conversations’ about advancing the priorities of the Hispanic community in the US.
“The Dallas Summit brought together influential opinion leaders and decision makers from across all sectors, showing the enthusiasm in the Dallas region for creating new opportunities for young people, business owners and workers in the Hispanic community,” stated Dale Petroskey, President and CEO of the Dallas Regional Chamber.
MAKING HISTORY
“We made history here in Dallas,” added Claudia Romo Edelman, former United Nations diplomat and founder and CEO of the We Are All Human Foundation. “For the first time, more than a dozen Hispanic organisations, together with a number of giant corporations, sent a collective strong message to kick off Hispanic Heritage Month by signing the Hispanic Promise. We hope this will be a signal to the country that corporate America cares about Hispanics as employees, consumers and citizens, and that other companies should follow this example.”
Companies that have signed up to the Hispanic Promise to date include: AT&T, Berkshire Bank, Boston Scientific, Condé Nast, Dieste, Ericsson, Ernst & Young, Hall & Evans, IKEA, Justworks, Nielsen, NRG, Pinnacle Group, Siemens, Tech Data, Thoughtworks, TMI Consulting, Transdiaspora Network and YUM! Brands.
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