Large Life Sciences Company Increases Hispanic Worker Representation by 9%

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Large Life Sciences Company Increases Hispanic Worker Representation by 9%

A large life sciences company needed to create an actionable diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) plan for its contingent workforce and execute it toward reaching its 2025 Diversity and Inclusion commitments. The company’s goals in fostering belonging included addressing Black/African American and Hispanic/Latinx representation and gender representation opportunity zones, as well as committing to supplier diversity.

5% Increase of Black representation
5% Increase of Black representation
17,000 Contractors Identified and Evaluated
9% Increase of Hispanic representation
2X Increase in Diverse Spend
100 Individuals signed up for Women’s Community Circle

Get to Know the Organization

This pioneer life sciences giant focuses on researching and making ground-breaking scientific discoveries to create medicines and treatments for serious diseases.  

Business Challenges

  • Creating a DE&I plan – Needed a strategy for contingent workforce diversity.
  • Meeting 2025 goals – Focused on improving diversity representation.
  • Expanding beyond full-time – Prior efforts excluded contingent workers.
  • Boosting supplier diversity – Sought stronger diverse partnerships.
  • Gaining insights – Needed better workforce diversity data.

Key Business Outcomes

  • Improved Representation – Increased Hispanic/Latinx representation by 9% and Black/African American representation by 5%.
  • Boosted DE&I Awareness – Sent 17K+ Racial Literacy emails with a 33% open rate (12% above the national average).
  • Enhanced Education – Strengthened awareness and discussions on race.
  • Established Women’s Community Circle – Launched an inclusive space for women.
  • Strong Engagement – 100+ sign-ups within 24 hours of launch.
  • Fostered Belonging – Strengthened community among contingent workers.
  • Advanced DE&I Goals – Met key milestones toward DE&I commitments.
  • Data-Driven Progress – Collected critical diversity data for company-wide initiatives.

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