2022 Moving-to-Equity Report - Flipbook - Page 6
Moving to Equity
team reflects and
charts road ahead
C
ompany leaders discuss progress
and challenges with inspiration
from the National Center for Civil
and Human Rights
The Southern Company Moving to Equity
team met in-person in September to discuss
the company’s progress and the road ahead
in advancing equity within our company and
communities. The meeting was held at the
National Center for Civil and Human Rights in
Atlanta, a space dedicated to achievements of
both civil rights in the United States and broader
human rights worldwide.
The Moving to Equity team includes Southern
Company Management Council, senior leaders
from operating companies and affiliates and
subject matter experts from Southern Company’s
five focus areas of talent, work environment,
supplier inclusion, civic engagement and
community investment and social justice.
“As we do this work, it’s important to have
these check-ins. The National Center for Civil
and Human Rights was founded on the essence
of civil and human rights, in America and across
the world,” said Chris Womack, Georgia Power
Watch Moving to Equity team members
talk about key takeaways from last year
and what’s next
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chairman, president and CEO. “We thought it was
important to be in this place to ask ourselves if
we are on track and to remind ourselves that this
work is incredibly important.” The meeting was
the second time the full group has met in person
since Moving to Equity was launched in 2020
amid nationwide conversations on racial injustice
in society.
The group discussed progress across the five pillars
like increases in the number of applicants from
traditionally underrepresented groups hired since
the company started using a redacted resume
process. They also considered opportunities and
challenges like closing the gap to the 2025 supplier
diversity goal of 30 percent amid nationwide
supply chain issues. The group reviewed results
of the recent systemwide diversity, equity and
inclusion (DE&I) survey and had a DE&I-focused
session facilitated by center staff members.
