Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Living Our FORTE Values Means Committing to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
At Icertis, our definition of success includes living by our FORTE values: Fairness, Openness, Respect, Teamwork, and Execution. We believe that living FORTE includes promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in everything we do as a company.
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We are committed to fostering a fair, open, and respectful environment for our employees, customers, suppliers, and partners. We are also committed to giving back to the communities where we live, work, and play.
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We embrace diversity in all its forms and believe that on our journey to become the contract intelligence platform of the world, how we get there is just as important as the destination.
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We are constantly re-evaluating our internal policies to identify opportunities to make diversity, equality, and inclusion priorities and set an example for the greater community. This includes hiring and sourcing practices, workplace culture, benefits packages, and corporate giving programs.
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We are also committed to developing technology that helps our customers create a more fair and equitable world. Using our contract intelligence platform, our customers are managing supplier diversity initiatives, improving ethical sourcing practices, and enforcing anti-corruption programs, to name just a few examples. Like us, these customers know that improving diversity and fostering an ethical culture creates value and competitive advantage.
Some of our DEI efforts to date.
In humble transparency and in the spirit of Openness (one of our FORTE values), we know that we have more work to do. We also know that every long journey begins with a few steps. We remain committed to continuing these efforts today and for the years to come.
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Leading by example
Our leadership's commitment to DEI positively cascades within the organization. We have increased the representation of women and racially and ethnically diverse professionals in our leadership ranks. Moreover, in June 2022 our CEO, Samir, joined the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion™ initiative – the largest CEO-driven business commitment to advance diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Since then, we have dramatically increased our DEI activity and held over a dozen diversity-related events around the company including peer-led conversations, participation in community events and hosting distinguished speakers.
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Diversity of Voices in the Room
We believe that diversity in our ranks—from employees around the globe to the Board—drives better outcomes for our teams and our customers. For instance, studies show that boards with women outperform companies without. Icertis is proud to include Karyn Smith and Penny Pritzker on our Board of Directors and Ursula Burns on our Board of Advisors, all of whom are champions of diversity and who support and advise us on living our FORTE values across the company.
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Fostering a sense of belonging
We support Icertians from diverse backgrounds and encourage them to join our action-oriented employee resource groups (ERGs) that help drive inclusion and career development in the workplace. Our current active ERGs include:
- NoW - Network of Women
- OUTcertians - LGBTQ+ ERG
- UNIDOS - Latinx ERG
- Boots on the Ground - Veterans' ERG
- Black Professional Alliance
These ERGs are global, and we encourage any employee who wants to create a new ERG. We are committed as an organization to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and we are fostering a culture where everyone feels like they have equal opportunity to belong and build a career.