{"id":18791,"date":"2020-06-25T15:00:46","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T19:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/manulife-investing-3-5m-in-workplace-diversity-inclusion-147455"},"modified":"2020-06-25T15:00:46","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T19:00:46","slug":"manulife-investing-3-5m-in-workplace-diversity-inclusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2020\/06\/25\/manulife-investing-3-5m-in-workplace-diversity-inclusion\/","title":{"rendered":"Manulife investing $3.5M in workplace diversity, inclusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"alignleft clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wp-caption feature-image alignleft\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"316\" height=\"190\" src=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Diversity-Shutterstock.jpg\" class=\"attachment-feature size-feature wp-post-image\" alt title=\"Manulife investing $3.5M in workplace diversity, inclusion\"> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"byline\"> <span>Staff <\/span>&nbsp;|&nbsp;June 25, 2020 <\/p>\n<p>Manulife Financial and its U.S. division&nbsp;<span class=\"cmp-text__cta--hyperlink\">John Hancock are investing more than $3.5 million over the next two years to promote diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace and in the communities they serve. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"cmp-text__cta--hyperlink\">In a press release, the organizations said the goals of these investments are three-fold: to increase the representation of diverse talent at all levels in the organization; to create greater inclusion across the company through enhanced training; and to support organizations helping Black, Indigenous and other&nbsp;racialized communities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/opb-outlines-commitment-to-stand-against-anti-black-anti-indigenous-racism-147435\">OPB outlines commitment to stand against anti-Black, anti-Indigenous racism<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe recognize that driving change means taking action, which is why we are making these important investments in building greater diversity on our team and a deeper awareness of the role we can all play in being an ally and supporter of inclusion,\u201d said Roy Gori, Manulife\u2019s president and&nbsp;chief executive officer.&nbsp;\u201cThrough candid discussions with our team, we\u2019ve developed this plan based on their feedback, focusing on areas they see as the most critical levers to helping us create long-lasting change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The program covers three pillars of initiatives:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Building representation of Black, Indigenous and&nbsp;other racialized professionals through graduate programs, focused leadership recruitment efforts and accelerated mid-career development;<\/li>\n<li>Programs designed to educate and train all employees that go beyond the company\u2019s mandatory unconscious bias training; and<\/li>\n<li>Supporting communities through donations and volunteerism focused on financial education and career mentorship.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Read:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/scotiabank-recognized-for-creating-culture-of-diversity-in-workplace-137616\">Scotiabank recognized for creating culture of diversity in workplace<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/manulife-investing-3-5m-in-workplace-diversity-inclusion-147455\">Read the full article at BenefitsCanada.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff &nbsp;|&nbsp;June 25, 2020 Manulife Financial and its U.S. division&nbsp;John Hancock are investing more than $3.5 million over the next two years to promote diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace and in the&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18791"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18791\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}