2017 Sustainability Report: Envisioning an Enduring Organization

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Social Responsibility

Employee Engagement: Inclusion & Diversity

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We recognize that the AEC industry as a whole struggles with poor diversity, but rather than satisfy ourselves with surpassing a low industry average, we endeavor to represent the full variety of people and cultures in the areas where we work. We understand the importance of creating an inclusive and truly diverse organization, not only because it’s the right thing to do, but also because it’s conducive to innovation and more accurately reflects our increasingly diverse client base. And diverse companies achieve better financial results.

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Industry average Tomasetti average BasedThornton on demographic data compiled from a number of industry indexes, Thornton Tomasetti ranks as average or above average in terms of overall diversity compared to other AEC firms. Thirty-one percent of our employees are women, and 38 percent identify as nonwhite; in these areas, our numbers exceed the industry mean. A recent internal study revealed that the average salaries of our male and female employees are approximately equal. But while we’ve made a lot of progress, we realize there is still more work to do. Our senior leadership, like those of many of our industry counterparts, is predominantly white and male – presenting a clear opportunity for improving our workplace diversity.

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Inclusion + Diversity, Innovation + Design

Launched in the spring of 2017, our Inclusion and Diversity, Innovation and Design [(I+D)2] initiative supports our goal of becoming a driver of change and innovation by fostering a culture in which all our employees can realize their full potential. The initiative aims to infuse inclusion and diversity into every aspect of our firm, including how we hire, onboard, train, develop, support, reward, communicate and team with our talented professionals.

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