Mercer’s Stepping Up for Equity study Expressing diversity and inclusivity with NYC Pride Heightened focus on social justice in the US has illuminated an array of longstanding disparities facing the Black community in the workplace. Traditionally, the connection between racial equity and work has focused on unemployment rates and representation in higher-level positions. The real disparities, however, run deeper and broader. In this report, we ask a di昀昀erent set of questions: “What happens to Black employees after they are hired?” and equally important, “What role can employers play in closing the gap for Black Americans?” Mercer undertook its Stepping Up for Equity study to help employers craft a clear, comprehensive and impactful roadmap for closing the career, health and wealth gaps in the US workforce for Black employees. The study combines a comprehensive survey of Heritage of Pride is a non-profit that produces LGBTQIA+ Pride events which organizations’ practices and outcomes bearing on these gaps with inspire, educate, commemorate and celebrate our diverse community, including learnings from Mercer’s extensive work with clients in these areas. the trademark event, NYC Pride. The organization’s leadership recognized that Accelerating meaningful the event had an inconsistent brand identity that changed annually, and in order and sustainable to drive equity and awareness around the organization’s incredible impact, it change demands an needed an identity that would endure. impact- and data-driven Working pro bono, Lippincott, part approach. As a result, of Oliver Wyman Group, worked employers have a with Heritage of Pride to uncover unique opportunity to the unique role the organization step up their efforts to plays for many in the LGBTQIA+ deliver the career equity, community and bring it to life in a physical and financial new brand identity for NYC Pride. health, and belonging that Black employees in The evolved NYC Pride brand the US workforce need launched to the world in February to thrive. 2022, and features the iconic Pride flag, capturing the brand’s spirit of celebration and activism. Overview Environment Social Governance Appendix 2022 ESG REPORT 44