Inclusion & Diversity :: VF Corporation (VFC)

NYSE: VFC

Inclusions & Diversity at VF

Focused Strategy

With a global workforce that spans more than 70,000 associates and a worldwide customer base, VF's ability to meet the needs of both audiences is imperative to our future success. Our goal to maintain an inclusive culture will help us build a diverse talent pipeline and allow us to better serve our consumers around the world.

EIDC / GWAC

Internally, we have created our Executive Inclusion and Diversity Council (EIDC) to help guide our global I&D Strategy by building and maintaining a highly inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our associates and understanding the multicultural marketplace. The EIDC is led by our CEO and includes business leaders from around the world.

Our Global Women’s Activation Council (GWAC) was formed to support our commitment to achieve gender parity throughout our senior leadership by 2030. The GWAC strives to help VF become an employer of choice by being a force for change for issues impacting women, investing in the growth and development of women within our company, and creating opportunities for women to lead around the world.

Employee Resource Groups as a Strategy

We encourage and sponsor a growing amount of Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) around the globe that build on our inclusion and diversity strategy, while helping the company achieve its business objectives. These networks are open to all associates and promote advocacy, mentorship, support, education and individual professional development. Our current ERGs include:

Our Commitment to Inclusion

At VF, we’re committed to providing an environment where our nearly 50,000 associates can bring their unique skills, experiences, backgrounds and perspectives to work every day. Collectively, our diverse thoughts and backgrounds help to fuel innovation, create business value and differentiate us in the industry.

Commitment from the Top

Our senior leadership team fully supports inclusion and diversity and understands that our success is fueled by leveraging the talent of our people.

“Our experience has proven that the most creative and innovative ideas come from diverse teams that understand how to effectively leverage the individual strengths, perspectives and experiences of each member to reach a common goal.”

Steve Rendle, CEO VF Corporation

“At VF, we’re all about valuing individuals, leveraging differences and succeeding together.”

Anita Graham, Chief Human Resources Officer

“At VF, we strive to ensure that our global inclusion and diversity efforts help to unleash the rich and diverse tapestry of each of our nearly 70,000 associates. When we maintain a workplace that empowers and supports associates, we all benefit.”

Reginald Miller, Vice President, Global Inclusion and Diversity

Strategy

Partnerships and Collaborations

VF continues to advance inclusion and diversity within the workplace and has partnered with external organizations to reinforce our commitment.

Externally, we’ve committed to the Camber Outdoors CEO Pledge, which commits to gender diversity as a visible priority within the active-outdoor industry. The pledge promotes the leadership of women and aims to expand business growth by attracting and retaining a skilled workforce that reflects the demographics of all outdoor enthusiasts.

Our partnership with CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion allows VF to continue important dialogue and spur meaningful action to enhance and cultivate an inclusive workplace. CEO Action is the largest CEO-driven business commitment to advance diversity and inclusion within the workplace. This commitment is driven by a realization that addressing diversity and inclusion is not a competitive issue, but a societal issue. CEOs recognize that change starts with them. At VF, we want to ensure that we remain a community that welcomes, appreciates, and values the differences that makes each movement maker unique.

VF joined the Paradigm for Parity movement because we want to show our commitment to achieving a new norm in the corporate world. Paradigm for Parity is dedicated to addressing the corporate leadership gender gap. The movement comprises of a coalition of business leaders dedicated to addressing the corporate leadership gender gap and creating a new norm in the corporate world: one in which women and men have equal power, status and opportunity. Companies that have pledged with Paradigm for Parity are taking steps towards making real changes from within to establish gender equality.