While many companies seem to understand that reaching equity and inclusion goals can improve financial results, in addition to advancing justice and supporting employee well-being, many overlook a key lever to achieving them – transforming lousy frontline jobs into engines of value.
Equity and job quality are intersectional – you can’t achieve equity goals where bad jobs persist.
An impact investor who centers quality jobs during diligence, a workforce expert who advances equity and inclusion with employers nationwide, and an equitable jobs researcher who studies how employers can make jobs better for business impact sit down to discuss how investors, companies, the national workforce development system, and rigorous research can together reduce wasted human potential and create a more equitable world where everyone thrives together.
