We committed to creating a diverse workforce, represented throughout our organization and our teams, with a goal to have a culture that fosters inclusive behavior. Our commitment to a diverse and inclusive work environment is reflected in the policies that govern our workplace, such as the Business Conduct Manual and Global Zero Tolerance booklet. This commitment is also evident throughout the full talent lifecycle, through recruiting, onboarding, talent development, career development, and engagement, and in our D&I education and awareness programs.

We actively work to improve our partnerships, processes, and practices to meet our goals for diverse workforce representation and an engaged culture. To realize increases in the diversity of our workforce, we strive for qualified female and minority candidates on every executive slate.  We post our job opportunities to a variety of diversity-focused career sites and sponsor and support diversity-focused events at our key and target universities and colleges. In 2020 we participated in the Black Virtual Career Fair (BVCF), which is a joint venture between the African American Employee Network (AAEN), a communications network serving and supporting African American professionals, and Onyx Community Connection. BVCF leverages a syndicated network to reach qualified diverse candidates nationwide. Additionally, we focus on developing, engaging, and retaining our associates based on their career aspirations, and insights from associate surveys.

Goodyear’s CHRO seeks to drive education, participation and engagement in our D&I strategy at all levels of leadership. Senior leaders have accountability for D&I priorities and progress is reported annually to our Board of Directors.

As part of Goodyear’s focused D&I journey, we aim to encourage discussion, reflection and thoughtful action by all. We have gained positive momentum through the creation of new initiatives, strong commitment from leaders, and high engagement from associates.