Month: June 2024

Originally published in GoDaddy’s 2023 Sustainability Report

Representation Matters 

GoDaddy believes teams with different identities, backgrounds, and experiences attract and retain the best talent; build better products and services; help inspire customer loyalty; and enable collaboration and innovation. We’re committed to continually fostering an environment that supports a balanced representation of those who have been historically underrepresented in the workplace — from our Board of Directors to employees just entering the workforce. We’ve made progress over the years, and we’ll continue to make GoDaddy representative of our customers and communities.

Board of Directors Diversity1 

Our business and ability to enhance long-term value are supported by our mission to make opportunity more inclusive for all through our work to serve our diverse customer base. It is important to our company that the Board reflects these values. As such, our Board, in conjunction with the Nominating and Governance Committee, seeks qualified individuals to serve as directors who broaden, among other things, the mix of experience, skills, knowledge, personal and professional backgrounds, age, and tenure of our Board. Our Board and Nominating and Governance Committee seek diverse director candidates as a reflection of the diversity among both our employees and customers.

For more information on our Board please review our 2024 Proxy Statement on our Governance page.

Race/ Ethnicity

37.5% Ethnically or Racially Diverse62.5% Non-Ethnically or Racially Diverse

Gender

37.5% Women62.5% Men

Global Gender Diversity2

In 2023, women represented 30% of GoDaddy’s global workforce. Across all categories, we were able to maintain the representation gains of women and non-binary employees in our workforce year-over-year, despite reduced hiring. Since we started reporting this information in 2015, women employed by GoDaddy increased by 5%, and women in leadership positions increased by 7%.

All company

2023 Women: 30%2022 Women: 30%

Leaders and Directors

2023 Women: 32%2022 Women: 32%

Technical roles

2023 Women: 21%2022 Women: 21%

Non-tech roles

2023 Women: 38%2022 Women: 38%

Non-binary

2023 Non-binary: 0.3%2022 Non-binary: 0.3%

U.S. Race and Ethnic Diversity3

Across GoDaddy’s U.S. team, 38% of employees identify as people of color. That’s up 1% from 2022 and 6% since we started reporting this data in 2017. When reviewing leadership roles, 31% of GoDaddy’s U.S. workforce are people of color, which is up 7% since we started reporting this information. The percentage of people of color in technical versus non-technical roles has increased 1% since last year to 41%, which is up 10% since we started reporting this information in 2017.

All company

2023 People of Color: 38%2022 People of Color: 37%

Leaders and Directors

2023 People of Color: 31%2022 People of Color: 31%

Technical roles

2023 People of Color: 41%2022 People of Color: 40%

Non-tech roles

2023 People of Color: 34%2022 People of Color: 34%

A Closer Review of U.S. Race and Ethnicity Representation Data4

The graphs above break down how employees identify by ethnicity in the U.S., including the 38% of employees who identify as people of color in 2023. Our employees identifying as Asian increased by over 1%, while all other groups remained within a couple of tenths of percentage points year-over-year. We recognize that ethnicity and race are not one and the same, and we continue to assess our data collection efforts against government reporting agencies and best practices.

2023

0.7% American Indian16.4% Asian5.1% Black10.5% Hispanic4.5% Multiracial0.4% Pacific Islander4.4% Undeclared58.1% White

2022

0.7% American Indian15.3% Asian5.2% Black10.8% Hispanic4.4% Multiracial0.4% Pacific Islander4.6% Undeclared58.6% White

In 2023, we also welcomed four new GoDaddy Executive Leadership Team members through internal promotions, each bringing diverse perspectives to our company, our leadership team, our employees, and our customers. For additional information on our Leadership team, visit our Governance page.

For more details on our workforce diversity, please review the Framework and Metrics section.

To learn more, read our 2023 Sustainability Report.

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About this Report 

The GoDaddy 2023 Sustainability Report details our progress toward our corporate sustainability goals, strategies, and initiatives in support of our overarching corporate mission and values. Unless otherwise noted, this report reflects our corporate sustainability performance across our global operations covering the fiscal year period from January 1 to December 31, 2023. To demonstrate our commitment to transparent communication regarding our sustainability progress, we routinely share updates through our website and our annual Sustainability Report. We welcome your questions, comments, and feedback on this report by contacting ESG@GoDaddy.com.

This report references the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards and includes select Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) metrics for the Internet Media and Services sector. We also disclose our contributions and progress toward priority UN SDGs. For additional information on how we align with these frameworks and key indicators demonstrating our sustainability performance, please review the Frameworks and Metrics section.

1As of 2024 Annual Meeting.

2Categories are not mutually exclusive.

3Categories are not mutually exclusive.

4Due to rounding, totals may not equal 100%

By Veleka Finch

“Mama did it!”

Phlonda Davis imagined her three children speaking those very three words whenever she encountered a barrier on the road to owning a home.

The thought of hearing those words re-directed Davis each time.

Away from the unaffordable down payment requirements for a traditional mortgage.

Away from savings-robbing, never-ending rent hikes at the apartment she was leasing.

Toward the fastest route to homeownership for her family – Habitat for Humanity of Greater Nashville.

And Regions Bank provided Davis a lift to get there – in the form of a grant to Habitat, expressly for the construction of a new home for Davis, a single mother who works as a nonprofit human resources director.

“In Nashville, we have an affordable housing crisis,” said Lethia Mann, a community development manager for Regions Bank. “Our partnership with Habitat helps us to provide new, quality housing that’s affordable for the families who work every day in this community.”

Mann has served on Habitat Nashville’s board for several years. The role offers her a front-row view of the organization’s impact.

This is a step that’s going to change the trajectory of generations to come in their families.

Lethia Mann, community development manager for Regions Bank

“We get to meet the families. We visit them in their homes. We meet their children,” Mann said.

“It’s not just about getting a home and having a mortgage, but it’s providing budgeting education so they can stay in the home for years and pass it on,” Mann added. “They know this is a step that’s going to change the trajectory of generations to come in their families.”

Mann and other Regions associates shared in Davis’s ride toward homeownership through a day of hands-on sweat equity to help build her home. It was the Nashville team’s 18th year participating in a build; the first time a build was combined with a targeted homeowner grant.

Davis thanked the associates for helping see her to her ultimate destination – a doorstep of her own.

“They can be anywhere in the world, helping anybody, or doing anything,” Davis marveled. “But they chose to be out here with me.”

The experience has inspired Davis to give back. She plans to volunteer to help her new neighbors build their Habitat homes. The community will include single dwellings for nearly sixty families once it’s complete.

Davis hopes the following words will now resonate for her three children on their life journeys: “No matter where you come from, how you grew up, no matter the odds and obstacles that are stacked against you, you can do it,” Davis said.

Because their mama did it.

Learn more about Phlonda Davis’s home build and how Regions Bank supports Habitat Nashville through the video above.