Month: September 2024

BALTIMORE, September 18, 2024 /3BL/ – T. Rowe Price, a global investment management firm and a leader in retirement, is one of 13 companies named to Constellation’s Finance organization’s 2024 DEI Honor Roll. The list recognizes the company’s key business partners in finance for their dedication to fostering pivotal diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies and programs.

T. Rowe Price’s DEI strategy is integral to its core values and business strategies. Anchored to a multi-year intentional global DEI strategy and rooted in accountability, the firm is focused on growing and supporting its diverse workforce; engaging and developing its associates; sustaining and enhancing its inclusive culture; and communicating its commitment and progress to key stakeholders.

“We are honored to recognize business partners that share our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion as a business imperative and a core value,” said Dan Eggers, executive vice president and CFO, Constellation. “Study after study has shown that building diverse and inclusive teams leads to stronger business outcomes. By working with our finance partners to advance diversity and inclusion in the workplace, we are delivering business results, driving economic opportunities, and creating a better future for all.”

With a global diverse population of 58%, T. Rowe Price applies DEI strategies in training, leadership development, and associate-led resource groups to foster a welcoming environment for all.

To receive this recognition, T. Rowe Price underwent assessment based on various factors, encompassing an analysis of the firm’s board composition, corporate DEI framework, policies and objectives concerning DEI strategy, and the establishment of a fair workplace.

“At T. Rowe Price, our legacy of purpose means that we work every day to do right by our clients, so they can invest confidently toward their financial futures. The long-term success of our clients is made possible by the diversity of backgrounds, perspectives, talents, and experiences of our associates,” Raymone Jackson, Head of Community Investment, Corporate Responsibility, and DEI at T. Rowe Price. “We are proud to be named to Constellation’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Honor Roll. This recognition is a testament to the dedication, leadership, and everyday actions our associates, who continue to create and sustain our culture of inclusion.”

Constellation, the nation’s largest producer of clean, carbon-free energy, was honored as the 2023 Most Committed Energy Corporation for Diversity and Inclusion by the Maryland Washington Minority Contractors Association. Additionally, it received the 2023 Community Partnership award from the Center for Energy Workforce Development. Like T. Rowe Price, Constellation is headquartered in Baltimore. These partners are dedicated to driving positive change in Baltimore through community-centric DEI initiatives.

ABOUT T. ROWE PRICE

Founded in 1937, T. Rowe Price (NASDAQ – GS: TROW) helps individuals and institutions around the world achieve their long-term investment goals. As a large global asset management company known for investment excellence, retirement leadership, and independent proprietary research, the firm is built on a culture of integrity that puts client interests first. Clients rely on the award-winning firm for its retirement expertise and active management of equity, fixed income, alternatives, and multi-asset investment capabilities. T. Rowe Price serves millions of clients globally and manages US $1.61 trillion in assets under management as of August 30, 2024. About two-thirds of the assets under management are retirement-related. News and other updates can be found on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X, YouTube, and troweprice.com/newsroom.

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September 18, 2024 /3BL/ – The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) is pleased to announce that Nathalie Roos, CEO of Lipton Teas and Infusions and John Ross, CEO of IGA, have been appointed as the new Sponsors of the Consumer Goods Forum’s Human Rights Coalition (HRC).

In addition to their responsibilities at Lipton Teas and Infusions, and IGA, Nathalie and John will now actively drive and support the work of the 24 Coalition member companies and their commitment to strengthening due diligence throughout their business practices to ensure Workers’ rights are protected, respected, and remedied at every step of the value chain.

The addition of Lipton Teas and Infusions and IGA brings the Coalition’s membership to 24 CGF members leading industry actions to enable respect for human rights in consumer goods value chains.

The 24 members of the HRC are: Asia Pulp and Paper, Colgate-Palmolive, Danone, Ferrero, IGA, Jerónimo Martins, Lipton Teas and Infusions, L’Oréal, Mars, Inc., McCormick & Co., McDonald’s Corporation, METRO AG, Mondelēz International, Neste, Nestlé, PepsiCo, Tesco, The Coca-Cola Company, The Heineken Company, Kellanova, Unilever, Upfield, Walmart, and Woolworths Group.

In stepping into these new roles, Nathalie Roos and John Ross replace outgoing Sponsor Dolf van den Brink, CEO of Heineken.

The HRC is the leading collective of consumer goods companies strengthening due diligence throughout their business practices to ensure Workers’ rights are protected, respected, and remedied at every step of the value chain.

As a CEO-led initiative hosted by the CGF, the only organisation to convene manufacturer and retailer CEOs globally, the HRC supports companies to effectively address salient human rights impacts in their business practices through aligned, accelerated action driven at the highest levels of leadership.

The work of the HRC continues the CGF’s long history of engagement on the issue of forced labour within consumer goods value chains by building on the CGF’s Social Resolution on Forced Labour, the first of its kind in the industry; its Priority Industry Principles; and ongoing relationships with key stakeholders in the industry.

To learn more about the HRC, visit www.tcgfsocial.com