Plastics News will run its second special report on diversity, equity and inclusion in the plastics industry on June 12, 2023.
We'd like to know what your company is doing to promote a more diverse business so we can share some of these best practices with more firms. Please head over to www.plasticsnews.com/DiversityIssue and fill out a survey to help us out.
View previous diversity special report issues from 2021 and 2022.
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Core Technology CEO Geoff Foster: "We're reaching out to touch the underrepresented kids who can't afford STEM camps. A high percent of them are from low-income areas. Unfortunately, for some, the lunch is their best meal of the day."
Lilian Agyemang-Yeboah: “I wanted to find someone who looked like me and I couldn’t find anyone who looked like me. It made me question if I was in the right field. ... It always made me feel like maybe I should jump ship.”
The manufacturing industry has been slow to embrace changes in work force needs. But making these changes will be critical to the industry's survival, according to an Ohio Manufacturer's Association expert.
Diverse companies have a competitive edge, and with so many plastics firms having trouble hiring enough people, it doesn't make sense to limit their talent pool. For Plastics News, writing about diversity also requires us to take a look at our own record for inclusivity.
BASF Corp. recently was named a Top 50 diversity company for the ninth consecutive year.
Diverse companies have a competitive edge, and with so many plastics firms having trouble hiring enough people, it doesn't make sense to limit their talent pool. For Plastics News, writing about diversity also requires us to take a look at our own record for inclusivity.
The head of diversity and inclusion initiatives at one of the largest U.S. plastic packaging firms makes the business case for corporate attention.
Diversity is part of the DNA at Inteplast Group, a major film and sheet maker based in Livingston, N.J.
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