About Us

Inclusion and Diversity We See The Power of Diverse Teams

Hanna Barczyk, ESG, Gender Diversity, Partnership, Collaboration

We believe that diversity contributes to better performance, decision-making and outcomes. For us, inclusion and diversity are essential to our success as a company.

Did You Know?

Companies with high gender diversity are 21% more likely to outperform on profitability than others.¹

Companies with high ethnic and
cultural diversity are 33% more likely to financially outperform
others.¹

Where diversity is valued, performance improves by 12%; intent to stay by 20%.²

As an investment manager entrusted with $3.48 trillion^*and as an employer of 2,500 talented people across the globe, we understand the special responsibility we have to our clients and employees to support diversity at every level of our business.

Cyrus Taraporevala, President & CEO

Making an Impact at Our Company

We’re proud of receiving an 100% from the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index and an 100% on the Disability Equality Index, among many other accolades – but we are not stopping there. We’ve made a commitment to measure and improve diversity throughout our organization.

Recruiting Efforts

We have launched several efforts internally to recruit, retain and promote more diverse employees such as return-to-work programs for working parents and a Leadership Development Program.

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Employee Networks

We have created over 24 employee networks and over 100 global chapters to create a more welcoming work environment for our employees.

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Training and Partnerships

We have increased our training program to include sessions on unconscious bias and respect in the workplace and established key partnerships with local organizations committed to these ideas.

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Addressing Racism & Inequality

In August 2020, we launched 10 State Street actions to directly address and strengthen racial equity across our firm.

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We are committed to building a culture of belonging and inclusion. We recognize we have more work to do to hit our diversity goals, but remain committed to being transparent about our progress.

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In our Corporate Social Responsibility report, we have further expanded on our efforts to address racism and inequality among other topics. We have disclosed our EEO-1 survey data, which outlines our employee data by race/ethnicity, gender and job category.

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Committed to holding ourselves accountable, State Street Global Advisors has created a 40-person Inclusion & Diversity Council dedicated to support and advance these goals for all employees.

Making an Impact on the World

Continuing to Make Progress on Gender Diversity

State Street Global Advisors placed Fearless Girl in the heart of New York’s Financial District on the eve of International Women’s Day 2017 to raise awareness about the importance of gender diversity in corporate leadership. Fearless Girl inspired not only the next generation of women leaders, but also 948 companies globally to add a woman director to their previously all-male boards.

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Continuing to Make Progress on Gender Diversity

Addressing Systemic Risks and Opportunities

In January 2022, our president and CEO, Cyrus Taraporevala shared our 2022 proxy voting agenda in a letter to board members on our focus to support the acceleration of the systemic transformations underway in climate change and the diversity of boards and workforces.

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Addressing Systemic Risks and Opportunities

Joining Asset Managers in a Call to Lead on Racial and Ethnic Diversity

Two years ago, we started disclosing our EEO-1 data, which details the gender, racial, and ethnic make-up of our employees in the US. In February 2021, we announced our partnership with many leading asset managers, agreeing to disclose EEO-1 data as part of the Corporate Call to Action.

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Joining Asset Managers in a Call to Lead on Racial and Ethnic Diversity

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