Top 18 Employee Resource
Groups of the Year, 2021
By Gloria Romano-Barrera
Honoring the outstanding contributions and achievements of ERGs and BRGs, LATINA Style, Inc is proud to present the best ERGs
and BRGs in the country. Launched in 2010, the ERGs and BRGs listed here (in no specific order) have successfully impacted
Accenture
both internally and externally, improving the company’s overall business.
American Airlines
American Airlines established its Latin Diversity
Network (LDN) Employee Business Resource Group
(EBRG) in 1997. Today, LDN has 18 active chapters
in the United States and abroad. Nearly 3000
American team members and allies support LDN.
LDN promotes the hiring, professional
development, and advancement of Latin employees
at American Airlines. The EBRG also enhances
American’s global competitiveness and strengthens
the airline’s image in the Latin community by
promoting Diversity and Inclusion values and Latin
culture.
American’s LDN started as a small group of
Latin/Hispanic employees who looked to help
Spanish-speaking passengers with Customer
services requests. This successful experience along
with the implementation of Employee Business
Resource Groups leads to a formal group that has
grown for more than 20 years. Supported by senior
leadership, LDN focuses on professional development,
community service and business priorities.
LDN partners with American’s Diversity, Equity
and Inclusion (DEI) team, who shares American
Airlines’ inclusion and diversity philosophy through
education, training, recognition, and encouraging
diversity of thought. Together, LDN and the DEI
team create a productive and inclusive culture
at American.
Bank of America
Accenture’s Hispanic American ERG (HAERG) has
approximately 3,600 members (400 more members
than last year). Launched as the Hispanic American
Interest Group in the late 1990s, Accenture’s HAERG
mission is to provide an inclusive space that lifts
members as they climb and amplify their voices
within Accenture and its communities. HAERG
membership extends across 31 chapters in the U.S,
including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
In the last year, HAERG has expanded its reach
outside of North America. A key part of what makes
Accenture a great place to work is the unwavering
commitment to inclusion and diversity. This can
be seen in the ways in which the company supports
the ERG.
Committed to making Bank of America the best
place for Hispanic-Latino employees to work and
grow professionally by inspiring and fostering an
inclusive environment for all employees in support of
the bank’s purpose and strategy, Bank of America’s
ERG, HOLA, is open to all employees regardless of
gender, ethnicity, age or position in the company.
With more than 17,500 members, HOLA is proud
to have broad representation across all lines of
business and levels of the company, including
mid-to-upper senior management, and over 230
Senior Hispanic-Latino Leaders.
Being a diverse and inclusive company has
been a long-time priority for Bank of America. The
approach to diversity and inclusion starts at the top
with CEO Brian Moynihan who chairs the Global
Diversity & Inclusion Council (GDIC).
By partnering with community organizations,
Bank of America remains focused on not only
creating a great place to work, but an environment
where clients, employees and communities around
the world can reach their goals and connect with
each other.
HOLA’s commitment to the community
remained strong this year by providing assistance
and resources virtually.
DISH
With a mission to help all DISH team members
realize their full potential, reach beyond their
assignments and be assets in their communities, the
vision for ADELANTE is to be the conduit for the
advancement of members in the workplace while
sharing and celebrating the Hispanic/Latinx culture.
Established on September 1, 2020, ADELANTE
con DISH (ADELANTE), a Hispanic/Latinx Employee
Resource Group, has quickly grown. In just 15
months it has reached more than 2,300 employees
through events and online activities.
ADELANTE currently has 398 active members
across its locations in the Continental United States,
Mexico, Puerto Rico, and The Philippines.
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