We live inclusion
We live inclusion. We put people at the heart of our business. We embrace all perspectives, collaborating to make a positive impact. Through an unparalleled focus on inclusion, with a diverse team of visionaries, thinkers and doers, we build trust — in each other and across our company.
At Jacobs, we want people to feel included, that they belong, and that there is no limit to who they can be and what we can achieve together. Inclusion is about tangible action that drives meaningful, measurable change both in our company and in the communities we serve. It means creating a culture of belonging where everyone can thrive — a culture that we call TogetherBeyond℠ and that is integral to our new Company strategy.
Committed, bold leadership
Operationalizing TogetherBeyond is supported by tangible leadership commitment and accountability at all levels of our company. We hold our leaders accountable to personally advance our TogetherBeyond principles as a key part of their performance and compensation reviews. In FY22, we set an objective for all our people leaders to have a TogetherBeyond goal and commit to meaningful and measurable actions to create an inclusive environment, and our Senior Vice Presidents and above signed our annual I&D commitment statement. This supports two essential priorities: our global Action Plan for Advancing Justice and Equality and our aspirational 40-40-20 goal (40% men, 40% women and 20% open to any gender).
Delivering our Action Plan for Advancing Justice and Equality — Key Achievements
In the Action Plan, we committed to investing $10 million over five years to support STEAM programs in Black communities, increase our support of diverse suppliers, and strengthen our commitment to developing and hiring the best diverse talent.
In FY22, we invested more than $900,000 toward this commitment. We launched the Jacobs Equity and Advancement Program, a scholarship program and student engagement plan that provides monetary supplement to Black STEAM education, and also provides opportunities for research, mentorship, and continued STEAM outreach by Jacobs professionals.
Part of the Action Plan’s goal is to “contribute to structural change in the broader society,” and we created our Supplier Diversity Roadmap to further our diversity commitments, by focusing intentionally on working with minority and veteran owned small or disadvantaged businesses across the globe. In FY22, we spent more than $2.54 billion on diverse and disadvantaged suppliers — approximately 39.97% of our total supply chain spend.
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Providing information, resources, and networking opportunities regarding physical, mobility and cognitive disabilities to disabled staff and to staff who provide caregiving services.
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Empowering our employees across all career stages to maximize their potential and make Jacobs the industry leader and workplace of choice.
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Leveraging the company’s unique and vibrant Latino talent contributing to our company’s profitable growth strategy, attracting and retaining Latinos, while fostering leadership, community involvement, diversity and cultural pride.
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“Working together” in Swahili — Positively impacting the black employee experience through recruitment, development, and retention of black talent.
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Fostering trust
We want our people to reflect the communities in which we live and work. Through TogetherBeyond, we tackle topics that are important to them such as equality, conscious inclusion and allyship. With a unique network membership of nearly 18,000 people in our eight Jacobs Employee Networks (JENs) and close to 13,000 in a Community of Practice, our employees play an essential role in attracting new talent, helping to shape our recruiting strategies and policies, our STEAM programs, and our accessibility practices. Our JENs offer mentoring programs that connect members with leaders who understand the unique challenges of their journeys and provide insight and guidance for those looking to elevate their careers.
Partnering with our networks has allowed us to launch meaningful policies and programs that directly impact the wellbeing and potential of our people, such as:
- Our “Be Seen @ Jacobs” data disclosure campaign allows employees to confidentially and voluntarily report the demographic data they want to report. We anticipate that this will help give us a holistic overview of our talent and the ability to identify and address pay gaps or other inequities that may exist.
- Delivering initiatives to elevate the value of women in the workplace and develop the next generation of professional women. Strategic efforts include gender-balanced interview teams, flexible working arrangements, improved caregiver leave, a resource that helps employees navigate different pathways to parenthood, and “Bridge the Gap,” a program to support parents returning to work. Following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, we identified a broad array of support options and worked with our healthcare providers to ensure all employees have access to medical care for their unique situations.
- Ensuring that our LGBTQ+ family is fully included by establishing gender-neutral restrooms, training HR specialists on transgender guidelines and ensuring U.S. healthcare plans are inclusive. And guidelines to ensure employees undergoing a gender transition have the support they need and have created a designated “transgender specialist” to provide assistance with the process.
- Ensuring all key Jacobs family policies (maternity, paternity, shared parental leave, adoption leave, bereavement leave) are inclusive of all families, regardless of gender or gender identity.
#OurJacobs team in India includes more than 3,700 people across the country and is home to one of our largest groups of multi-disciplinary professionals supporting programs around the world. Our new Bangalore office opened in 2022 truly celebrates our team culture and was recently recognized as one of India’s Great Place to Work®.
Partnerships and recognition
For the second consecutive year, named one of The Times Top 50 Employers for Women 2022, the U.K.’s most highly profiled and well-established listing of employers striving for gender equality in the workplace.
Proud to be ranked No. 6 in Stonewall’s U.K. Workplace Equality Index (WEI) Top 100 Employers List for LGBTQIA+ People and earn Stonewall’s Gold Award for the first time in Jacobs’ history, ranking No.1 in the Construction, Engineering and Property industry rankings.
Named the Workplace Gender Equality Agency’s Employer of Choice for Gender Equality in Australia.
Awarded Best Place to Work for LGBT Equality in the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index for the fourth year running.
Named to Forbes’ The Best Employers for Diversity and The Top 25 Best Companies for New Grads list, and the Straits Times’ Singapore’s Best Employers list.
Received the Cleared Assured Gold Standard for Workplace Diversity and Inclusion (U.K.).
Named by DiversityComm Best of the Best List of veteran-friendly companies in U.S. Veterans Magazine, Top Supplier Diversity Programs in 2022.
Partnered with National Business Disability Council (NBDC) through the Viscardi Center to participate in the Emerging Leaders program.
During the year, retiring Board Director Linda Fayne Levinson was honored by the National Association of Corporate Directors’ (NACD) B. Kenneth West Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Providing an inclusive environment that actively nurtures and supports our diverse employees and clients across all ethnicities and cultures.
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Creating an environment where LGBTQ+ employees feel able and empowered to bring their whole self to work.
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Advocating for veterans and current military reserve members, including support for transitioning veterans.
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Accelerating a cultural shift by empowering women and promoting gender equality.
Jacobs Named One of The 2022 Times Top 50 Employers for Women | Learn more →