Our Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Environment

Fostering a Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive (DEI) Environment

Our action plan builds on our continuing strategy to ensure a workplace that is open, inclusive, and diverse.

As we drive toward a clean energy future, we recognize that the work environment is also changing. We provide relevant and constructive educational opportunities, we support employees’ development by integrating DEI principles into our company culture, and we continue to build senior leadership’s commitment to supporting a workplace that achieves diversity, equity, and inclusiveness.

Highlights

We introduced eight new DEI Conversational Toolkits in 2023. These resources provided managers and Local DEI Council leads with talking points, videos, and resources to facilitate DEI topics like:

Inclusion In Action provides steps and strategies that can be implemented in the workplace to promote team cohesion, inclusivity, productivity, and more effective work environments.
Psychological Safety reinforces that a psychologically safe workplace is both professionally and personally beneficial to our workforce. Employees also learn to understand the ways they can both recognize and influence an environment that is free of bias and safe for all.
Overcoming Unconscious Bias – Cultivate Authentic Connections promotes awareness of what our unconscious biases are, why they exist, and how our brains automatically come up with these assumptions. The importance of embracing individual differences, creating open communication, and building authentic connections are all discussed.

Communicating and Engaging

Our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) positively impact our workforce by shaping employees’ experiences and creating events that celebrate our diversity within and across groups. The number of ERGs also grew: MILE (Muslims for Inclusivity, Learning, and Empowerment) formed to be a voice for the Muslim community and became our 11th group.

In 2023, our DEI groups sponsored celebrations, information sessions, virtual tours, and more. Nearly 5,000 employees are now members of one or more ERGs.

Employee Resource Groups of Con Edison	Name	Members
Employee Resource Groups of Con Edison	Name APACE ∙ Asian Professional Alliance of Con Edison	Members 775
Employee Resource Groups of Con Edison	Name BUILD ∙ Blacks United in Leadership and Development	Members 415
Employee Resource Groups of Con Edison	Name CapeABLE ∙ Individuals With Disabilities Advocating, Belonging, Leading, Engaging	Members 173
Employee Resource Groups of Con Edison	Name CLARO ∙ Hispanic Heritage Cultivating Leadership and Actively Realizing Opportunities	Members 450
Employee Resource Groups of Con Edison	Name Emerald Society of Con Edison ∙ Irish Heritage	Members 800
Employee Resource Groups of Con Edison	Name JADE Jewish Americans for Development and Empowerment	Members 181
Employee Resource Groups of Con Edison	Name LGBTQ+	Members 205
Employee Resource Groups of Con Edison	Name MILE Muslims for Inclusivity, Learning, and Empowerment	Members 174
Employee Resource Groups of Con Edison	Name Moms ON IT/Dads Matter	Members 837
Employee Resource Groups of Con Edison	Name Veterans of Con Edison, Inc.	Members 595
Employee Resource Groups of Con Edison	Name WOCE ∙ Women of Con Ed	Members 383
Employee Resource Groups of Con Edison	Name Total Membership	Members 4,990