Employee Resource Groups

Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) are voluntary, employee-led groups that foster a diverse, inclusive workplace aligned with organizational mission, values, goals, business practices, and objectives. Other benefits include the development of future leaders, increased employee engagement, and expanded marketplace reach.

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Catalyst Award Winner

Five Key Takeaways From the 2024 Catalyst Award-Winning Initiatives

This year’s winners, Sephora and Zoetis, shared five ways any company can accelerate their diversity, equity, and inclusion journey.

Virtual Roundtable Recording: Catalyst ERG Resources Overview

Watch an overview of our ERG resources and Q&A, where Catalyst experts address questions about ERGs and how we can best support you.

Inclusive Communications

33 Ways to Address the Backlash Against Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)

Catalyst resources show you how to do DEI right—because DEI done right works.

Catalyst Conversation: Insights on Maximizing ERG Impact in Your Organization

In this session, we will unpack the success factors for ERGs and actionable take-aways from Catalyst Research on ERGs that span industries and global regions.

Catalyst Award Winner

Zoetis: Awareness & Action Drive Impact: The Zoetis Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Journey (Practices)

Zoetis launched its Awareness & Action Drive Impact initiative in January 2020, when Kristin Peck became CEO.

Virtual Roundtable: Catalyst ERG Resources Overview

Join us for an overview of our ERG resources and live Q&A, where you will have the chance to interact with Catalyst experts who will be on hand to address your questions about ERGs and how we can best support you.

2024 enERGize

enERGize by Catalyst is an online learning engagement designed to help corporate employee resource groups (ERGs) engage in effective partnership across lines of difference and at all levels of the […]

Active Allyship: Strengthening LGBTQ+ Inclusion in Your Company (Webinar)

How can companies move beyond inclusive-language practices and take more meaningful action to retain and attract LGBTQ+ employees?

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Employee Resource Groups

“ERGs Are the Heartbeat of Organizations”: 10 Takeaways From enERGize by Catalyst (Blog Post)

Intersectionality and allyship were crucial themes throughout the half-day ERG community event.

Employee Resource Groups

Employee Resource Groups: Best Practices (Tool)

We reviewed 36 Catalyst Award-winning initiatives spanning industries and global regions to bring you leading employee resource group best practices.

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Employee Resource Groups

ERG Discussion Guides

The Catalyst Discussion Guides are tools organizations can leverage to facilitate open dialogues on various diversity, equity, and inclusion topics.

Catalyst Award Winner

How UPMC Won the 2023 Catalyst Award (Practices)

UPMC set a goal to advance women from marginalized races and ethnicities, especially into their executive workforce.

Employee Resource Groups

4 Critical Lessons for Your Employee Resource Group (ERG) (Blog Post)

Catalyst’s virtual event series for ERG leaders, EnERGize Your Workforce, revealed some surprising insights.

Employee Resource Groups

Employee Resource Groups (ERGs): Ask Catalyst Express

Data and resources for building beneficial and effective Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) for employees and their organizations.

Organizational Culture Change

How Enbridge Won the Catalyst Award

Since launching their Catalyst Award-winning initiative, Enbridge has already exceeded their 2022 goal of 30% women in manager-and-above positions.

Organizational Culture Change

How Boston Scientific Won the Catalyst Award

Between 2017 and 2020, women in executive leadership roles at global organization Boston Scientific increased from 12.5% to 26.7%.

Employee Resource Groups

The Need for Employee Resource Groups (Webinar Recording)

Panelists discuss how to guide leaders and members—at all levels—to plan, launch, grow, and evolve ERGs.

Employee Resource Groups

Propelling Change through DEI Measurements (Webinar Recording)

Experts will give practical advice on measuring representation, address the questions companies should be asking, and point to the leading and lagging indicators that can help evaluate progress.

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Employee Resource Groups

Catalyst Guide to Employee Resource Groups (Tool)

This comprehensive, Supporter-only toolkit contains all the resources you need to create and launch an ERG at your organization.

Race, Ethnicity, and Culture

Supporting Hispanic & Latinx Leaders Through ERGs (Webinar Recording)

Learn how ERGs serve as a vehicle to drive inclusion and how inclusive, authentic leadership can help members and organizations alike navigate growth.