A Decade of Progress

Multiple Perspectives, Diverse Backgrounds and Community Giving Propel Lincoln Into 2020 - Seite 2

• CEO Dennis Glass signed on as a founding member of the CEO Action on Diversity and Inclusion – a nationwide initiative to educate employees and counter unconscious bias in the workplace.
• Through the work of the Lincoln Financial Foundation, Lincoln contributes about 9 million per year to nonprofit organizations in its communities. In addition, Lincoln employees coordinate local giving in the company’s main locations through Employee Activities Committees. For example, Lincoln employees have a long tradition of supporting local United Way organizations through annual workplace campaigns. In 2018, employee giving for United Way agencies surpassed $1 million for the sixth consecutive year.
• In 2017, Lincoln launched its Women’s Leadership Summit, a two-day event where officer-level women – and other high-potential female and male employees – convene with senior leaders to gain insights from each other as well as internal and external speakers. As of 2019, women comprise 61% of Lincoln’s workforce, exceeding industry and government benchmarks. Women hold 50% of all management positions and represent 27% of the board of directors, 33% of the top executive positions and make up 40% of the company’s top earners.² In February 2020, Lincoln was recognized by 2020 Women on Boards as a leading corporation in board diversity.
• Lincoln continues to make progress on reducing energy use and greenhouse gas emissions, reducing electricity consumption by 17.68% at its Greensboro location, exceeding the 2020 goal of a 10% reduction, and setting a new goal of an overall 35% reduction by 2022.
• In 2019, Lincoln launched Autism2Work, a program designed to successfully attract, and ultimately hire, a more neurodiverse workforce. In addition to this program, Lincoln Financial is the presenting sponsor of the annual Eagles Autism Challenge, which raised more than $6 million for autism research and programs in its first two years.
• In 2015, Lincoln’s network of financial advisors (Lincoln Financial Network) launched the WISE Group (Women Inspiring, Supporting and Educating), an initiative designed to better support the needs of its female financial advisors and their clients. The group has hosted 600-plus advisors at more than 30 events across the United States, and this program continues to grow across the organization.

Read more about Lincoln Financial’s strategy, actions and achievements in the areas of corporate philanthropy, environmental sustainability and responsible business practices in the 2018 Corporate Social Responsibility report, Making it count: Real people, real stories.