interest, the combined company would have to: Annually report their supplier New Charter will voluntarily report diversity spending for all supplier diversity numbers in California operations to the accordance with GO 156 (NDC MOU at California Public Utilities 9); Commission as set forth in the Commission’s General Order 156 (Reply Testimony of Stephanie Chen at pp. Ensure that supplier diversity Within 5 years of merger close, “New is a business priority and Charter’s aspirational goals shall be achieve 30% MBE consistent with other similarly situated contracting across all cable operators’ supplier diversity spend industrial categories (Reply in the state” (NDC MOU at 9); Testimony of Stephanie Chen at pp. 12-13); Have supplier diversity Charter will create the position of “New that report directly to Chief Diversity Officer to lead the executive leadership and are company’s diversity and inclusion fully integrated in the initiatives and efforts….The Chief sourcing and procurement Diversity Officer will be empowered processes for all company with decision-making authority to lines of business (Reply ensure that diversity is integrated into Testimony of Stephanie Chen all aspects of the organization (NDC ” at pp. 12-13);; MOU at 3); Executive leadership should Executive and senior leader regularly emphasize the performance evaluations will be based, importance of supplier in part, on New Charter’s success in diversity to local managers implementing supplier diversity and purchasing teams (Reply initiatives (NDC MOU at 6); Testimony of Stephanie Chen at pp. 12-13); Providers should proactively New Charter will create an External establish relationships with Diversity Council composed of leaders of multiple diverse representatives of diverse groups to organizations as part of their provide feedback on New Charter’s efforts to build the sourcing diversity efforts (NDC MOU at 4). and hiring pipeline. Reply Testimony of Stephanie Chen at pp. 12-13 3(b). Greenlining filed extensive New Charter will increase the diversity of Verified. testimony specifically on the its board of directors (NDC MOU at 3), and issue of corporate diversity. implement a workforce diversity and Greenlining noted that for the inclusion awareness program, including proposed transaction to be in the efforts to increase recruitment of diverse
interest, the combined company would have to: Annually report their supplier diversity spending for all California operations to the California Public Utilities Commission as set forth in the Commission’s General Order 156 (Reply Testimony of Stephanie Chen at pp. New Charter will voluntarily report supplier diversity numbers in accordance with GO 156 (NDC MOU at 9); Ensure that supplier diversity is a business priority and achieve 30% MBE contracting across all industrial categories (Reply Testimony of Stephanie Chen at pp. 12-13); Within 5 years of merger close, “New Charter’s aspirational goals shall be consistent with other similarly situated cable operators’ supplier diversity spend in the state” (NDC MOU at 9); Have supplier diversity that report directly to executive leadership and are fully integrated in the sourcing and procurement processes for all company lines of business (Reply Testimony of Stephanie Chen at pp. 12-13);; “New Charter will create the position of Chief Diversity Officer to lead the company’s diversity and inclusion initiatives and efforts….The Chief Diversity Officer will be empowered with decision-making authority to ensure that diversity is integrated into all aspects of the organization ” (NDC MOU at 3); Executive leadership should regularly emphasize the importance of supplier diversity to local managers and purchasing teams (Reply Testimony of Stephanie Chen at pp. 12-13); Executive and senior leader performance evaluations will be based, in part, on New Charter’s success in implementing supplier diversity initiatives (NDC MOU at 6); Providers should proactively establish relationships with leaders of multiple diverse organizations as part of their efforts to build the sourcing and hiring pipeline. Reply Testimony of Stephanie Chen at pp. 12-13 New Charter will create an External Diversity Council composed of representatives of diverse groups to provide feedback on New Charter’s diversity efforts (NDC MOU at 4). 3(b). Greenlining filed extensive testimony specifically on the issue of corporate diversity. Greenlining noted that for the proposed transaction to be in the New Charter will increase the diversity of its board of directors (NDC MOU at 3), and implement a workforce diversity and inclusion awareness program, including efforts to increase recruitment of diverse Verified.
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