Equinix REIT : CEO Action Fellows Driving Real Change at Equinix – and Beyond

Equinix strives to serve and connect all people and communities, embedding diversity, inclusion and belonging in all of our business activities and partnering with organizations to advance digital inclusion in areas of need. On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in 2021, Equinix signed the CEO Action for Racial Equity pledge.[i] The pledge outlines a specific set of actions that the signatory CEOs will take to cultivate a trusting environment where all ideas are welcomed and employees feel comfortable and empowered to have discussions about diversity and inclusion. To make this initiative actionable, CEO Action for Racial Equity created the CEO Action for Racial Equity and Fellowship Program[ii], which supports more than 250 exceptional individuals as they spend one to two years focusing exclusively on one targeted area to drive societal change.

As the largest CEO-driven business commitment to advance diversity and inclusion in the workplace, the program's goal is to improve the lives of Black Americans through advocacy and advancement of public policies that will root out and end systemic racism. This Fellowship is the first business-led coalition of its kind with a mission to advance racial equity through public policy.

Fellows diligently research and present recommendations for initiatives that will evolve into executable public policy, gathering input from community activists, officials, business leaders, agencies and other influential stakeholders. Everyone works in solidarity to identify, develop and promote scalable and sustainable public policies and corporate engagement strategies that will address systemic racism and social injustice and improve societal well-being.