Retail Culture & Community Committee
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Overview
The Retail Culture & Community Committee (R3C) is comprised of executives at leading retailers who work on aligning corporate strategies with a welcoming and collaborative company culture to achieve the company’s goals and vision.R3C is a practitioner-led community that provides support to member retailers with key strategy-culture alignment areas such as:
- Integrating a values-aligned talent management and engagement strategy
- Supporting respectful employee-customer interactions
- Informing philanthropic opportunities, and community partnerships
- Staying apprised of the political, media, and legal context
Participating members have access to Committee resources, found below.
For more information on RILA's Retail Culture & Community Committee, contact Erin Hiatt, Vice President, CSR at erin.hiatt@rila.org or Moni Adeyi, Manager, CSR & Supply Chain at moni.adeyi@rila.org.
Committee Materials
April 2021 Community Org Engagement & Signage
Peer survey on community organization engagement and store signage

2021 Proxy Season ESG Lookback: Key Takeaways for Retail
RILA partnered with Melissa Sawyer, Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell for an exclusive analysis of the 2021 proxy season’s key ESG themes and considerations for the retail industry

Bridging a More Inclusive Workforce
RILA sat down with Bridges from School to Work to discuss how they tranform lives and support retailers in creating a diverse work pool.
D&I Case Study Analysis
Case study on a cross-section of large retailers' executives who each have a role in assisting the company responds to a hypothetical D&I- incident.
2022 RILA Mitigating Bias in AP Survey
2022 RILA Mitigating Bias in AP Survey

How Macy’s Supports D&I, Drives Innovation
RILA conversation about how Macy’s has been supporting diverse entrepreneurs for the last decade and why that work remains relevant today.
Diversity & Inclusion Resource Library
Resources are available to RILA Diversity & Inclusion Leaders Council members. Please login to access. If you’d like to share materials or have other questions, please contact Erin Hiatt
D&I Success Statements & Leadership Model
Guiding RILA DILC framework

Interview with Phluid Project
Learn more about Phluid Project, which goes above and beyond gender- free apparel and accessories.
January 2021 DILC Teams & Metrics Survey
Peer survey on DEI teams and other reported metrics
ESG Reporting: Balancing Transparency & Risk
Recording from the ESG Reporting: Balancing Transparency & Risk Call
June 2020 DILC Personnel Survey Results
Peer survey from the Diversity & Inclusion Leaders Council
Investor Outreach on COVID-19 & Human Capital Management
RILA facilitated a discussion on ESG Fundamentals & Applications to Investor Outreach on COVID-19 and Human Capital Management
November 2020 Supplier Diversity Program
Peer survey on Supplier Diversity Programs
FTC Green Guides
FTC Green Guides Regulatory Comments
FTC Recyclable Claims Workshop
FTC Recyclable Claims Workshop Regulatory Comments
Gender 101 Session with GET Phluid
GET Phluid and RILA presented an abbreviated, executive summary version of GET Phluid’s Gender 101 training followed by a Q&A with presenters.

How Retailers Can Integrate Refugee Talent
RILA and the Tent Partnership for Refugees give a briefing on: “How Refugee Talent Can Be An Asset To The Retail Industry”.
June 2022 DEILC ERG/BRG & Employee Engagement Survey
June 2022 DEILC ERG/BRG & Employee Engagement Survey
Resilient Management in the Age of Responsible Retail
Recording from the Resilient Management in the Age of Responsible Retail call
Retailers Address Racial Inequality Through Action
Example actions retailers can take to have a meaningful impact.
RILA Diversity and Inclusion Survey Project
Measuring and tracking progress around employee D&I sentiment, as an industry, to identify opportunities for improvement.

September 2024 Joint DEILC & Communications Meeting Book
Joint DEILC & Communications Meeting Book

Shifts in Talent Strategy: Risks & Practical Considerations
RILA and Gibson Dunn for a conversation about the most recent developments and what they mean for the legal landscape
Supplier Diversity Programs Benchmarking Survey
Benchmarking survey of RILA members’ supplier diversity program activities
Tactics for Minimizing Unconscious Bias in Retail Stores
An overview of some key steps retailers can use to minimize unconscious bias in the store environment.

The Value of Diversity Certifications Webinar
Learn about the landscape of supplier diversity groups from first-hand experts.

Third Party Risk Management Webinar
Daniel Click, Greg Matthews & Mitushi Pitti from KPMG shared findings from KPMG's Global Third Party Risk Management Outlook 2020 Report Survey
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