Diversity and inclusion are critical attributes of one of EnLink’s Core Values – Focus On People. We strive to embrace, celebrate, and support the diversity of our employees and the unique perspectives and experiences each of us brings to EnLink. We promote diversity and inclusion through our hiring and promotion practices, pay practices, community outreach efforts, and employee education and training.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Action Team
Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Action Team leads DEI efforts with support from company leadership and Human Resources. The DEI Action Team is comprised of diverse employees across the company, representing numerous demographics, backgrounds, and perspectives, and strives to:
- Foster a supportive and celebratory work environment in which employees can realize their maximum potential at EnLink.
- Promote a diverse workplace encompassing differences in ethnicity and backgrounds, thinking styles, experiences, and education.
- Encourage and support the diverse communities where we operate.
Employee Training and Education
Employees are assigned a required “Preventing Workplace Harassment” course each year, resulting in 100% completion of the assigned training each year since 2020.
We also support professional and personal development through our DEI-Action-Team-led mentorship program. At the request of employees, the DEI Action Team piloted the mentorship program in 2022 and formally launched it in 2023. More than 100 employees in roles across the company participated in the 2023 program, which aimed to help employee mentees to develop career and leadership skills and mentors to share their experiences to make an impact across the organization.
We promote diversity education through intranet articles written by the DEI Action Team and posted to a dedicated DEI-focused employee intranet page. In 2023, the DEI Action Team shared informative stories and personal testimonials on a variety of cultural topics and celebrated key moments in time through Black History Month, Hispanic Heritage Month, Veterans Day, and more. The DEI Action Team hosted a panel for Women’s History Month featuring two female directors of EnLink’s Board of Directors and coordinated “Taste of EnLink,” an organization-wide event to celebrate the diversity and culture of employees in honor of National Diversity Month.
Diversity Hiring and Demographics
We are an equal opportunity employer that recruits, hires, trains, and promotes individuals in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.
We collaborate with an online diversity recruitment service to expand our diverse candidate outreach. Further, our recruitment process includes inclusivity questions that identify if potential candidates embrace and celebrate diversity.
We also recognize and value the skills and qualities that military veterans bring to our workplace. In 2023, veterans made up 8% of our total employee population. Additionally, we compensate employees taking uniformed service or military leave for the difference between their EnLink pay and their active military service pay.
Diverse Community Outreach
We make efforts throughout the year to support diverse community groups and causes. The DEI Action Team organized community outreach events throughout the year, including during our third annual “Month of Service” in September 2023. Employees utilized our community service paid time policy that gives each employee up to eight hours of paid time off to volunteer, volunteering almost 1,500 hours’ time companywide throughout the year. This represents approximately $76,000 in donated time.¹ Click here to read about this effort in our Community Impact section.
Additionally, we contribute to the education of the future workforce through community partnerships. In 2023, we partnered with the corporate work study program of the Cristo Rey Network, which connects high school students with corporate internships. Eight Cristo Rey students worked at our offices in Dallas and Houston in 2023, learning about corporate culture and office environments. In exchange, we subsidized a portion of tuition costs.
In late 2023, we began volunteering with Engineering Tomorrow, an organization that introduces a multitude of diverse high school students across the nation to various fields of engineering and technical programs and provides hands-on instruction, virtual labs, and mentorship. The students have the opportunity to collaborate with fellow participants who bring diversity of thought, experience, and skills to the program. Several of our employees participated and led sessions at the Engineering Tomorrow program at the San Jacinto College Center for Petrochemical Energy and Technology (CNET) creating an opportunity to introduce more than 300 high school students to the energy industry.
Diversity in Leadership
EnLink Chief Executive Officer Jesse Arenivas became the company’s first Hispanic CEO when he joined the organization in June 2022. He was one of 27 Hispanic CEOs leading a Fortune 500 or S&P 500 company in 2023.² Additionally, three of EnLink’s five-person executive leadership team are ethnically diverse.
Arenivas is a member of CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion, the largest organization of chief executives who have publicly committed to driving measurable action in advancing DEI in the workplace. The national organization provides resources, tools, and forums for members to implement meaningful DEI programs at their companies and learn from their peers’ successes in creating diverse, inclusive business cultures.
- Financial impact of volunteer hours is calculated using EnLink’s average hourly rate (as of December 31, 2023).
- According to Crist|Kolder Associates 2023 Volatility Report on America’s Leading Companies.
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