Now more than ever, we need to work together across sectors to address the profound racial and economic inequities pervading our society. There is momentum toward positive change like never before, but there are also headwinds. Despite forces trying to divide us, we have the collective power to meet this moment and ensure no one is left behind in our society — that is what equity aims to achieve.

United by this vision, PolicyLink, FSG, and JUST Capital co-founded the Corporate Racial Equity Alliance dedicated to deepening and accelerating the private sector’s role in advancing racial and economic equity as a critical component of achieving a just, equitable, and healthy society for all. Businesses of all sizes and in all industries have an important role to play, but we need a shared language and approach.

Today, we are excited to share that we have reached the next milestone in our multi-year effort to develop corporate performance standards on racial and economic equity. On Tuesday, April 5th, we will release our latest report outlining the scope and structure of the standards. Our upcoming publication will kick off a 60-day public comment period to garner broad stakeholder feedback on our standards development work to date.

Join us on Tuesday, April 5th from 1:00 - 2:00 pm PT to learn how you can help shape the standards that will set new norms for equity in business. This is an invitation to equity advocates, community leaders, workers, young people, under- or unemployed people, consumers, investors, businesses, standards setters, public leaders, business advisors and affinity organizations — we need your collective voice!

Your feedback will help ensure that the standards we build are comprehensive, actionable, and have the power to bring about lasting change. Learn more here about how you can get involved during April and May, including via virtual roundtables. To recognize participants’ valuable time and expertise in an equitable way, we are pleased to offer compensation to young people, people of color, individuals living on a low income, and others based in the US (details here). 

We hope to see you on April 5th and look forward to hearing your feedback during the public comment period. Collectively, we have the power to achieve racial and economic equity in our lifetime.

In solidarity,

The Corporate Racial Equity Alliance