It's time to bring together your diversity, equality and inclusion, sustainability and environmental programs and think about them as an integrated strategy. 11. Diversity, equality and inclusion will continue to be a major imperative We've finished a massive study of DEI practices in business and the results are pretty shocking. Not only is DEI an enormous topic on the minds of CEOs but companies are hiring heads of DEI like never before. But are they moving the needle? Not as much as you'd think. The problem is truly creating an inclusive culture within a company. Our study shows that the most effective practices include listening to and acting on employee needs, giving employees an opportunity to speak up, holding HR teams accountable for DEI metrics and programs, and driving transparency and accountability into business leadership. DEI is a business strategy, not an HR initiative.