Leadership Commitment & Accountability

Leadership Commitment & Accountability

The culture, accountability and support of diversity and inclusion starts at the top with how we lead. Diversity and inclusion is at the core of everything we do, and our leadership teams are focused on transparency, supplier diversity, philanthropic giving, support of human rights and our companywide, leadership-led diversity and inclusion council.

Enterprise Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Council

This council was formed in 2020 to serve as advisors for continuous improvement of our D&I program work, and development of actionable outcomes and results. Areas of focus come directly from the voice of employees as a roadmap for an engaging and inclusive workplace and community.

The council includes leaders from all business units, as well as employee resource group representatives.

Support of Human Rights

Human rights are the basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled. Duke Energy was one of the first companies in our industry to adopt a Human Rights Policy that outlines practices and policies to ensure an ongoing commitment to and respect for human rights.

Supplier Diversity

Duke Energy has spent more than $1 billion annually over the past five years with minority-, women-, veteran-, service-disabled veteran-owned and federal HUBZone certified businesses. The spending has grown an average of 10 percent per year.

It is our privilege, policy and practice to proactively seek and build relationships with diverse suppliers. Through Supplier Diversity, we build relationships with diverse businesses capable of providing commodities and services at competitive prices. These relationships also help to strengthen the economy and increase business opportunities for everyone.

Fostering an inclusive work environment

The company has ten Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) with 38 chapters across all of Duke Energy. There are more than 6,700 ERG members, who participate in at least one ERG. ERGs are integral to help promote and build an inclusive organization that delivers the right products and services to our customers, grows our business and enables people to reach their full potential. We build common awareness and understanding of diverse perspectives through our “Let’s Talk About It” conversations. These thoughtful discussions brought together almost 8,900 employees in 2023, an increase of roughly 900 more employees than in 2022.