22 Inizio Sustainability Report 2023 Q&A with A year into Inizio’sSustainability Strategy,And any challenges?Each of our business units andGlobal DEI update how are things going? companies is at a different point Throughout 2023, Inizio continued to Stefanie Christmas, This year we set the groundworkfor our global DEI efforts. Whilein its DEI journey, with varyinglevels of maturity. As we stand upmake substantial progress with ourDEI initiatives, both at the Group our business units have been doing a shared strategy and structure, level and within each business unit. Global Head of Diversity, their own great work, we now havea tremendous opportunity to bringmeeting each organization wheret slowing downthey are, while noWe’re committed to cultivating a these together to enhance our the progress of those further culture in which every colleague is Equity, & Inclusion expertise for the diverse colleaguesand clients we serve. Our focusalong, continues to be a challenge.We want to intentionally partnerempowered and encouraged to bringtheir whole selves to work every single recently has been on aligning our with the respective leaders and day. That means wewant our people shared DEI vision and strategy for councils within each agency and to voice their thoughts on how we do the next three years and making business unit to ensure that we’re business, practice thoughtful curiosity, tangible progresstoward our supporting the diverse needs of challenge assumptions, and act collective goals of reimagining our company. intentionally – all for the purpose health and advancing health equity. of reimagining health. What is the next big Who’s involved in opportunity/project To accomplish this, we need delivering the strategy? at Inizio? to continue to recognize the In short, we all are. But as we We are focused in furthering our foundational role that diversity, deepen our shared commitment to health equity approach in how we equity, and inclusion play in guiding DEI and scale our efforts across the support our clients in all the work how we think, act, work, and lead. global organization, we’ve brought we do and on specific initiatives. That work begins with strategic together the expertise from our I’m tremendously grateful to and sustainable leadership. business units into a shared team. those who’ve been pushing this This will enable us to support our forward within their organizations To that end, in 2023 we welcomed . business units more consistently I firmly believe we can do even our first GlobalHead of Diversity, and efficiently. more to better help our clients to Equity & Inclusion to provide think through the complexity of strategic alignment on all the DEI Any highlights from the year? the healthcare landscape and activities that were already underway reduce health disparities. across the organization. With that Stepping into theGlobal Head of alignment came our global DEI vision DEI role and learning more about and mission to serve as a north star our Inizio capabilities has been a and anchor everything we do. highlight. Seeing the breadth of the “…we now have a tremendous opportunity work happening in all corners of our In 2024, we’ll launch our global company has been inspiring and DEI Strategy, guided by the to bring together the great work across our exciting. We have a significant United Nations Sustainable business units to deepen our expertise for potential to accelerate the work Development Goals. The actions already underway and amplify our set out in the strategy will produce the diverse colleagues and clients we serve.” impact across the range of services meaningful and sustainable we provide for our clients. progress for our organization. Stefanie Christmas, Global Head of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion