MLT Black Equity at Work

MLT Black Equity at Work is the first certification program of its kind for racial equity in the workplace. The rubric focuses on people, purchasing, and philanthropy, offering companies benchmarks, best practices, and insights for how to achieve workplace racial equity across five pillars:

• Black representation at every level
• Compensation equity
• Inclusive, anti-racist work environment
• Racially just business practices
• Racial justice contributions and investments

Employers who participate in the program commit to crafting a comprehensive and rigorous plan for accelerating progress against the goals they set in each of the five pillars of the certification scorecard. For any employer, this provides an opportunity to take substantive, needle-moving steps on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) that reaffirm—for internal and external stakeholders—its stance against systemic racism.

The Opportunity

MLT Black Equity at Work was conceived as an online racial equity certification program for North American businesses. The certification would foster equal opportunities for Blacks in the workplace and hold companies accountable by focusing on three areas—people, purchasing, and philanthropy—and offering national benchmarking and a structured certification process. More than $70B has been committed to racial equity by organizations over the next 10 years.