It’s simple. At Nike, we consider diversity and inclusion to be an integral part of our business. Our differences allow our brand to be creative and innovative with a universal, global reach. Diversity helps us recruit the brightest minds. The more we work together, the more we can offer our consumer. 

From the earliest days at Nike, diversity has been a priority. We’ve had diversity recruiters on staff for 15 years. A few years ago, we established the U.S. Leadership Team Diversity Steering Committee to monitor and measure our progress in driving and promoting diversity. We also have a 12-member U.S. Retail Diversity Council whose sole goal is to foster and grow multiplicity within our U.S. retail locations. 

Diversity means different things in different regions and Nike continually strives to ensure that our diversity initiatives are truly global. For example, in our European headquarters we currently employ over 70 different nationalities, with recruits from 10 of the top MBA schools across Europe. Nike also joined Stonewall’s Diversity Champions program for employers in 2006. Diversity Champions is Britain’s good practice forum for Sexual Orientation issues in the workplace. Nike works closely with Stonewall, Britain’s leading gay equality organization, and other members of the program, to improve the working environment for our lesbian, gay and bisexual employees. And, in our Nike Asia offices, we have a wealth of employee programs and diversity recruiting efforts from premier MBA schools.

We embrace equality and fairness in our workplace by recruiting from employment sources worldwide. Some of these organizations include, but are not limited to, the European PWN (Professional Women’s Network), the National Black MBA Association Career Fair, Portland Latino Career Fair, the Diversity, Inc./NY Times Career Fair, and the National Society of Hispanic MBAs.

Learn more about Nike’s commitment to Diversity and Inclusion, including our Diversity and Inclusion team and our six employee networks.