Inclusion, Belonging and NFP
Integrating Inclusion and Belonging into Everything We Do
Advancing a culture of belonging with employees, clients and communities starts with strategy, and continues with learning, acting, refining and moving forward with a belief that we are never done.
We aim to cultivate enterprise-wide systems and cultures that permeate every aspect of the business and empower all stakeholders — both internally and externally — to succeed.
Defining Inclusion and Belonging
It’s easy to say that inclusion and belonging are important to an organization. But what do these words really mean?
Living Our Values
Our strategy creates systems and cultures that permeate every aspect of the business. We’re empowering stakeholders, both internally and externally, to succeed. This requires commitment from leadership, focused action, ongoing measurement and continuous refinement.
Empowering our employees to be their best selves and drive the growth of our business.
Aligning with our client’s values, elevating services, products and solutions, promoting innovation, and offering enhanced business opportunities and market expansion by engaging underrepresented markets.
Partnering with organizations and businesses and building fully integrated alliances that effectuate change and positively impact our communities.
Helping to advance business opportunity with a vibrant Supplier Diversity Program. It opens multiple procurement channels and fosters economic growth in communities by cultivating and promoting supplier partnerships and increasing our spend with them.
Inclusion and Belonging Policy Statement
NFP seeks to cultivate an enterprise-wide strategy that is aligned with business objectives and creates systems and cultures of inclusion and belonging, permeates every aspect of the business, and empowers all employees and stakeholders, both internally and externally, to succeed.
Business Resource Groups
As part of NFP's inclusion and belonging initiatives, employees are encouraged to engage, connect and get involved in our Business Resource Groups, collaborative and supportive forums where both members and their allies join with the community at large to ensure member development, enhance inclusivity and align with NFP’s business objectives.
Leadership
NFP is a collaborative and innovative organization and our ability to be more inclusive, and ensure all people feel they belong, directly impacts our results. Progress requires leadership, deliberate action, measurement and refinement, and engagement across our company.
I'm proud to be part of an organization that promotes inclusion and provides opportunities for everyone to thrive. But we know we can go further. With empowerment and accountability we will become the model for fostering an environment where everyone feels they belong.
Inclusion and Belonging Advisory Board
NFP’s Inclusions and Belonging Advisory Board is the driving force behind our company’s efforts to advance inclusion and belonging.
Advisory board members collaborate to advise and recommend policies, procedures and action plans; help NFP integrate strategies, initiatives and best practices that align with and advance NFP’s business objectives; drive communications and serve as ambassadors across the organization and externally.
Our Advisory Board includes employees from across the organization in various positions, specialties and levels of leadership. They are key members that engage with employees, provide support and drive initiatives within the company.
Our Commitment to Inclusion and Belonging Through Partnership
Creating lasting change cannot happen in silos and we cannot do it alone. This is why we are proud to be partnering with organizations that are advancing inclusion and belonging in communities across Canada.
Canadian Association of Black Insurance Professionals
CABIP is a member-based organization dedicated to bridging the opportunity gap for Black professionals within the Canadian insurance industry through advocacy, mentorship, education, and networking opportunities.
LGBTQ+ Insurance Network
Link Canada’s mission is to make the insurance industry the employer of choice for the LGBTQ2S+ community. Their objective is to provide welcoming and inclusive networking opportunities and events to encourage the communities within the industry.
Canadian Chinese Insurance Professionals Association
CCIPA is a non-profit organization with members presently or previously engaged in insurance or related industries. They organize social and recreational networking functions and educational seminars, as well as involvement in the community.
Indspire
Indspire is an Indigenous national charity that invests in the education of First Nations, Inuit and Métis people for the long-term benefit of these individuals, their families and communities, and Canada.
Food Banks Canada
Food Banks Canada is a national charitable organization dedicated to helping Canadians living with food insecurity by supporting a network of Provincial Associations, affiliate food banks, and food agencies that work at the community level to relieve hunger.