UGI Corporation Partners With the Human Library Organization on Key Diversity Initiative
September 21 2021 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
UGI Corporation (NYSE: UGI) is expanding a unique partnership
with the Human Library Organization (HLO), a Danish-based nonprofit
that works internationally to help organizations with their
diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.
UGI has committed to a sponsorship role with the Human Library
for the creation of a digital learning platform that will expand
the reach of the Human Library’s diversity experiences across the
globe. UGI began working with the Human Library in 2020 for
diversity and inclusion education for its leadership development,
supervisor training and new hire onboarding programs. Nearly 500
employees participated in the Human Library “reader sessions” over
the past year and UGI expects that more than 500 additional
employees will participate in the coming year.
The Human Library offers diversity training for companies that
want to raise social and cultural awareness in their workforce to
promote better partnerships with customers and the communities they
serve. The learning platform addresses cultural, religious, social
and ethnic differences by offering direct conversations with people
experiencing stigma, discrimination or prejudice and challenges
stereotypes.
Roger Perreault, President and Chief Executive Officer of UGI
Corporation, said, “We are excited to announce this strategic
partnership with the Human Library and help to promote this mission
globally. We launched our Belonging, Diversity, Inclusion, and
Equity (BIDE) initiative in 2020 to promote greater diversity of
thought, inclusive leadership, and equitable treatment of our
employees, customers, and the communities we serve. We think our
partnership with the Human Library will help us along our journey
to become an even more innovative and inclusive company.”
Before COVID-19, individuals participated in Human Library
experiences at a local library, university, or their workplace. In
the past year, these live sessions became virtual, allowing an
organization’s employees to meet people with diverse identities
from around the world, ask questions about difficult issues, and
promote more inclusive communities.
Ronnie Abergel, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of The Human
Library, said, “With this important support from UGI, we will soon
be able to offer our safe space online and publish people as ‘open
books’ to help us better understand our diversity. The app and
community we are building together will be a home for curious and
courageous conversations with people everywhere.”
About UGI Corporation
UGI Corporation is a distributor and marketer of energy products
and services. Through subsidiaries, UGI operates natural gas and
electric utilities in Pennsylvania, natural gas utilities in West
Virginia, distributes LPG both domestically (through AmeriGas) and
internationally (through UGI International), manages midstream
energy assets in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia and electric
generation assets in Pennsylvania, and engages in energy marketing,
including renewable natural gas in the Mid-Atlantic region of the
United States, California, and the District of Columbia and
internationally in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and the UK.
Comprehensive information about UGI Corporation is available on
the Internet at https://www.ugicorp.com.
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