A message from CEO Tim Buckley

Our team of eighteen,000 people from all walks of daily life comes jointly to provide you, our purchasers, and to support the communities in which we function. Our employees—our crew—live by a mission that incorporates getting a stand for buyers and treating them fairly. The current tragedies remind us that this dedication will have to increase over and above the realm of investing to shape how we support our colleagues and purchasers.

We condemn racism, xenophobia, and prejudice of any kind, all of which operate counter to Vanguard’s values. We stand united with the black group and lend our voice to the call for significant and systemic modify.

We’re on our have journey. As an employer, we try each individual day to make Vanguard a far more assorted and inclusive company—a place the place each person can reach their complete potential. Though we are not yet the place we want to be, our crew are major the way with open conversations about race, religion, gender, and sexuality. I’m particularly grateful to our Crew Resource Groups, this kind of as the Vanguard Black Expert Community, which have challenged us to do improved and strengthened our perception of corporate group.

Our crew are passionate about bettering the social disparities in our communities and give far more than $10 million of their have revenue each year to generate modify. Regretably, the current social injustices underscore that there is so a lot far more to be finished. Vanguard will pledge an extra $5 million in instant offering to support companies fully commited to addressing injustice and racial disparities.

These actions are steps toward a future the place our communities are secure and our crew have equal possibilities to excel and to do their very best function on your behalf. We will not settle for fewer and are completely ready to function really hard to make that future a actuality. On June 9, Vanguard’s U.S. places of work will open for business enterprise 8 minutes and 46 seconds later than regular, as we notice a period of silence for George Floyd and reflect on what far more we can do.