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20 | FEDERATED DEPARTMENT STORES, INC.
Diversity
Diversity within our workforce, customer base, and community
and vendor relationships helps Federated stay attuned to the
multicultural society we serve. On a day-to-day basis, diversity
manifests itself in the respectful way we treat our customers,
vendors, members of the community and one another. Our
philosophy is intended to help ensure that appreciation for the
unique characteristics and strengths of every person is pervasive
at all levels of the company. This encourages creative thinking
and innovation, which is at the heart of our success.
Our workforce initiatives include talent acquisition and succes-
sion management, diversity training through workshops and
computer-based training, and events sponsored by diversity
councils and anity groups.
Additionally, Federated’s Supplier Diversity Program seeks to
source goods and services – either for resale or in support of
business operations – from qualied minority- and women-owned
enterprises. In scal 2006, these purchases totaled approximately
$772 million, an increase of 57 percent from 2005.
Community Leadership
Federated is proud of its track record as a caring corporate citizen
that leads and supports worthwhile community initiatives.
Federated believes that giving back to our communities is
the right thing to do and supports our business strategies. We
understand that stronger and healthier communities provide
better environments for our stores to do business and for our
employees and customers to live and work. Federated supports
this commitment by encouraging charitable giving and employee
volunteerism at both the national and local levels.
Contributions from the company and its charitable founda-
tions totaled more than $36 million in scal 2006, including
matching more than $5 million in employee gifts to non-prot
organizations across the country. In addition, the company’s
eorts resulted in more than $35 million in contributions from
employees and customers through United Way drives, and our
cause-related marketing eorts such as the Thanks For Sharing
holiday campaign and Shop for a Cause charity shopping days.
The company’s employees volunteered more than 130,000 hours
to the community in 2006 as part of the nationwide Partners
in Time program, which was rolled out to new communities
across America.
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