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<h4><strong>Business Roundtable Commits to Break Down Barriers to Economic Opportunity</strong></h4><p>As some of the country’s largest employers, Business Roundtable CEOs believe they have a role to play in driving real change.&nbsp;In October 2020, Business Roundtable released a report outlining a set of corporate actions and&nbsp;public policy recommendations&nbsp;to&nbsp;close the racial wealth gap and increase opportunity in America.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p>This report provided recommendations focusing on six key themes:&nbsp;Employment, Finance, Education, Health, Housing and the Justice System.&nbsp;Although racial bias impacts Americans of color across the socioeconomic divide, we focused our efforts — as large employers — on addressing the economic opportunity gap, including disparities in access to good jobs, financial resources and quality education and healthcare.</p><p>While progress has been made in many areas&nbsp;to curb racial inequities, in many ways gaps in economic opportunity have grown.&nbsp;White family wealth in 2019 was eight times that of a typical Black family and five times that of a typical Hispanic family.&nbsp;These longstanding systemic inequities can have a compounding negative effect across generations, and the trends will not reverse unless all of us — government, business and civil society — take steps to ensure that every American can participate fully in the economy.</p>

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<h2><strong>There is more to do</strong></h2><p>Business Roundtable member CEOs are stepping forward to make philanthropic investments, update employment practices and innovate within their businesses.&nbsp;Business Roundtable CEOs are also identifying and actively supporting key policy changes that would advance racial equity and close racial disparities and will continue to engage with policymakers at the federal, state and local level to advocate for these changes.</p><p>There will be more to do. Business Roundtable believes the measures below will meaningfully expand economic opportunity for Americans of color but acknowledges that this will be an ongoing process and that meaningful progress will require sustained efforts over time.&nbsp;Business Roundtable will continue to listen and learn and to find ways to support real change.</p>

Doug McMillon shares the collective plans of 208 Business Roundtable CEOs for addressing racial inequity and injustice in an op-ed in USA Today.

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<h2>LEADERSHIP IN ACTION ON RACIAL EQUITY AND JUSTICE</h2><p>Business Roundtable CEOs are committed to advancing racial equity and justice through thoughtful action.</p><h4>Read examples of what business is doing:</h4>

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As some of the country’s largest employers, Business Roundtable CEOs believe they have a role to play in driving real change. In October 2020, Business Roundtable released a report outlining a set of corporate actions and public policy recommendations to close the racial wealth gap and increase opportunity in America.  