DIVERSITY, EQUITY, + INCLUSION

Creating positive change. Empowering you to do
the same.

Our people are our greatest asset. When you feel supported and inspired, you turn your creativity into innovation to serve our customers and deliver exceptional experiences. As part of our Be Well. Do Well. platform, our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion leadership and our newly founded Executive Diversity Council are building strategic focus to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion among our workforce and our wider communities.

Building communities
where you can thrive.

Through a growing network of Employee Resource Groups (ERG), we’re giving voice to the diverse communities that make up our workforce and creating a more inclusive workplace. Whether you are a member of an ERG group or an ally, all are welcome!

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Dietitians

The Aramark Dietitian ERG exists to provide a forum that makes it easy for dietitians from different business units, geographies, experience levels, and job functions to connect, communicate, and collaborate. The group welcomes registered and prospective dietitians as well as those looking to support dietitians at Aramark.

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Impacto

Impacto’s mission is to provide impactful contributions that build a proud workforce, an inclusive workplace, and serve as a valuable resource for Hispanic market insights through targeted education, networking, and exposure to new opportunities.

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LEAD

LEAD is dedicated to the interests of employees who self-identify as Black, African American, West Indian, or of African descent. The group’s vision is to cultivate Black leaders at Aramark and build a sense of belonging within our communities.

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Pride

Aramark Pride focuses on fostering an inclusive, inspiring environment in which our lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBTQ+) employees and their allies are seen for who they are and are empowered to pursue all of their professional goals.

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Rising Sun

Rising Sun strikes to support an inclusive workplace for Indigenous peoples that reflects Aramark’s clients, customers, suppliers and communities. This Rising Sun symbol has been used by Indigenous people in a variety of images. It speaks to the future, as well as to nature, and helps to emphasize the value we place on Growth and Development.

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Salute

The Salute ERG supports Aramark in attracting, appreciating, and retaining Veteran & military-affiliated talent and their families in order to cultivate a Workforce of capable leaders, build a diverse and inclusive Workplace, and drive value in the Marketplace.

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Synergy

Synergy is dedicated to building an inclusive workplace for people of all faiths and religious beliefs – one that that reflects Aramark’s clients, customers and suppliers. The ERG was named Synergy to reflect the interaction between our foundational beliefs and how they impact our work life. We bring our whole selves to work and Synergy allows us to bring that spiritual component with us into the workplace in an appropriate and respectful manner.

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Thrive

Thrive's mission is to advance awareness and inclusion for people with disabilities at Aramark, as well as employees who advocate for people with disabilities, providing them with opportunities to share their stories and be heard, understood, and supported. We embrace personal connections and work together to empower forward motion and always lend a hand. Thrive is accepting, welcoming, and is embodied by an open hand and heart. Above all, we nurture growth and potential through family, friends, and community.

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Empower

Our first Employee Resource Group, Aramark EMPOWER grows diverse leadership among women that drives results by promoting career development, networking, and mentoring. We are driven by our commitment to advance and empower others while offering support, education, and community for women leaders alongside allies across Aramark.

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Aramark Young
Professionals

Our Young Professionals group was established to connect, engage, and empower young professionals recently entering the workforce. This ERG provides a network that cultivates future leaders and unleashes the potential of our fastest-growing workforce segment.

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Amplify

The Amplify ERG aims to cultivate an inclusive environment for Aramark's team members, clients, customers and communities. Amplify engages others in creating impactful opportunities to promote the advancement of Aramark's Pan-Asian talent and to inspire future Pan-Asian leaders.

Workforce

Our workforce represents who we are at Aramark. In order to live out our dedication to Diversity & Inclusion, we must reflect it in our recruiting practices. We understand that a diverse team is a successful team. Therefore, our goal is to hire, retain and develop a workforce that reflects the marketplace we serve.

Workplace

We strive to maintain a culture that values and leverages differences and similarities alike. By doing so, we capitalize on the benefits of diversity and make Aramark a welcoming place for the expression and education of diverse backgrounds, beliefs and opinions.

Marketplace

The marketplace is where we apply our diversity mission beyond Aramark’s walls. We strive each day to create client and consumer value by partnering with diverse suppliers, engaging with the community through service projects, and delivering culturally-relevant products and services.

Every day, DE&I professionals find new ways to challenge the norm and make DE&I a strategic priority within the workplace. Aramark welcomes the challenge and supports the change by committing to all the diverse communities represented in our workforce, establishing an environment of inclusion within our workplace, and engaging our community by partnering with diverse suppliers.

Donnice Peterson
Employee Resource Group Manager

Our Impact by the Numbers

60%

of our workforce
is female

5,600

small and diverse
suppliers in the US

1/3

of our board is
made up of women

Awards + Recognition

Our efforts to create a diverse and inclusive workplace have been recognized by notable organizations like the Human Rights Campaign, Diversity Inc., Black Enterprise Magazine, CAREERS & the disABLED Magazine and LATINO Magazine. We’ve also been honored to receive awards from mane leaders in the diversity and inclusion space.

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  • The Civic 50 (2024) | Most Community-Minded Businesses
  • Handshake Early Talent Awards 2024 Winner
  • Readers' Choice | A Top 50 Employer 2024 | Careers & the disABLED
  • Equality 100 - Leader in LGBGQ+ Workplace Inclusion
  • 2023 DiversityInc Top 50 logo
  • Supplier Diversity badge
  • Diversity Inc. - Top Companies for Employee Resource Groups
  • Seramount - Best Company for Multicultural Women
  • Black Enterprise Best Companies for Diversity
  • Diversity MBA - Fifty out Front
  • Fortune - World’s Most Admired Companies
  • 2023 Disability Equality Index - Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion