Inclusion and Diversity

“It is essential to our future that everyone — every single member of our ONE KBR team of teams — feels empowered and valued, and that they have the resources and opportunities to realize their full potential.”

STUART BRADIE, KBR PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Our culture is built on a commitment to Zero Harm — doing the right thing and making decisions that count for our planet, our communities, our business and, most importantly, our people.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. As a company we are dedicated to creating inclusive environments where collaboration flourishes, creating environments that transcend cultural and geographical boundaries, and where we listen to, hear, respect and consider all ideas and viewpoints. We are committed to ensuring that all our people feel valued and part of the ONE KBR team of teams, regardless of race, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression.

We understand the value of individual differences and perspectives, and by embracing those differences and working together, we are more innovative and resilient, safer, and better prepared to take on and conquer any challenge.

Our commitment to inclusion and diversity (I&D) has become so important to us as a company that at the beginning of 2020 we created the Global I&D Committee to continue advancing and driving our focus in this area. The committee includes business leaders from across all our KBR business functions and reports directly to our CEO and the Executive Leadership Team (ELT). It operates alongside the Sustainability Committee. The team’s mission is to review, assess and ultimately to champion new initiatives that support our journey towards increased global diversity, and in a way that promotes inclusivity and enhances our team-of-teams culture.

We are actively engaged in enhancing equality and diversity in our company. We use data to help inform our hiring practices and internal policies which in turn informs our understanding and has been key to our successful efforts around wage and bonus distribution parity. While we’ve made significant progress in these areas, we are always striving to do better: to be better informed and to build on our successes. This includes focusing on gender diversity at leadership level. Since 2016, female representation on the KBR Board of Directors and ELT has increased by 23% and 19% respectively, with the current female Board at 33% and 27% on our ELT.

Hiring

Setting minimum diversity requirements for candidate shortlists
Establishing diverse representation in hiring teams
Focusing on diversity in intern and graduate programs

Rewarding

Monitoring pay gaps for underrepresented groups
Enhancing family-friendly policies and benefits
Developing roadmaps to support supplier diversity

Developing

Providing relevant inclusion-focused education to employees
Embedding a diversity lens in talent processes and conversations
Developing and sponsoring talent in underrepresented groups

Engaging

Sponsoring resource groups to facilitate mutual support
Enabling flexible working to suit different people and lifestyles
Using employee surveys to obtain feedback on inclusion

Reinforcing

Determining and publishing lead indicators and measures of success
Setting targets and aligning incentives
Sharing the story with employees and other stakeholders

NATIONALITIES

INCREASE

in women employees from 2019 to 2020

OUR INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY STATEMENTS

INCLUSION

At KBR, we value all our people for who they are. Their ideas and unique perspectives make us better and stronger. Our commitment to inclusion fuels our passion and inspires us to tackle any problem confidently, deliver the most complex projects, and support the most difficult missions.

We believe we are all responsible for our inclusive culture, together.

DIVERSITY

At KBR, we respect and value the diversity of our people. We know that the cultures, ethnicities, religious backgrounds and gender identities that make us who we are as individuals also make us a better, more socially sustainable company. Along with our culture of inclusion, our diversity enhances innovation, improves decision-making and strengthens our company.