Why We Care

An inclusive and equitable culture demonstrates behaviors that value and respect individuals and groups with different backgrounds, while recognizing the specific challenges and circumstances experienced by those different groups.

• Our goal is to ensure people feel welcome at the Powerhouse Energy Campus: We are building a culture of belonging by actively inviting the contributions and participation of all people.
• We encourage diversity in the energy/climate educational and career pathways while recognizing and respecting everyone’s unique qualities and attributes.
• A diverse and inclusive clean energy workforce brings high value not only to the Powerhouse Energy Campus, but also to our faculty, staff and students.
• We value diversity at the Powerhouse Energy Campus so people build a stronger sense of identity and wellbeing, have better education and career outcomes because their diverse strengths, abilities, interests and perspectives are understood and supported — we create a stronger world.
• We aim to represent all four types of diversity: internal, external, organizational and worldview.

Real and immediate benefits to the Powerhouse Energy Campus while embracing of diversity:

• A Variety of Perspectives: When we put a variety of world views into one room, we come out the other side with better ideas.
• Increased Creativity.
• Increased Productivity.
• Reduced Fear, Improved Performance.
• We boost our Brand’s Reputation as a leader in energy institutes around the nation.
• Global Impact in Clean Energy and Climate.