CyrusOne: DEI, Community & Culture
Social Responsibility
CyrusOne’s commitment to social responsibility includes embracing diversity and inclusion, building a world-class culture, and supporting community efforts within all areas of the company. What makes us exceptional is the respect our employees demonstrate for each other, each and every day. We live by the Golden Rule of respect for each other and the value that each of us brings in our different opinions and views. CyrusOne participates in a variety of programs and initiatives in order to uphold and further our commitment to diversity and inclusion, community efforts, and world-class culture, examples of which can be found below.
DEI Programs and Initiatives
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Training
CyrusOne has done comprehensive, company-wide Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) training as part of our HR Roadshow. The training focused on embracing different cultures and ethnicities and engaging with our employees and customers in a way that reflects and respects their unique perspectives and experience. In addition to the DEI training, an annual refresher training course is completed by all employees. Each year, CyrusOne also hosts a Talent Day and Summit event that brings everyone together for leadership development and recognition of CyrusOne team members.
Annual Audit of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Efforts
Each year, CyrusOne utilizes an outside firm to audit our diversity and inclusion efforts to ensure that we are compliant with regard to the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) audit for the government. We monitor our diversity and inclusion statistics on a monthly basis and use this data when making pay and promotion decisions to ensure that we are continuing to increase representation. CyrusOne also celebrates many diversity days throughout the year that highlight all of the unique perspectives held within the company.
Members & Supporters of the Women’s Business Conference
The Women’s Business Conference is an empowerment conference for women that addresses social, cultural, economic, and political challenges that women experience in business through an interactive agenda. It provides development and networking opportunities for female leaders at CyrusOne who are members. For more information, click here.
NAREIT’s Diversity Forum – Executive Sponsorship
NAREIT is the worldwide representative voice for REITs and listed real estate companies with an interest in U.S. real estate and capital markets. Members of the forum are REITs and other businesses that own, operate and manage income-producing real estate, as well as those firms and individuals who advise, study, and service those businesses. The Diversity Forum helps companies develop a roadmap for developing and implementing industry-leading processes for building diverse workplaces. CyrusOne is a member of the forum and supports the cause with executive sponsorship. Our CFO, Diane Morefield, currently serves as Co-Chair of the diversity steering committee.
Our Community Efforts
Giving back to the communities in which we do business is part of our DNA. We believe that being great community citizens leads to great leadership and great relationships with our employees and customers.
For example, we provide paid time off for employees to volunteer at the organization of their choice as well as recognize employees with our peer-nominated Volunteer of the Year award.
CyrusOne is also involved with many community organizations, including the following:
- Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP)
- Carry The Load
- Girl Scouts – USA
- Midtown Education Foundation support
- Light The Night Cincinnati
- Girl Start – STEM Education initiative sponsor
- Katy Trail 5K
- March of Dimes
- Big Brothers Big Sisters
- Community Partners of Dallas
- Côtes due Coeur (American Heart Association)
- Relay For Life
Listening to Communities
Understanding public perception of data centers and how this shapes community initiatives
CyrusOne commissioned an independent research company, Censuswide, to undertake a survey of over 13,000 people across Europe to understand the public’s perception of data centers, the role they play in society, and their impact on communities.
CyrusOne’s World-Class Culture
CyrusOne is more than just a place to work…it’s a Great Place to Work™. We appreciate the importance of creating an environment in which all of our employees can feel valued, included, and empowered to bring their ideas to the table. CyrusOne was founded on integrity, thus trust, transparency and accountability are core to who we hire for the teams that serve our clients. We work to make sure that our company culture fosters an environment of engagement, respect, honesty, and growth and it is this culture that sets us apart from others and is the key to customer satisfaction and company success.
There’s no better way to show employee appreciation than ensuring that employees have a healthy and safe working environment. To support this goal, CyrusOne has designed our safety system in accordance with ISO 45001, the global safety standard. We are proud that our injury rates are well below industry standards and we ensure organizational alignment on safety standards through our executive steering function.
For more on our ESG efforts see our Environmental Sustainability and Health & Safety pages.
