The Zoetis Tuition Reimbursement Program reimburses full-time eligible employees up to $15,000 annually. About 45% of Tuition Reimbursement participants in 2021 were women and about 25% of participants were colleagues of color. Also, our new student loan repayment program is designed to assist our colleagues, including women, in repaying student debt.  The program offers $150 per month to full-time colleagues and $100 per month for part-time colleagues, including our executive women leaders. In its first year, 640 colleagues signed up for the program, with 36% of the participants being female and 14% colleagues of color.

Gender diversity is strong across Zoetis – 54% male and 46% female and our 11 Board members include 4 women. The company continues working to increase the percentage of women in our management ranks worldwide with aspirations for increased diversity by 2025, including: Increasing representation of women at the director level and above globally to 40% by 2025.

Supplier Training and Certifications: We take a proactive approach in assisting underrepresented groups to qualify for tendering processes by helping suppliers better understand Zoetis’ supplier needs. We also help suppliers navigate the process of certifying as a diverse supplier.  Talent development is a strategic priority for our business, and we offer opportunities for growth at all levels of the company, with initiatives for all colleagues as well as programs exclusively for women and underrepresented colleagues.    

- President’s Leadership Development Program (PLDP): develops high-potential colleagues in our U.S. Operations.    

- Emerging Senior Leaders:  strengthens current and future leader competencies to prepare a strong and diverse leadership bench.    

- Leadership Essentials: focuses on supporting colleagues new to people management by helping managers build and motivate their teams    

- Your Development Matters: Zoetis has a customized, individualized, self-paced development program designed to help all colleagues pursue their individual development goals with the support of the organization and their manager.    

- Mentoring Programs: Zoetis maintains various mentoring programs, including one program exclusively for women, that play an important part in driving the success and advancement of our colleagues.

DE&I Education: We believe DE&I training and education are critical in establishing and maintaining a supportive, inclusive work environment. Zoetis offers DE&I training for all colleagues on inclusion, valuing differences, unconscious bias, avoiding exclusion, and spotting and avoiding microaggressions. We also provide training for people managers on leading inclusively, narrative storytelling, ally ship, and courageous conversations.  Supplier Diversity is a strategic business process at Zoetis, aimed at providing diverse suppliers equal opportunity to become suppliers to Zoetis and support our efforts to transform the care of animals for a healthier world.   Aspirations:   Increasing representation of people of color at all levels in the US to 25% by 2025. We are specifically focused on building a pipeline of Black and Latinx talent in the U.S. and our aspirations include:  

- Increasing representation of Black employees to 5%  

- Increasing representation of Latinx employees to 6%    

We accept the following classifications in our Supplier Diversity Program:

- Certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE)  - Certified Women Business Enterprise  

- Certified Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Business Enterprise (LGBTBE)  

- Disabled Owned Business Enterprise  - Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB)  

- HUB Zone Business (HUB)  

- Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business (SDVBE)  

- Veteran Business Enterprise (VBE)

Reducing Environmental Footprint:  

- New packaging designs: plan to establish an enterprise wide packaging guidance policy that will ensure the packaging of every new product takes environmental considerations into account and that the packaging of existing on-market products is reviewed for environmental impact. This will include assessing their  material guidance policy, competitive and regulatory landscapes, and vendor capabilities.  

- Reduce water intake: invested in improved technology, such as closed loop cooling systems. We identified opportunities to reduce and reuse water in our processes and implement additional efficiency measures. We integrated lean manufacturing principles and tools to help facilities identify areas for water conservation. This has allowed us to reduce our water intake intensity by 2% in 2021.

Minimizing Carbon Footprint: Developed a hierarchical approach to achieving carbon neutrality in our operations by focusing on energy efficiency and minimizing energy load, capital project investments, and renewable energy sourcing. Began evaluating policies and practices that will support a reduction of business travel and colleague commuting emissions and plan to report on actionable steps in next year’s report    

Our purpose is to nurture the world and humankind by advancing care for animals. We focus on innovations across the continuum of care for animals – from prediction and prevention to detection and treatment of disease.  

- Provide products and services that enable productive and sustainable livestock farms that preserve animal welfare  

- Combat diseases that pose the greatest risk to animals and humans  

- Promote a preventive approach to animal health with positive implications on human health    

- Grow access to vet care in emerging markets