Belonging and Culture

Elevating a Culture of Safety, Belonging and Community

Our people make Sherwin-Williams a special place to work, and we support them by evolving and elevating the employee experience.

Belonging and Culture

Our approach to fostering belonging and a positive employee experience across our global footprint is a differentiator for us in attracting, engaging, retaining and developing our world-class talent. Ultimately, our team’s passion, agility and extensive knowledge keeps customers coming back and drives our success.

Every day, we focus on advancing a workplace where every employee can feel seen, heard, supported, connected and appreciated. In doing so, we create a culture where everyone can feel a sense of belonging, in order to drive long-term sustainable growth. We find value and innovation in the unique perspectives that all 64,000+ employees bring to Sherwin-Williams, which translates into solutions for our global customer base.

Our Belonging and Culture Principles

We established the following principles to ensure we are demonstrating our commitment.

Communicating Impact — Sharing the Company story, goals and priorities at all levels, and supporting our employees in life, career and connection.
Leading With Intention — Creating a culture where we inspire employees to Create Your Possible™ and leverage the unique contributions of each employee to drive a positive employee experience for all.
Empowering Everyone — Investing in our people by providing collaboration, development and learning opportunities to drive retention, progression and engagement.
Committing to Action — Empowering and engaging leaders at all levels to use tools and resources to take meaningful action to advance belonging, culture and the employee experience.

2024 Global Demographics

40%

underrepresented racial/ethnic groups (U.S.)

25%

women in workforce (global)

31%

underrepresented racial/ethnic groups in management (U.S.)

26%

women in management (global)

Leveraging Employee Feedback for a Positive Employee Experience

Listening and learning from our people around the world is a key attribute of our culture and vital to creating a sense of belonging and positive employee experience for all. We inspire our employees throughout the organization to listen, learn, share feedback and empathize with one another to strengthen our culture, performance and impact. By fostering this, we want everyone to feel seen, heard, supported, connected and appreciated.

One of the most important ways we build connection, empowerment and belonging is through our more than 400 employee-led communities worldwide whose members represent a range of experiences and perspectives across our global workforce. These groups, open to all 64,000+ employees, are empowered to drive innovation, customer engagement, business priorities and career growth with a focus on professional development. Through the events and initiatives they organize, these leaders are ambassadors for Create Your Possible™. The employee-led events enable employees to connect across the business through activities that include market development, relationship building and career mentorship.

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