Increasing diversity and representation

• Restructure hiring practices and offer paid internships

• Create wage transparency

• Increase internal and external mentorship

• Enact onboarding buddy system

• Strengthen COBID-certified partnerships/relationships

SEA in the community

• Target charitable donations to organizations serving underrepresented communities

• Dedicate at least 200 hours of pro bono work improving these communities

• Volunteer with impact throughout the year

• Award annual SEA Scholarship

• Outreach to school-aged children to increase architectural awareness

Social justice lens for projects

• Evaluate project selection, Social Equity Report, and Critical Race Theory

• Advance design approach and communication

• Develop a library of ‘mindful materials’

• Discuss wealth inequality in our society

Training/education

• Facilitate firm-wide conversations on JEDI topics

• Curate a social justice resource library

• Facilitate organization of reading/study/discussion groups

• Build capacity for anonymous feedback/questions

Just Label

Scott Edwards Architecture chose to pursue the International Living Future Institute’s Just label not only to be transparent with our practices, but to improve upon them. The very process to apply allowed us to have an immediate positive impact by restructuring some policies as they were evaluated. And now post-evaluation, we know where we need to focus our efforts in the next two years and will establish strategic goals to get there. By identifying our strengths and weaknesses using these metrics, we have a clear direction for creating a more socially responsible firm in a thoughtful, measurable way.