The achievements we've made up to 2022 is in the realm of the issue of the diversity issue Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity (DEI)

Equity Diversity, Integration and Equity (DEI) isn't just an exercise where you check boxes.

We are aiming to integrate DEI concepts into our daily business practices as a key component in developing teams that are high-impact and products. Why? We think the creation of an environment that is fair in its transparency and grounded in community can enable each employee to perform on top of their game, and offer better outcomes to our customers. It will result in improved outcomes for us as an company, our shareholders that we hold, as well the community as a whole.

We believe that advancement is only possible by transparent and accountable. In the near in the future, and beyond 2022, we're very happy by the progress have been made in certain areas, however we do recognize that we have certain areas that require to be improved.

Team demographics

This is a brief summary of the demographics we have for our team at the end of December, 2022 that illustrates the improvements we've made over time between the calendar years 2021-2022 in terms of the gender balance around the world, as well as U.S. races and ethnicities how well representation is done.

Progression areas

The importance of representation is in having an employee that's multi-cultural and we're delighted with the progress we've achieved so far.

Since the beginning of this year, we've been able to continue the effort to create an all-inclusive pool of applicants for new roles in the hope of ensuring that 30percent of applicants that participate in our selection process are minority-based and aren't part of our process for selection.

Also, we know that transformation begins at the at the top. That is the reason why we made the choice to raise the number of women in our top management.

Our actions contributed to these outcomes. As of December 31 2022:

• 44 percent of our team consider them to be female (4 between 9 and 4)*
• All over the world have increased in 4.6 percent in 2021, and 35.7 percent in 2021, rising to 40.3 percent in 2022.
• The proportion of women working in managerial roles worldwide (Manager niveau plus) increased by 3 percentage points from 33.7 percent in 2021, to 36.7 percent in 2022.
• The share of U.S. employees who identified as members of the minorities that were underrepresented group (URM) was increasing by 3.3 percent from 18.3 percentage in 2021, and 21.6 percent in 2022.

Apart from the changes which we've made in our team representation, we also introduced several initiatives that aim to create a more equitable and a more inclusive society. These include as:

At the time of publishing this report, the executive team of our company consists of seven people. We're thrilled to share the fact that 60 percent of our staff (4 out of 7) identify as female. We have also hired the newly appointed director of management senior of DEI, Renee MacLeod, to manage our DEI strategies and programs.

ECGs are Employee Community Groups (ECGs)

At , ECGs are employee-led and organizationally-supported groups of employees that are drawn together by shared characteristics or interests. Every ECG can serve as an information source, point of connection as well as a community of employees who are underrepresented and allies. ECGs are vital to building and maintaining a fair, diversity, multicultural and multi-cultural workforce.

Our ECGs in 2022 have facilitated our employees together to discuss their knowledge and experience, having fun and growth by hosting more than 20 initiatives and events that ranged from discussions on burnout, entrepreneurship and mental health to hosting an event on developing careers for NYC students and taking a Cocktail making course with the owner of a black-owned business.

For the purpose of further enhancing our involvement with the community and increase our involvement with our community, we partnered in order to improve our interaction with our community. For this purpose We teamed up to work with First Tech Fund, a non-profit group that is located in NYC committed to helping the community high school students who come from different backgrounds. They organized an evening of speed networking in October. Over 50 volunteers participated and were represented by all departments at the school. Participants were given a renewed sense of confidence, enthusiasm and a desire to explore possibilities in the field of technology.

We, ECGs have collectively contributed more than $20,000 to groups that help strengthen and support the diverse communities. We have also contributed to a variety of minority and female-owned businesses:

•       The reason for existence
•       Daymaker
•       First Tech Fund
• Hella Cocktail Co.
•       Major's Project Pop
•       NewFest
•       ReelAbilities Film Festival
•       Make Love To Chinatown
•       The Possibility Project

The report's highlights include Highlights of the report: Assistance to Ukraine

The team members came together to help Ukraine after the country's devastation caused by the Russian attacks on Russia. Through the assistance of our staff members who are generous, along with our tireless matching donations, we have raised more than $54,000 for non-profit organizations that assist Ukrainians in need of security or aid with their relocation. The money went to specific campaigns for Ukraine in conjunction with UNICEF, International Medical Corps, and UNICEF, International Medical Corps and UNICEF, International Medical Corps and The US Association for UNHCR (UN Refugee Agency).

We also offered assistance with relocation, which included transport and lodging for more than 70 individuals, which included employees as well as their families. We created a voluntary group of around 20 Vimeans and offered 24 hour in-person support for family members as well as employees that require help in relocating, such as help in organizing travel arrangements for people who speak other languages and first-hand understanding of the regions where they live as well as other needs.

The month of December when we joined forces on the 12th with Razom for Ukraine which is a non-profit group committed to supporting Ukraine as well as expanding Ukrainian voices. We produced video as well as streaming for their sold-out notes from the Ukraine concert, which celebrated the 100-year anniversary of Mykola Leontovych's "Carol of the Bells" as well as the return to the stage of Carnegie Hall. It featured a number of renowned choirs which included the Shchedryk Children's Choir, and was hosted by Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese, and Ukrainian-American actor, Vera Farmiga. The event, presented by the Ukrainian Institute and the Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival took place all over the globe and received more than 76,000 views.

The future looks bright: DEI Priorities in 2023

While we're pleased with the progress in 2022 and we're determined to continue moving the pace even more into 2023. The main focus of our work will be on two major aspects of our work this year:

1. Our team is diversifying our team, with a greater participation
2. Achieving an inclusive and welcoming society for all people in Vimean

Team representation goals

For identifying our representation objectives up to 2023, and beyond, we looked at our feedback and data taken from our employee surveys, "Voice of the Vimean" and our current population distribution and demographics; and also other sources like this report from the EEOCregarding the representation of women it is in the latest research on representation in technology as well as the Statista report as well as the report issued from Womentech. Based on these data, we've identified 3 areas of opportunity that are essential and five new goals to be considered for representation.

Benchmarks are built on EEOC data that was deleted by industry

Cultural inclusion

To ensure that we keep this ideal of inclusivity in our minds, we'll launch the next round of programs by 2023 that concentrate on developing employees as much as creating an environment for the diverse and high-performing talents.

70 percent from the DEI budget will go to internal initiatives and will be driving an increase in access and equality to employees who are from underrepresented groups historically. The rest of the budget goes to new initiatives that will help us develop and increase the size of our workforce. It could be as follows:

• Implementing internal programs that focus on empowering women as leaders, as well as career path assistance and guidance
• Advancing our diverse supplier efforts
• We can provide more clarity regarding our compensation and leveling structure as well as for current and prospective Vimeans
• Making use of resources in a manner which makes our processes more welcoming. It includes tools on accessible language, interviewing along with meetings along with guidelines for accessibility.

Our aim is to use DEI principles to build the highest-impact team and product. We've learned many things and are working towards this objective, and we're in 2023 with greater understanding and focused on how to achieve the greatest impact rapidly. It's feasible to implement it by making DEI routines a normal everyday part of your routine. Every person has an interest in this work and we are looking forward to the results that we will share in the near future.

Scroll below for a comprehensive details on our employment numbers in terms of gender, race and ethnicity by 2022.

You are my love,

The Team

Definitions of categories and demographics

2022 Report Terminology

     Self-refused to acknowledge self    

It is not necessary to provide "self ID" details about your demographics is not required. So, some employees choose not to disclose personal details concerning their demographics .

Hispanic as well as Latina/o/x

The idea of Hispanic was introduced during the 1970s in the United States. It was an innovative way to categorize individuals with heritage from Spanish-speaking countries of the Americas that includes Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. The term Latina/o/x often is used to refer to Hispanic was first coined in the early 1990s, to highlight the specific gender aspect of the term, as it expands the definition of gender extending beyond gender-based binary. (Source)

     Technical use    

In this way, technical tasks could be described as responsibilities that are aligned to products and engineering.

Minorities who aren't included in the representation of minorities

The concept of "underrepresented minority" can refer to a variety of ideas. But, generally it is a reference to individuals belonging to an ethnic, gender, or other ethnic group that is not as prominent in a region or share of the population. The gender demographics included in the report could be considered to be universal. The statistics on race and ethnicity in the report apply only exclusively to U.S. employees.

This report's purpose for informational purposes is to contain the demographics below in order to make up our Underrepresented Minority categorization. The person who is:

• African American / Black
• Hispanic Latina/o/x
• Native American / Alaskan Native
• Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander
• More than two races

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