Quartz Health Solutions embeds diversity, equity & inclusion in business strategy

When Madison-based insurance provider Quartz Health Solutions issued an anti-racism statement in September, it was more than just a statement.

“It’s easy to create a statement and it’s easy to say that our organization is talking about racism and how to be anti-racist organization,” says Quartz Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer Kimila Daniels. “It’s much more important to actually put it into practice and have some actionable items that we’re following through on. We’ve embedded Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) into the strategy of our business.”

While DE&I have long been embedded in Quartz’s culture, Daniels says an additional push was necessary in 2020 thanks to the confluence of two big events: the COVID-19 pandemic, which disproportionately affects communities of color, and the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement...
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