Communities: Care and Collaboration
Caring for Our Colleagues
ASPIRATION
Support our colleagues and cultivate a safe, flexible, diverse and inclusive workplace
Increase representation of women at the director level and above globally to 40% by 2025
2023 PROGRESS
Increase representation of people of color at all levels in the U.S. to 25% by 2025
2023 PROGRESS
Increase representation of Black colleagues in the U.S. to 5% by 2025
2023 PROGRESS
Increase representation of Latinx colleagues in the U.S. to 6% by 2025
2023 PROGRESS
Be a top 100 leader for workplace inclusion in key focus areas (women, people of color, LGBTQ+)
2023 PROGRESS
Received eight workplace awards and recognitions. Additional detail can be found on our Awards and Recognitions webpage.
Commit to diverse slates and interview panels as we hire for all positions
2023 PROGRESS
Diverse slates and interview panels are required for open roles.
Colleague Resource Groups
Zoetis’ Colleague Resource Groups (CRGs) spread awareness, foster inclusivity, and make a positive impact on our business and communities. CRGs bring together colleagues with shared experiences, their allies and anyone at Zoetis who wants to learn more.
ALIVE50+
Adaptable, Limitless, Insightful, Vital & Experienced
ART
Asians Rising Together
BELIEVERS
Black Employees Leading in Inclusion, Equity, Vision, Education, Recruitment and Strategy
DNA
The Differently-abled Neurodiversity Alliance
LaZos
LatinX at Zoetis
PAW
Proud and Welcome
WAVES
Women Achieving Vision, Excellence and Success
ZECC
Zoetis Early Career Champions
ZVETS
Zoetis Veterans Engage Together & Support
Our DE&I Strategy
We’re striving to create a diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment in which every colleague feels valued, cared for and supported throughout their Zoetis career journey. Our commitment to advancing our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) strategy across the company begins with our Board of Directors and leadership team, who represent a spectrum of experiences and perspectives.
Culture
We are committed to maintaining an inclusive work environment where every colleague can thrive. DE&I is embedded in our purpose and Core Beliefs and is central to our employer value proposition.
Colleagues
We are committed to a diverse global workforce, and we seek to ensure diversity and equity of opportunities for our colleagues are part of our internal and external pipeline management strategies.
Career
We are committed to innovative talent and development processes that maximize the potential of our colleagues.
Community
We are committed to advancing and supporting DE&I in our business practices, with our customers, and in the communities in which we live and work.
For a more detailed report of our U.S. colleague demographics, see our 2023 EEO-1 report.
Partnering for Change
We believe we can make a greater impact on DE&I by working collaboratively. We also believe in strength in numbers, and have strategically collaborated with various organizations to help us create lasting impact inside and outside of our organization. Some examples include:
- Partnerships with national organizations focused on connecting underrepresented students and professionals with career opportunities, such as INROADS and Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences (MANRRS).
- Nurturing long-standing partnerships with Colleges of Veterinary Medicine and Historically Black Colleges and Universities to support leadership and diversity among future veterinarians.
- Supporting organizations that advance DE&I in the veterinary industry, such as Pride Veterinary Medical Community (PrideVMC), an association for veterinary professionals who are part of the LGBTQ+ community. We also support the Diversify Veterinary Medicine Coalition (DVMC), which works to meet the needs of underrepresented groups interested in a veterinary medical education.
For information on our initiatives and strategic collaborations, visit our DE&I webpage.
86%
Colleague engagement rate based on engagement surveys conducted in 2023
Our Colleagues Make the Difference
Our colleagues distinguish Zoetis from our competition. Fueled by a shared purpose to nurture our world, our colleagues around the globe take pride in our customers, our company culture and our contributions to humankind by advancing care for animals. They have helped us create an award-winning workplace and become a leading partner of choice in animal health.
Comprehensive Benefits Support our Colleagues
Our compensation and benefits programs are designed to support colleagues’ well-being and enable them to achieve their full potential, and we continually evaluate them to ensure they meet our colleagues’ needs. We recognize the diverse needs of our colleagues around the world and have developed comprehensive programs that vary by country and region to best address their specific needs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and family and lifestyle resources.
In 2023, we introduced the publicly available website www.zoetisbenefits.com to enhance the benefits for our U.S.-based colleagues, their families and Zoetis candidates by providing comprehensive access to our benefits information. This platform includes details on paid parental leave, family benefits, gender transition healthcare coverage and more.
Developing our Talent
At Zoetis, we nurture and develop the talent we have to meet our organizational needs. As we continue to innovate and evolve the priorities for our business, helping our colleagues develop and grow remains our strategic priority. We support our colleagues through annual talent reviews, development and leadership training, and mentorship and coaching. The following are examples of our key programs.
- Your Development Matters (YDM): With this platform, colleagues can leverage trainings and self-assessments to define their career aspirations and create individual development plans (IDPs). YDM aggregates access to learning and development offerings, including our Leading@Zoetis live-facilitated courses and eLearnings. AI translations of all content on YDM was enabled in 2023, making the tool accessible to colleagues around the globe.
- Zoetis Digital University: This program was created in 2023 to provide colleagues with a unique development opportunity to enhance their data fluency and analytics skills and promote data-driven decision-making.
- The McKinsey Connected Leaders Academy Partnership: This partnership provides colleagues with opportunities to participate in leadership development programs focused on the unique skills and challenges of Black, Latinx and Asian leaders, and provides networking opportunities across organizations, as well as sponsorship from senior management.
- Zoetis Mentoring Zone: This program matches mentees and mentors based on career interests, experiences, development goals and skills gaps, and helps drive engagement, fuel learning and develop participants' career aspirations. In 2023, we launched the WAVES CRG mentoring pod to facilitate networking among women at Zoetis and develop management and leadership skills. The Mentoring Zone is continuing to develop partnerships with other CRGs across Zoetis.
- President’s Leadership Development Program: This year-long program develops high-potential colleagues in our U.S. operations and enables colleagues to work on real, business-critical projects outside their job scope and receive senior leadership mentorship. Participants gain increased leadership confidence and business acumen.
- Emerging Senior Leaders Initiative: An international-only program that strengthens current and future leader competencies to prepare a strong and diverse leadership bench by focusing on skill-based development initiatives for high-potential senior colleagues in international markets.
- Leading@Zoetis: This program provides leaders with tools to effectively assess, coach and lead their teams, and offers supplemental well-being and mentoring learnings to support development. In 2023, the program was delivered both virtually and in-person, reaching over 2,000 leaders in eight languages around the world.
- Frontline Manager Development: In 2023, Zoetis launched a global program at our manufacturing sites to provide in-person instruction and an opportunity to practice new skills for over 300 frontline managers, in six different languages, across sites in 14 countries.
- Global Next Generation People Leaders Program: This nominated program involves 50 high-growth individual contributors who we anticipate will take on people leader responsibilities in the next one to two years, and represents all business lines across 15 countries. In coming years, we plan to double the size of this group and expand the scope of content and opportunities for interaction with current leaders across the organization.
The Zoetis Summer Internship Program offers students the opportunity to gain real-world experience in our award-winning culture, grounded in our Core Beliefs, and provides students with an opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the unique industry of animal health in a supportive and collaborative environment. Students in this program work across all of Zoetis’ business functions, including R&D, Manufacturing and Supply, Commercial Operations, Corporate Functions, and Technology and Digitalization.
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Advancing sustainability in animal health for a better future.
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