Parental Benefts The Standard’s Commitment to DEI to how we handle claims, we’re improving our model • Dependent care assistance for social determinants of health as part of our Taking a holistic, people-centered approach is how we commitment to identify and address health inequities • do business at The Standard. It’s part of our culture Paid parental leave among our customers. and affects every decision we make — including • Adoption and surrogacy assistance (up to $5,000) how we support diversity, equity and inclusion. Our All these efforts are helping us achieve our goal of being commitment to DEI is essential to how we serve our • Subsidized backup child care there for our customers when they need us. customers, strengthen our communities and attract Community Engagement and keep the best employees. • Our Employee Focus Paid volunteer hours and hosted volunteer opportunities Our Customer Focus At The Standard, we continue making progress on DEI in our workplace. We strive to maintain a welcoming A critical aspect of our business is working to meet • Company match (two-for-one) on employee environment where everyone can bring their authentic contributions to nonprofts and schools the diverse needs of our customers including the selves to work, making it easier for our employees to be employees of employers who purchase our group • Employee resource groups there for those who rely on our products and services. products and services. Accessibility is a key part of that focus. It encompasses multi-language support Another key element of employee benefts is In 2022, we launched the Compass Mentoring Program for customers who contact our call center. It involves The Standard Recognition Program, which supports to connect employees from underrepresented groups making communications accessible by complying our performance-driven culture with broader and with senior leaders. These senior leaders provide with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, or WCAG, more frequent recognition across the company for feedback, development planning and mentoring to help 2.0. Doing so yields materials that allow customers to achievements in key performance areas. Through drive career growth. Based on positive feedback, the fnd, understand and use information the frst time they the program, employees at all levels can award encounter it. program will be expanded in 2023. points to recognize colleagues and team members for key behaviors and results as well as continuous We’ve updated our HR record system to give We continue to focus on inclusive product improvement efforts and other achievements candidates and employees a more inclusive experience. development. This allows more customers to easily that embody the company’s values. Employees These changes include nonbinary gender identifcation access our benefts. Our best-in-class Workplace can redeem their accumulated award points for SM and personal pronoun options. We also continue to Possibilities program relies on a whole-person merchandise and experiences. The company invest in our employee resource groups, which connect approach to employee disability, meeting people where also recognizes and rewards milestone service they are. It also has a proven track record in return-to- with members regarding career, culture and community. anniversaries and outstanding employee volunteer work and stay-at-work support. service in our communities. Employees on short-term disability can use our Health Advocate service, which provides a personal advocate to help navigate the health care system. When it comes 2022 Environmental, Social and Governance Report 5