National Grid USA’s legal department promotes inclusiveness, not diversity for diversity’s sake.
“We do it for inclusiveness, and diversity follows,” said Colin Owyang, general counsel and chief compliance officer. That extends throughout the company, “because you can’t get diversity if you don’t have a culture that’s inclusive.” Cultivating one-on-one connections inside the utility company and requiring outside counsel to demonstrate inclusiveness are essential to its diversity mission. The company hired 17 new lawyers in 2012 and 2013. Eight were female and six were racially or ethnically diverse, he said. Overall, 55 percent of the 112-member legal department is female and 22 percent racial or ethnic minorities.
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