Upwork Investor Day Presentation Deck
Commitment
to Strong
ESG Practices
Focus Area
Environment
Social
Governance
Initiatives
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Reducing emissions by limiting our physical corporate
office footprint through our remote-first working model
Reducing unnecessary commuting and travel
Purchasing carbon offsets that promote environmental
sustainability
Building a more robust diversity, inclusion and belonging
(DIBS) infrastructure
Leveraging data to inform strategic talent process decisions
• Preparing quantitative disclosures to demonstrate our progress on
DIBS-related initiatives
Evolving Board and governance practices to reflect our
maturation as a public company
Focusing on and responding to stockholder feedback
Acting to protect and grow long-term stockholder value
1 As defined under California law AB 979, underrepresented communities includes certain racial, ethnic, and LGBT identities.
Achievements to Date
✓ Enabled team members to avoid over 1 million commuting
miles in 2019
✓ Achieved carbon neutrality for 2019 and 2020
✓ Committed to remaining carbon neutral going forward
✓ 50% of Board is female
✓ 3 of our 8 directors are from underrepresented communities¹
✓ Implemented majority-vote standard for director elections and
adopted proxy access
✓ The Board's Nominating and Governance Committee oversees all
ESG functions
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