Twilio Reached More Than Half a Billion People Worldwide in 2021 Through Its Social Impact Work, Report Shows

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Twilio announced its 2021 Impact and DEI Report, revealing that 7,624 organizations utilized its platform to assist 511 million people, a 92% year-over-year increase. The report highlights Twilio's initiatives, including aiding 324 million individuals with vaccine access and providing $66M in grants to social impact organizations. Additionally, Twilio expanded its commitment to antiracism, with 86% of leadership participating in workshops. The company aims to support one billion people in vaccination efforts and ensure corporate social responsibility growth through its strategy.

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• Supported 511 million people through technology and funding, a 92% increase year-over-year.
• Provided $66M in grants and donations to social impact organizations.
• Aided 324 million people with access to COVID-19 vaccinations and information.
• Expanded corporate antiracism commitment, with 86% leader participation in related workshops.
• Achieved 94.5% retention rate for participants in the RiseUp program for Black and Latinx employees.

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Twilio’s vaccine initiative helped 324 million people access vaccines and trusted COVID-19 information

The company provided $66M in grants, donations, product credits and discounts to social impact organizations

Expanded corporate commitment to antiracism into an actionable, company-wide strategy

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Twilio (NYSE: TWLO) (LTSE: TWLO), the leading cloud communications platform, today released its 2021 Impact and DEI Report, announcing that 7,624 organizations used Twilio’s technology platform and funding to help 511 million people in 2021, representing fifteen percent of the world’s population, and a 92 percent increase in people reached year over year. The report reveals how Twilio’s model of integrated impact - which aligns social impact programs with revenue to reinvest in more impact - enabled Twilio to help nonprofits delivering support in crisis and connecting people to life changing resources across all 195 countries around the world. The report also provides a guide for other companies looking to integrate an antiracist framework at the corporate level, using Twilio’s expansion of antiracism from idea to company-wide strategy as a case study.

Twilio.org, Twilio’s social impact team, is the engine behind social impact builders at nonprofits, social enterprises, international NGOs and more, delivering digital engagement tools and financial resources to organizations to supercharge their reach and impact. In 2021, the company supported 7,624 organizations with technology and funding, provided $66M in grants, donations, product credits and discounts to social impact organizations, powered 17 billion messages for good, and volunteered 7,553 employee hours of service in its communities through WePledge 1%, the company’s employee impact program.

“At Twilio, we believe that business should leave society better than we found it,” says Erin Reilly, chief social impact officer at Twilio. “That’s why we align social impact with the way we run our business to ensure that as the company scales, our positive impact on society scales as well. When you consider the ripple effects – more organizations doing good in our communities, our employees feel proud to work here – the return on investment is remarkable.”

Highlights from the 2021 Impact and DEI Report include:

• The road to vaccinate 1 billion people against COVID-19. Twilio helped 324 million people access trusted COVID-19 information and vaccination services, making significant progress against its bold goal to support one billion people to get vaccinated. To date, 1,270 organizations use Twilio products to support vaccine outreach. With $18 million total in committed funding to organizations like GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, in support of COVAX, Twilio supported large global and grassroots organizations driving improved outcomes across the entire vaccine lifecycle. From sourcing to distribution, Twilio’s funds and technology helped bring vaccines to marginalized and underserved communities and increase global vaccine equity.
• Building an antiracist company. In 2021, Twilio transformed its commitment to become an antiracist organization into a framework, embedding principles of antiracism in the strategic decision-making and goal-setting processes used by every team at the company. Twilio developed and expanded programs to educate employees on antiracism, the most effective way to move from theory to practice. As a result, 86 percent of leaders participated in an in-depth antiracism workshop, and 83 percent of Twilions have a better understanding on what antiracism is and how Twilo is becoming an antiracist company. Twilio also invested in programs to promote equitable experiences, including RiseUp, a 12-month leadership development and career advancement program for Black and Latinx Twilions. The program resulted in 94.5 percent retention of this cohort, a significant step toward Twilio's broader company goal of developing future leaders.

“We believe antiracism is the future of DEI,” says Lybra Clemons, chief diversity officer at Twilio. “We started our journey to build an antiracist organization last year, and this report shares insights from our playbook so that other companies can learn alongside us.”

To learn more social impact and diversity, equity, and inclusion at Twilio, visit www.twilio.org/impact/2021-report/

About Twilio

Millions of developers around the world have used Twilio to unlock the magic of communications to improve any human experience. Twilio has democratized communications channels like voice, text, chat, video, and email by virtualizing the world’s communications infrastructure through APIs that are simple enough for any developer to use, yet robust enough to power the world’s most demanding applications. By making communications a part of every software developer’s toolkit, Twilio is enabling innovators across every industry — from emerging leaders to the world’s largest organizations — to reinvent how companies engage with their customers.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, statements regarding Twilio’s ability to achieve its social impact and governance goals and Twilio’s expectations regarding its ESG and DEI programs and initiatives. These forward-looking statements are based on Twilio’s current expectations and inherently involve significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in such forward looking statements as a result of these risks and uncertainties, which include those described in Twilio’s filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release and Twilio does not undertake any obligation to update or revise these statements, except as may be required by law.

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Miya Shitama

press@twilio.com

Source: Twilio

FAQ

What is the aim of Twilio's vaccine initiative?

Twilio's vaccine initiative aims to support one billion people in vaccination efforts by providing access to trusted COVID-19 information and vaccination services.

How much funding did Twilio provide to social impact organizations in 2021?

In 2021, Twilio provided $66 million in grants, donations, product credits, and discounts to social impact organizations.

What was the year-over-year increase in people reached by Twilio's platform?

Twilio reported a 92% year-over-year increase in the number of people reached by its platform, totaling 511 million.

How many organizations used Twilio's technology in 2021?

A total of 7,624 organizations utilized Twilio's technology platform and funding in 2021.

What is Twilio's commitment to antiracism?

Twilio transformed its commitment to antiracism into an actionable framework, embedding antiracist principles into its strategic decision-making processes.