Company: SOJE
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000092122-25-000036
Chunk: 12

Company: SOUTHERN CO
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 12
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 opportunity for our collective leadership teams to positively position our Company, stakeholders and employees to discuss continued long-term success, and to enhance our Company culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.

4 We aim to foster a culture of belonging to attract, develop and retain a sustainable and capable workforce. We encourage different ideas and points of view, and our Code of Ethics affirms our expectation that employees treat each other with fairness, respect and dignity. Our 30 employee-led groups, councils and networks continue to grow and enrich our culture by providing valuable mentoring programs, volunteering and networking opportunities for employees.

4 We offer competitive pay and invest in comprehensive benefit plans, programs and policies that help stabilize and improve the well-being of our employees and their families through industry-leading physical health, mental health and financial planning options. During 2024, we continued our focus on and advancement of employee well-being with increased support and communication on financial wellness and mental health through dedicated campaign and enhanced online tools, resources and webinars.

#### 8Southern Company2025 Proxy Statement

#### Company Performance
| 4We are committed to building a robust, skilled workforce across our footprint that not only meets our internal needs, but also those of our communities. We actively collaborate with educational institutions, labor partners and government, business and industry leaders to advocate for policies that remove barriers to employment, develop training programs that upskill our community members for in-demand careers, and align workforce initiatives across our footprint. In doing so, we seek to uplift our communities and create pathways of socio-economic mobility for our residents. For example, as representatives on the Alabama Workforce Board established in 2024 and its Executive Committee, our leaders are working to advise Alabama’s first Secretary of Workforce on developing a unified Department of Workforce that prioritizes career outcomes for Alabamians. 
 4We expanded our reimagined, modern "corporate university" with the implementation of our Leadership Academy Impact Program. Designed for mid-level high potential leaders, the program is a testament to our commitment to foster the growth and development of our future executive leaders. The Impact Program focuses on comprehensive development opportunities such as translating business strategy into action, growing competence and character, holding others accountable and balancing the focus on self, team and Company.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |

#### Commitment to Transparency
We recognize the value our investors and stakeholders place on transparency. We provide investors with voluntary disclosures aligned to key reporting frameworks. We also provide detailed information on our decarbonization strategy through our data table and issue-specific reports designed to address stockholder