Dive Brief:

• Intel released a mid-year report showing it has already exceeded its 2015 goals for hiring a more diverse workforce.

• Intel said 35% of hires have been women so far in 2015, and it has also already exceeded goals for hiring African American, Hispanic and Native American employees.

• The company also reported it has improved the percentage of women and African Americans in senior leadership positions.

Dive Insight:

Intel is one of many tech companies aggressively trying to improve the diversity of its workforce. Earlier this year, the company pledged to spend $300 million to vastly improve workforce diversity by 2020.

Intel has said one way it plans to improve the diversity of its workforce is to provide employees with incentives. In its report, Intel said that hiring goals are part of the annual performance bonus for employees.