Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Program at Trane Technologies fosters belonging

Trane Technologies joined the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Program in 2025 to offer a discreet signal—often a sunflower lanyard—for employees with non-visible disabilities who may need extra patience or understanding, supported by its VisAbility Business Resource Group.

Trane Technologies says it joined the global Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Program in 2025 to help employees with non-visible disabilities feel understood at work. The program uses a discreet sunflower symbol, commonly on a lanyard, to signal that someone may benefit from extra patience or consideration. The company presents the initiative as part of its Opportunity for All sustainability commitment. The VisAbility Business Resource Group, created in 2018, helped bring the program into the organization. Key points: - Trane Technologies joined the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Program in 2025. - The Sunflower symbol is intended as a quiet way to indicate non-visible disabilities, conditions, or chronic illness and to signal the need for extra patience or understanding. - The VisAbility Business Resource Group, founded in 2018, focuses on inclusion for employees and family members living with disabilities and supported implementation of the program. - Company spokespeople described the BRG’s role as supporting employees and those who support family or friends with disabilities, and enabling people to be authentic without extensive disclosure. - Employees featured in the company’s description include individuals who shared personal experiences with ADHD and Lupus and long tenures that illustrate workplace inclusion. Summary: Trane Technologies frames the Sunflower Program as a step in its ongoing disability inclusion work and ties it to an existing employee resource group and its Opportunity for All commitment. Specific plans for wider rollout or additional measures were not detailed and are undetermined at this time.