Hrc Launches 2018 Corporate Equality Index Report

The 2018 CEI evaluates LGBTQ-related policies and practices, including non-discrimination workplace protections, domestic partner benefits, transgender-inclusive health care benefits, competency programs and public engagement with the LGBTQ community. The 2018 CEI evaluates LGBTQ-related policies and practices including non-discrimination workplace protections, domestic partner benefits, transgender-inclusive health care benefits, competency programs and public engagement with the LGBTQ community. AmerisourceBergen’s efforts in satisfying all of the CEI’s criteria resulted in a 100 percent ranking and the designation as a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality. The CEI assesses companies’ policies, benefits and practices for their LGBT workforce and their families.

The index also encourages companies to change their policies regarding LGBT employees, and in many cases accomplishes this goal. From 2004 to 2005, 92 percent of the corporations listed included transgender discrimination protection where they previously had not. Additionally, many companies are pressured to change policies that have earned them a poor score on the index, due to bad press. This has led to a competitive atmosphere among businesses to stay current in the latest LGBT-related inclusive policies. Larger corporations are much more likely to change LGBT-related policies as a result of the index than small or medium companies are. The Human Rights Campaign focuses on larger companies in the CEI, so smaller businesses are subject to little public backlash due to the efforts of the Human Rights Campaign and the index.

(3BL Media/Justmeans) – The Human Rights Campaign Foundation has launched its latest corporate equality index in the workplace for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and queer people. In the 16th edition of this report, 609 businesses met every criteria and earned a 100-percent rating and a “Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality” designation. This was the highest number of 100-percent rated business since it launched in 2002, when it had only 13 top-rated companies.

Akamai’s portfolio of edge security, web and mobile performance, enterprise access, and video delivery solutions is supported by unmatched customer service, analytics, and 24/7/365 monitoring. To learn why the world’s top brands trust Akamai, visit , blogs.akamai.com, or @Akamai on Twitter. Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2018 Corporate Equality Index is the national benchmarking tool on corporate policies and practices pertinent to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees. of CEI-rated businesses have written giving guidelines that prohibit philanthropic support of non-religious organizations with an explicit policy of discrimination towards LGBTQ people. Equitable policies and benefits are critical to LGBTQ inclusion in the workforce but alone are not sufficient to support a truly inclusive culture within a workplace.

Jcpenney Earns Perfect Score In 2018 Corporate Equality Index

They are scored on how well they meet LGBTQ-inclusive benchmarks, including equal employment opportunity policies; employee benefits; organizational LGBTQ competency and public commitment to LGBTQ-specific efforts. JCPenney joins the ranks of 609 major U.S. businesses also earning top marks for workplace equality and inclusion this year. Akamai secures and delivers digital experiences for the world’s largest companies. Akamai’s intelligent edge platform surrounds everything, from the enterprise to the cloud, so customers and their businesses can be fast, smart, and secure. Top brands globally rely on Akamai to help them realize competitive advantage through agile solutions that extend the power of their multi-cloud architectures. Akamai keeps decisions, apps, and experiences closer to users than anyone — and attacks and threats far away.

Danaher joins the ranks of many major U.S. businesses which also earned top marks this year. Liberty Mutual joins the ranks of 609 major U.S. businesses that also earned top marks this year. JCPenney was recently recognized as a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality by achieving a perfect score on the Corporate Equality Index , administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation .

Beginning in 2006, transgender rights issues became more imperative to the index than they had previously been; consequently, the 2012 index will include more updated criteria regarding benefits of partnerships and transgender inclusivity. The Corporate Equality Index is a report published by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation as a tool to rate American businesses on their treatment of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees, consumers and investors. Its primary source of data are surveys but researchers cross-check business policy and their implications for LGBT workers and public records independently. For the ninth consecutive year, ADP received a 100 percent rating in the HRC’s 2018 Corporate Equality Index . The HRC’s CEI annually rates large U.S. employers based on their policies and practices pertaining to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees. As in prior years, ADP was recognized by HRC as a top-rated employer for its diverse workforce and commitment to inclusion regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.

And even as the Affordable Care Act has come under attack by lawmakers, trans-inclusive health care coverage has become a business norm. 79 percent of companies participating in this year’s CEI now offer transgender workers at least one health care plan that has transgender-inclusive coverage. HRC’s work through the CEI ,often through one-on-one consultation with individual companies, has helped employers move toward full inclusion for their transgender employees. As the national benchmarking tool measuring policies, practices and benefits pertinent to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer employees, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index is a primary driving force for LGBTQ workplace inclusion. Data from the CEI tells the story of nearly two decades of year over year growth in the adoption of these critical policies and practices indicative of employers’ commitment to equality. The CEI Survey assigns participating organizations an LGBTQ-equality score based on its policies and practices in each of the four categories highlighted below.

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Kellogg joins the ranks of 609 major U.S. businesses which also earned top marks this year. Liberty Mutual’s efforts in satisfying all of the CEI’s criteria resulted in the 100 percent ranking and its designation as a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality.

Employers recognize that beyond the letter of a policy, additional programming and educational efforts are necessary. Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index is the national benchmarking tool on corporate policies, practices and benefits pertinent to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer employees. The Human Rights Campaign Foundation is the educational arm of America’s largest civil rights organization working to achieve equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual transgender and queer people. HRC envisions a world where LGBTQ people are embraced as full members of society at home, at work and in every community. At a time when the rights of LGBTQ people are under attack by the Trump-Pence Administration and state legislatures across the country, hundreds of top American companies are driving progress toward equality in the workplace. The Human Rights Campaign Foundation is the educational arm of America’s largest civil rights organization working to achieve equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people.

• SEL’s efforts in satisfying all of the CEI’s criteria results in a 100 percent ranking and the designation as a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality.
• Akamai’s efforts in satisfying all of the CEI’s criteria results in a 100 percent ranking and the designation as a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality.
• The 2018 CEI rated 945 businesses in the report, which evaluates LGBTQ-related policies and practices including non-discrimination workplace protections, domestic partner benefits, transgender-inclusive health care benefits, competency programs and public engagement with the LGBTQ community.
• The 2018 CEI report evaluates businesses on their LGBTQ-related policies and practices including non-discrimination workplace protections, domestic partner benefits, transgender-inclusive health care benefits, competency programs and public engagement with the LGBTQ community.
• Sony Electronics has participated in CEI since 2011 and is proud to have achieved high rankings consistently, with the last 3 years achieving the highest ranking score of 100%.

The 2018 CEI rated 947 businesses in the report, which evaluates LGBTQ-related policies and practices including non-discrimination workplace protections, domestic partner benefits, transgender-inclusive health care benefits, competency programs and public engagement with the LGBTQ community. Kellogg’s efforts in satisfying all of the CEI’s criteria results in a 100 percent ranking and the designation as a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality.

Some say that having a high rating will have a positive impact, while others say that it will cause a company to lose popularity among conservative customers. A study in Colorado showed that having a good rating in the CEI does not harm a company’s stocks.

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Over the last several years, CEI-rated companies have dramatically expanded their support for transgender workers. When the CEI launched, just three percent of Fortune 500 companies had non-discrimination protections that included gender identity.

While intended for Fortune 1000 and AmLaw 200 organizations, the CEI Survey is open to all publicly and privately held, for-profit entities with 500 or more full-time U.S. employees. As detailed in the 2020 CEI Report published in January, 1,059 organizations participated in 2020. The CEI survey evaluates businesses’ LGBT-related policies and practices as well as and public engagement with the LGBT community. Kimberly-Clark’s’ efforts in meeting the CEI’s criteria resulted in a perfect score and its designation as a Best Place to Work for LGBT Equality. There are competing opinions about the effect that a company’s rating has on its business.

This is one of many of Gilead’s efforts to do more in diversity and inclusion to help spark innovation, accelerate employee development and make a difference inside as well as outside of Gilead. VMware surpassed all of CEI’s outlined qualifications to achieve the designation of a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality. This recognition underscores the company’s commitment to a culture where all employees can collaborate, contribute and innovate together. Altogether, the 2018 CEI rated 1,084 businesses, which evaluates a range of LGBTQ-related policies and practices including non-discrimination workplace protections, domestic partner benefits, transgender-inclusive health care benefits, competency programs and public engagement with the LGBTQ community. VMware has received a perfect score of 100% on the 2018 Corporate Equality Index – a national benchmarking tool on corporate practices and policies related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer workplace equality, administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. Fortune 1000 largest publicly traded businesses are invited to participate and rated accordingly.

The HRC is widely recognized as one of the nation’s foremost advocate organizations for human rights—particularly involving issues of LGBTQ equality. Since 2002, the HRC has solicited participation in its annual CEI Survey as a mechanism to evaluate corporate policies, practices, and attitudes toward LGBTQ issues in the workplace.

The LGBTQ community is not explicitly protected by federal non-discrimination law — but these companies are bridging that gap for their employees and beyond. The global number of employees with a corporate non-discrimination policy protecting against sexual orientation or gender identity discrimination is 14.5 million. 106 top businesses are corporate supporters on the Equality Act — landmark federal legislation that would provide the same basic nondiscrimination protections to LGBTQ people as other protected groups under federal law.

Organizations receiving a perfect score are featured in the HRC’s annual “Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality” publication, are listed in HRC’s annual “Buying for Equality Guide,” and may use the HRC’s annual “Best Place to Work” seal in any marketing/advertising/promotional material. Last year, 686 of 1,059 participating organizations received a perfect 100-point score. The CEI is the nation’s premier benchmarking tool that measures the LGBTQ-inclusive policies and practices of top U.S. businesses, including those on the Fortune 500 list of the largest publicly-traded companies. The CEI is conducted annually by the Human Rights Campaign, the largest U.S. civil rights organization working to achieve equality for LGBT people. Now in its sixteenth year, the CEI honors employers who embrace LGBT inclusion as a best business practice. The Index is an integral part of the HRC’s program to drive cultural shifts for businesses to foster greater inclusion of the entire LGBT community.

The 2018 CEI report evaluates LGBTQ-related policies and practices including non-discrimination workplace protections, domestic partner benefits, transgender-inclusive health care benefits, competency programs and public engagement with the LGBTQ community. Danaher’s efforts in satisfying all the CEI’s criteria results in a 100 percent ranking and the designation as a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality. Danaher received a perfect score of 100% on the 2018 Corporate Equality Index , a national benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer workplace equality, administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.

The 2018 CEI report evaluates businesses on their LGBTQ-related policies and practices including non-discrimination workplace protections, domestic partner benefits, transgender-inclusive health care benefits, competency programs and public engagement with the LGBTQ community. Akamai’s efforts in satisfying all of the CEI’s criteria results in a 100 percent ranking and the designation as a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality. The 2018 CEI rated 945 businesses in the report, which evaluates LGBTQ-related policies and practices including non-discrimination workplace protections, domestic partner benefits, transgender-inclusive health care benefits, competency programs and public engagement with the LGBTQ community. SEL’s efforts in satisfying all of the CEI’s criteria results in a 100 percent ranking and the designation as a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality. SEL joins the ranks of major U.S. businesses which also earned top marks this year. Sony Electronics has participated in CEI since 2011 and is proud to have achieved high rankings consistently, with the last 3 years achieving the highest ranking score of 100%.

Since 2002, the Corporate Equality Index has been published by the Human Rights Campaign. It was originally modeled after the Gay and Lesbian Values Index, a rating system that was designed by journalist Grant Lukenbill. When the HRC modified it, it became a 100-point system, as opposed to Grant’s 10-point one. In its first year, the Corporate Equality Index awarded its 100 percent rating to 13 businesses. Each year, there has been an increase in the number of businesses that achieve this rating. In the 2011 index, 337 companies received the 100 percent rating.The criteria for the index has changed since its first publication.

The CEI, launched in 2002 to assess LGBTQ-inclusive policies and practices at Fortune 500 companies, also highlights how corporate leaders are increasingly stepping up to play a leading role in opposing anti-equality legislation — from statehouses to the U.S. In Texas, 70 businesses, along with several Texas Chambers of Commerce, signed a letter to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Speaker of the House Joe Straus and other lawmakers, voicing their opposition to Texas’ SB 6, an anti-transgender bill similar to North Carolina’s HB2 law. Starting this year, the HRC has introduced a streamlined recertification process for certain participating organizations that have continually demonstrated LGBTQ inclusivity in their workplace policies and procedures. Participating organizations that have received perfect 100-point scores in each of the last three annual CEI Reports have been automatically invited via email link to participate in a more streamlined form of the 2021 CEI Survey. The streamlined survey replaces annual documentary and evidentiary requirements with an attestation of the participating organization’s continuation of existing policies, practices, and benefits as measured by the CEI Survey. Last week, the Human Rights Campaign opened its 2021 Corporate Equality Index Survey.

In particular, the report shows significant progress on initiatives to benefit transgendered people as some figures indicate. Fifty eight percent of the Fortune 500 and over three-fourths of the CEI range of businesses have in place some type of transgender-inclusive health care coverage. This represents a huge progress from 2002, when no business offered that, besides being almost three times as many businesses as five years ago. “Danaher is a proud supporter of the HRC, the largest LGBT civil rights organization in the country” says, Ernest Adams, VP, Global Diversity & Inclusion. “Over the last several years, CEI-rated companies have dramatically expanded their support for transgender workers. Danaher is proud to be named as one of many employers that remain committed to equality for the LGBTQ community while further focusing on full inclusion for our transgender associates.” The number of employers offering transgender-inclusive health care coverage leapt from 647 last year to 750 this year, including 58 percent of the Fortune 500-ranked businesses. This year’s CEI includes ratings of more than 900 companies, including the nation’s top 200 law firms.