DBP Members Score 100 on HRC Corporate Equality Index 2019

By LISA FRASER APRIL 3, 2019

The Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index, which rates workplaces on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer equality, recently released its 2019 report which states that 571 businesses earned a 100 percent rating and the designation of being a “Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality.” The report found that the companies which earned top ratings took concrete steps to ensure greater equity for LGBTQ workers and their families in the form of comprehensive policies, benefits and practices. Here are some key findings:

• 571 Businesses earned 100 percent under the new criteria of: Ensuring full spousal and partner health care coverage parity; Affirming coverage for transition-related care; Eliminating all so-called “transgender exclusions” from plans; Ensuring full LGBTQ inclusion in diverse supply chain programs. • 90 percent of CEI-rated employers have an employee resource group or diversity council that includes LGBTQ and allied employees and programming. • 99 percent of CEI-rated employers provide employment protections on the basis of sexual orientation in the U.S. and globally. • 97 percent of CEI-rated employers provide employment protections on the basis of gender identity in the U.S. and globally. • 72 percent of this year’s rated businesses provide equal spousal and partner health care benefits.

We are proud to recognize the outstanding DBP members with a score of 100 percent on the HRC Corporate Equality Index 2019:

• Aetna • AbbVie • American Airlines • Amgen • Anthem • Aon • Arconic • Astellas • AT&T • AXA • Bank of the West • Baxter • Bayer • Best Buy • Bloomberg • Blue Shield of California • Boehringer Ingelheim USA Corp. • Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals • Booz Allen Hamilton • Boston Scientific • BP • Brown-Forman Corporation • Caesars Entertainment • Capital One • CenturyLink • Chevron • Chubb • Coca-Cola • Colgate-Palmolive • Constellation Brands • Dell Technologies • Diageo North America • Dropbox • Edward Jones • Ely Lilly & Co. • Estée Lauder Companies Inc., The • Express Scripts • Facebook Inc. • Freddie Mac • Fannie Mae • Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland • Federal Reserve Bank of New York • Fifth Third Bancorp • GE Appliances • GlaxoSmithKline • Goldman Sachs Group Inc., The • Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. (The Hartford) • Health Care Service Corporation • HSBC • Huntington National Bank • Intel Corp. • JLL • Johnson & Johnson • JPMorgan Chase & Co. • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc. • KPMG • L’Oréal USA • LENOVO Inc. • Liberty Mutual • LinkedIn • Lockheed Martin • M&T Bank • ManpowerGroup • Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. • McDonald's Corp. • Medidata Solutions Inc. • Merck • MGM Resorts International • Microsoft Corp. • Moody's Corp. • Morgan Stanley • Nationwide • New York Life Insurance • Northern Trust • Northwestern Mutual • OppenheimerFunds • Oracle Corp. • PayPal • PG&E • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP • PNC Financial Services Group Inc., The • Procter & Gamble Co. • Prudential Financial Inc. • PVH • Sanofi • Sodexo • Southern Company • Southwest Airlines • Stanley Black & Decker Inc. • State Farm • State Street Corporation • SunTrust Banks • T. Rowe Price • Texas Instruments • Thermo Fisher • T-Mobile • Toyota Motor North America • TripAdvisor • U.S. Cellular • Unilever • Unum • VF Corporation • Verizon • Viacom Inc. • Visa • Walgreens • Walmart • Wells Fargo

Congratulations!

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