NEW YORK, NY January 3, 2018 — The Business Equality Network announces its second annual BEQ Pride LGBTQ Business Equality Excellence Awards. Our recipients include 156 major employers and four sports organizations, all of which have demonstrated their comprehensive commitment to LGBTQ business equality. The full list of winners and a geographic breakdown by state is available at: https://businessequalitymagazine.com/2018-lgbtq-business-equality-excellence-award-winners/
The overwhelming majority of our honorees are among the Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality as recognized by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s recently released 2018 Corporate Equality Index. Each organization has active LGBTQ employee resource groups or resources set aside for employees to form an ERG. All are active corporate partners of the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce®.
“This year’s Excellence Award winners have demonstrated a vigorous dedication to bringing LGBTQ-owned businesses into their supply chains,” said Robin Dillard, Founder, Business Equality Network. “These organizations are on the front line of business equality along with a host of LGBTQ business-focused organizations. Their advocacy as well as their visible, vocal and financial commitment to equality contributes to economic stability within the LGBTQ community.”
About LGBTQ Business Equality Excellence
Once a year, The Business Equality Network honors organizations that are fostering economic stability in the LGBTQ community through the fair treatment and inclusion of LGBTQ employees, suppliers, consumers and partners in business. These organizations are recognized for their demonstrated practice of LGBTQ Business Equality Excellence.
The regional and state analysis of Business Equality Excellence Awardees provides interesting insights on each organization’s leadership role among other corporations headquartered in the same region and state. These companies are diversity leaders in 28 states across the country and all U.S. regions. Their support of LGBTQ equality in the workforce, workplace, marketplace and supply chain provides a first line of defense for economic equality in the absence of federal protection against discrimination and inequality for LGBTQ people. The Midwest Region is home to 31 Awardees; Northeast Region is headquarters for 61 Awardees; Southern Region enjoys 38 Awardees; and the West has 26 Awardees.
Many of our Business Equality Excellence Awardees are taking every opportunity to support the LGBTQ community with inclusive procurement goals and federal advocacy for equality. Sixteen are members of the 27 Billion Dollar Roundtable, an organization recognizing and celebrating corporations that have achieved a $1 billion spend with diverse suppliers. The BDR recently adopted a policy that expands eligible spend to include certified LGBT business enterprises. Also on the list are 45 of the more than 100 leading U.S. employers supporting the Equality Act, federal legislation that would provide the same basic protections to LGBTQ people as are provided to other protected groups under federal law. Our Business Equality Excellence Awardees are leading the way with their money and influence.
2018 LGBTQ Business Equality Excellence
Accenture
ADP
Aetna
AIG
Allstate
Altria Group
Ameren Corporation
American Airlines
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.
American Express
Ameriprise Financial
Amgen
Anthem, Inc.
Apple
AT&T
Bank of America
Barclays
Baxter International
Bayer
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
BNY Mellon
BP America
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Caesars Entertainment
Capital One
Cargill
CBRE Group
CDW
Charter Communications
Chevron
Chubb Group of Insurance Companies
Cigna
Cisco
Citi
Citrix Systems
Colgate-Palmolive
Comcast/NBCUniversal
Corning
Cox Communications
CSAA Insurance
Cummins
CVS Health
Darden Restaurants
Delhaize America
Dell
Delta
Diageo
Dun & Bradstreet
DuPont
Eli Lilly
Enterprise Holdings, Inc.
EY
Fannie Mae
FedEx
Fidelity Investments
First Data
Florida Blue
Freddie Mac
Genentech
General Mills
General Motors
GlaxoSmithKline
Hallmark Cards
Hartford, The
HBO
Health Care Service Corporation
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Highmark Health
Hilton Worldwide
Humana
Hyatt
IBM
Ingersoll Rand
Intel
InterPublic Group
Intuit
John Hancock
Johnson & Johnson
Jones Lang LaSalle
JPMorgan Chase
Kaiser Permanente
Kelley Drye
Kellogg Company
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
KPMG
L Brands
Liberty Mutual
Lockheed Martin
Major League Baseball
Marriott International
Marsh & McLennan Companies
MassMutual
Medtronic
Merck
MetLife
MGM Resorts International
Microsoft
MillerCoors
Mondelēz
Monsanto
Morgan Stanley
Nationwide
NBA
New York Life Insurance Co
Northrop Grumman
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
Office Depot
Pacific Gas & Electric Company
PepsiCo
Pfizer
PGA of America
PNC Financial Services Group
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Principal Financial Group
Procter & Gamble
Prudential
Raytheon
RBC Wealth Management
Rockwell Automation
SalesForce
Sanofi
Sedgwick LLP
Shell
Sodexo
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Southern California Edison
Southwest Airlines
Standard Insurance
Staples
State Farm
SunTrust
Target
TD Bank Group
Teva Pharmaceuticals
TIAA
Time Warner Inc.
T-Mobile
Toyota Financial Services
Travelport
Turner Broadcasting
Turner Construction
Uber
United Airlines
UPS
US Bank
US Tennis Association
USAA
Verizon
Viacom
W.W. Grainger
Walt Disney Company, The
Warner Bros.
Wells Fargo
Wyndham Worldwide
The 156 employers honored with the LGBTQ Business Equality Excellence Awards are also eligible to apply for the Corporate Eminence Award. One BEQ Pride LGBTQ Corporate Eminence Award is given each calendar year. Our definition of Eminence is a conferred high status or importance due to marked superiority in LGBTQ business equality.
The BEQ Pride 2018 LGBTQ Corporate Eminence Award is a designation of distinction for one out of the 156 LGBTQ Business Equality Excellence Awardees for their outstanding efforts to include and support the LGBTQ business community in their supply chain, workplace, marketplace and philanthropic initiatives. The application period runs from April 2, 2018 through May 15, 2018 close of business.
For more information contact awards@BusinessEqualityNetwork.com
O-blog-dee-o-blog-da 