Record 842 Employers Get Perfect Score in HRC Corporate Equality Index
American Airlines and Apple are among the companies that have earned a perfect score throughout the history of the index. American image by Gagliardi Photography/Shutterstock; Apple by Achinthamb/Shutterstock.The number of companies earning a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index continues to increase, with a record 842 employers doing so in the index’s 2022 edition, released Thursday.The index, in its 20th year, rates companies on their policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ equality in the workplace.
Criteria include nondiscrimination policies, equitable benefits, an inclusive culture, and corporate social responsibility.The foundation, which is the educational arm of the Human Rights Campaign, also announced updated criteria for the 2023 index.
The new criteria will focus on expanding gender-affirming health care and workplace policies, ensuring equality in LGBTQ+ family formation benefit offerings, centering LGBTQ+ intersectionality through training and data collection best practices, and more.
The index’s criteria have been updated periodically throughout its history.“When the Human Rights Campaign Foundation created the Corporate Equality Index 20 years ago, we dreamed that LGBTQ+ workers — from the factory floor to corporate headquarters, in big cities and small towns — could have access to the policies and benefits needed to thrive and live life authentically,” Jay Brown, HRC senior vice president of programs, research, and training, said in a press release. “We are proud that the Corporate Equality Index paved the way to that reality for countless LGBTQ+ workers in America and abroad.
