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Posted Mar 13, 2009
 MetLife shows good workplace- and external-diversity efforts, including strong community philanthropy that builds lasting relationships. |
 The company's 13-member board of directors includes two Black members, one Asian member, one Latino member and three women members.
MetLife has unbiased retention for both its work force and management, meaning employees are retained at equal levels regardless of race/ethnicity and gender.
The company reaches out to the community with its philanthropy, including donations to the National Council of La Raza; the National Urban League; the Chinese-American Planning Council; Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), the American Indian College Fund, Asian and Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund, Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, INROADS, National Hispanic, Scholarship Fund, National Medical Fellowships and the UNCF. In addition, 15 percent of MetLife's advertising budget goes to multicultural media.
The company also has good supplier-diversity best practices, including linking procurement-management compensation to supplier-diversity results and training, loans and mentoring for diverse suppliers. |
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Industry
Insurance
Main Competitors
Allianz, AIG, Prudential Financial
U.S. Headquarters
New York |
Number of U.S. Employees
36,497
Annual Revenue
$49 billion
% of Operations Outside U.S.
10 |
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