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Posted Mar 13, 2009
 For the fifth time in six years, General Mills is on this list. The company demonstrates a strong multicultural outreach to customers, including philanthropy and supplier diversity. |
 The company's 13-member board has five female, two Black and one Latino members.
General Mills has unbiased retention throughout its work force and management, meaning workers stay at similar levels, across race/ethnicity and gender. This is partly attributed to its 20 excellent employee-resource groups, which include an American Indian Council, Consumer Insights Diversity Council, Customer Service Center Diversity Council, Sales Diversity Council, Betty's Family (LGBT employees) and Black Senior Leaders in Marketing Diversity Groups. Fifty-five percent of employees are members of one of these groups, which have senior executives as members and are used for recruitment, talent development and marketing.
Thirty-four percent of philanthropic endeavors are aimed at multicultural groups, including: American Indian College Fund; Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund; Consortium for Graduate Study in Management; Congressional Black Caucus Foundation; Challenge U Scholarship Program; Hispanic Scholarship Fund, and the United Negro College Fund.
The company spends 6.1 percent of its total Tier 1 (direct contractor) procurement budget with minority-owned suppliers and 3.7 percent with women-owned suppliers. Supplier diversity is included in RFPs and General Mills offers mentoring, training and financial assistance to its diverse suppliers. |
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Ken Powell, Chairman and CEO
"I believe that diversity makes us a better employer, a better supplier--to both our retailers and consumers--and a better world citizen. As we expand our business globally, we are taking our values and dedication to diversity to new places and expanding our definition of what diversity means." |
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Ken Charles, Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion
"Diversity plus inclusion equal business value. We connect with our consumers and our customers. We reap new ideas and innovation. And, we recruit and retain the talent to win now and in the future." |
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Industry
Consumer Products
Main Competitors
Dannon, Kellogg Co., Kraft Foods
U.S. Headquarters
Minneapolis |
Number of U.S. Employees
17,071
Annual Revenue
$13.7 billion
% of Operations Outside U.S.
42.6 |
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