Also read: DiversityInc Top 50, LGBT, facts, domestic-partner benefits
"Every day we make choices that send a message about our values," writes Human Rights Campaign (HRC) President Joe Solmonese in the just-released "Buying for Equality" guide. Filled with hundreds of companies, products and services that scored the highest on the foundations' 2010 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), using this annual guide, along with the below list of DiversityInc Top 50 companies, will ensure that your hard-earned dollars are going toward companies committed to diversity.
"Buying for Equality" sorts businesses and brands into product categories and then color-categorizes each by its 2010 CEI score, a 0- to 100-point scale based on whether or not its policies support LGBT people. The criteria include antidiscrimination protections, domestic-partner benefits, diversity training, transgender wellness benefits and advertising practices. The guide is broken down as follows:
*Green indicates businesses or brands that scored 80 to 100 percent on the 2010 CEI
*Blue illustrates HRC corporate partners, which must maintain a CEI score of 85 or above
*Yellow signifies businesses/brands with CEI scores of 46 to 79 "that have taken steps toward a fair-minded workplace, but where there is still progress to be made"
*Red shows companies/brands with CEI scores of 45 to 0. Companies in red with a question mark, however, indicate that they have not responded to the survey and their policies are unclear
The "Buying for Equality" guide is downloadable from HRC's web site, and within a few weeks, the organization plans to launch an iPhone application, allowing socially conscious shoppers to download the guide to their phone for quick reference for the holiday season.
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Which Top-Scoring HRC Equality Guide Companies Are Also on DiversityInc's 2009 Lists?
From where to shop and eat to which product manufacturers support workplace fairness, here's a list of consumer companies by category that both scored the highest (80 to 100) in HRC's guide and appeared on DiversityInc's Top Companies for Diversity lists. (Several companies are listed in multiple categories in HRC's guide.)
Where to Shop:
Target
Home and Garden:
Monsanto Co.
Banking and Finance:
American Express
Bank of America
Capital One Financial Corp.
Citi
Fannie Mae
HSBC
JPMorgan Chase
KeyBank
MasterCard Worldwide
Wells Fargo & Co.
Comerica
Apparel and Accessories:
Target
Macy's
JCPenney
Eating Out:
Darden Restaurants
Food and Beverage:
The Coca-Cola Co.
General Mills
Johnson & Johnson
Target
PepsiCo
Procter & Gamble
Kraft Foods
Fun and Games:
Microsoft Corp.
Hitting the Road:
Chrysler
Ford Motor Co.
General Motors Corp.
Toyota Motor North America
Household Products:
SC Johnson
Colgate-Palmolive
Procter & Gamble
Health and Beauty:
Johnson & Johnson
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp.
Abbott
SC Johnson
Bayer
Procter & Gamble
Colgate-Palmolive
Kids:
Bright Horizons Family Solutions
Bayer
Abbott
Procter & Gamble
Pet Care:
Procter & Gamble
Colgate-Palmolive
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp.
Planning a Trip:
Hyatt Corp.
Marriott International
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
The Walt Disney Co.
Wyndham Worldwide Corp.
MGM MIRAGE
Staying Entertained:
Time Warner
The Walt Disney Co.
Cox Communications
Technology:
AT&T
Cisco Systems
Dell
HP
IBM Corp.
Microsoft Corp.
Eastman Kodak Co.
Sprint
Xerox Corp.
Insurance and Healthcare:
Aetna
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida
BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina
Kaiser Permanente
MetLife
Prudential Financial
WellPoint
