Human Rights Campaign: 2019 Corporate Equality Index for LGBTQ

The Human Rights Foundation, the educational arm of the Human Rights Campaign, issued its 2019 Corporate Equality Index.  

517 business earned the top score, noting advances for members of the LGBTQ community.  Of note was health care advances for transgender individuals. The survey included major corporations and law firms.  The press release notes:  “The top-scoring companies on this year’s CEI are not only establishing policies that affirm and include employees here in the United States, they are applying these policies to their global operations and impacting millions of people beyond our shores,” said HRC President Chad Griffin. “Many of these companies have also become vocal advocates for equality in the public square, including the dozens that have signed on to amicus briefs in vital Supreme Court cases and the more than 170 that have joined HRC’s Business Coalition for the Equality Act. Time and again, leading American businesses have shown that protecting their employees and customers from discrimination isn’t just the right thing to do -- it’s also good for business.”

The three foundations of the survey are:

         ● Non-discrimination policies across business entities;
            ● Equitable benefits for LGBTQ workers and their families;
                ● Supporting an inclusive culture and corporate social responsibility. 

The report also notes those businesses that support the Equality Act which will provide explicit protections for LGBTQ individuals under the nation's civil rights laws.

The full report may be read here.