Walgreens boasts 100% on latest Corporate Equality Index

DEERFIELD, Ill. - Walgreens received a perfect score of 100% on the 2016 Corporate Equality Index, a national benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices related to LGBT workplace equality, administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. This marks the 11th year Walgreens has earned a perfect score from the CEI index.

 

"As a company that aims to champion everyone’s right to be happy and healthy, we understand that this also includes fostering the growth and development of all employees, regardless of individual differences," stated Stevens Sainte-Rose, chief human resources officer of Walgreens. “It is an honor to be acknowledged once again by the Human Rights Campaign for our commitment to diversity and inclusiveness. Thank you to our team, especially our WPride and Allies business resource group, for continuing to evolve policies and practices for more than a decade to help ensure a welcoming workplace for all.”

 

The 2016 CEI rated 851 businesses in the report, which evaluates LGBT-related policies and practices including non-discrimination workplace protections, domestic partner benefits, transgender-inclusive health care benefits, competency programs and public engagement with the LGBT community. 

 

Fortune 500 companies that participated in the survey had an average rating of 88. 

 

Walgreens joins the ranks of 407 major U.S. businesses which also earned top marks this year, including CVS Health, McKesson, Cardinal Health and Target.