Massachusetts is the New England state with the most corporations earning a perfect score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2020 Corporate Equality Index.
The Bay State weighs in with a whopping 40 corporations earning top marks. Connecticut follows with 12, Rhode Island comes in with three, Maine and Vermont each have one and New Hampshire’s C&S Wholesale Grocers’ score shot up 10 points since last year to score an impressive 90.
HRC’s Corporate Equality Index is the national benchmarking tool on policies and practices pertinent to LGBTQ employees. Criteria include nondiscrimination policies, equitable benefits for LGBTQ workers and their families, support for inclusive culture and corporate social responsibility.
The perfect score comes with the distinction of “Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality.”
“Best” here, of course, refers to excellence in inclusivity at very large companies—among the largest in the US. The Index is by no means intended to reflect each state’s overall commitment to LGBTQ equality among all businesses, big and small. That said, these corporations’ commitment to the LGBTQ community deserves to be celebrated, their policies and practices providing models for all.
Without further ado, here are New England’s HRC CEI perfect-scoring corporations:
In Maine
- Hannaford Supermarkets
In Vermont
- Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Inc.
In Rhode Island
- Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Rhode Island
- Citizens Financial Group
- Hasbro Inc.
In Connecticut
- Boehringer Ingelheim USA Corp.
- Bridgewater Associates
- CIGNA Corp.
- Diageo North America
- FactSet Research Systems Inc.
- Gartner Inc.
- The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.
- Nestle Waters North America Inc.
- Stanley Black and Decker Inc.
- Synchrony
- United Technologies Corp
- Xerox Corp.
And in Massachusetts
- Akamai Technologies
- Bain & Co. Inc. / Bridgespan Group
- Biogen
- Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Massachusetts
- Boston Consulting Group
- Boston Scientific Corp.
- Brown Rudnick LLP
- Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP
- Digitas
- Dunkin’ Brands Group LLP
- Eastern Bank Corp.
- Eaton Vance
- Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
- Fish & Richardson PC
- Foley Hoag LLP
- Goodwin Procter LLP
- Gouston & Storrs
- The Hanover Insurance Group
- Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare
- Iron Mountain Inc.
- John Hancock Financial Services Inc.
- Liberty Mutual Group
- LPL Financial Holdings Inc.
- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.
- Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo PC
- National Grid USA
- Nixon Peabody LLP
- Nuance Communications
- Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc.
- Publicis Sapient
- Rockland Trust Co.
- Ropes & Gray LLP
- Staples Inc.
- State Street Corp.
- Stop & Shop
- Sun Life Financial Inc. (US)
- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
- TripAdvisor Inc.
- Tufts Health Plan
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Click here for more on the HRC Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index.
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