The Human Rights Campaign announced the 2022 list of “Best Places to Work” from its annual Corporate Equality Index, and 71 of them are in New England.
To earn a spot on the “Best Places” list, each must earn a perfect score of 100 on the Index, which rates each participating company’s workplace policies and practices for LGBTQ employees. Scoring criteria includes nondiscrimination, equitable benefits for workers and their families, support for inclusive culture and overall corporate social responsibility.
2022 marks HRC’s 20th annual Corporate Equality Index. This year, 842 businesses earned perfects marks — up from only 17 when they began scoring them in 2002.
Massachusetts was the frontrunner once again, with 47 “Best Places to Work” (out of 74 Bay State corps participating in the survey). Fifteen (out of 26) Connecticut companies earned scores of 100; Rhode Island came in with 6 perfect scores (out of 9); New Hampshire and Maine, 1 (of 2); and Vermont with 1 (of 1). Altogether, 114 New England companies participated in the survey.
Without further ado, are the 2022 HRC Corporate Equality Index’s “Best Places to Work” in New England:
In Massachusetts:
- Akamai Technologies Inc., Cambridge
- Bain & Co. Inc. / Bridgespan Group, Boston
- Berkshire Bank, Boston
- Biogen, Cambridge
- BC/BS MA, Boston
- Boston Consulting Group, Boston
- Boston Scientific Corp, Boston
- Brown Rudnick, Boston
- Cambridge Associates, Boston
- CarGurus, Inc., Cambridge
- Cengage Learning Inc., Boston
- Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP, Boston
- Cimpress, Waltham
- Digitas, Boston
- Eastern Bank Corp., Boston
- EMD Serono, MilliporeSigma and EMD Electronics, Burlington
- Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Boston
- Fish and Richardson PC, Boston
- Foley Hoag LLP, Boston
- Goodwin Proctor LLP
- Goulston & Storrs, Boston
- Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co., Boston
- Hanover Insurance Group, Worcester
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co., Boston
- Iron Mountain, Boston
- John Hancock Financial Services Inc., Boston
- Liberty Mutual Group, Boston
- LPL Financial Holdings Inc., Boston
- Mass. Mutual Life Insurance Co., Springfield
- Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo PC, Boston
- National Grid, Waltham
- Nixon Peabody LLP, Boston
- Nuance Communications, Burlington
- Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc., Lakeville-Middleboro
- Philips, Cambridge
- PTC Inc., Boston
- Publicus Sapient, Boston
- Raytheon Technologies Corp., Waltham
- Rockland Trust Co., Rockand
- Ropes & Gray LLP, Boston
- State Street Corp., Boston
- Sun Life, Wellesley Hills
- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., Waltham
- Stop & Shop Supermarket Co., Quincy
- TripAdvisor Inc., Needham
- Waters Corp., Milford
- Wayfair, Boston
In Connecticut:
- AQR Capital Management LLC, Greenwich
- BlueTriton Brands Inc., Stamford
- Boehringer Ingelheim USA Corp, Stamford
- Bridgewater Associates LP, Westport
- CIGNA Corp., Bloomfield
- Diageo North America, Norwalk
- FactSet Research Systems Inc., Norwalk
- Gartner Inc., Stamford
- Hartford Financial Services Group, Hartford
- Otis Worldwide Corp., Farmington
- Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford
- Stanley Black & Decker, New Britain
- Synchrony, Stamford
- Thomson Reuters, Stamford
- Xerox Corp., Norwalk
In Rhode Island:
- Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, Providence
- Citizens Financial Group, Providence
- CVS Health Corp., Woonsocket
- Hasbro Inc., Pawtucket
- IGT, Providence
- United Natural Foods, Inc., Providence
In Maine:
- Hannaford Supermarkets, Scarborough
In New Hampshire:
- C&S Wholesale Groceries Inc., Keene
In Vermont:
- Ben & Jerries Homemade Inc., South Burlington
For more on HRC’s 2022 Corporate Equality Index, click here.
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