The Human Rights Campaign announced the 2023-2024 list of “Equality 100 Award: Leader in LGBTQ+ Workplace Inclusion” honorees from their annual Corporate Equality Index, and 48 of them are based in New England.
HRC’s Corporate Equality Index is the national benchmarking tool on corporate policies, practices and benefits pertinent to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer employees.
To earn top ratings, says HRC, these employers “took concrete steps to establish and implement comprehensive policies, benefits and practices that ensure greater equity for LGBTQ+ workers and their families.”
In New England, Massachusetts was the frontrunner once again, with 29 Equality 100 Award–winners. In Connecticut, 11 companies earned scores of 100. Rhode Island came in with five perfect scores, and New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont each have one.
In Massachusetts:
- Bain & Co. Inc. / Bridgespan Group, Boston
- Biogen, Cambridge
- Boston Consulting Group, Boston
- Boston Scientific Corp, Boston
- Cambridge Associates, Boston
- CarGurus, Inc., Cambridge
- Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP, Boston
- Eastern Bank Corp., Boston
- EMD Serono, MilliporeSigma and EMD Electronics, Burlington
- Fidelity Investments, Boston
- Foley Hoag LLP, Boston
- Goodwin Proctor LLP, Boston
- Goulston & Storrs, Boston
- Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co., Boston
- Hanover Insurance Group, Worcester
- Liberty Mutual Group, Boston
- LPL Financial Holdings Inc., Boston
- Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo PC, Boston
- Moderna Inc., Cambridge
- National Grid, Waltham
- Nixon Peabody LLP, Boston
- Point32health, Inc. Canton
- Quickbase LLC, Boston
- Raytheon Technologies Corp., Waltham
- Rockland Trust Co., Rockand
- Sun Life, Wellesley Hills
- TripAdvisor Inc., Needham
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., Boston
- Waters Corp., Milford
In Connecticut:
- AQR Capital Management LLC, Greenwich
- BlueTriton Brands Inc., Stamford
- Diageo North America, Norwalk
- Gartner Inc., Stamford
- Hartford Financial Services Group, Hartford
- Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford
- Stanley Black & Decker, New Britain
- Synchrony, Stamford
- Terex Corp., Norwalk
- Thomson Reuters, Stamford
- Xerox Corp., Norwalk
In Rhode Island:
- Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, Providence
- Citizens Financial Group, Providence
- Gilbane Building Co., Providence
- 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 complete results from each state and more, visit the Corporate Equality Index.
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