The Human Rights Campaign announced its 2025 list of “Equality 100 Award: Leader in LGBTQ+ Workplace Inclusion” honorees from their annual Corporate Equality Index. This year, 81 of them are based in New England.
“To earn top ratings, these employers took concrete steps to establish and implement comprehensive policies, benefits and practices that ensure greater equity for LGBTQ workers and their families,” says HRC.
HRC’s Corporate Equality Index is the national roadmap and benchmarking tool for US businesses (and now including municipal employers) to achieve lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer equality in the workplace.
Ratings criteria include workforce protections, inclusive benefits, supportive and inclusive culture, corporate social responsibility, and responsible citizenship.
In New England, Massachusetts was the frontrunner once again, with 56 Equality 100 Award–winners. In Connecticut, 15 companies earned scores of 100. Rhode Island came in with seven perfect scores, New Hampshire with two, and Maine with one.
In Massachusetts
- Ahold Delhaize USA, Quincy
- Arlington City Employment
- Bain & Co. Inc. / Bridgespan Group, Boston
- Berkshire Bank, Boston
- Biogen, Cambridge
- Boston Consulting Group, Boston
- Boston Scientific Corp, Boston
- Boston City Employment
- Cambridge Associates, Boston
- Cambridge City Employment
- CarGurus, Inc., Cambridge
- Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP, Boston
- Circle Internet Financial LLC, Boston
- Commonwealth Care Alliance, Boston
- Commonwealth Equity Services
- Eastern Bank Corp., Boston
- EMD Serono, MilliporeSigma and EMD Electronics, Burlington
- Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Boston
- Fidelity Investments, Boston
- Fish & Richardson PC, Boston
- Foley Hoag LLP, Boston
- Fresenius Medical Care AG, Waltham
- Goodwin Proctor LLP, Boston
- Goto Group, Inc., Boston
- Goulston & Storrs, Boston
- Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co., Boston
- The Hanover Insurance Group, Worcester
- Liberty Mutual Group, Boston
- LPL Financial Holdings Inc., Boston
- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., Springfield
- MFS Investment Management, Boston
- Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo PC, Boston
- Moderna Inc., Cambridge
- National Grid USA, Waltham
- Nixon Peabody LLP, Boston
- Northampton City Employment
- Point32health, Inc. Canton
- Provincetown Town Employment
- PTC Inc., Boston
- Publicus Sapient, Boston
- Quickbase LLC, Boston
- RAPID7, Boston
- Rockland Trust Co., Rockland
- Ropes & Gray, Boston
- Salem City Employment
- Santander US, Boston
- State Street Corp., Boston
- The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company, LLC, Quincy
- Sun Life, Wellesley Hills
- Symbotic Inc., Wilmington
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., Cambridge
- Thero Fisher Scientific Inc., Waltham
- TripAdvisor Inc., Needham
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., Boston
- Waters Corp., Milford
- Zelis Healthcare, LLC, Boston
In Connecticut
- AXA LX, Stamford
- The Cigna Group, Bloomfield
- FactSet Research Systems Inc., Norwalk
- Gartner Inc., Stamford
- The Hartford Financial Services Group, Hartford
- Henkel Corporation, Rocky Hill
- New Haven City Employment
- Otis Worldwide Corporation, Farmington
- Philip Morris International Inc., Stamford
- Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford
- Stamford City Employment
- Steptoe LLP
- Synchrony, Stamford
- Terex Corp., Norwalk
- Xerox Corp., Norwalk
In Rhode Island
- Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, Providence
- Citizens Financial Group, Providence
- CVS Health Corp., Woonsocket
- Gilbane Building Co., Providence
- IGT, Providence
- Providence City Employment
- United Natural Foods, Inc., Providence
In New Hampshire
- C&S Wholesale Groceries Inc., Keene
- Iron Mountain Inc., Keene
In Maine
- Hannaford Supermarkets, Scarborough
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