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In a ceremony yesterday with 900 senior executive present, Diversity Inc. revealed the top 50 companies list of companies scoring big for diversity. The companies chosen have 20 percent more people of color in management and 13 percent more women. The companies who made the top 10 of that list have 41 percent persons of color and 46 percent more women that the nation’s corporate average. Companies such as, AT&T, Johnson & Johnson, Verizon and Protor and Gamble. were featured in the Top 50 list.
Reverend Jesse Jackson attended the ceremony and gave the keynote speech. His organization Rainbow PUSH Coalition has help pushed the tech industry to hire more people of color in order to create more business ventures. In their press release, the Diversity Inc. founder and CEO Luke Visconti said:
“With more than 1000 companies participating, the competition for a spot on the Diversity Inc.Top 50 and Specialty Lists was up over 30% this year. Companies are recognizing the importance of diversity for corporate reputation – which directly effects millennial-generation recruiting and retention. And whether you’re talking about Silicon Valley, Ferguson, or Indiana, there’s no denying that stories about how far we still need to come regarding diversity have been dominating the headlines in 2015.”
With recent gender and racial discrimination cases making headlines in the past few years, many companies are recognizing how important inclusion is for their employees. And that’s not just racial diversity. The National Organization on Disability tracker was also a requirement for companies to be on the list of top 10 companies working with people with disabilities. Other diversity lists include:
Top 10 Companies for Supplier Diversity (AT&T, No. 1)
Top 10 Companies for Mentoring (Ernst & Young, No. 1)
Top 10 Companies for Global Diversity (IBM, No. 1)
and Top 10 Companies for Diversity Councils (Ernst & Young, No. 1)
This is the 16th year Diversity Inc. has released these rankings. The lists also reveal what entrepreneurs and executives should consider when hiring employees to help move their business forward.
To read the entire list, click here.
