Eastman Earns Top Score in Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2023-2024 Corporate Equality Index
07 Diciembre 2023 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Eastman announces its annual rating on the
Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s assessment of LGBTQ+ workplace
equality
Eastman (NYSE: EMN) proudly announced that it received a score
of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2023-2024
Corporate Equality Index, the nation’s foremost benchmarking survey
and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to
LGBTQ+ workplace equality. Eastman joins the ranks of 545 major
U.S. businesses that also earned top marks this year.
“Eastman is a global material innovation company, but more
importantly, we’re a people company,” said Julie McAlindon, Senior
Vice President, Regions and Chief Supply Chain Officer, and
executive champion of Eastman’s Equality resource group. “We care
deeply about improving the quality of life for our team members and
those who live in the communities in which we operate. This award
is a recognition of the incredible efforts of our global team and
our Equality Eastman Resource Group and exemplifies our commitment
to I&D and our LGBTQ+ team members and allies.”
“For well over two decades, businesses have played an important
role in furthering LGBTQ+ equality by centering employee needs and
voices when it comes to workplace inclusion. While there is much
more work to be done, year-over-year growth in CEI participation is
evidence of a business community that recognizes the responsibility
and value in upholding equity and inclusion,” said RaShawn
“Shawnie” Hawkins, Human Rights Campaign senior director of
Workplace Equality. “Our goal at the Human Rights Campaign
Foundation is to work in a spirit of partnership with companies,
providing educational resources and leading benchmarking, and
collaborating on ways for businesses to support the LGBTQ+
community at a time when we face unprecedented legislative attacks,
heightened anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric and physical violence. The CEI is
an ever-evolving tool – a blueprint that companies can use to show
up more effectively in supporting their LGBTQ+ employees and their
families.”
The results of the 2023-2024 CEI showcase how U.S.-based
companies are promoting LGBTQ+ friendly workplace policies in the
U.S. and abroad. The first year of the CEI included 319
participants, and the 2023-2024 CEI now includes 1,384
participants; further demonstrating the tremendous trajectory of
the CEI, a record-breaking 1,340 businesses have non-discrimination
protections specific to gender identity, up from just 17 in 2002.
These critical non-discrimination protections cover 21 million
employees in the U.S. and around the globe. Eastman’s efforts in
satisfying all the CEI’s criteria earned a score of 100 and the
designation as recipient of the Equality 100 Award: Leader in
LGBTQ+ Workplace Inclusion.
The CEI rates employers providing these crucial protections to
over 20 million U.S. workers and an additional 18 million outside
of the U.S. Companies rated in the CEI include Fortune magazine’s
500 largest publicly traded businesses, American Lawyer magazine’s
top 200 revenue-grossing law firms (AmLaw 200), and hundreds of
publicly and privately held mid- to large-sized businesses.
The CEI rates companies on detailed criteria falling under four
central pillars:
- Non-discrimination policies across business entities;
- Equitable benefits for LGBTQ+ workers and their families;
- Supporting an inclusive culture; and,
- Corporate social responsibility.
The full report is available online at www.hrc.org/cei.
About Eastman
Founded in 1920, Eastman is a global specialty materials company
that produces a broad range of products found in items people use
every day. With the purpose of enhancing the quality of life in a
material way, Eastman works with customers to deliver innovative
products and solutions while maintaining a commitment to safety and
sustainability. The company’s innovation-driven growth model takes
advantage of world-class technology platforms, deep customer
engagement, and differentiated application development to grow its
leading positions in attractive end markets such as transportation,
building and construction, and consumables. As a globally inclusive
and diverse company, Eastman employs approximately 14,500 people
around the world and serves customers in more than 100 countries.
The company had 2022 revenue of approximately $10.6 billion and is
headquartered in Kingsport, Tennessee, USA.
About The Human Rights Campaign Foundation
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation is the educational arm of
the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America's largest civil rights
organization working to achieve equality for lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) people. Through its
programs, the HRC Foundation seeks to make transformational change
in the everyday lives of LGBTQ+ people, shedding light on inequity
and deepening the public’s understanding of LGBTQ+ issues, with a
clear focus on advancing transgender and racial justice. Its work
has transformed the landscape for more than 15 million workers, 11
million students, 1 million clients in the adoption and foster care
system and so much more. The HRC Foundation provides direct
consultation and technical assistance to institutions and
communities, driving the advancement of inclusive policies and
practices; it builds the capacity of future leaders and allies
through fellowship and training programs; and, with the firm belief
that we are stronger working together, it forges partnerships with
advocates in the U.S. and around the globe to increase our impact
and shape the future of our work.
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