PG&E Named 2016 Corporation of the Year by the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
December 05 2016 - 3:00PM
Business Wire
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) was named 2016
Corporation of the Year by the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of
Commerce (NGLCC). The honor, given at the NGLCC’s 2016 National
Dinner Awards in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 18, recognizes PG&E
for their outstanding support and dedication to ensuring fairness
and equal opportunity for LGBT suppliers, customers and
employees.
“PG&E has been a leader in diversity and inclusion for
decades. We recognize that it’s the strength of our diversity that
makes our company and communities successful. We’re proud to be the
first California utility to include LGBT in its supplier diversity
program. Our commitment to diversity within the communities we
serve is the right way to do business and how we’ll continue to
work together in building a better California,” said PG&E Vice
President, Federal Affairs and Policy and Chief Sustainability
Officer Melissa Lavinson, who accepted the award on behalf of
PG&E.
PG&E’s support of the LGBT community has been recognized by
leading national diversity and human rights groups:
- Human Rights Campaign: For the
last 13 years, PG&E has been named as one of the best places to
work by the HRC, the largest civil rights organization working to
achieve equality for LGBT Americans. Over this period, PG&E has
received a perfect 100 percent rating on the HRC’s Corporate
Equality Index for their strong commitment to embrace diversity and
inclusion.
- DiversityInc: For eight
consecutive years, PG&E has been named as one of the top
utilities in the United States for diversity which covers supplier
diversity, hiring, retaining and promoting LGBT, women, minorities,
people with disabilities and veterans.
PG&E has also been a corporate leader in championing LGBT
rights for businesses, employees and the community:
- In 2015, PG&E played hosts to the
first stop on a nationwide LGBT business builder event, which was
co-sponsored by the U.S. Small Business Administration and the
NGLCC. PG&E has also worked to help LGBT businesses grow by
partnering with the Golden Gate Business Association to hold
training, matchmaking and networking events.
- In 2012, PG&E was the first utility
company to pursue LGBT businesses for its supply chain. The company
also supported the passage of California Assembly Bill 1678 in
2015, which requires California public utilities to extend to LGBT
enterprises the same business opportunities granted to women-,
minority- and disabled veteran-owned companies.
- In 2016, PG&E’s PrideNetwork, one
of the first LGBT employee resource groups in the nation,
celebrated its 30th anniversary.
- In 2015, PG&E contributed $250,000
to the San Francisco-based National Center for Lesbian Rights
(NCLR) as part of its long-standing commitment to equality in the
workplace and the communities it serves.
- In 2008, PG&E was the first major
company in California to support the “No on 8” (ballot proposition
which banned same-sex marriages) campaign.
- In 1986, PG&E was the first
corporate sponsor of the San Francisco Pride Celebration and Parade
and had the first corporate contingent in the parade in 1988.
About PG&E
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a subsidiary of PG&E
Corporation (NYSE:PCG), is one of the largest combined natural gas
and electric energy companies in the United States. Based in San
Francisco, with more than 20,000 employees, the company delivers
some of the nation’s cleanest energy to nearly 16 million people in
Northern and Central California. For more information, visit
www.pge.com/ and pge.com/news.
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