KKR Earns Top Marks in 2017 Corporate Equality Index
December 06 2016 - 1:17PM
Business Wire
KKR Earns 100 percent on Human Rights Campaign
Foundation’s Fourteenth Annual Scorecard on LGBT Workplace
Equality
KKR, a leading global investment firm, proudly announced today
that it received a perfect score of 100 percent on the 2017
Corporate Equality Index (CEI), a national benchmarking survey and
report on corporate policies and practices related to LGBT
workplace equality, administered by the Human Rights Campaign
Foundation. KKR joins the ranks of 517 major U.S. businesses which
also earned top marks this year, including KKR portfolio companies
First Data and Toys “R” Us, as well as former portfolio companies
Nielsen and Walgreens.
In 2014, KKR created an Inclusion and Diversity Council (IDC)
with 8 of the Firm’s senior most people with a global
point-of-view. The IDC works with an advisory group of KKR
executives at different levels globally to create initiatives
designed to support its hard-working employees. Over the last year,
the IDC has taken steps to further provide for LGBT employees
including implementing gender reassignment treatment coverage under
the KKR healthcare plan and partnering with and learning from an
employee network of LGBT Executives and Allies.
Mike Michelson, KKR Member and Head of the Firm’s IDC, said: ”We
are extremely proud to receive this recognition, especially on
behalf of our LGBT employees. We will continue to identify and
implement other ‘best-in-class’ practices to drive greater
diversity and inclusion across our Firm and better support our most
important asset: the people who walk through our doors every
day.”
The 2017 CEI rated 1,043 businesses in the report, which
evaluates LGBT-related policies and practices including
non-discrimination workplace protections, domestic partner
benefits, transgender-inclusive health care benefits, competency
programs, and public engagement with the LGBT community. KKR’s
efforts in satisfying all of the CEI’s criteria results in a 100
percent ranking and the designation as a Best Place to Work for
LGBT Equality.
For more information on the 2017 Corporate Equality Index, or to
download a free copy of the report, visit www.hrc.org/cei.
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation is the educational arm of
America's largest civil rights organization working to achieve
equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual transgender and queer people.
HRC envisions a world where LGBTQ people are embraced as full
members of society at home, at work and in every community.
About KKR
KKR is a leading global investment firm that manages investments
across multiple asset classes including private equity, energy,
infrastructure, real estate, credit and hedge funds. KKR aims to
generate attractive investment returns by following a patient and
disciplined investment approach, employing world‐class people, and
driving growth and value creation at the asset level. KKR invests
its own capital alongside its partners' capital and brings
opportunities to others through its capital markets business.
References to KKR's investments may include the activities of its
sponsored funds. For additional information about KKR & Co.
L.P. (NYSE:KKR), please visit KKR's website at www.kkr.com and on
Twitter @KKR_Co.
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