PG&E Named as One of the Best Places to Work by the Human Rights Campaign – Achieves Perfect Score for 14th Straight Year
February 21 2017 - 3:00PM
Business Wire
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) was named as one of
the best places to work in the U.S. by the Human Rights Campaign
(HRC), the largest national civil rights organization working to
achieve workplace equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender (LGBT) Americans. For the 14th consecutive year, the
company received a perfect 100 percent rating on the HRC’s annual
Corporate Equality Index (CEI) for its consistently strong
commitment to diversity and inclusion.
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In compiling the CEI report, the HRC invited the 2015 Fortune
1000 (Fortune magazine’s 1,000 largest publicly traded businesses)
and the 2015 AmLaw 200 (American Lawyer magazine’s top 200
revenue-grossing law firms) to participate in the survey. PG&E
was one of a record 517 businesses out of the 887 that earned a
perfect score.
PG&E’s perfect scores were based on detailed criteria,
including the following five categories:
- non-discrimination policies
- employment benefits
- demonstrated organizational competency
and accountability around LGBT diversity and inclusion
- public commitment to LGBT equality
- responsible citizenship.
“We strive to create an environment where all our colleagues can
bring their whole selves to work. When we feel free to be
ourselves, we’re better able to unleash our full potential, and
focus on our mission to deliver safe, reliable, affordable and
clean energy to our customers. We’re very proud to have received a
perfect score for 14 consecutive years from the HRC,” said PG&E
Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Chief Diversity
Officer Dinyar Mistry.
PG&E has been one of the leading corporate voices in the
LGBT community for many years. Examples of the company’s support
include:
- being the first corporate sponsor and
participant in the San Francisco Pride Parade (1986)
- having one of the oldest LGBT employee
resource groups (PrideNetwork) in the nation
- being the first utility to actively
recruit LGBT-owned enterprises in its supplier diversity
program
- being the first major company in
California to support the “No on 8” (banning same-sex marriage)
ballot measure
- contributing $250,000 to the San
Francisco-based National Center for Lesbian Rights.
“Major private sectors have demonstrated over and over that
inclusion is not just the right thing to do, it makes for a
stronger, more successful business,” said HRC Foundation Workplace
Equality Program Director Deena Fidas. “Major employers have
adopted LGBT-inclusive policies and benefits at rates that continue
to outpace lawmakers and lead the way forward.”
The HRC is just one of many organizations which have recently
recognized PG&E for its commitment to diversity and inclusion.
In 2016, PG&E was named Corporation of the Year by the National
Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. And DiversityInc, one of the
nation’s leading publications on diversity and business, ranked
PG&E as one of the top utilities in the nation for
diversity.
Information on PG&E’s diversity and inclusion efforts is
available on the company website.
The HRC’s CEI report provides a detailed analysis and rating of
large U.S. employers and their policies and practices regarding
LGBT employees. The report also serves as the national benchmarking
tool on corporate policies and practices for LGBT employees.
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
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