Office Depot, Inc. Earns Perfect Score in Corporate Equality Index for Ninth Consecutive Year
January 21 2020 - 10:49AM
Business Wire
Company Receives 100 percent on Human Rights
Campaign Foundation’s Scorecard on LGBTQ Workplace Equality
Office Depot, Inc. (NASDAQ:ODP), a leading B2B integrated
distribution platform of business services and products, today
announced that it received a perfect score of 100 on the 2020
Corporate Equality Index (CEI), the nation’s premier benchmarking
survey and report on corporate policies and practices related to
LGBTQ workplace equality, administered by the Human Rights Campaign
(HRC) Foundation. This is the ninth consecutive year that Office
Depot has been recognized with top marks.
“The quality of our people is essential to the success of Office
Depot. We strive to foster an inclusive culture that promotes
diversity not only in backgrounds, but also in ideas that are
shared,” said Zoë Maloney, senior vice president and chief human
resources officer for Office Depot, Inc. “We’re proud to earn a
perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate
Equality Index, which validates that our policies, benefits and
other practices provide equal opportunities for all employees to
reach their full potential.”
The 2020 CEI evaluates LGBTQ-related policies and practices
including non-discrimination workplace protections, domestic
partner benefits, transgender-inclusive health care benefits,
competency programs, and public engagement with the LGBTQ
community. Office Depot’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 LGBTQ Equality.
“The impact of the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality
Index over its 18-year history is profound. In this time, the
corporate community has worked with us to adopt LGBTQ-inclusive
policies, practices and benefits, establishing the Corporate
Equality Index as a primary driving force for LGBTQ workplace
inclusion in America and across the globe,” said HRC President
Alphonso David. “These companies know that protecting their LGBTQ
employees and customers from discrimination is not just the right
thing to do -- it is also the best business decision.”
For more information on the 2020 Corporate Equality Index, or to
view the full 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 Office Depot, Inc.
Office Depot, Inc. (NASDAQ:ODP) is a leading provider of
business services and supplies, products and technology solutions
to small, medium and enterprise businesses, through a fully
integrated B2B distribution platform of approximately 1,300 stores,
online presence, and dedicated sales professionals and technicians.
Through its banner brands Office Depot®, OfficeMax®, CompuCom® and
Grand&Toy®, as well as others, the Company offers its customers
the tools and resources they need to focus on their passion of
starting, growing and running their business. For more information,
visit news.officedepot.com and follow @officedepot on Facebook,
Twitter and Instagram.
Office Depot is a trademark of The Office Club, Inc. OfficeMax
is a trademark of OMX, Inc. CompuCom is a trademark of CompuCom
Systems, Inc. Grand&Toy is a trademark of Grand & Toy, LLC
in Canada. ©2019 Office Depot, Inc. All rights reserved. Any other
product or company names mentioned herein are the trademarks of
their respective owners.
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Rebecca Rakitin
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