- Index acts as benchmark to measure policies, practices and
benefits relating to LBGTQ+ employees
- Included for third consecutive year
AUBURN
HILLS, Mich., Dec. 6, 2023
/PRNewswire/ -- BorgWarner, a global product leader in delivering
innovative and sustainable mobility solutions for the vehicle
market, has been included again on the Human Rights Campaign
Foundation's 2023-2024 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), the nation's
foremost benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate
policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ workplace equality. The
company joins the ranks of 1,384 major U.S. businesses that were
also ranked in the 2023-2024 CEI.
"BorgWarner is proud to be recognized once again as a company
that prioritizes diversity and continuously strives to build an
inclusive and supportive environment for all, including those who
identify as LGBTQ+," said Tania
Wingfield, Executive Vice President and Chief Human
Resources Officer, BorgWarner. "Our company culture, driven by our
Beliefs, will continue to become more progressive and accepting so
that every employee can feel supported to be their entire,
authentic self at work."
"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 Sr 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.
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 BorgWarner
For more than 130 years, BorgWarner
has been a transformative global product leader bringing successful
mobility innovation to market. Today, we're accelerating the
world's transition to eMobility – to help build a cleaner,
healthier, safer future for all.
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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