Celebrating Disability Inclusion: DE Members Score High on the 2023 Disability Equality Index

by | Jul 26, 2023 | Diversity & Inclusion, Networking and Education

July is Disability Pride Month – a time not only for individuals with disabilities to embrace and celebrate who they are, but for allies to show their continued support. As an association, we are proud to be comprised of hundreds of employers who go the extra mile to make their employees with disabilities feel equal and included through acceptance and accessibility. Earlier this month, Disability:IN announced its list of 2023 Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion, and we’re excited to share that 47% of the companies honored are DirectEmployers Members – nearly half!

This list was determined by the Disability Equality Index (DEI), a joint initiative between Disability:IN and the American Association of People with Disabilities. Through this benchmarking tool, employers receive a score of 0 to 100, with those scoring 80 and above earning a spot on the 2023 Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion list. This score is based on a wide range of criteria within six categories:

  • Culture & Leadership (30 points) – Businesses commit to and demonstrate a sustained, visible cultural commitment to disability inclusion and demonstrate visible leadership commitment to disability inclusion throughout the organization.
  • Enterprise-Wide Access (10 points) – Businesses commit to and demonstrate commitment to workplace accessibility.
  • Employment Practices (40 points) – Businesses commit to and demonstrate commitment to benefits, recruitment practices, employment practices, and accommodation practices that fully incorporate and include individuals with disabilities.
  • Community Engagement(10 points) – Businesses demonstrate public-facing engagement practices that celebrate and support individuals with disabilities.
  • Supplier Diversity(10 points) – Businesses commit to and demonstrate supplier diversity practices that fully include and utilize disability owned, veteran–disability owned businesses and service-disabled veteran owned businesses.
  • Non-U.S. Operations(Not Weighted) – Businesses commit to and demonstrate non-U.S. practices that fully incorporate and include individuals with disabilities.

The data is used not only to benchmark employers, but also to help establish insights that are  then compiled into the Disability Equality Index Report for the good of the industry as a whole. Congratulations to the following DirectEmployers Members for earning recognition as a Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion this year!

145 of the 293 companies earning a score of 100 are DirectEmployers Members:

  1. AbbVie
  2. Accenture
  3. ADP
  4. Alaska Airlines
  5. Ally Financial
  6. Amgen
  7. Aramark
  8. Argonne National Laboratory
  9. Astellas Pharma US, Inc.
  10. AT&T Inc.
  11. Avanade
  12. BAE Systems, Inc.
  13. Ball Corporation
  14. Bank of America
  15. Becton, Dickinson and Company
  16. BlackRock
  17. BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee
  18. BMO US Bank
  19. Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  20. Bristol Myers Squibb
  21. Brown-Forman Corporation
  22. CBRE
  23. Centene Corporation
  24. Charles Schwab & Co.
  25. Chevron
  26. Citi
  27. Colgate-Palmolive Company
  28. Commonwealth Care Alliance
  29. Corning Incorporated
  30. Cummins Inc.
  31. CVS Health Corporation
  32. Dell Technologies
  33. Deloitte
  34. Delta Air Lines
  35. Discover Financial Services
  36. Dominion Energy
  37. Dow
  38. DuPont de Nemours, Inc.
  39. DXC Technology
  40. Eaton
  41. Elevance Health
  42. Eli Lilly and Company
  43. Exelon
  44. Experian
  45. EY
  46. Fannie Mae
  47. Fifth Third Bank, National Association
  48. Fiserv
  49. Ford Motor Company
  50. GE HealthCare
  51. GE Vernova
  52. General Dynamics
  53. General Motors
  54. Google
  55. Grant Thornton LLP
  56. Highmark Health
  57. Hilton
  58. Honeywell
  59. HP Inc.
  60. Humana Inc.
  61. Huntington National Bank
  62. Intel Corporation
  63. International Business Machines (IBM)
  64. Intuit
  65. Iron Mountain Inc.
  66. Jacobs
  67. JPMorgan Chase & Co.
  68. Kaiser Permanente
  69. Kellogg Company
  70. KPMG LLP
  71. L3Harris
  72. Leidos, Inc.
  73. Lincoln Financial Group
  1. LinkedIn
  2. Lockheed Martin Corporation
  3. Lowe’s Companies, Inc.
  4. Lyft
  5. M&T Bank
  6. ManpowerGroup
  7. Marriott International
  8. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
  9. Mathematica
  10. Mayo Clinic
  11. Medtronic PLC
  12. Merck
  13. Meta Platforms Inc
  14. MetLife, Inc
  15. Micron Technology, Inc
  16. Microsoft
  17. MITRE
  18. Nestlé USA
  19. Nike
  20. Northrop Grumman
  21. Novartis Corporation
  22. Oracle
  23. Palo Alto Networks
  24. Pfizer
  25. PPL Corporation
  26. Principal Financial Group
  27. PwC
  28. Qualcomm Incorporated
  29. Qualtrics
  30. Randstad USA
  31. Regeneron
  32. Regions Bank
  33. S&P Global
  34. Sandia National Laboratories
  35. sanofi us
  36. SAP
  37. ServiceNow
  38. Siemens
  39. Sodexo
  40. Southern Company
  41. Starbucks
  42. Stryker
  43. Synchrony Financial
  44. Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A.
  45. Target
  46. TD Bank
  47. The Boeing Company
  48. The Cigna Group
  49. The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
  50. The Hartford
  51. The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
  52. The Procter & Gamble Company
  53. The Walt Disney Company
  54. Thermo Fisher Scientific
  55. TIAA
  56. Trane Technologies
  57. Travelers
  58. U.S. Bank
  59. UKG
  60. Unilever
  61. United Airlines
  62. UnitedHealth Group
  63. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Cancer Center
  64. Unum Group
  65. UPS
  66. USAA
  67. VMware
  68. Walgreens
  69. Wells Fargo
  70. Whirlpool Corporation
  71. World Wide Technology
  72. Xcel Energy

28 of the 65 companies earning a score of 90 are DirectEmployers Members:

  1. Acxiom
  2. American Express
  3. Bath & Body Works
  4. Baylor Scott & White Health
  5. Capgemini
  6. Cargill, Inc.
  7. Catalent
  8. Cintas Corporation
  9. Citizens Financial Group, Inc.
  10. Conagra Brands
  11. Constellation Energy Corporation
  12. GoTo
  13. Labcorp
  14. Leonardo DRS Inc.
  1. MSC Industrial Supply Co.
  2. Organon
  3. PVH Corp.
  4. Raytheon Technologies
  5. RUSH
  6. Snap Inc.
  7. TE Connectivity
  8. TEKsystems
  9. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
  10. The Coca-Cola Company
  11. The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.
  12. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
  13. Wabtec
  14. Xerox Corporation

17 of the 44 companies earning a score of 80 are DirectEmployers Members:

  1. Arrow Electronics, Inc.
  2. Charles River Laboratories
  3. Cognosante
  4. Compass Group
  5. Corteva Agriscience
  6. Diageo
  7. Jackson National Life Insurance Company
  8. Nestlé Health Science
  9. Olympus Corporation of the Americas
  1. ONE Gas
  2. Pearson
  3. Penn State Health
  4. PSEG
  5. Public Consulting Group
  6. Robert Half
  7. UCHealth
  8. US Foods

We’re proud of all our 1000+ Members and their efforts to further disability inclusion in the workplace and are honored to be a part of their journey toward fostering acceptance and belonging for all employees. If there’s anything we can do to help, don’t hesitate to reach out to your membership team! Interested in learning where your organization stands? 2024 Disability Equity Index registration opens this Fall so be sure to follow them on your favorite social media platforms to stay in-the-know!

Kacie Koons
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