BROOMFIELD, Colo., Nov. 9, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- For the third
consecutive year, Ball Corporation (NYSE: BLL) received a perfect
score of 100 percent on the Corporate Equality Index (CEI), a
national benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and
practices related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer
(LGBTQ) workplace equality, administered by the Human Rights
Campaign Foundation. Ball joins the ranks of 609 major U.S.
businesses that also earned top marks this year.
"A number of years ago, we began making deliberate and
intentional strides to create a more inclusive culture and diverse
workforce," said John A. Hayes,
chairman, president and CEO. "It's the right thing to do, and the
wealth of different perspectives among our employees is creating
positive change at Ball and setting us up for greater success over
the long term. When other people recognize us for doing the right
thing, that's just icing on the cake."
The 2018 CEI rated 947 businesses in the report, which 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. Ball'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.
"We are proud to be named one of the Best Places to Work for
LGBT Equality for the third consecutive year," said Manette Snow, vice president, diversity and
inclusion. "Ball values and supports members of the LGBTQ
community, and this sends a strong message to our employees,
potential candidates and the community about our commitment to
diversity and inclusion."
For more information about diversity and inclusion at Ball,
please visit www.ball.com/diversity. For more information on the
2018 Corporate Equality Index, or to download a free copy of the
report, visit www.hrc.org/cei.
About Ball Corporation
Ball Corporation supplies innovative, sustainable packaging
solutions for beverage, food and household products customers, as
well as aerospace and other technologies and services primarily for
the U.S. government. Ball Corporation and its subsidiaries employ
18,450 people worldwide and reported 2016 sales of $9.1 billion. For more information, visit
www.ball.com, or connect with us on Facebook or Twitter.
About the Human Rights Campaign Foundation
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.
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which could cause actual results or events to differ materially
from those expressed or implied. You should therefore not place
undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements and any of such
statements should be read in conjunction with, and, qualified in
their entirety by, the cautionary statements referenced below. The
company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise. Key factors, risks and uncertainties
that could cause actual outcomes and results to be different are
summarized in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including Exhibit 99 in our Form 10-K, which are available on our
website and at www.sec.gov. Additional factors that might affect:
a) our packaging segments include product demand fluctuations;
availability/cost of raw materials; competitive packaging, pricing
and substitution; changes in climate and weather; competitive
activity; failure to achieve synergies, productivity improvements
or cost reductions; mandatory deposit or other restrictive
packaging laws; customer and supplier consolidation, power and
supply chain influence; changes in major customer or supplier
contracts or a loss of a major customer or supplier; political
instability and sanctions; currency controls; and changes in
foreign exchange or tax rates; b) our aerospace segment include
funding, authorization, availability and returns of government and
commercial contracts; and delays, extensions and technical
uncertainties affecting segment contracts; c) the company as a
whole include those listed plus: changes in senior management;
regulatory action or issues including tax, environmental, health
and workplace safety, including U.S. FDA and other actions or
public concerns affecting products filled in our containers, or
chemicals or substances used in raw materials or in the
manufacturing process; technological developments and innovations;
litigation; strikes; labor cost changes; rates of return on assets
of the company's defined benefit retirement plans; pension changes;
uncertainties surrounding geopolitical events and governmental
policies both in the U.S. and in other countries, including the
U.S. government elections, budget, sequestration and debt limit;
reduced cash flow; ability to achieve cost-out initiatives and
synergies; interest rates affecting our debt; and successful or
unsuccessful acquisitions and divestitures, including with respect
to the Rexam PLC acquisition and its integration, or the associated
divestiture; the effect of the acquisition or the divestiture on
our business relationships, operating results and business
generally.
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