Voya Financial Earns Score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2023-2024 Corporate Equality Index
December 12 2023 - 2:50PM
Business Wire
This is Voya’s 18th consecutive year earning
this distinction.
Voya Financial, Inc. (NYSE: VOYA), recently announced that it
received a score of 100 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. Voya Financial is
one of 545 major U.S. businesses that earned a score of 100 this
year, which Voya has maintained for 18 consecutive years.
“We’ve been on a remarkable journey advancing our strategy and
ensuring that inclusion and equity remains at the center of what we
do,” said Braeden Mayrisch, vice president, Stakeholder Equity and
Impact, and vice president, Voya Foundation. “Our organization
prides itself on our commitment to those values and using each of
our unique differences as assets that make Voya a great place to
work and a high-performing company. We are grateful that the Human
Rights Campaign has once again recognized us as a ‘Leader in LGBTQ+
Workplace Inclusion’ for our commitment to promoting inclusivity
and the outcomes we have achieved for our continued efforts.”
“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 senior 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. Voya Financial’s
efforts in satisfying all the CEI’s criteria earned a score of 100
and the designation as recipient of the Equality 100 Award: Leader
in LGBTQ+ Workplace Inclusion.
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 Voya Financial®
Voya Financial, Inc. (NYSE: VOYA), is a leading health, wealth
and investment company with approximately 9,000 employees who are
focused on achieving Voya’s aspirational vision: Clearing your path
to financial confidence and a more fulfilling life. Through
products, solutions and technologies, Voya helps its 14.7 million
individual, workplace and institutional clients become well
planned, well invested and well protected. Benefitfocus, a Voya
company, extends the reach of Voya’s workplace benefits and savings
offerings by providing benefits administration capabilities to 16.5
million individual subscription employees across employer and
health plan clients. Certified as a “Great Place to Work” by the
Great Place to Work® Institute, Voya is purpose-driven and
committed to conducting business in a way that is economically,
ethically, socially and environmentally responsible. Voya has
earned recognition as: one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies®
by Ethisphere; a member of the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index; and
a “Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion” on the Disability
Equality Index. For more information, visit voya.com. Follow Voya
Financial on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
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About 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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