Number of Companies with Top Rating for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Workers Jumps by One-Third
HRC reports:
“The Human Rights Campaign Foundation today released the seventh annual Corporate Equality Index, which rates 583 businesses on a scale from 0 to 100 percent on their treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees, consumers and investors. The 2009 edition of the CEI reports 259 businesses achieved a perfect score, a one-third increase over last year when the number was 195.”
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I have to hand it to the HRC — their CEI buyer guides are useful. Just have to remember that red means go and green means stop. With the exception of my car (I was looking to get a Nissan as a replacement, but I’m Hebrew and despite their name they don’t treat Jews necessarily… well), which I’m going to get replaced, I’ve managed to avoid directly buying from all of the last batch of “green” companies, and only buy from “yellow” companies when the change from the previous CEI had them in the “green” area.
Happily also, I live in an area where Meijer Stores are located. They always get zero ratings from the HRC — a move that has labeled them anti-gay bigots by some. But, they are not above giving militant homosexuals managerial jobs at their stores, or selling a whole lot of Kraft Foods items.
-EW