DuPont earns 100 score in gay, lesbian, transgender.

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DuPont  earned a 100 percent score in the  Human Rights Campaign  Foundation,  released the 2017 Corporate Equality Index.

The annual report assessed  lesbian, gay and transgender  inclusion in major companies and law firms across the nation, including five in Delaware.

The 2017 CEI   reported  that a record 517 businesses — spanning nearly every industry and geography — earned a top score of 100 percent and the  distinction of “Best Places to Work for (LGBTQ)  (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer).

In all,  887 companies were officially rated in the new CEI, up from 851 in last year’s. The report also unofficially rated 156 Fortune 500 companies, which have yet to respond to the CEI survey about their policies and practices. The average score for companies and law firms based in Delaware is 83 percent. Of the five companies ranked, two earned 100 percent and four earned 90 percent and above.

TD Bank, which had a 100 score, was listed as a Delawsare company, although the bulk of is operations in the region are in southern New Jersey. 

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Rankings are as follows 

Employer Name City State 2017 CEI Score
TD Bank N.A. Wilmington DE 100
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. (DuPont) Wilmington DE 100
Navient Wilmington DE 90
AstraZeneca PLC Wilmington DE 90
SLM Corp. (Sallie Mae) Newark DE 35

Key national findings contained in the 2017 CEI:

  • 517 companies earned a 100 percent in the 2017 CEI, up from 407 in the 2016 report.
  • 647 companies participating in this year’s CEI now offer transgender workers at least one health care plan that has transgender-inclusive coverage. That’s a 314 percent increase since 2012, when the CEI first included trans-inclusive health care as a requisite for companies to receive a perfect score;
  • Gender identity is now part of non-discrimination policies at 82 percent of Fortune 500 companies, up from just 3 percent in 2002;
  •  387 major employers have adopted supportive inclusion guidelines for transgender workers who are transitioning.
  • And 156 Fortune 500 companies were given unofficial scores based on publicly available information

The CEI rates companies and top law firms on detailed criteria falling under five broad categories:

  1. Non-discrimination policies
  2. Employment benefits
  3. Demonstrated organizational competency and accountability around LGBT diversity and inclusion
  4. Public commitment to LGBT equality
  5. Responsible citizenship

The full report, including a searchable employer database is available online at www.hrc.org/cei.

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