The Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRCF) released the 2025 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), the US’s leading benchmarking survey and report measuring company policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ workplace equality for more than two decades.
A record 1,449 businesses were rated this year, including 72 first-time CEI participants. In total, 765 companies – a 28% increase from last year – earned a score of 100 and will be honored with HRC Foundation’s Equality 100 Award as Leaders in LGBTQ+ Workplace Inclusion.
"At its core, the work of the CEI is about making businesses stronger," said Kelley Robinson, President of the Human Rights Campaign. “Over the past 22 years, we’ve witnessed transformative changes in corporate America, from equitable workplace benefits to robust non-discrimination protections. While progress hasn’t come without challenges, companies are demonstrating resilience by continuing to prioritize workplace inclusion. As a result, they’re attracting top talent, fostering innovation, and broadening their consumer base."
Key findings in the 2025 CEI include:
Inclusive benefits:
The business case for inclusion
The CEI is more than a scorecard; it’s a playbook for building stronger businesses through inclusion. RaShawn “Shawnie” Hawkins, Senior Director of Workplace Equality at HRC, emphasized, “Year-over-year growth in CEI participation highlights a business community recognizing the value and responsibility of equity. The CEI equips companies with educational resources and benchmarking tools to support LGBTQ+ employees, expand consumer bases, and attract top talent.”
Workplace as a sanctuary for many
For many LGBTQ+ individuals, particularly those in states with restrictive laws on gender-affirming care, workplaces often serve as vital spaces of acceptance. According to HRCF’s August 2024 LGBTQ+ Climate Survey:
2025's Equality 100 Award recipients
HRCF confirmed that 765 businesses fulfilled all the criteria to earn a score of 100 and earn the new designation of being a 2025 “Equality 100 Award: Leader in LGBTQ+ Workplace Inclusion.” This year’s top-rated CEI employers come from nearly every industry and region of the United States. To earn top ratings, these employers took concrete steps to establish and implement comprehensive policies, benefits and practices that ensure greater equity for LGBTQ+ workers and their families.
Many of myGwork's clients – including Accenture, Amazon, Bank of America, Biogen, Bloomberg, Capgemini, Deutsche Bank, Fiserv, Fitch Group, JLL, Johnson & Johnson, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Kellanova, Levi Strauss & Co., Linklaters, Mars Inc., Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc., Moody's, Morningstar, Nike, Novartis, Omnicom Group, Oracle, Pearson, Pfizer, Reckitt, Reed Smith, RS Americas, S&P Global, Sanofi, Standard Chartered, State Street, TD Bank, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Unilever, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, VF Corp, WTW – have been honored with HRCF's Equality 100 Award as Leaders in LGBTQ+ Workplace Inclusion.
Here's the full list of this year’s recipients of the Equality 100 Award, in alphabetical order:
A&O Shearman
Abbott Laboratories
AbbVie Inc.
Abercrombie & Fitch Co.
Accenture
Adidas North America Inc.
Adobe Inc.
ADUSA Distribution, LLC
ADUSA Transportation, LLC
Advance Auto Parts (Advance Holding)
Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
AECOM
The AES Corp.
Ahold Delhaize USA (ADUSA)
Air Products & Chemicals Inc.
Airbnb Inc.
Airbus Americas Inc.
Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC)
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP
Alaska Airlines
Alcoa Corp.
Alcon Inc
Alight Solutions
AlixPartners LLP
AllianceBernstein LP
Alliant Energy Corp.
Allianz Life Insurance Co. of North America
Allstate Insurance Co.
Ally Financial Inc.
Alston & Bird LLP
Altice USA, Inc.
Altria Group Inc.
Amalgamated Bank
Amazon.com Inc.
AMC Entertainment Inc.
AMC Networks
American Airlines
American Eagle Outfitters Inc.
American Express Company
American Greetings Corp.
Ameriprise Financial Inc.
Amgen Inc.
AMN Healthcare Services Inc.
Amtrak
Andersen Corporation
Anschutz Entertainment Group, Inc.
Aon plc
Apollo Global Management Inc.
Apple Inc.
Applied Materials Inc.
Aramark Corp.
Arcadis U.S. Inc.
Arch Capital Group Ltd
Arconic
Arctic Wolf Networks, Inc
Ares Management LLC
Armstrong Teasdale LLP
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
Arup US, Inc.
Ascena
ASML
Associated Banc-Corp
Assurant
Asurion LLC
AT&T Inc.
Atkore International Inc.
Autodesk Inc.
AvalonBay Communities Inc.
Avantor, Inc.
Avery Dennison
Avita Care Solutions
AXA XL
Axiom Global Inc.
Bain & Co. Inc./ Bridgespan Group
Baker & Hostetler LLP
Baker & McKenzie LLP
Baker Botts LLP
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC
Ball Corp.
Ballard Spahr LLP
Bank of America Corp.
The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
Barclays
Barilla America Inc.
BASF Corp.
Bass, Berry & Sims PLC
Bath & Body Works LLC
Battelle Memorial Institute
BAYADA Home Health Care
Bayer U.S. LLC
BDO USA, PC
Berkeley Research Group LLC
Berkshire Bank
Best Buy Co. Inc.
Biogen
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.
BlackRock
Blackstone Inc.
Blank Rome LLP
Bloomberg LP
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida Inc.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina
Blue Cross Blue Shield Western New York
BMO Financial Corp.
BNP Paribas
BNSF Railway Company
Boeing Co.
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP
Boomi
Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
Boston Consulting Group
Boston Scientific Corp.
Box Inc.
Braze, Inc.
Bread Financial Holdings, Inc.
Bridge Investment Group Holdings LLC
Brighthouse Financial, Inc.
Bristol Myers Squibb
Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc.
Brooks Running
Brown Rudnick LLP
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
C&S Wholesale Grocers LLC
Cadence Design Systems
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Caesars Entertainment Inc
Caleres
Cambridge Associates LLC
CannonDesign
Capgemini America, INC
The Capital Group Companies Inc.
The Capital Markets Company NV
Capital One Financial Corp.
Cardinal Health Inc.
CareFirst Inc.
CareSource
Cargill Inc.
Cargo Transporters Inc.
CarGurus, Inc.
Carlson Inc.
The Carlyle Group LP
Carnival Corp.
Carrier Global Corporation
CBRE Inc.
Celanese Corp.
Cencora Inc.
Cengage Learning Inc.
Centene Corp.
CGI
Chapman and Cutler LLP
Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.
Chemonics International Inc
Chevron Corp.
Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.
Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP
Chobani
Choice Hotels International Inc.
Circana
Circle Internet Financial LLC
Cisco Systems Inc.
Citigroup Inc.
Citizens Financial Group
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
The Clorox Co.
CME Group Inc.
CNA Financial Corporation
The Coca-Cola Company
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.
CohnReznick LLP
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
Colliers International Holdings (USA) Inc.
Comcast NBCUniversal
Comerica Inc.
Commonwealth Care Alliance
Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC dba Commonwealth Financial Network
Community Care Behavioral Health Organization
Conduent Incorporated
Constellation Energy Corporation
Cooley LLP
CooperCompanies
Cornerstone Research
Corning
Coty Inc.
Covington & Burling LLP
Cox Enterprises Inc.
Cozen O'Connor
Creative Artists Agency LLC
CrowdStrike Inc.
Crowe LLP
Crowell & Moring LLP
Cruise
CSAA Insurance Group
Cummins Inc.
Cushman & Wakefield
CVS Health Corp.
Daniel J. Edelman Inc.
Danone North America
Darden Restaurants Inc.
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Day Pitney LLP
Dayforce
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Dechert LLP
Del Monte Foods, Inc.
Dell Technologies Inc.
Deloitte LLP
Deluxe Corp.
dentsu international
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corp.
Designer Brands
Deutsche Bank
Diageo North America
Dickinson Wright PLLC
Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc.
Discover Financial Services
Dollar Tree, Inc.
Domino's Pizza Inc.
DoorDash, Inc.
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Dow
Doximity, Inc.
Dropbox Inc.
Duke Energy Corp.
The Dun & Bradstreet Corp.
Dupont de Nemours, Inc.
DWS Investment MGT Americas Inc
E&J Gallo Winery
EAB
Eastern Bank Corporation/Eastern Bankshares, Inc.
Eastman Chemical Co.
Eastman Kodak Co.
Eaton Corp.
eBay Inc.
Ecolab Inc.
Edward Jones
Egon Zehnder International Inc.
Electronic Arts Inc.
EMD Serono, MilliporeSigma and EMD Electronics
Empower
Enbridge
Engie Impact
Enterprise Mobility
Epic Systems Corporation
Equinix
Equitable
Ernst & Young LLP
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.
Etsy Inc.
Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP
Evolent Health Inc.
Exelon Corp.
Expedia Group
Experian North America
Extreme Networks
Factor Systems, LLC dba Billtrust
FactSet Research Systems Inc.
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Farmers Insurance Group
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (Freddie Mac)
Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae)
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis
Fenwick & West LLP
Ferguson Enterprises
Ferrara Candy Company
Fidelity Investments
Fidelity National Information Services Inc.
Fifth Third Bancorp
First American Financial Corp.
Fiserv Inc.
Fish & Richardson PC
Fisher & Phillips LLP
Fitch Group Inc
Fleishman-Hillard Inc.
Foley & Lardner LLP
Foley Hoag LLP
Food Lion LLC
Fortive Corp.
Franklin Templeton Investments
Fredrikson & Byron
Fresenius Medical Care AG
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Frost Brown Todd LLP
Fujitsu America, Inc.
Gannett Co. Inc.
Gartner Inc.
GE Appliances
Gen Digital Inc.
Genentech Inc.
General Mills Inc.
General Motors Co.
Genesco Inc.
Gensler
Gerson Lehrman Group Inc
Ghirardelli Chocolate Company
Giant Eagle Inc.
Giant of Maryland LLC
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Gilbane Building Company
Gilead Sciences Inc.
Global Payments Inc.
GlobalFoundries US Inc.
GODADDY Inc.
The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
Goodwin Procter LLP
Google Inc.
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP
Goto Group, Inc.
Goulston & Storrs PC
Government Employees Health Association, Inc.
Grant Thornton LLP
Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. (GMO) LLC
Great River Energy
Greenberg Traurig LLP
The Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America
Guess? Inc.
Guidehouse
H&R Block Inc.
Hannaford Supermarkets
The Hanover Insurance Group Inc.
The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.
Health Care Service Corp.
The Hearst Corp.
Henkel Corporation
Henry Schein Inc.
The Hershey Co.
Hess Corp.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Delaware
Highmark Inc.
Highmark West Virginia
HILTON
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
Hitachi Vantara
HKS INC.
Hogan Lovells US LLP
Holland & Hart LLP
Holland & Knight LLP
Honeywell International Inc.
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
Horizon Media Inc.
Hormel Foods Corp.
HSBC USA
Humana Inc.
Huntington Bancshares Inc.
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Huron Consulting Group Inc.
Husch Blackwell LLP
Hyatt Hotels Corp.
Hyve Solutions Corporation
IBM Corp.
IGT
IHG Hotels & Resorts
IKEA Holding US Inc.
Illinois Tool Works Inc.
Illumina
Impossible Foods
Indeed Inc.
Informa PLC
Infosys Limited Inc.
Ingredion Inc.
Insight Enterprises Inc.
Instacart
Intel Corp.
Interpublic Group of Companies Inc.
Intuit Inc.
Invesco Ltd.
Iron Mountain Inc.
J. M. Smucker Co.
Jackson Lewis PC
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.
Janus Henderson Investors
Jenner & Block LLP
JLL
Johnson & Johnson
Johnson Controls Inc.
Johnson Financial Group
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
JSX
K&L Gates LLP
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Kearney
Kellanova
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.
KeyCorp
Keysight Technologies
Kimberly-Clark Corp.
Kimco Realty Corp.
King & Spalding LLP
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
KKR & Co. LP
Kobre & Kim
Kohler Co.
Kohl's Corp.
Korn Ferry
KPMG LLP
The Kraft Heinz Company
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
The Kroger Co.
Kutak Rock LLP
Lam Research Corp.
Land O'Lakes Inc.
Lane Powell PC
Latham & Watkins LLP
Lathrop GPM
Leidos Holdings
Leslie’s, Inc.
Levi Strauss & Co.
Lexmark International Inc.
Liberty Mutual Insurance
Lincoln National Corp.
Linklaters
Littler Mendelson PC
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Loeb & Loeb LLP
Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC
L'Oréal USA Inc.
Lowenstein Sandler LLP
LPL Financial Holdings Inc.
Lumen Technologies
Lumentum Operations LLC
LVMH North America
Lyft Inc.
Macmillan Learning
Macquarie Group Ltd.
Macy's Inc.
Mallinckrodt LLC
ManpowerGroup
Marathon Petroleum Corp.
Marriott International Inc.
Mars Inc.
Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc.
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.
Mastercard
Mathematica Policy Research
Mattel Inc.
Mayer Brown LLP
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
McDonald's Corp.
McGraw Hill LLC
McKesson Corp.
McKinsey & Co. Inc.
McKinstry Co. LLC
Medallia Inc.
Medline Industries, LP
Medtronic PLC
Meijer Inc.
MERGE
Mesirow Financial Holdings Inc.
Messer North America, Inc.
Meta Platforms, Inc.
MFS Investment Management
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Michael Page International Inc
Micron Technology Inc.
Microsoft Corp.
Milbank LLP
MillerKnoll
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo PC
Moderna Inc.
Moody's Corp.
Moore & Van Allen PLLC
Morgan Stanley
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Morningstar Inc.
Morris, Manning & Martin LLP
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Motorola Solutions Inc.
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
National Grid USA
NCR Voyix
Nestlé Health Science
Nestlé Purina PetCare Co.
Nestlé USA Inc.
NetApp Inc.
Neuberger Berman Group LLC
New Belgium Brewing Company
New Relic Inc.
New York Life Insurance Company
Newfront Insurance Holdings, Inc.
Nielsen
Nike Inc.
Nixon Peabody LLP
Nomura
Nordstrom Inc.
Northern Trust Corp.
Northrop Grumman Corp.
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
Norton Rose Fulbright
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
Novo Nordisk Inc.
Numerator
NVIDIA Corp.
Oaktree Capital Management LP
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Omnicom Group
Options Clearing Corporation
Oracle Corp.
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Oshkosh Corporation
Otis Worldwide Corporation
Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC
Panasonic Corporation of North America
Panera Bread Co.
Papa John's International Inc.
Paramount Global
Parsons Corporation
Paul Hastings LLP
PayPal Holdings Inc.
Pearson
Peloton Interactive Inc.
PepsiCo Inc.
Perkins and Will Inc.
Perkins Coie LLP
Pernod Ricard USA LLC
PetSmart LLC
Pfizer Inc.
PGA TOUR, Inc.
Philip Morris International Inc.
Phillips 66
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Piper Sandler & Co.
Pitney Bowes Inc.
The PNC Financial Services Group Inc.
Point32Health, Inc.
Polsinelli
Portland General Electric Co.
PPG Industries Inc.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Prime Therapeutics, LLC
Principal Financial Group
Privia Health LLC
Procter & Gamble Co.
Progyny, Inc.
Proskauer Rose LLP
Prudential Financial Inc.
Prysmian Cables and Systems USA, LLC
PTC Inc
Publicis Sapient
PVH Corp.
QIAGEN LLC
Quality Building Services Corp.
Quality Protection Services Inc.
Quarles & Brady LLP
Quest Diagnostics Inc.
Quickbase LLC.
Qurate Retail Group
R1 RCM Inc
Rackspace Technology
Radian Group Inc.
Ramboll US Corporation
Randstad
RAPID7
Raymond James Financial Inc.
RBC Wealth Management
Reckitt
Recreational Equipment Inc.
Red Ventures
Reed Smith LLP
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.
Relias LLC
RELX Inc.
Replacements Ltd.
Reynolds American Inc.
Riot Games Inc.
Rivian Automotive
Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated
Robins Kaplan LLP
Roche Diagnostics Corp.
Rockland Trust Co.
Rockwell Automation Inc.
Rolls-Royce North America (USA) Holdings Co.
Ropes & Gray LLP
Ross Stores Inc.
RS Americas Inc.
RSM US LLP
RTX
S&P Global Inc.
S.C. Johnson & Son Inc.
Sabre Corporation
Salesforce
Sally Beauty Holdings Inc.
Samsung Electronics America Inc.
Sanofi
Santander US
SAP America Inc.
SAS Institute Inc.
Saul Ewing LLP
Savills Inc.
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
Scotiabank USA
Scotts Miracle-Gro Company
Seacoast National Bank
Seagate Technology plc
Securian Financial Group Inc.
Seismic Software, Inc.
Sephora
ServiceNow
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Shake Shack Inc.
Shell USA, Inc.
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
Shure Incorporated
Shutterstock Inc.
Sidley Austin LLP
Siemens Medical Solutions USA Inc.
Signet Jewelers
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Slalom
Smartsheet
Smurfit WestRock
Société Générale
Sodexo Inc.
Softchoice Corporation
SONOS, INC.
Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
Southern Co.
Southwest Airlines Co.
Spencer Stuart
Spotify USA Inc.
Squire Patton Boggs
Standard Chartered
Standard Insurance Co.
Starbucks Corp.
State Street Corp.
Steelcase Inc.
Stellantis
Steptoe LLP
Stinson LLP
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Sun Life
Sunrun Inc.
Suntory Global Spirits
Surveymonkey Inc.
Sutherland Global Services Inc.
Sweetgreen, Inc.
Symbotic Inc.
Synchrony
Syneos Health
Synopsys Inc.
SYSCO Corp.
T. Rowe Price Associates Inc.
Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA Inc.
Target Corp.
TD Bank, N.A.
TD Securities (USA) LLC
TD SYNNEX Corporation
TE Connectivity Inc.
TEGNA Inc.
Teradata Corp.
Terex Corp.
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc.
Texas Instruments Incorporated
The Cigna Group
The Knot Worldwide
The Neiman Marcus Group Inc.
The ODP Corporation
The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company, LLC
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
Thompson Coburn LLP
Thompson Hine LLP
Thomson Reuters
T-Mobile USA Inc.
TowerBrook Capital Partners
TPG Global LLC
Transamerica Corp.
TransUnion
Travel + Leisure Co.
The Travelers Companies Inc.
TriNet USA, Inc.
Tripadvisor Inc.
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP
Truist Financial
TruStage
Turnberry Solutions Inc.
U.S. Bancorp
Uber Technologies Inc.
UBS AG
UKG
UL Solutions
Unilever
Union Pacific Corp.
United Airlines Holdings, Inc.
United Launch Alliance
United Services Automobile Association
United States Steel Corp.
United Talent Agency, LLC
UnitedHealth Group Inc.
Univar Solutions Inc.
Unum Group
UPMC Health Plan
Urban Outfitters Inc.
UW Credit Union
Vanguard Group Inc.
Verizon Communications Inc.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.
VF Corp.
Victoria's Secret & Co.
Visa
Vizient Inc.
Vontier Corporation
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
Vox Media Inc.
Voya Financial
Vynamic LLC
W. L. Gore & Associates Inc.
W.W. Grainger Inc.
Wabtec Corporation
Walgreen Co.
Walker & Dunlop, LLC
The Walt Disney Company
Warby Parker
Warner Music Group
Waters Corp.
WE Communications
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Wells Fargo & Co.
The Wendy's Co.
West Monroe Partners LLC
Whirlpool Corp.
Wiley Rein LLP
Willamette Dental Group
William Blair & Company LLC
Williams Companies Inc.
Williams Mullen Clark & Dobbins
Willis Towers Watson
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC
Winston & Strawn LLP
Wipfli LLP
Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Workday Inc.
Xcel Energy Inc.
Xerox Corp.
Xperi Inc.
Xylem Inc.
Yelp Inc.
Yum! Brands Inc.
Zebra Technologies Corporation
Zelis Healthcare, LLC
Ziff Davis
Zillow Group
Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc.
Zoetis Inc.
ZS Associates Inc.
Zurich North America
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