DiversityInc's 25 Noteworthy Companies
By Barbara Frankel - May 2, 2011
The 2011 DiversityInc 25 Noteworthy Companies
This list is comprised of companies our senior editorial staff determines have the potential to make The 2012 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity® list. In the 2011 survey, seven companies moved up from the 25 Noteworthy Companies list to the DiversityInc Top 50.
All of these companies are either above average or significantly improving in the four areas measured: CEO Commitment, Human Capital, Corporate and Organizational Communications, and Supplier Diversity. Each of these companies also has demonstrated, through its data, notable progress in the last year.
Here are some facts about these 25 companies in aggregate:
Sixty-eight percent of their CEOs sign off on executive compensation tied to diversity goals
Sixty-four percent of their CEOs meet with employee-resource groups on a regular basis
Twenty-four percent of their heads of diversity report directly to the CEO
All have employee-resource groups
Eighty-four percent include diversity in their requests for proposals
The 25 Noteworthy Companies (in alphabetical order):
Altria Group
This is Altria's first time on this list, but its predecessor company, Phillip Morris, was a long-time diversity leader. The commitment is there from Chairman and CEO Mike Szymanczyk, who sits on the UNCF board and requires that all officers of the company serve on nonprofit boards, many of them multicultural.
Boehringer Ingelheim
The key to the success of this company has been the increasing engagement of its employee-resource groups, which are relatively new, very enthusiastic and starting to have a major impact on talent development, diversity training and community outreach.
By Barbara Frankel - May 2, 2011
The 2011 DiversityInc 25 Noteworthy Companies
This list is comprised of companies our senior editorial staff determines have the potential to make The 2012 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity® list. In the 2011 survey, seven companies moved up from the 25 Noteworthy Companies list to the DiversityInc Top 50.
All of these companies are either above average or significantly improving in the four areas measured: CEO Commitment, Human Capital, Corporate and Organizational Communications, and Supplier Diversity. Each of these companies also has demonstrated, through its data, notable progress in the last year.
Here are some facts about these 25 companies in aggregate:
Sixty-eight percent of their CEOs sign off on executive compensation tied to diversity goals
Sixty-four percent of their CEOs meet with employee-resource groups on a regular basis
Twenty-four percent of their heads of diversity report directly to the CEO
All have employee-resource groups
Eighty-four percent include diversity in their requests for proposals
The 25 Noteworthy Companies (in alphabetical order):
Altria Group
This is Altria's first time on this list, but its predecessor company, Phillip Morris, was a long-time diversity leader. The commitment is there from Chairman and CEO Mike Szymanczyk, who sits on the UNCF board and requires that all officers of the company serve on nonprofit boards, many of them multicultural.
Boehringer Ingelheim
The key to the success of this company has been the increasing engagement of its employee-resource groups, which are relatively new, very enthusiastic and starting to have a major impact on talent development, diversity training and community outreach.