Designated a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality
PITTSBURGH & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr. 4, 2019--
The Kraft Heinz Company is thrilled to announce it earned a perfect
score on the 2019
Corporate Equality Index (CEI), a report issued by the Human
Rights Campaign Foundation, the educational arm of the nation’s largest
LGBTQ civil rights organization. It also was designated a Best Place
to Work for LGBTQ Equality.
“The top-scoring companies on this year’s CEI are not only establishing
policies that affirm and include employees here in the United States,
they are applying these policies to their global operations and
impacting millions of people beyond our shores,” said HRC President Chad
Griffin. Formed in 2015 with the merger of Kraft and Heinz, this is the
company’s first perfect score.
To Dustin Isom, head of the Kraft Heinz LGBTQ Business Resource Group,
this recognition means everything. “It means that I’m part of an
inclusive Kraft Heinz community,” he said. “It shows that LGBTQ
individuals can come to work here and just be themselves. It’s amazing
what we can do when we accept people’s differences and work together as
one!”
Dustin joined Kraft Heinz soon after the company’s merger in 2015. Right
away he and other members of the LGBTQ Business Resource Group
prioritized the goal of earning a perfect CEI score. Thanks to their
dedicated efforts, it took only two and a half years, and included a
series of programs such as the implementation of transitioning
guidelines, put in place to assist employees and managers in helping
individuals who wish to transition genders.
Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2019 Corporate Equality Index is the
national benchmarking tool on corporate policies and practices pertinent
to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer employees.
ABOUT THE KRAFT HEINZ COMPANY
For 150 years, we have produced some of the world’s most beloved
products at The Kraft Heinz Company (NASDAQ: KHC). Our Vision is To
Be the Best Food Company, Growing a Better World. We are one of the
largest global food and beverage companies, with 2018 net sales of
approximately $26 billion. Our portfolio is a diverse mix of iconic and
emerging brands. As the guardians of these brands and the creators of
innovative new products, we are dedicated to the sustainable health of
our people and our planet. To learn more, visit http://www.kraftheinzcompany.com/ or
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Lynne Galia
The Kraft Heinz Company
847-646-4396
Lynne.galia@kraftheinz.com