Kimberly-Clark announced another 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2023-2024 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), the nation’s leading benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) workplace equality. Kimberly-Clark met all of the CEI’s criteria, earning the title of ‘Equality 100 Award: Leader in LGBTQ+ Workplace Inclusion’.

“We are thrilled to receive this recognition for our leadership in LGBTQ+ inclusion,” said Sandi Karrmann, Kimberly-Clark’s Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. “As a company, we are dedicated to creating a more welcoming global environment.” It’s at the heart of our caring culture and our mission of “Better Care for a Better World.”

The CEI rates companies based on specific criteria such as nondiscrimination policies across business entities, equitable benefits for LGBTQ+ workers and their families, fostering an inclusive culture, and demonstrating corporate social responsibility. Kimberly-Clark received the highest CEI score in 2022.

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“For well over two decades, businesses have played an important role in advancing LGBTQ+ equality by prioritizing employee needs and voices in workplace inclusion.” While much more work remains to be done, year-over-year growth in CEI participation demonstrates a business community that recognizes the responsibility and value of promoting equity and inclusion,” said RaShawn “Shawnie” Hawkins, Human Rights Campaign Sr Director of Workplace Equality. “Our goal at the Human Rights Campaign Foundation is to collaborate with businesses in a spirit of partnership, providing educational resources and leading benchmarking, and collaborating on ways for businesses to support the LGBTQ+ community at a time when we face unprecedented legislative attacks, heightened anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric, and physical violence.” The CEI is an ever-changing entity.

This is just one of many recent workplace honors for Kimberly-Clark. This year, Newsweek named the company one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity, and Seramount named it one of the Best Companies for Multicultural Women. Kimberly-Clark was also named one of the Best Companies to Work For by U.S. News & World Report, and Forbes named the company one of the World’s Best Employers.

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