03.29.19
PPG received a high score of 90 percent on the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation’s 2019 Corporate Equality Index (CEI).
The CEI is considered the premier benchmark for corporate policies and practices relating to LGBTQ employees and their families, as well as LGBTQ workplace inclusion. The index evaluates LGBTQ-related policies, including non-discrimination workplace protections, domestic partner benefits, transgender-inclusive health care benefits, competency programs, and public engagement with the LGBTQ community.
The CEI is considered the premier benchmark for corporate policies and practices relating to LGBTQ employees and their families, as well as LGBTQ workplace inclusion. The index evaluates LGBTQ-related policies, including non-discrimination workplace protections, domestic partner benefits, transgender-inclusive health care benefits, competency programs, and public engagement with the LGBTQ community.
- The CEI evaluated and assigned full credit to PPG for each of these categories:
- Prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation for all operations;
- Prohibits discrimination based on gender identity or expression for all operations;
- Parity between same and different-sex spousal benefits;
- Has employer-supported employee resource group or firm-wide diversity council;
- Positively engages the external LGBTQ community;
- Offers transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage;
- Demonstrates numerous LGBTQ internal best practices across workforce;
- Engages in corporate social responsibility