Walgreens was awarded a perfect score of 100 percent on the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Corporate Equality Index for the fourth consecutive year. HRC is America's largest civil rights organization working to achieve gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) equality. The index rates employers on a scale from 0 to 100 percent on their treatment of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees, consumers and investors. Walgreens was one of 13 retail and consumer products companies to receive a perfect score.

The Corporate Equality Index, which this year rated 519 businesses, measures the extent to which employers protect their GLBT employees. Ratings are based on factors like nondiscrimination policies, diversity training, benefits for domestic partners and transgender employees. The 195 businesses that met all of the criteria employ more than 8.3 million workers. When the index was first released in 2002 only 13 companies, employing 690,000 workers, received the top rating.

Download the full report from HRC's web site.

Embracing diversity

In our ongoing commitment to embrace diversity, Walgreens has developed an Executive Diversity Council, which is comprised of executives and other key leaders in our company whose diverse backgrounds, experience and viewpoints will assist Walgreens in continuing existing and implementing new diversity initiatives.

Visit diversity.walgreens.com to learn more.