Aon has recieved a 100 per cent rating in the Human Rights Campaign Foundations Corporate Equality Index. Aon was one of 190 US companies to recieve the honor.
Aon was one of seven insurance companies to take out a perfect score, with Sun Life Financial, Prudential Financial, Nationwide, MetLife, ING and Chubb Corp each recieving 100 per cent.
The 2012 Corporate Equality Index rated 636 companies on how they protect the rights of their lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) employees, consumers and investors. To achieve a perfect score and make the list of a “Best Place to Work”, companies must have fully inclusive equal employment opportunity policies, provide equal employment benefits, demonstrate organisational LGBT competency, evidence their commitment to equality publicly and excersice responsible citezenship.
“Diversity in all its many forms—race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, abilities and disabilities, age and citizenship—is the very foundation on which we have built our world-class organization, and we are honored to earn this prestigious rating for the fifth straight year,” said Greg Case, Aon’s president and CEO.
Of the 29 industry sectors judged, insurance in general was the sixth most successful industry with seven companies recieving the 100 per cent honor.
The ‘Law’ industry had the most companies make the list, with 55 companies recieving 100 per cent scores.
