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26 Jul 2020

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Human Rights Campaign

Chile: Companies recognized for LGBT workplace inclusion by Human Rights Campaign

“HRC Recognizes Major Employers in Chile Committed to LGBT inclusion” – 23 July 2020

…The Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC) — the educational arm of the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization — is releasing its second annual ‘HRC Equidad Chile: Global Workplace Equality Program,’ the leading national benchmark survey and report recognizing 20 major employers in Chile (CL) who have demonstrated a commitment to LGBT equality by adopting vital LGBT-inclusive policies and practices for their employees...“This report highlights those major employers in Chile who have shown a substantial commitment to establishing LGBT-inclusive policies and practices in their workplace,” said HRC President Alphonso David. “Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees have as much to offer as any of their colleagues and deserve to be welcomed, valued and supported as their authentic selves to ensure that they succeed.  Further, they can provide critical insights to companies as they develop strategies to succeed in diverse markets.  Creating an inclusive environment for all employees is not only good for company morale, it is good for the bottomline”…Entel, one of the largest telecom employers in Chile, is one of the two employers on the HRC Equidad list of recognized companies that is based in Chile. Empresas SB is the second. This year, HRC Equidad CL evaluated 63 major employers in Chile and recognized 20 with the HRC Foundation’ designation of “Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality.” That list includes: Accenture, BASF Chile, Bayer, BCG, Caterpillar, Deloitte, Embajada Británica en Santiago, Empresas SB, Entel, General Electric, H&M, IBM, J.P. Morgan, McKinsey & Company, P&G, SAP Chile, Scotiabank, Sodexo Inversiones, Uber and Walmart. Altogether, these 20 employers represent 95,278 employees…