Barnes & Noble Receives Perfect Score on 2019 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) for Twelfth Consecutive Year
29 March 2019 - 12:00AM
Business Wire
Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest
retail bookseller, today announced that it earned a perfect score
of 100 percent for the twelfth consecutive year on the 2019
Corporate Equality Index (CEI). The CEI is a national benchmarking
survey and report on corporate policies and practices related to
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) workplace
equality, administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.
Barnes & Noble is one of 560 major U.S. businesses that also
received top marks this year.
“We are honored to once again receive a perfect score on the
Corporate Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign
Foundation,” said Michelle Smith, Vice President, Human Resources
at Barnes & Noble. “This recognition for the twelfth year in a
row reflects our longstanding commitment to diversity and equality
in the workplace for our booksellers around the country.”
The 2019 CEI report evaluates LGBTQ-related policies and
practices including non-discrimination workplace protections,
domestic partner benefits, transgender-inclusive health care
benefits, competency programs and public engagement with the LGBTQ
community. Barnes & Noble’s efforts in satisfying all of the
CEI’s criteria results in a 100 percent ranking and the designation
as a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality.
For more information on the 2019 Corporate Equality Index, or to
download a free copy of the report, visit www.hrc.org/cei.
About Barnes & Noble, Inc.
Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) is the world’s largest
retail bookseller, and a leading retailer of content, digital media
and educational products. The Company operates 627 Barnes &
Noble bookstores in 50 states, and one of the Web’s premier
e-commerce sites, BN.com (www.bn.com). The Nook Digital business
offers a lineup of popular NOOK® tablets and eReaders and an
expansive collection of digital reading and entertainment content
through the NOOK Store®. The NOOK Store features more than 4.5
million digital books in the US (www.nook.com), plus periodicals
and comics, and offers the ability to enjoy content across a wide
array of popular devices through Free NOOK Reading Apps™ available
for Android™, iOS® and Windows®.
General information on Barnes & Noble, Inc. can be obtained
by visiting the Company's corporate website at
www.barnesandnobleinc.com.
Barnes & Noble®, Barnes & Noble Booksellers® and Barnes
& Noble.com® are trademarks of Barnes & Noble, Inc. or its
affiliates. NOOK® and the NOOK logos are trademarks of Nook
Digital, LLC or its affiliates.
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Mary Ellen KeatingSenior Vice PresidentCorporate
CommunicationsBarnes & Noble, Inc.(212)
633-3323mkeating@bn.com
Alex OrtolaniDirectorCorporate CommunicationsBarnes & Noble,
Inc.(212) 633-3379aortolani@bn.com
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