Discover Earns Top Score in Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index Ten Years in a Row
06 December 2023 - 2:00AM
Business Wire
For the tenth straight year, Discover has earned a perfect 100
score and is a recipient of the Equality 100 Award: Leader in
LGBTQ+ Workplace Inclusion by the Human Rights Campaign’s Annual
Corporate Equality Index, a benchmarking survey and report
measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ+
workplace equality. Discover joins the ranks of more than 545 major
U.S. businesses that also earned top marks this year.
"At Discover, we are on a journey to create an environment where
every employee feels included and can bring the best version of
themselves to work,” said Jonita Wilson, chief diversity &
social impact officer. “A diverse and inclusive workplace
ultimately leads to better business outcomes through innovation,
efficiency, and culture, and a brighter financial future for
all.”
Discover has eight Employee Resource Groups (ERGs). The ERGs
contribute to each pillar by providing access, opportunity, and
exposure for our diverse employee populations. Specifically, Pride
is the employee resource group focusing on Discover’s LGBTQ+
community.
Through the work of Pride, Discover strives to create and
advocate for LGBTQ+ inclusive practices in the workplace and
society, including:
- Joining more than 500 companies in support of the Equality Act,
which would provide clear and consistent protections from
discrimination for the LGBTQ community. This bill extends to
protections in the workplace, which Discover is committed to
providing for employees.
- Creating the Transgender, Non-Binary, and Gender Diverse
Employee Advisory Council, made up of more than 70 employees who
cultivate a safe space to bring perspectives of the gender diverse
employee community.
- Supporting gender diverse employees by creating a gender
transition toolkit, a transition advocate group and transgender and
gender non-binary training through the DE&I team.
- Partnering with Out & Equal to provide development,
programming, and consulting for the LGBTQ+ community.
- Removing the lifetime cap of $75,000 on gender
transition-related coverage for employees enrolled in a Discover
medical plan.
“For well over two decades, businesses have played an important
role in furthering LGBTQ+ equality by centering employee needs and
voices when it comes to workplace inclusion. While there is much
more work to be done, year-over-year growth in CEI participation is
evidence of a business community that recognizes the responsibility
and value in upholding equity and inclusion,” said RaShawn
“Shawnie” Hawkins, Human Rights Campaign Sr Director of Workplace
Equality. “Our goal at the Human Rights Campaign Foundation is to
work in a spirit of partnership with companies, providing
educational resources and leading benchmarking, and collaborating
on ways for businesses to support the LGBTQ+ community at a time
when we face unprecedented legislative attacks, heightened
anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric and physical violence. The CEI is an
ever-evolving tool – a blueprint that companies can use to show up
more effectively in supporting their LGBTQ+ employees and their
families.”
For more information about Discover’s culture, diversity efforts
and benefits, visit https://jobs.discover.com/.
For more information on the 2023 Corporate Equality Index, or to
download a free copy of the report, visit www.hrc.org/cei.
About the Human Rights Campaign
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation is the educational arm of
America's largest civil rights organization working to achieve
equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual transgender and queer people.
HRC envisions a world where LGBTQ+ people are embraced as full
members of society at home, at work and in every community.
About Discover
Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) is a digital banking and
payment services company with one of the most recognized brands in
U.S. financial services. Since its inception in 1986, the company
has become one of the largest card issuers in the United States.
The company issues the Discover® card, America's cash rewards
pioneer, and offers private student loans, personal loans, home
loans, checking and savings accounts and certificates of deposit
through its banking business. It operates the Discover Global
Network® comprised of Discover Network, with millions of merchants
and cash access locations; PULSE®, one of the nation's leading
ATM/debit networks; and Diners Club International®, a global
payments network with acceptance around the world. For more
information, visit www.discover.com/company.
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