SAN DIEGO, Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- This week,
Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE) was honored by two well-respected
organizations for the company's long-term focus on fostering an
inclusive culture and advancing diverse perspectives, as well as
its enhanced efforts in these areas over the past year. Sempra
Energy was listed on the 2021 Bloomberg Gender-Equality
Index for the third consecutive year. The company was also
named a "Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality" by the Human Rights
Campaign, receiving a perfect score on the organization's Corporate
Equality Index for the 13th consecutive year. For
more information on Sempra Energy's diversity and inclusion
practices, visit: sempra.com/careers/diversity-inclusion.
"The past year, more than ever, has demonstrated the importance
of welcoming diverse perspectives and backgrounds, and promoting an
inclusive environment within our organization," said Karen Sedgwick, senior vice president, chief
human resources officer for Sempra Energy. "While diversity and
inclusion have always been a key part of our high-performance
culture, we will continue to take meaningful actions to foster a
workplace where our employees feel empowered because we believe it
leads to better decision making and advances innovation."
Sempra Energy was one of 380 companies recognized on the
Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI), which tracks the performance
of public companies committed to disclosing their efforts to
support gender equality through policy development, representation
and transparency.
For the 13th consecutive year, Sempra Energy received
a perfect score on the Corporate Equality Index (CEI), which is
released annually by the Human Rights Campaign and serves as a
leading benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies
and practices related to LGBTQ workplace equality.
"From the previously unimaginable impact of the COVID-19
pandemic, to a long overdue reckoning with racial injustice, 2020
was an unprecedented year. Yet, many businesses across the nation
stepped up and continued to prioritize and champion LGBTQ
equality," said Alphonso David,
president of the Human Rights Campaign. "This year has shown us
that tools like the CEI are crucial in the work to increase equity
and inclusion in the workplace, but also that companies must
breathe life into these policies and practices in real and tangible
ways. Thank you to the companies that understand protecting their
LGBTQ employees and consumers from discrimination is not just the
right thing to do – but the best business decision."
Advancing a High-Performance Culture
A
high-performance culture that embraces people of diverse
backgrounds has been a key area of focus for Sempra Energy and its
senior leadership team for decades. For more than 20 years,
the company has led various programs and initiatives to promote
this throughout its business. Sempra Energy and its family of
companies sponsor 15 local employee councils, reaching thousands of
employees that help to foster a respectful and inclusive workplace.
The company also sponsors a number of mentoring programs, veteran
support programs, and trainings on inclusion and bias, among other
initiatives. Additionally, it hosts an annual enterprise-wide
diversity and inclusion summit.
Sempra Energy is a founding member of the CEO Action for
Diversity & Inclusion initiative and a member of the Paradigm
for Parity coalition which promotes gender parity in the workplace.
For additional information about Sempra Energy's employee programs,
please visit our sustainability report:
sempra.com/sustainability/sustainability-report.
About Sempra Energy
Sempra Energy's mission is to be
North America's premier energy
infrastructure company. With more than $60
billion in total assets at the end of 2019, the San Diego-based company is the utility holding
company with the largest U.S. customer base. The Sempra Energy
companies' more than 18,000 employees deliver energy with purpose
to over 35 million consumers. The company is focused on the most
attractive markets in North
America, including California, Texas, Mexico
and the LNG export market. Sempra Energy has been consistently
recognized for its leadership in sustainability, and diversity and
inclusion, and is a member of the S&P 500 Utilities Index and
the Dow Jones Utility Index. The company was also named one of the
"World's Most Admired Companies" for 2020 by Fortune Magazine.
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