Also:

• No. 10 in The DiversityInc Top 10 Companies for Supplier Diversity
• No. 7 in The DiversityInc Top 10 Companies for Global Diversity

Accenture’s diversity-management success starts at the top and extends throughout the organization. Led by CEO Pierre Nanterme, Accenture is a company where all employees have access to resource groups, all employees have mentors and all managers, including the top levels, participate in the mentoring program. There is a complete package of work/life benefits, including paid paternity leave, and diversity training is mandatory for all employees.

Nanterme personally signs off on diversity metrics and executive compensation tied to diversity. He chairs Accenture’s executive diversity council, meets quarterly with its resource groups and is the sponsor for the company’s Corporate Citizenship Agenda. This effort promises $100 million by 2013 to support corporate-citizenship efforts and aims to equip 250,000 people globally with job skills.

Accenture also has an excellent supplier-diversity program in place, reporting both solid Tier I (direct contractor) and Tier II (subcontractor) spend with minority- and women-owned businesses. Accenture’s combined Tier I spend is nearly 20 percent; this number is audited, and Accenture communicates the success of its program internally, including metrics for tracking the success of the program such as revenue growth of diverse suppliers, external recognitions received and savings as a result of contracting with these suppliers.

U.S. Headquarters: New York

Global Employees: 244,000

U.S. Employees: 34,000

Last Year’s DiversityInc Top 50 Ranking: No. 23