Specialty Lists
These lists are based on a metrics-driven evaluation that abandons a preconceived set number of companies on a list.
They are evaluated on group performance, and the cutoff takes place where there is a significant difference between the top companies and the next runner up.
As a result, there may be fewer than or more than 10 companies on a list.
Top Companies for Talent Acquisition for Women of Color
The Top Companies for Talent Acquisition for Women of Color is determined through an analysis of new hire & human capital management representation metrics, onboarding practices, diverse candidate slate requirements and employee benefit practices.
- 1Mayo Clinic2Union Pacific3Travel + Leisure4Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority
- 13 U.S. Bank
- 14 Ally Financial
- 15Blue Shield of California
Top Companies for Veterans
The Top Companies for Veterans list is determined by company performance in four areas:
- Having an ERG for veterans
- Percentage of philanthropic spend with military/veteran focused organizations
- Percentage of supplier spend with veteran vendors
- Workplace practices, policies and benefits supportive of veterans
- 1Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
- 13 KPMG
- 14Union Pacific
- 15 Humana
- 16 PwC
17Ameren- 19Leidos
- 20 Wells Fargo
21Northwell HealthTop Hospitals and Health Systems
The Top Hospitals and Health Systems list is industry specific and compiled using the same criteria to evaluate organizations as the Top 50 competition.
- 1Northwell Health2Cleveland Clinic3Mayo Clinic4Hackensack Meridian Health
- 5Mount Sinai Health System6City of Hope7NYU Langone Health8Jefferson Health
- 9Henry Ford Health System10OhioHealth11Baylor Scott & White Health12New York Presbyterian
- 13Seattle Children's Hospital14H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute15Yale New Haven Health16DaVita
Top Regional Companies
The Top Regional Companies list is specific to companies with a certain geographic footprint and compiled using the same criteria to evaluate organizations as the Top 50 competition.
- 1Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)2Con Edison3Baylor Scott & White Health
- 4M&T Bank5Huntington National Bank6BOK Financial
- 7MGM Resorts International8NYU Langone Health9Consumers Energy
- 10OhioHealth11Spirit AeroSystems12W.W. Grainger
Top Utilities
The Utilities Companies list is industry specific and compiled using the same criteria to evaluate organizations as the Top 50 competition.
- 1Ameren2Con Edison
- 3Consumers Energy4Tennessee Valley Authority
- 5Sempra6American Water
- 7DTE Energy8PPL Corp
Top Companies for Asian American Executives
The Top Companies for Asian American Executives measures the hiring, promotion and retention of Asian Americans within a company. This includes employees in management levels 1-4 and in the 10% highest paid employees. It is also a measure of mentoring, sponsorship and high potential programs. We examine the Board of Directors and Executive Diversity Council as well as leadership commitment to achieving proportional race representation and the company’s dedicated recruiting relationships to hire Asian American employees.
- 1 Accenture
- 2 ADP
- 3 Wells Fargo
- 4Blue Shield of California
- 5 EY
- 6 Mastercard
- 7Tata Consultancy Services8Infosys
- 9 Comcast NBCUniversal
- 10 Toyota North America
- 11 TD Bank
- 12Moody's Corporation
Top Companies for Black Executives
The Top Companies for Black Executives measures the hiring, promotion and retention of Black employees within a company. This includes employees in management levels 1-4 and in the 10% highest paid employees. It is also a measure of mentoring, sponsorship and high potential programs. We examine the Board of Directors and Executive Diversity Council as well as leadership commitment to achieving proportional race representation and the company’s dedicated recruiting relationships to hire Black employees.
- 7Ameren
Top Companies for Board of Directors
The Top Companies for Board of Directors list examines board diversity representation overall, board committee diversity and board governance, involvement and practices.
- 6 EY
- 7 State Street Corporation
- 8 General Motors
- 9Best Buy10H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
- 11FINRA
Top Companies for Employee Resource Groups
The Top Companies for Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) list examines Executive sponsorship & involvement in ERGs, ERG practices & policies and ERG participation rates.
- 1 Hilton
- 2 Humana
- 3 Northrop Grumman
- 4 General Motors
- 5Union Pacific
- 8 CVS Health
- 9 United Airlines
- 10 Aramark
- 11 Accenture
- 12 EY
- 13City of Hope
- 15 The Hershey Company
- 16 AT&T
- 17 Dow
- 18 Comcast NBCUniversal
- 19Consumers Energy
Top Companies for Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG)
The Top Companies for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) examines performance across five areas:
- Human capital metrics
- Talent and workplace programs & practices
- Corporate social responsibility and philanthropic programs, practices & spend
- Supplier diversity programs & practices
- Leadership and governance practices
- 1 Hilton
- 2 U.S. Bank
- 3 Abbott
- 4 Accenture
- 5 Walmart
- 6Blue Shield of California
Top Companies for Executive Diversity Councils
The Top Companies for Executive Diversity Councils (EDC) examines CEO/executive involvement & accountability as well as EDC representation & practices.
Top Companies for Latino Executives
The Top Companies for Latino Executives measures the hiring, promotion and retention of Latinos within a company. This includes employees in management levels 1-4 and in the 10% highest paid employees. It is also a measure of mentoring, sponsorship and high potential programs. We examine the Board of Directors and Executive Diversity Council as well as leadership commitment to achieving proportional race representation and the company’s dedicated recruiting relationships to hire Latino employees.
Top Companies for LGBTQ Employees
The Top Companies for LGBTQ employees is determined by examining a company’s performance across the following areas:
- 100% Human Rights Campaign – Corporate Equality Index Rating
- ERG for LGBTQ
- Percent of philanthropic spend with LGBTQ-focused organizations
- Percent of supplier spend with LGBTQ vendors
- Workplace practices, polices and benefits supportive of LGBTQ employees
Top Companies for Mentoring
The Top Companies for Mentoring list is determined by examining mentor program performance across four key areas:
- Percentage of senior leaders participating in formal mentoring
- Percentage of mentees promoted in the previous year
- Percentage of high potentials who have a mentor
- Diversity representation of mentees and mentors
Top Companies for Native American/Pacific Islander (NAPI) Executives
The Top Companies for Native American/Pacific Islander (NAPI) Executives measures the hiring, promotion and retention of NAPI employees within a company. This includes employees in management levels 1-4 and in the 10% highest paid employees. It is also a measure of mentoring, sponsorship and high potential programs. We examine the Board of Directors and Executive Diversity Council as well as leadership commitment to achieving proportional race representation and the company’s dedicated recruiting relationships to hire NAPI employees.
Top Companies for People with Disabilities (PwD)
The Top Companies for People with Disabilities (PwDs) list measures the recruitment, promotion and retention of companies who have completed the National Organization on Disability Employment Tracker. We examine ERGs for PwDs, the percentage of philanthropic spend, percentage of supplier spend with PwD owned companies and the workplace practices, policies and benefits that support PwDs.
- 13 EY
- 14 The Hershey Company
- 15 PwC
- 16Mayo Clinic
Top Companies for Philanthropy
The Top Companies for Philanthropy list is determined by examining performance across two key areas:
- Percent of philanthropic spend with organizations focused on multicultural communities and/or underrepresented groups
- Philanthropic programs & practices
- 1 TD Bank
- 2 U.S. Bank
- 3Blue Shield of California
- 5 Accenture
- 6 Hilton
- 7 KeyBank
- 8Citizens Financial Group
Top Companies for Sponsorship
The Top Companies for Sponsorship list is determined by examining diversity representation of sponsors and employees being sponsored, program practices, executive commitment and engagement and the percentage of high potentials who have sponsors.
- 6Tata Consultancy Services