Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Winner: Taft Communications – New Jersey State of Diversity Survey As a New Jersey-based communications firm with a keen interest in corporate social responsibility, diversity and inclusion, Taft launched a campaign to help the state… Continued

Winner: Takeda Pharmaceutical – “Take Pride” Float at Boston Pride Parade Takeda Pharmaceutical recently launched a U.S.-based diversity and inclusion council, whose focus is to develop key initiatives that embrace its employee’s point of view and create… Continued

Winner: TBWA\Chiat\Day – Accenture Being Greater Than Program Accenture believes that diversity—including gender diversity—is critical to high performance. Following this logic, the company pledged to grow the percentage of women it hires to at least… Continued

Winner: Laverne McGee, OCPA Laverne McGee worked in the field of diversity and inclusion long before they became buzzwords. As a woman of color, she has created many firsts in her career as a PR… Continued

Winner: Laura Alber, Williams-Sonoma, Inc.  The California company with the largest share of women in top jobs isn’t a Silicon Valley tech firm or an L.A. entertainment giant. It’s Williams-Sonoma Inc. According to this year’s… Continued

Winner: Imprenta Communications Group – Local Control Funding Formula Awareness In 2013, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law the Local Control Funding Formula, which is the most comprehensive reform to California’s school funding system in… Continued

Winner: Hill+Knowlton Strategies – #NotYourMascot: Bringing a Human Rights Issue to Center Field The discriminatory name and logo of the Cleveland Major League Baseball team has long been protested by indigenous peoples of North America, but… Continued

Winner: FleishmanHillard – FH4Inclusion FleishmanHillard sought to celebrate its 70th anniversary in a way that spoke to who the company is and what makes it unique, while uniting employees under a single, global rallying cry that would… Continued

Winner: CITGO Petroleum Corporation – Official Fuel Sponsorship for the 2015 Special Olympics Unified Relay Across America CITGO and its employees have a longstanding relationship with the Special Olympics. Having long donated funding and scores of… Continued

Winner: USA Swimming – Diversity & Inclusion Cultural Inclusion Resource Guides USA Swimming is committed to a culture of inclusion and opportunity for people of diverse backgrounds. This year, the organization created resource guides for… Continued