Retailers Worthy of Your Dollars?

More than ever, consumers are sending a message to businesses that they are watching. They are watching to see if the businesses they patronize understand and honor issues important to them, giving buying power to issues ranging from LGBT inclusiveness to environmental protection. Corporate social responsibility has become an imperative for a successful business. Whether you are buying a cup of coffee or renovating your home, by supporting businesses that support workplace equality you send a powerful message that LGBT inclusion is good for the bottom line. We hope that you will use this guide with familiar businesses as one component when determining if a business’ social practices make it worthy of your dollars.

The Human Rights campaign conducts a review of non-discrimination policies and benefits information on public documents including websites, shareholder reports and news articles for the following businesses:

• Businesses ranked by fortune magazine (the fortune 1000),
• Colleges and universities ranked by U.S. News and World Report Magazine.

The most thorough information is generally provided by employers that have participated in the corporate equality index survey. Additional information has been provided by researchers and government agencies across the U.S., as well as HRC members and other visitors to the employer database.