Black Enterprise magazine
has announced its fourth annual tally of the
40 Best Companies for Diversity. The companies
identified in the special report demonstrated
strength and outperformed their peers in one
or more of four key categories: supplier diversity,
senior management, board involvement and employee
base.
Of the 40 best, both Mc- Donald’s
Corp. and MGM Mirage met Black Enterprise’s
criteria in all four categories. Among the companies
that hit the mark in three of the four areas are
AETNA Inc., the Coca- Cola Co., Pepco Holdings Inc.,
WGL Holdings Inc. and Xerox Corp. Making their debut
on this year’s list are Burger King Holdings,
Sempra Energy and Sodexho USA.
The 2008 40 Best Companies
for Diversity were determined by analyzing responses
from a survey administered to major corporations.
Black Enterprise conducted a comprehensive outreach
effort to the CEOs and diversity executives of the
top 1,000 publicly traded companies, and the diversity
executives of the 50 leading global companies with
strong U.S. operations.
Black Enterprise’s
40 Best Companies for Diversity are:
• Aetna
Inc., Hartford, CT
• Aflac Inc., Columbus, GA
• American
Express Co., New York
• ARAMARK Corp., Philadelphia
• AT&T,
San-Antonio
• Bank of America, Charlotte, NC
• Burger
King Holdings, Miami
• Chrysler L.L.C., Auburn
Hills, MI
• Coca-Cola Co., Atlanta
• Comcast
Corp., Philadelphia
• Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester
• Exelon
Corp., Chicago
• Fannie Mae, Washington, D.C.
• FedEx
Corp., Memphis
• General Mills Inc., Minneapolis
• General
Motors Corp., Detroit
• IBM Corp. ( IBM ), Armonk,
NY
• Johnson Controls Inc., Milwaukee
• Kellogg
Co., Battle Creek, MI
• McDonald’s Corp.,
Oak Brook, IL
• MGM MIRAGE, Las Vegas
• Pepco
Holdings, Inc., Washington, D.C.
• Pepsi Bottling
Group Inc., Somers, NY
• PepsiCo Inc., Purchase,
NY
• PG&E Corp., San Francisco
• Pitney
Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT
• Procter & Gamble
Co., Cincinnati
• Ryder System Inc., Miami
• Sempra
Energy, San Diego
• Sodexho USA, Gaithersburg,
MD
• Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
Inc., White Plains, NY
• State Farm Insurance
Cos., Bloomington, IL
• TIAA-CREF, New York
• Toyota
Motor North America Inc., New York
• Marriott
International Inc., Washington, D.C.
• United
Parcel Service Inc., (UPS), Atlanta
• Verizon
Communications Inc., Washington, D.C.
• WGL
Holdings Inc., Washington, D.C.
• Xerox Corp.,
Stamford, CT
• Yum! Brands Inc., Louisville,
KY
