SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
For the eighth consecutive year, Pacific Gas and Electric Co.
(PG&E) has been named as one of the top utilities in the U.S. for
diversity by DiversityInc,
one of the nation’s leading publications on diversity and business. This
year, PG&E ranked fifth.
“Diversity and inclusion is part of the fabric of PG&E’s culture. We
serve some of the nation’s most diverse communities. Our strong support
and engagement in these core values help us to work together with all of
our communities to build a better California,” said PG&E Vice President
of Talent Management and Chief Diversity Officer Laura Butler.
DiversityInc’s annual survey – tracking the nation’s top companies in
terms of hiring, retaining and promoting women, minorities, people with
disabilities, LGBT and veterans – is a rigorous, data-driven survey,
gauging detailed demographics and management practices at some of the
largest American employers.
Companies with more than 1,000 U.S.-based employees are eligible to
enter and there’s no cost to compete. Each company’s rank is based on an
objective analysis of 183 separate factors, based on data from a
300-question survey.
Companies are evaluated within the context of their own industries.
Their performance is assessed equally in four key areas of diversity
management:
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Talent Pipeline: workforce breakdown, recruitment, diameter of
existing talent and structures.
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Equitable Talent Development: employee resource groups,
mentoring, philanthropy, movement and fairness.
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CEO/Leadership Commitment: accountability for results, personal
communications and visibility.
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Supplier Diversity: spend with companies owned by people from
underrepresented groups, accountability and support.
PG&E’s leadership strongly supports the company’s commitment to diversity
and inclusion – from an inclusive board of directors with a diverse
representation, to diversity and inclusion training for the leadership
team. In addition, the company has a history of grassroots Employee
Resource Groups (ERG) that goes back more than four decades.
For the last 13 years, PG&E has been named as one
of the best places to work by the Human Rights Campaign, the largest
civil rights organization working to achieve equality for LGBT
Americans. In fact, PG&E’s PrideNetwork ERG is one of the oldest in the
nation and is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. And
PG&E scored a perfect 100 on the inaugural Disability Equality Index,
which measures companies on their disability inclusion policies and
practices.
The utility also has one of the nation’s top diverse supply chains. In
2015, PG&E spent a record $2.5 billion with diverse suppliers. For the
last four years, diverse suppliers have accounted for more
than $2 billion of PG&E’s spend and more than 40 percent of the
utility’s spend for the third consecutive year.
PG&E’s Supply Chain Responsibility program has received recognition from
national organizations. Among the recent honors:
PG&E’s
Supply Chain Responsibility website contains more information about
the program. The site also provides details on how to become a certified
diverse supplier.
About PG&E
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a subsidiary of PG&E
Corporation (NYSE:PCG), is one of the largest combined natural gas
and electric utilities in the United States. Based in San Francisco,
with more than 20,000 employees, the company delivers some of the
nation’s cleanest energy to nearly 16 million people in Northern and
Central California. For more information, visit www.pge.com/
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