SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
For the ninth 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 third, up two spots from last year’s ranking.
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“Diversity and inclusion are at the core of PG&E’s culture. They drive
our commitment to serve our customers and treating everyone with
respect. Our strong support for these core values help us to work
together across all the communities we serve and, ultimately, to build a
better California,” said PG&E Senior Vice President of Human Resources
and Chief Diversity Officer Dinyar Mistry.
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
data from a more than 200-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, composition
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 embedded diversity and inclusion learning in
leadership training. In addition, the company has a history of
grassroots employee resource groups that goes back more than four
decades.
For the last 14 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. And PG&E was only one of two energy companies to post a 100
score on last year’s 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
2016, PG&E spent a record $2.8 billion with diverse suppliers. For the
last five 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 fourth consecutive year. In addition, PG&E was
named 2016
Corporation of the Year by the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of
Commerce.
PG&E’s Supply Chain Responsibility program has gained 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 energy companies 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/
and pge.com/news.
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Source: Pacific Gas and Electric Company