Abercrombie & Fitch achieves perfect score on HRC's Corporate Equality Index

By

Obi Anyanwu

Published
Nov 23, 2015

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. on Monday announced that it has received a perfect score of 100 percent on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s fourteenth annual Corporate Equality Index (CEI). This year marks as the company’s 10th consecutive year of achieving a perfect score.

The CEI rated 1,027 businesses on LGBT-related policies and practices including non-discrimination, domestic partner benefits, transgender-inclusive health care benefits, competency programs and public engagement with the LGBT community. The HRC found that Abercrombie offers a number of programs that satisfy every criterion of the Index, and that is has earned the designation of Best Place to Work for LGBT Equality.
 
"In this 2016 Corporate Equality Index, hundreds of major businesses responded to our new standards for workplace equality with exceptional leadership. Abercrombie & Fitch Co. not only meets these standards, it goes above and beyond the call of duty, making commitment to equality a fundamental aspect of its corporate values," said Deena Fidas, HRC Foundation Workplace Equality Program Director.

The CEI has served as the HRC’s annual scorecard and benchmarking survey on LGBT workplace equality. Abercrombie has achieved the top rating since 2006.