The Giant Company announced it has been recognized among the best places to work for LGBTQ equality, receiving perfect marks for the third year in a row on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2021 Corporate Equality Index.

A record-breaking 767 major U.S. businesses and organizations earned top Corporate Equality Index marks this year.

“Our team members are at the front and center of everything that we do, which is why we support each team member fully and uniquely,” said Matt Lutcavage, vice president of human resources for The Giant Company. “Guided by our ‘Be You’ team promise, we are committed to creating a growing culture of inclusion and belonging across our organization. We are grateful for this distinction and for our team who has made The Giant Company a place where everyone - team members, supplier and community partners and customers alike - is respected, valued, heard and welcomed just the way they are.”

Considered the nation’s premier benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ workplace equality, The Giant Company satisfied all the Corporate Equality Index’s criteria, earning a 100% ranking and the designation as a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality.

The Corporate Equality Index rates companies and top law firms on detailed criteria falling under five broad categories including nondiscrimination policies, employment benefits, demonstrated organizational competency and accountability around LGBTQ diversity and inclusion, public commitment to LGBTQ equality, and responsible citizenship.

“From the previously unimaginable impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, to a long overdue reckoning with racial injustice, 2020 was an unprecedented year. Yet, many businesses across the nation stepped up and continued to prioritize and champion LGBTQ equality,” said Alphonso David, Human Rights Campaign president.

The Human Rights Campaign Foundation is the educational arm of America’s largest civil rights organization working to achieve equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual transgender and queer people.

HRC envisions a world where LGBTQ people are embraced as full members of society at home, at work and in every community.