From Ernest Hicks

The 2007 DiversityInc Top 50 list was officially published yesterday and Xerox ranked 7th in the Top 10 for overall diversity which is outstanding (Complete list below)! We also achieved rankings in 5 of the 8 subcategories. The subcategories will be publicly announced individually one week at a time over an 8 week timeframe starting March 26th and ending in May. However, I have our subcategory rankings now which are based on the top ten companies in each area, our rankings are below. A total of 317 companies competed in the ranking which is a 100 percent increase over the last three years and a 24 percent increase over last year.

The list is determined entirely by a statistical analysis of responses to 230- survey questions. We were also selected by the Empire State Pride Agenda Foundation to receive the 2007 Equity @ Work Award for outstanding leadership in creating a fair and equal workplace for GBLT employees. Nomination for this recognition was employee driven and we thank the Galaxe leadership and constituency for nominating Xerox and submitting the application.

Top 50 Rankings

  1. Bank of America
  2. Pepsi Bottling Group
  3. AT&T
  4. The Coca-Cola Co.
  5. Ford Motor Co.
  6. Verizon Communications
  7. Xerox Corporation
  8. Consolidated Edison Co. of New York
  9. JPMorgan Chase
  10. PepsiCo
  11. Wachovia
  12. PricewaterhouseCoopers
  13. Sodexho
  14. Procter & Gamble
  15. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida
  16. Novartis Pharmaceutical Corp.
  17. Johnson & Johnson
  18. Merck & Co.
  19. Deloitte & Touche USA
  20. Wells Fargo
  21. Turner Broadcasting System
  22. Citigroup
  23. American Express
  24. Prudential Financial
  25. Cox Communications
  26. Colgate-Palmolive
  27. Kaiser Permanente
  28. Sprint Nextel Corp.
  29. Sempra Energy
  30. Abbott
  31. KeyBank
  32. General Mills
  33. Health Care Service Corp.
  34. General Motors
  35. Eastman Kodak Co.
  36. HSBC-North America
  37. Comerica
  38. Cummins
  39. MGM MIRAGE
  40. Allstate
  41. Wal-Mart Stores
  42. DaimlerChrysler
  43. Ernst & Young
  44. Bausch & Lomb
  45. Darden Restaurants
  46. FedEx Express
  47. Marriott International
  48. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
  49. Comcast
  50. Hewlett-Packard Co.

Subcategory and Xerox Ranking

  • Supplier Diversity…1st
  • GBLT…1st
  • Executive Women…3rd
  • Recruitment and Retention…7th
  • Latinos…10th