PPG Earns Perfect Score in Human Rights Campaign’s 2022 Corporate Equality Index for LGBTQ Workplace Policies and Practices

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• PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PPG (NYSE:PPG) today announced it received a perfect score of 100 percent on the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation’s 2022 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), a national benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) workplace equality.
• “With more than 50,000 global employees and operations in more than 75 countries, we are committed to cultivating a diverse workplace that is representative of the customers and communities we serve, while fostering a culture that is inclusive and helps everyone feel a sense of belonging,” said Marvin Mendoza, PPG global head of diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I).
• It is an indication that we are living up to our commitment to protect the well-being of our employees by providing equal opportunities and policies.”
• CEI’s evaluation and scoring is based on the following categories: Prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation for all operations Prohibits discrimination based on gender identity or expression for all operations Parity between same- and different-sex spousal benefits Has employer-supported employee resource group or firm-wide diversity council Positively engages the external LGBTQ community Offers transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage Demonstrates numerous LGBTQ internal best practices across workforce Engages in corporate social responsibility The Human Rights Campaign Foundation is the educational arm of America's largest civil rights organization, working to achieve basic equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people – at work and in every community.

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