Community Business recently announced Goldman Sachs as the winner of the inaugural Hong Kong LGBT Workplace Inclusion Awards. The Hong Kong LGBT Workplace Inclusion Index is a benchmark on workplace inclusion practices and initiatives for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) employees in Asia.
It provides companies in Hong Kong with a tool to assess their efforts towards LGBT inclusion.
Fern Ngai, Chief Executive Officer of Community Business commented, "We were delighted to receive over 50 nominations for these four awards this first year—far beyond our expectations. The caliber of the nominations was also extremely high, with each of the finalists standing out, going above and beyond in terms of raising the profile of LGBT inclusion, engaging key stakeholders and impacting change.”
Dr York Chow , Chairperson of the Equal Opportunities Commission expressed his delight at the initiative, "Indeed, LGBT workplace inclusion should be a key business concern for all companies aspiring to be employers of choice, and this index provides an important tool for benchmarking and measuring progress. Such innovative actions can play a key role towards fostering a truly inclusive society."
Goldman Sachs received the Top Employer for LGBT Inclusion Award, ranking number one in terms of its performance in the Index. The organisations ranked as the Top 10 Employers in Hong Kong for LGBT Inclusion 2015 were:
| 1 | Goldman Sachs |
| 2 | The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation |
| 3 | J.P. Morgan |
| 4 | Morgan Stanley |
| 5 | Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
| 6 | Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited |
| 7 | Barclays Capital Asia Limited |
| 8 | Nomura International (Hong Kong) Limited |
| 9 | Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited |
| 10 | British Consulate-General Hong Kong |
| 10 | British Council Hong Kong |
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