44 CEOs sign up to advance workplace disability inclusion & equality

Several more CEOs have signed up to Disability:IN’s movement to advance workplace disability inclusion and equality, as we move closer to International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

More chief executives from the world’s biggest companies have signed the CEO Letter on Disability Inclusion urging companies to register for the Disability Equality Index, taking the total to 44, confirmed nonprofit Disability:IN. They include Carl S. Armato, President & CEO, Novant Health; Frank Bisignano, President & CEO Fiserv; Gianrico Farrugia, MD President & CEO, Mayo Clinic; Mark Mondello, CEO, Jabil Inc; Douglas L. Peterson, President & CEO, S&P Global; and Robert N. Trunzo, President & CEO, CUNA Mutual Group.

Commenting on becoming a signatory, Douglas Peterson, President & CEO of S&P Global, stated: “At S&P Global, we recognise and respect people of all abilities as important contributors to our organisational success. As we mark the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act this year, I’m proud to join in signing the CEO Letter on Disability Inclusion and working to promote a more accessible workplace.”

DISABILITY EQUALITY INDEX

The CEO Letter on Disability Inclusion is part of a broader campaign launched by Disability:IN called “Are You IN?” – a call to action for CEOs, investors, companies, and business professionals to all join in. As part of this initiative, launched earlier this year, each signatory commits to leveraging the Disability Equality Index (DEI), a comprehensive benchmarking tool for disability inclusion, and call on their peers to do the same. This is a meaningful step forward in advancing inclusion for the more than one billion people with disabilities around the world.

According to Mike Sievert, CEO of T-Mobile, “champions” on the Disability Equality Index – meaning they are committed to strengthening the bridge between business and the disability communities – achieved on average 28% higher revenue over a four-year period, double the net income and 30% higher economic profit margins.

“T-Mobile is one of those diversity, equity and inclusion champions because we encourage our employees to bring their unique differences to work every day,” stated Sievert. “This makes good business sense. Those differences make us collectively smarter, stronger and more customer-centric. As persons with disabilities are the third-largest market segment in the US after Hispanics and African Americans, we need to have a workforce that understands, reflects and support their needs. This is where our amazing group of 11,000 employees who are part of our Accessibility Community at T-Mobile, or ACT, comes in. These employees – some with disabilities, others who are friends, family or allies of those with disabilities – remind us of the doors that open when we’re inclusive.”

SIGNED–UP CEOS 

CEOs that have signed up to the Disability Equality Index so far, include:

1. Aron Ain, Chairman & CEO, UKG
2. José (Joe) E. Almeida, Chairman, President & CEO, Baxter International Inc.
3. Carl S. Armato, President & CEO, Novant Health
4. Corie Barry, CEO, Best Buy
5. Marc Benioff, Chair & CEO, Salesforce
6. Frank Bisignano, President & CEO, Fiserv, Inc.
7. Jean-Michel Boers, President & CEO, and US Country Managing Director, Boehringer Ingelheim USA Corporation
8. Greg Braca, President & CEO, TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank
9. Giovanni Caforio, Chairman & CEO, Bristol Myers Squibb
10. Marc Casper, Chairman, President & CEO, Thermo Fisher Scientific
11. Andy Cecere, Chairman & CEO, U.S. Bancorp
12. Steve Demetriou, Chair & CEO, Jacobs
13. Marvin R. Ellison, President & CEO, Lowe’s Companies, Inc.
14. Pat Esser, President & CEO, Cox Communications, Inc.
15. Thomas F. Farrell, Chairman, President & CEO, Dominion Energy, Inc.
16. Gianrico Farrugia, M.D., President & CEO, Mayo Clinic
17. Andreas Fibig, Chairman & CEO, IFF
18. Beth Ford, President & CEO, Land O’Lakes, Inc.
19. Kelly Grier, US Chair & Americas Managing Partner, Ernst & Young LLP
20. Roger Hochschild, President & CEO, Discover Financial Services
21. Barbara Humpton, CEO, Siemens USA
22. Gary C. Kelly, Chairman & CEO, Southwest Airlines Co.
23. Patrick Lockwood-Taylor, President, Bayer US
24. Mike Mahoney, Chairman & CEO, Boston Scientific
25. Paul Markovich, President & CEO, Blue Shield of California
26. Geoff Martha, CEO, Medtronic
27. Rodney Martin, Chairman & CEO, Voya Financial
28. Doug McMillon, CEO, Walmart Inc.
29. Larry Merlo, President & CEO, CVS Health
30. Mark T. Mondello, CEO, Jabil Inc.
31. Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft
32. Ronald P. O’Hanley, Chairman & CEO , State Street Corporation
33. Mark Pearson, CEO, Equitable Holdings
34. Douglas L. Peterson, President & CEO, S&P Global
35. Brad Preber, CEO, Grant Thornton LLP
36. Jim Ryan, Chairman & CEO, Old National Bank
37. Tim Ryan, US Chair & Senior Partner, PwC
38. Mike Sievert, President & CEO, T-Mobile
39. Vince Sorgi, President & CEO, PPL Corporatio
40. Bob Swan, CEO, Intel Corporation
41. Julie Sweet, CEO, Accenture
42. Mike Swinford, CEO, NuMotion
43. Robert N. Trunzo, President & CEO, CUNA Mutual Group
44. Sherri Turpin, CEO, ZVRS and Purple Communications

For more information on how to sign up click here.