For the fifth consecutive year, we are honored to be recognized as a “Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality” and to have earned a perfect score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation’s 2018 Corporate Equality Index (CEI).
The 2018 CEI specifically rated us on our non-discrimination workplace protections, domestic partner benefits, transgender-inclusive health care benefits, diversity competency programs and public engagement with the LGBTQ community. The CEI is a national benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) workplace equality, administered by the HRC.
Our PRIDE (Promoting Respect in Diverse Environments) employee resource group is at the center of our internal LGBTQ initiatives and also serves as our external liaison for community outreach. This year, PRIDE celebrated its 10th anniversary, and during our 2017 ERG Experience week (an annual event dedicated to engaging the organization in the value of employee resource groups), associates in Colombia and Mexico expanded PRIDE’s global reach by launching two local chapters. This brings the total count across the company to 12 chapters globally.
"全球传播与多元文化营销高级副总裁、PRIDE 执行发起人安德鲁-麦卡斯基尔（Andrew McCaskill）说："我们的 PRIDE 分会领导、盟友和成员在帮助我们推动公司文化和运营的这些及其他许多重要改进方面发挥了不可或缺的作用。"无论是推动内部变革，还是与领先的 LGBTQ 权利组织合作，我们在营造包容氛围方面的最大优势就是我们敬业的员工的热情和我们全球执行领导的支持。
The associates who lead PRIDE in their respective markets have helped make mutually beneficial connections with rights advocacy groups around the world. Since 2008, we’ve had a philanthropic relationship with GLAAD and have supplied in-kind data services for the organization’s annual Accelerating Acceptance report, which takes an in-depth look at the state of acceptance of the LGBTQ community in the U.S. This year, we also began a collaboration with Stonewall, a U.K.-based LGBTQ rights group, and this relationship has allowed us to support efforts to increase inclusivity for LGBTQ associates outside the U.S.
尼尔森 "PRIDE "员工还参与领导了在西班牙马德里举办的 "2017 世界成人礼"（WorldPride 2017）活动。此次活动为期10天，旨在庆祝LGBTQ平等权利所取得的进步，并就如何继续推动全球LGBTQ平等展开对话。包括尼尔森员工在内的数十万人沿着马德里市中心的普拉多大道（Paseo del Prado）游行，成为活动高潮游行的一部分。此外，在世界成人礼活动期间，尼尔森高级市场研究分析师玛格达-马科夫斯卡（Magda Markowska）参加了LGBT@Work大会的商务交流会，并在会上分享了她对 "在工作中展现完整自我 "的重要性的看法。
PRIDE 成员还致力于加强我们内部的 LGBTQ 包容政策。今年取得的一项重大进展是增加了独特的健康福利，如接触前预防 (PreP) 保险，即员工健康保险中包含的预防性保健药物。PreP 是一种抗艾滋病毒药物，每天服用可降低感染艾滋病毒的风险。PreP保险以及所有必要的检测和就诊，是LGBTQ健康的重大进步，将对我们员工的健康产生巨大影响。
为了真正确保我们的男女同性恋、双性恋和变性者员工在工作中感受到被接纳和有能力做自己，我们高层领导的支持是必不可少的。最近，为了纪念 10 月 11 日的 "出柜日"，我们全球的几位高级管理人员，包括首席技术与运营官 John Tavolieri、成长型市场总裁 Pat Dodd 和领先型市场总裁 Konrad Gerszke 参加了一个视频短片的录制，重申了我们对 LGBTQ 包容性的承诺，介绍了工作场所的行为标准，并明确定义了我们的多元化和包容性理念，以及为什么这种理念将为我们和我们的客户带来更好的结果。
"我们很高兴能够连续五年在 CEI 中获得满分，我们将这一成功归功于我们敬业、认真和具有前瞻性的 PRIDE 员工资源小组领导、盟友和成员。尼尔森首席多元化官安吉拉-塔尔顿（Angela Talton）表示："这一成绩反映了尼尔森的信念，即多元化和包容性的员工不仅体现在'在会议桌前拥有一席之地'，还体现在会议桌前拥有发言权，并利用这种发言权在组织内部进行有影响力的变革。
