Diageo Recognized by Human Rights Campaign as "Best Place to Work for LGBT Equality" for Seventh Year in a Row
Company Receives Perfect Score Again on HRC's 2015 Corporate Equality Index

NORWALK, Conn., Nov. 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Diageo, a global leader in beverage alcohol, is proud to announce that it has earned a perfect score of 100 percent in the Human Rights Campaign's (HRC) annual Corporate Equality Index (CEI) for the seventh consecutive year. The CEI is a national benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices related to LGBT workplace equality, administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. Diageo has been consistently recognized as one of the "Best Places to Work" and listed as one of the top companies that support equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) employees.

"I'm proud that the Human Rights Campaign has consistently recognized Diageo for our efforts to adopt policies and practices that make this a better place to work, not only for our LGBT employees, but for all employees. Creating an environment where all employees have equitable benefits and can be themselves at work is important, and we are committed to continuing to drive our overall diversity agenda," said Larry Schwartz, President, Diageo North America.  

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