Four Chester County-based companies have received a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2022 Corporate Equality Index. The assessment measures corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ inclusiveness in American business. Ryan Mulligan reported the honors for the Philadelphia Business Journal.

The scores are calculated based on an analysis of publicly available information, along with information submitted to the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. Companies were scored on a scale of zero to 100. More than 1,200 companies were rated nationwide.

In Chester County, the companies that received a perfect score are:

• Qurate Retail Group, West Chester
• Siemens Medical Solutions, Malvern
• TE Connectivity, Berwyn
• Vanguard, Malvern

“At Qurate Retail Group, we champion empowerment and belonging for all by celebrating people of all identities, both within our own organization and in all the communities we touch,” said David Gerbitz, Chief People Officer, Qurate Retail Group.

“We are very pleased to be named as a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ+ Equality and pledge to use this recognition as inspiration to continuously improve and adapt our inclusion and diversity initiatives,” said TE Connectivity CEO Terrence Curtin.

Read more about local companies that earned distinction on the corporate equality index in the Philadelphia Business Journal.