BALTIMORE, Sept 09,
2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/
-- Constellation Energy (NYSE: CEG) today announced that it has received a
top rating on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's annual Corporate
Equality Index (CEI). The CEI, which rates 583 businesses on a scale of 0 to
100 percent, is focused on a company's treatment of gay, lesbian, bisexual
and transgender employees, consumers and investors.
"Constellation
Energy recognizes that companies today must support diversity in the workforce
in order to foster an environment of continued growth and success," said
Beth Perlman, senior vice president, chief
administrative officer and chief information officer, Constellation Energy. "Inclusion
by CEI for our ability to excel in the areas of equality and diversity
further illustrates Constellation Energy's strong commitment to implementing
policies and best practices that support a diverse and inclusive corporate
culture."
Constellation Energy
has implemented multiple new policies and best practices that help cultivate
and promote a culture of diversity and inclusion throughout the organization.
One such best practice includes the formation of the company's Diversity
Council, which is made up of a cross-functional team of leaders from
throughout the enterprise. Other diversity initiatives throughout the company
include diversity training, non-discrimination policies and employer-provided
domestic partner health insurance and benefits.
"The 2009
Corporate Equality Index shows that corporate America understands that a
diverse workforce is critical to remaining successful and competitive,"
said HRC Foundation President Joe Solmonese. "In the absence of a
federal law that prohibits workplace discrimination based on sexual
orientation and gender identity or expression, it is up to employers to take
the lead and implement policies that ensure all their employees are
protected."
The 2009 edition of
the CEI reports 259 businesses achieved a perfect score, a 33 percent
increase over last year when the number was 195. The 259 top-rated businesses
collectively employ more than 9 million full-time employees. These workers
are protected from employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and
gender identity or expression because of their employers' policies on
diversity training, health care, and domestic partnership benefits.
Constellation Energy (http://www.constellation.com), a FORTUNE 125 company with 2007 revenues of $21 billion, is the
nation's largest competitive supplier of electricity to large commercial and
industrial customers and the nation's largest wholesale power seller. Constellation
Energy also manages fuels and energy services on behalf of energy intensive
industries and utilities. It owns a diversified fleet of 83 generating units
located throughout the United
States, totaling approximately 9,000
megawatts of generating capacity. The company delivers electricity and
natural gas through the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE), its
regulated utility in Central Maryland.
SOURCE Constellation Energy
http://www.constellation.com
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