July sixteenth – Lenovo is proud to announce it was acknowledged as a 2024 Greatest Place to Work for Incapacity Inclusion by the Incapacity Equality Index. The index is the world’s most complete benchmarking device utilized by Fortune 1000 corporations to measure incapacity office inclusion. Lenovo has been ranked on the index within the US for 4 years, and 2024 marks the primary time the worldwide expertise powerhouse has been acknowledged in the UK and Brazil as a greatest place to work for incapacity inclusion.
In 2024, 542 firms, together with 71 of the Fortune 100, and 220 companies listed within the Fortune 500, utilized the Incapacity Equality Index to benchmark their incapacity inclusion efforts.
“On the tenth anniversary of the Incapacity Equality Index, we’re extraordinarily pleased with the 542 nationwide and worldwide corporations which are taking a proactive function in main progress in the direction of incapacity inclusion, setting a benchmark for others to comply with. Their dedication to fostering inclusive workplaces not solely attracts prime expertise but in addition drives innovation and creates sustainable efficiency in right now’s world market. Collectively, we’re making a future the place everybody can contribute and thrive,” mentioned Jill Houghton, President and CEO of Incapacity:IN.
Lenovo is dedicated to making sure accessibility and inclusion are instilled in its workforce. Worker useful resource teams: A Higher Lenovo for Everybody (ABLE) in North America and Asia Pacific, Individuals with Incapacity (PwD) in EMEA, and Lenovo Inclusion Plus (LEIN+) in Latin America, domesticate a tradition of incapacity inclusion by fostering consciousness, offering sources, and inspiring innovation.
“I’m proud to see Lenovo’s continued dedication to accessibility and greatest practices within the US, and likewise joyful to see greatest practices and recognition unfold to the UK and Brazil,” says Calvin Crosslin, Human Assets VP, Chief Variety Officer, and Lenovo Basis President at Lenovo. “It’s actually our worker useful resource teams that proceed to be the catalyst for inclusion at Lenovo. They encourage and inform our applications just like the PDO, Enterprise Variety and philanthropy whereas empowering the system-level adjustments pushed by our D&I crew. Whereas this award helps our enterprise shine, it couldn’t be achieved with out our sturdy tradition of inclusion within the office.”
Individuals with disabilities characterize 1.3 billion people worldwide. At Lenovo, we consider ‘Smarter Expertise for All’ means for everybody; that’s why in 2020, Lenovo created its Product Variety Workplace (PDO) to embed Variety & Inclusion into its product design and improvement course of. By 2025, 75% of Lenovo’s merchandise will likely be vetted by inclusive design specialists to make sure they work for everybody, no matter bodily attributes or talents.
Lenovo has partnered with organizations in Brazil, the UK, and the US to create higher entry to expertise for individuals with disabilities.
- In Brazil, Lenovo introduced at Tech World in October 2023 an AI-powered signal language translation answer for Libras, the official Brazilian signal language. This real-time answer, pioneered by Lenovo researchers along with CESAR, a Brazilian innovation middle ought to remodel the lives of numerous people, amongst them the two.3 million individuals in Brazil who’re deaf or laborious of listening to.
You may be taught extra about Lenovo’s accessible improvements and inclusive office in Lenovo’s newest Atmosphere, Social and Governance Report.
About Lenovo
Lenovo is a US$57 billion income world expertise powerhouse, ranked #217 within the Fortune International 500, and serving tens of millions of consumers day-after-day in 180 markets. Centered on a daring imaginative and prescient to ship Smarter Expertise for All, Lenovo has constructed on its success because the world’s largest PC firm with a pocket-to cloud portfolio of AI-enabled, AI-ready, and AI-optimized gadgets (PCs, workstations, smartphones, tablets), infrastructure (server, storage, edge, excessive efficiency computing and software program outlined infrastructure), software program, options, and providers. Lenovo’s continued funding in world-changing innovation is constructing a extra equitable, reliable, and smarter future for everybody, in all places. Lenovo is listed on the Hong Kong inventory alternate below Lenovo Group Restricted (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY). To search out out extra go to https://www.lenovo.com, and browse in regards to the newest information by way of our StoryHub.
Concerning the Incapacity Equality Index®
The Incapacity Equality Index has turn into the main unbiased, third-party useful resource for the annual benchmarking of company incapacity inclusion insurance policies and applications, and is now trusted by greater than 70% of the US Fortune 100 and practically half of the Fortune 500. Such corporations should more and more think about how rising world reporting directives and stakeholder expectations surrounding social and company governance elements affect their operational, cultural, reputational and monetary efficiency.
The Incapacity Equality Index is an goal, reflective, forward-thinking, and confidential incapacity score device designed to help enterprise in advancing inclusion practices. It’s a complete benchmark that helps corporations construct a roadmap of measurable, tangible actions throughout 5 scored classes: Tradition & Management, Enterprise-Huge Entry, Employment Practices, Group Engagement, and Provider Variety. Taking part corporations obtain a rating, on a scale of zero (0) to 100, with these scoring 80 or increased incomes the excellence of “Greatest Locations to Work for Incapacity Inclusion” for the benchmark yr.
Findings from a two-year International Incapacity Equality Index pilot knowledgeable the launch of a scored benchmark that opened in 2024 to seven new nations along with the US. These embrace: Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Japan, the Philippines, and the UK. Now in its tenth yr, the Incapacity Equality Index has grown practically 7x since 2015, increasing from 80 corporations in its first yr to 542 in 2024. Collectively, the 2024 version obtained 753 submissions spanning the eight benchmarked nations.
Concerning the American Affiliation of Individuals with Disabilities (AAPD)
AAPD is a convener, connector, and catalyst for change, rising the political and financial energy for individuals with disabilities. As a nationwide cross-disability rights group AAPD advocates for full civil rights for the 60+ million People with disabilities. Study extra at: www.aapd.com.
About Incapacity:IN®
Incapacity:IN is a world group driving incapacity inclusion and equality in enterprise. Greater than 500 firms accomplice with Incapacity:IN to create long-term enterprise and social affect by means of the world’s most complete incapacity inclusion benchmarking and reporting device, the Incapacity Equality Index; best-in-class conferences and applications; professional counsel and engagement; and public coverage management. Be part of us at disabilityin.org/AreYouIN #AreYouIN.
