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Qurate Retail Group Earns Top Marks for LGBTQ Workplace Equality

Global leader in video commerce earns a 100% rating in Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2021 Corporate Equality Index
Jan 28, 2021 9:45 AM ET

WEST CHESTER, Pa., January 28, 2021 /3BL Media/ - Qurate Retail Group, which includes retail brands QVC®, HSN®, Zulily®, Ballard Designs®, Frontgate®, Garnet Hill®, and Grandin Road®, proudly announced that it has received a 100% rating on the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation’s 2021 Corporate Equality Index, the nation’s foremost benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ workplace equality. 

Qurate Retail Group’s perfect score makes it one of the “Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality.” The Corporate Equality Index rates companies on four central pillars:

  • Non-discrimination policies across business entities,  
  • Equitable benefits for LGBTQ workers and their families,  
  • Efforts to support an inclusive culture, and
  • Corporate social responsibility.

“Diversity, equity, and inclusion, supporting a sense of belonging for all our team members, are core to our culture and Our Principles as a company,” said Mike George, President and CEO, Qurate Retail, Inc. “As we compete in a challenging retail environment, we rely on our welcoming culture, and our team’s diversity of experiences and perspectives, to inspire our team and support our growth. This recognition from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation is a credit to our entire team and their commitment to fostering a culture where team members can bring their full selves, and do their best work.”

Making the HRC Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index supports Qurate Retail Group’s ongoing commitment to corporate responsibility. Qurate Retail Group pledges to inspire a more sustainable way to retail – intentionally inclusive, entrepreneurially driven, responsibly curated and waste-smart.

The HRC Foundation is the educational arm of one of America's largest civil rights organization, working to achieve equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people. HRC envisions a world where LGBTQ people are embraced as full members of society at home, at work, and in every community.

“From the previously unimaginable impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, to a long overdue reckoning with racial injustice, 2020 was an unprecedented year. Yet, many businesses across the nation stepped up and continued to prioritize and champion LGBTQ equality,” said Alphonso David, Human Rights Campaign President. “This year has shown us that tools like the CEI are crucial in the work to increase equity and inclusion in the workplace, but also that companies must breathe life into these policies and practices in real and tangible ways. Thank you to the companies that understand protecting their LGBTQ employees and consumers from discrimination is not just the right thing to do—but the best business decision.”

CEI-rated employers include Fortune magazine’s 500 largest publicly traded businesses, American Lawyer magazine’s top 200 revenue-grossing law firms (AmLaw 200), and hundreds of publicly and privately held mid- to large-sized businesses.

The full report is available online at www.hrc.org/cei.

 

About Qurate Retail Group
Qurate Retail GroupSM comprises seven leading retail brands – QVC®, HSN®, Zulily®, Ballard Designs®, Frontgate®, Garnet Hill®, and Grandin Road® – all dedicated to providing a Third Way to Shop®, beyond transactional ecommerce or traditional brick-and-mortar stores. Qurate Retail GroupSM is a world leader in video commerce, among the top 10 ecommerce retailers in North America (according to Digital Commerce 360), and a leader in mobile commerce and social commerce. The retailer reaches approximately 380 million homes worldwide via 15 television networks, attracts 2.4 billion digital sessions per year across its ecommerce sites and mobile apps, and engages customers via social pages, print catalogs, and in-store destinations. Qurate Retail Group combines the best of retail, media, and social to curate products, experiences, conversations, and communities for millions of highly discerning shoppers – bringing joy, inspiration, and humanity to shopping. Qurate Retail Group also curates large audiences, across multiple platforms, for thousands of brand vendors. Headquartered in West Chester, Pa., Qurate Retail Group has 25,000 team members in the U.S., the U.K., Germany, Japan, Italy, Poland, and China. For more information, visit www.qurateretailgroup.com, follow @QurateRetailGrp on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, or follow Qurate Retail Group on YouTube or LinkedIn.

Qurate Retail, Inc. (NASDAQ: QRTEA, QRTEB) includes the Qurate Retail Group portfolio of brands as well as other minority interests and green energy investments.

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