MILWAUKEE — Dec. 15, 2023 — Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI), the global leader for smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, has received a score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2023-2024 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), the nation’s foremost benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ workplace equality. Johnson Controls joins the ranks of 545 major U.S. businesses that also earned top marks this year.

“We are proud to have earned this top score from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, and we will continue to ensure our LGBTQ+ employees have the resources and support they need at Johnson Controls," said Marlon Sullivan, executive vice president and chief human resources officer. "Our employees are our strongest assets and as we lead our customers to a smart, healthy and sustainable tomorrow, we also create and maintain an inclusive culture so all employees feel engaged and valued.”

At Johnson Controls, diversity, equity and a culture of inclusion is essential to a positive and productive employee experience, leading to superior customer outcomes. There are ten-employee led Business Resource Groups (BRGs) that power culture at Johnson Controls, connecting co-workers with shared interests, backgrounds or experiences and providing safe spaces for respectful dialogue. Johnson Controls for Equality (JC4e) is a BRG for LGBTQIA+ employees and allies that is committed to fostering a work environment that is inclusive and promotes equality regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. JC4e has a global footprint and is empowering employees to bring their full, authentic, and true selves to work every day and enables employees to safely express their identity and values.

The results of the 2023-2024 CEI showcase how U.S.-based companies are promoting LGBTQ+ friendly workplace policies in the United States and abroad. The first year of the CEI included 319 participants, and the 2023-2024 CEI now includes 1,384 participants; further demonstrating the tremendous trajectory of the CEI, a record-breaking 1,340 businesses have non-discrimination protections specific to gender identity, up from just 17 in 2002. These critical non-discrimination protections cover 21 million employees in the U.S. and around the globe. Johnson Controls’ efforts in satisfying all the CEI’s criteria earned a score of 100 and the designation as recipient of the Equality 100 Award: Leader in LGBTQ+ Workplace Inclusion.

“For well over two decades, businesses have played an important role in furthering LGBTQ+ equality by centering employee needs and voices when it comes to workplace inclusion. While there is much more work to be done, year-over-year growth in CEI participation is evidence of a business community that recognizes the responsibility and value in upholding equity and inclusion,” said RaShawn “Shawnie” Hawkins, Human Rights Campaign Sr Director of Workplace Equality. “Our goal at the Human Rights Campaign Foundation is to work in a spirit of partnership with companies, providing educational resources and leading benchmarking, and collaborating on ways for businesses to support the LGBTQ+ community at a time when we face unprecedented legislative attacks, heightened anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric and physical violence. The CEI is an ever-evolving tool – a blueprint that companies can use to show up more effectively in supporting their LGBTQ+ employees and their families.”

The CEI rates employers providing crucial protections to over 20 million U.S. workers and an additional 18 million outside of the U.S. Companies rated in the CEI 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 CEI rating criteria falls under four central pillars:

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

This is Johnson Controls’ latest recognition as a leader and an employer of choice. Recent awards include:

• Fortune Change the World list
• TIME World’s Best Companies List
• Newsweek America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity
• Forbes World’s Best Employers
• Forbes Best Employers for Diversity
• Ethisphere World's Most Ethical Companies

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

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