SAS continues top score ranking in Corporate Equality Index for LGBTQ+ workplace inclusion
AI and analytics leader once again secures score of 100 on Human Rights Campaign Foundations assessment of LGBTQ+ workplace equality
Cary, NC – WEBWIRE – Monday, December 4, 2023
SAS has received the top score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundations 2023-2024 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), earning the designation as recipient of the Equality 100 Award: Leader in LGBTQ+ Workplace Inclusion. As the nations foremost benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ workplace equality, the CEI recognition deems SAS as anadvocate of inclusive workplace policiesfor LGBTQ+ employees in the US and globally.
SAS has always taken pride in fostering an inclusive workplace culture where employees are encouraged to be their authentic selves, said Danielle Pavliv, SAS Chief Diversity Officer. We believe that providing a safe and inclusive environment for all employees and consistently seeking opportunities to improve our efforts are simply the right things to do. Receiving the Equality 100 Award validates the SAS commitment to inclusion and equality for all employees at work and in life.
For more than 45 years, SAS has earned a reputation of prioritizing employee well-being and providing supportive resources for its workforce, including equitable rewards and an inclusive work environment for LGBTQ+ employees. In fact, SAS was one of the first to offer US same-sex domestic partners benefits as early as 1997, when there were limited legal protections or requirements for LGBTQ+ workers. Since then, SAS has continued to grow its programs and benefits for LGBTQ+ employees with a focus on ensuring that all employees feel supported to bring their full selves to work.
Bennett McAuley, SAS Human Resources Program Manager, says these efforts help empower and inspire employees like him. Being gender-divergent in the workplace may not feel like a safe option at some companies, but SAS nurtures an environment where it can be, said McAuley. In recent years, SAS has introduced new trans-specific programming and initiatives that our employee base has proudly embraced, including yearly events for Trans Day of Visibility and Trans Awareness Week, a gender transition guide, a Gender Queeries support group and more. As a trans man, it has been deeply rewarding and meaningful to be a part of this platform and space for my fellow trans and non-binary colleagues.
TheCEIrates employers providing these crucial protections to over 20 million US workers and an additional 18 million outside of the US. The CEI rates companies on detailed criteria falling under four central pillars:
- Non-discrimination policies across business entities.
- Equitable benefits for LGBTQ+ workers and their families.
- Supporting an inclusive culture.
- Corporate social responsibility.
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, said RaShawn Shawnie Hawkins, Human Rights Campaign Sr Director of Workplace Equality. 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.
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.
In addition to being named a Best Workplace for Innovators by Fast Company this year and securing a top score on the Disability Equality Index, SAS also regularlyreceives distinctionsas a top place to work for parents and families, women, millennials and more.
Learn what makes SAS agreat place to work.
About the Human Rights Campaign Foundation
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation is the educational arm of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Americas largest civil rights organization working to achieve equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) people. Through its programs, the HRC Foundation seeks to make transformational change in the everyday lives of LGBTQ+ people, shedding light on inequity and deepening the publics understanding of LGBTQ+ issues, with a clear focus on advancing transgender and racial justice. Its work has transformed the landscape for more than 15 million workers, 11 million students, 1 million clients in the adoption and foster care system and so much more. The HRC Foundation provides direct consultation and technical assistance to institutions and communities, driving the advancement of inclusive policies and practices; it builds the capacity of future leaders and allies through fellowship and training programs; and, with the firm belief that we are stronger working together, it forges partnerships with advocates in the U.S. and around the globe to increase our impact and shape the future of our work.
About SAS
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Southern Score Builders Berhad (Bursa: SSB8, 0045), a former Guidance Note 3 (GN3) company, has completed its regularisation plan which involves, amongst others, the acquisition of Southern Score Sdn Bhd (SSSB), a G7 contractor. Following the acquisition, Southern Score Builders will be involved the provision of construction management services mainly for high-rise residential buildings. Shares of the Company also resumed trading after being suspended since December 2020. SSSB recorded net profit of RM6.51 million, RM19.20 million and RM35.18 million in the financial years ended 31 December 2019, 2020 and 2021 respectively, and realised net profit margin of 9.7%, 12.9% and 12.3% in the 3 years. The regularisation plan involved, amongst others, the acquisition of the entire equity interest in SSSB from Super Advantage Property Sdn Bhd for a purchase consideration of RM252.0 million satisfied via the issuance of 1.68 billion consideration shares. Super Advantage, being the vendor of SSSB, has provided cumulative net profit guarantee of RM80.0 million over the three-year period from 2022 to 2024. Other than the acquisition, the completed regularisation plan also entailed the following: The completion of the Regularisation Plan will allow the Company to return to a better and stronger financial standing and profitability. Further, the acquisition of SSSB will allow the Company to diversify its business into construction management services whereby the Company is expected to benefit from expected recovery in the construction sector. The shareholders of Super Advantage are Tan Sri Datuk Seri Gan Yu Chai, the Managing Director of Southern Score Builders, a veteran in the construction and property development industries with more than 30 years’ experience as well as Gan Yee Hin, the Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of Southern Score Builders. Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of Southern Score Builders, Gan Yee Hin, said, “We would like to thank Bursa Securities for their guidance and support throughout the progression of regularisation plan. Our thanks also go to Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad, the principal adviser, sponsor and placement agent in relation to the regularisation plan and to Malacca Securities Sdn Bhd, the independent adviser for the Exemption. We would also like to acknowledge the work of the other professionals who worked diligently to ensure the successful completion of the regularisation plan.” “As a listed entity, Southern Score Builders will be able to further expand our construction services while leveraging on our expertise and business network. We are also intensifying our venture in IBS production through the construction of a manufacturing plant as we see demand growing from the construction sector.” About Southern Score Builders Berhad (formerly known as G Neptune Berhad) Southern Score Builders is principally involved in the provision of construction management services mainly in Kuala Lumpur. The scope of Southern Score Builders’ construction services involves the provision of professional project management services from project initiation until the completion of construction works. These services encompass project initiation, planning and design, appointment of subcontractors, procurement; construction project management as well as inspection and completion handover. To-date, via SSSB, Southern Score Builders has completed several projects including, amongst others, the PR1MA Jalan Jubilee project. SSSB is a CIDB Grade 7 contractor. https://southernscore.com.my/ Image Caption for Picture 1 Image Caption for Picture 2
Southern Score Builders Berhad is pleased to present an incentive of RM100,000 to Malaysia’s top men’s doubles pair Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik, who won Malaysia’s first gold at the 2022 World Badminton Championships in Tokyo last month. Gan Yee Hin said, “We are here to celebrate the outstanding achievement of Aaron and Wooi Yik by presenting a token of appreciation for winning the world title for Malaysia. Thank you for the dedication and hard work, they are excellent and truly deserve the rewards. We believe this world title is just the beginning of their badminton journey. We hope this little token of our gratitude will further motivate them for greater achievements and bring glory to the country in the world arena.” “We hope that our gesture incentive will inspire others to assist a new generation of players who have the courage to pursue the sport as their career.” “At the same time, we are contributing RM200,000 to Petaling Badminton Club (PBC), the club from which our world champions were nurtured before they joined the national team. We hope that the contribution provides some support as they nurture talents to represent the country. PBC has had a history of producing several of the country’s well-known players such as Chen Tang Jie, Cheam June Wei, Man Wei Chong and Goh V Shem.” Aaron and Wooi Yik thanked Southern Score for the incentive and said, “We are honoured to have represented Malaysia at the World Badminton Championships and would like to thank Southern Score and all Malaysians for their support.” “Support such as this incentive from Southern Score means a lot to us and motivates us as we prepare ourselves mentally and physically to win more accolades for Malaysia on the world stage, including our goal of making it to the 2024 Olympic Games.” Southern Score is a certified CIDB Grade 7 builder of homes for the community and a future for the nation. The Company is always closely tied into the local community and remains active in community involvement programmes such as education, sport, environment and society. Southern Score: https://southernscore.com.my/
WEBWIRE – Friday, January 28, 2022 The Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) is proud to announce that it received a score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundations 2022 Corporate Equality Index. ELC joins the ranks of over 840 major U.S. businesses that also earned top marks this year.
The HRC Corporate Equality Index (CEI) is the nations foremost benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQIA+ workplace equality. The CEI rates companies on detailed criteria falling under four central pillars, including: non-discrimination policies across business entities; equitable benefits for LGBTQIA+ workers and their families; supporting an inclusive culture; and corporate social responsibility.
Doug Jensen, Senior Vice President, Go-to-Market Analytics & Activation, Enterprise Marketing & Data, and the executive co-sponsor of wELCome, ELCs LGBTQIA+ Employee Resource Group said, As an out leader at The Estée Lauder Companies, Im proud of our companys commitment to the LGBTQIA+ community. We leverage the Human Rights Campaigns Corporate Equality Index as a springboard for our efforts to elevate equity for the LGBTQIA+ community in a variety of areas, including marketing, philanthropy, mentorship, employee benefits, and supplier diversity. ELC embraces this community as part of its larger efforts in Inclusion, Diversity and Equity, and we feel heard.
Achieving a perfect score on the Corporate Equality Index for the seventh year in a row demonstrates our long-standing commitment to creating an inclusive workplace. In addition, this achievement illustrates how ELCs company values embrace diversity, empower our employees to bring their authentic selves to work, and continue to create a culture of belonging, said Marilu Marshall, Senior Vice President, Executive Management, Global Chief Inclusion, Diversity & Equity Officer.
This announcement follows similar recognition of ELCs commitments by numerous organizations including
Forbes 2021 Americas Best Employers for Diversity, Glassdoors List of Best Places to Work For 2022, and 100 Best Companies by Seramount in 2021. ELC was also named to Bloombergs 2022 Gender-Equality Index which measures what companies do to drive transparency and advance gender equality within their respective companies and communities.
The full report is available online at www.hrc.org/cei.
About The Human Rights Campaign Foundation
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation is the educational arm of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Americas largest civil rights organization working to achieve equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQIA+) people. Through its programs, the HRC Foundation seeks to make transformational change in the everyday lives of LGBTQIA+ people, shedding light on inequity and deepening the publics understanding of LGBTQIA+ issues, with a clear focus on advancing transgender and racial justice. Its work has transformed the landscape for more than 15 million workers, 11 million students, 1 million clients in the adoption and foster care system and so much more. The HRC Foundation provides direct consultation and technical assistance to institutions and communities, driving the advancement of inclusive policies and practices; it builds the capacity of future leaders and allies through fellowship and training programs; and, with the firm belief that we are stronger working together, it forges partnerships with advocates in the U.S. and around the globe to increase our impact and shape the future of our work.
Southern Score Builders Berhad Completes Regularisation Plan
Led by an experienced and technically strong management team, SSSB adopts construction practices that support the efficiency optimisation of its construction projects. It adopts industrialised building system (IBS) in most of its development and construction projects which is aimed at increasing productivity and improving quality of its projects. Besides that, by leveraging on its asset-light and flexible delivery model, SSSB is able to offer a standardised and cost-efficient building process which enables scalability and flexibility with lower exposure to cyclicality and house prices.
– consolidation of every ten existing shares in Southern Score Builders into one consolidated share;
– settlement of debt amounting to RM3.1 million to Mr. Chai Tham Poh, an Executive Director of Southern Score Builders, via the issuance of 20.67 million of settlement shares;
– private placement of 543.05 million shares at an issue price of RM0.20 per share to identified investors; and
– exemption under the take-over rules from the obligation to undertake a mandatory take-over offer for the remaining Southern Score Builders shares not already owned by Super Advantage as well as Tan Sri Datuk Seri Gan Yu Chai and Gan Yee Hin (“Exemption”).
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Mr. Cheah Hannon, Independent Non-Executive Director of G Neptune Berhad
Ms. Yvonne Phe Kheng Peng, Independent Non-Executive Director of Southern Score Builders Berhad
Mr. Chai Tham Poh, Executive Director of G Neptune Berhad
Tan Sri Datuk Seri Gan Yu Chai, Managing Director of Southern Score Builders Berhad
Mr. Gan Yee Hin, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of Southern Score Builders Berhad
Datuk Sydney Lim Tau Chin, Executive Director of Southern Score Builders Berhad
Dato’ Haji Mohd Amran Bin Wahid, Non-Independent Non-Executive Chairman of G Neptune Berhad
Ms. Amy Too Siew Mooi, Independent Non-Executive Director of Southern Score Builders Berhad
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From L-R:
Mr. Cheah Hannon, Independent Non-Executive Director of G Neptune Berhad
Dato’ Haji Mohd Amran Bin Wahid, Non-Independent Non-Executive Chairman of G Neptune Berhad
Datuk Sydney Lim Tau Chin, Executive Director of Southern Score Builders Berhad
Tan Sri Datuk Seri Gan Yu Chai, Managing Director of Southern Score Builders Berhad
Mr. Gan Yee Hin, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of Southern Score Builders Berhad
Mr. Chai Tham Poh, Executive Director of G Neptune Berhad
Ms. Yvonne Phe Kheng Peng, Independent Non-Executive Director of Southern Score Builders Berhad
Ms. Amy Too Siew Mooi, Independent Non-Executive Director of Southern Score Builders Berhad
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Southern Score Honours Badminton World Champions, Aaron and Wooi Yik with RM100,000 Incentive
Aaron and Wooi Yik were presented with mock cheques by Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of Southern Score, Gan Yee Hin, at a ceremony today honouring their outstanding achievements. On hand to welcome them were guests and staff of Southern Score.
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ELC Earns Top Score in Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2022 Corporate Equality Index
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