Celebrate ten years of the Disability Equality Index by honoring the Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion around the world in 2024 and recognize the Inclusion Award Winners. This year, the benchmark opened to companies in eight markets around the world: Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Japan, Philippines, the United [...]
There are many ways in which disability Employee/Business Resource Groups (E/BRGs) can collaborate across the enterprise to raise employee voices and foster inclusion. When the collective resources of all E/BRGs and other internal partners are pooled to drive initiatives, such cooperative efforts have the potential to produce greater results. This [...]
Going beyond compliance and demonstrating business value and social impact is essential for growing a fledgling accessibility program into a flourishing one. It’s crucial that companies with successful accessibility programs continue to strive for impact while also measuring metrics that prove the need for and benefits of requested resources. This [...]
The pursuit of larger corporate clients for many smaller Disability-Owned Business Enterprises (DOBEs) can often be daunting and sometimes disappointing. When the lack of experience, size, and capacity to deliver on a large scale gets you down, look no further than potential Tier 2 opportunities to grow your portfolio. Often [...]
A growing number of countries are implementing disability hiring quotas. These quotas establish a baseline requirement for businesses; however, compliance often raises awareness of disability inclusive benefits and motivates companies to meet and go beyond minimum standards to hire and retain talent with disabilities. This session highlights best practices from [...]
Depression, generalized anxiety, and other mental health conditions are a constant and consistent component of daily life for the people they affect. There is no choice to check your mental health at the door when beginning your work day; the only option is to navigate the workplace with a focus [...]
Physical space accessibility is the degree to which an environment is usable by everyone, including people with disabilities. Accessible design for all advances usability by considering the diverse needs of all potential users from the outset. This session introduces the key design principles, requirements, benefits, challenges, and financial considerations that [...]
The Disability Equality Index celebrates 10 years of corporate disability inclusion benchmarking in 2024, and in the United States is now trusted by more than 70% of the Fortune 100 and nearly half of the Fortune 500. This milestone year for the Disability Equality Index was marked by the international [...]