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 expansion of scored benchmarks in seven countries, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Japan, the Philippines, and the United Kingdom, following a two-year unscored global pilot that engaged nearly 100 companies. This session provides findings from the 2024 Disability Equality Index and offers a look ahead to the future of the global benchmark. 

Learning Objectives: 

  1. Look ahead at the future of the Disability Equality Index and how it will continually evolve to meet the changing needs of global multi-national corporations that are committed to advancing disability inclusion. 
  2. Gain insights on how multi-national companies are leveraging the Disability Equality Index to develop and evolve global disability inclusion strategies to engage enterprise leadership and utilize the benchmark to establish and track success metrics. 
  3. Explore best practices for building inclusive global programs for employees, customers, and suppliers with disabilities. 

Moderator:  

  • Laurie Henneborn – Managing Director at Accenture  

Panelists: 

  • Stuart Persky – Director, EEO & HR Compliance at Sanofi
  • Jessica Rafuse – Director, Accessibility Strategic Partnerships & Policy at Microsoft 
  • Dominique Sellers – VP, Supplier Diversity & Sustainable Sourcing at Paramount 
  • Jessica Vanscavish – Head of Disability, Absence, Life & Support Health Products at Guardian Life Insurance Company of America