MetLife Ranked in Top 25 of the S&P 500 for Gender Equality
December 15 2020 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) today announced that it has been named
one of the top 25 companies in the S&P 500 Index for gender
equality by Equileap. Out of the 500 companies, MetLife ranked No.
15 – well within the top 5% overall.
Equileap, a leading provider of gender equality data, examined
each company’s performance on 19 criteria, including gender balance
at all levels within the company, the gender pay gap, work-life
balance, and parental leave. The results were published in a new
report, Gender Equality in the U.S.
“MetLife is proud to be recognized as a top company for gender
equality,” said MetLife President and CEO Michel Khalaf.
“Diversity, equity, and inclusion remain top business imperatives
for us – and essential to living our purpose.”
Through its Gender Equity Initiative, MetLife is building a
sustainable, diverse, equitable and inclusive company by addressing
gender diversity in four focus areas: leadership, workplace,
marketplace and community. The initiative includes an ongoing
assessment of gender diversity data, provides inclusion and
bias-mitigation learning, and offers women a variety of career
development programs, workplace policies, and benefits that support
flexibility and work-life integration.
As part of the Gender Equity Initiative, MetLife became the
first U.S-based insurer to sign the U.N. Women’s Empowerment
Principles (WEPs), a series of pledges designed to promote gender
equality in the workplace. To help implement these WEPs, MetLife
conducted a gender gap analysis and formed a cross-market gender
equity working group charged with creating time-bound response
plans. In addition, MetLife actively works with external
initiatives such as the U.N. Women Global Innovation Coalition for
Change, Catalyst’s Gender and Diversity KPI Alliance (GDKA) and CEO
Champions for Change, and CEO Action for Diversity and
Inclusion.
For more information on MetLife’s commitment to diversity and
inclusion, visit
https://www.metlife.com/sustainability/MetLife-sustainability/employees/diversity-inclusion/.
More details on the Equileap’s methodology can be found here.
About MetLife
MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET), through its subsidiaries and
affiliates (“MetLife”), is one of the world’s leading financial
services companies, providing insurance, annuities, employee
benefits and asset management to help its individual and
institutional customers navigate their changing world. Founded in
1868, MetLife has operations in more than 40 markets globally and
holds leading positions in the United States, Japan, Latin America,
Asia, Europe and the Middle East. For more information, visit
www.metlife.com.
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