Stantec named to 2024 Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion
Top Disability Equality Index® score for workplace best practices
08/06/2024 EDMONTON, AB; NEW YORK, NY TSX, NYSE:STN
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Stantec, a global leader in design and engineering, earned recognition from Disability:IN as a “Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion” for 2024 with a score of 90 in the US and 80 in Canada. The Disability Equality Index® has become the leading independent, third-party resource for the annual benchmarking of corporate disability inclusion policies and programs.
The Disability Equality Index is an objective, reflective, forward-thinking, and confidential disability rating tool designed to assist businesses in advancing inclusion practices. As a comprehensive benchmark, the Index helps companies build a roadmap of measurable, tangible actions across five scored categories: culture and leadership, enterprise-wide access, employment practices, community engagement, and supplier diversity. Participating companies receive a score, on a scale of zero to 100, with those scoring 80 or higher earning the distinction of “Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion” for the benchmark year.
Findings from a two-year Global Disability Equality Index pilot informed the launch of a scored benchmark that opened in 2024 to seven new countries in addition to the United States. These include Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Japan, the Philippines, and the United Kingdom. Now in its 10th year, the Disability Equality Index has grown nearly seven times since 2015, expanding from 80 companies in its first year to 541 in 2024. Collectively, the 2024 edition received 748 submissions spanning the eight benchmarked countries.
Leading with inclusion and achieving equity
Stantec strives to create opportunity by inviting, embracing, and celebrating differences. This goal remains at the heart of the company’s efforts to champion inclusion, diversity, and equity (IDE) throughout the organization.
“We’re proud of the progress we’ve made and our vision for the future with IDE deeply embedded in our organization,” said Asifa Samji, chief people and inclusion officer for Stantec. “Equity is about fair access and opportunity. It means creating an inclusive workplace for all, where our policies and practices empower everyone to have opportunity to succeed considering different needs and abilities.”
Learn how Stantec is leading with inclusion and achieving equity.
About Stantec
Stantec empowers clients, people, and communities to rise to the world’s greatest challenges at a time when the world faces more unprecedented concerns than ever before.
We are a global leader in sustainable architecture, engineering, and environmental consulting.
Our professionals deliver the expertise, technology, and innovation communities need to manage aging infrastructure, demographic and population changes, the energy transition, and more.
Today’s communities transcend geographic borders. At Stantec, community means everyone with an interest in the work that we do—from our project teams and industry colleagues to our clients and the people our work impacts. The diverse perspectives of our partners and interested parties drive us to think beyond what’s previously been done on critical issues like climate change, digital transformation, and future-proofing our cities and infrastructure.
We are designers, engineers, scientists, project managers, and strategic advisors. We innovate at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships to advance communities everywhere, so that together we can redefine what’s possible.
Stantec trades on the TSX and the NYSE under the symbol STN.
Media Contact
Susan Bender
Stantec Media Relations
Ph: (267) 773-9593
susan.bender@stantec.com
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