Holland & Hart is proud to announce that for the fifth consecutive year, it received a perfect score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s (HRCF) 2025 Corporate Equality Index, the nation’s foremost benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ workplace equality. Holland & Hart joins the 765 US businesses that will be honored with the HRCF’s Equality 100 Award as Leaders in LGBTQ+ Workplace Inclusion.
"The Corporate Equality Index continues to serve as both a benchmark and compass, challenging law firms to evolve and enhance their DEI & LGBTQ+ friendly initiatives to meet the moment,” said Phyllis Wan, Holland & Hart's Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer. “By participating in this rigorous assessment each year, we gain valuable insights into emerging practices that strengthen our inclusive workplace culture.”
The CEI rates companies, ranging from Fortune magazine's 500 largest publicly-traded businesses to Am Law 200 firms, and hundreds of publicly and privately held mid- to large-sized businesses 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; and
- Corporate social responsibility.
“The CEI is so much more than a score on paper. For decades businesses have relied on the CEI as a tool for transparency and leveling the playing field for all workers, making sure LGBTQ+ people and their families can share in fair, respectful and supportive workplaces and benefits,” said RaShawn “Shawnie” Hawkins, SHRM-CP, HRCF Senior Director of Workplace Equality.
The full CEI report is available here.
About Holland & Hart
Throughout the Mountain West, from coast to coast and beyond, Holland & Hart provides clients with astute legal counsel from a vantage like no other. Holland & Hart’s commitment to cultivating diversity, equity, and inclusion is long-standing. It plays a core role in building the firm’s innovative, creative work environment. Diversity enhances our ability to serve clients, grants greater breadth of perspective, and makes Holland & Hart a better place to work for everyone.
About Human Rights Campaign Foundation
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation is the educational arm of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America's 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 public’s understanding of LGBTQ+ issues, with a clear focus on advancing transgender and racial justice.