Equality Forum, a national and international gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) civil rights organization, reported that 471 (94.2%) of the 2008 FORTUNE 500 companies voluntarily include sexual orientation in their employment nondiscrimination policies. This year marks the fifth anniversary of Equality Forum's FORTUNE 500 project, which is a collaboration with Professor Louis Thomas, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and Ian Ayres, William K. Townsend Professor, Yale Law School.
Exxon Mobil is the largest of the FORTUNE 500 that does not specifically provide sexual orientation protection. At the 2006, 2007 and 2008 annual Exxon Mobil shareholders meetings, Vanguard voted its proxy of 194 million shares for including sexual orientation workplace equality and against Exxon Mobil management's opposition.Noncompliant Companies (spend your money someplace else):
- AES
- Aleris International
- Auto-Owners Insurance
- AT&T
- BJ Services
- Cameron International
- Celanese
- CHS
- Commercial Metals
- D.R. Horton
- DISH Network (they also do not carry LGBT channels or programming)
- Energy Transfer Equity
- Expeditors International of Washington
- Exxon Mobil
- Fidelity National Financial
- Frontier Oil
- GMAC (no longer owned by General Motors)
- Holly
- Huntsman
- Jarden
- KBR
- Kroger
- Leggett & Platt
- Perini
- Pilgrim's Pride
- Plains All American Pipeline
- Targa Resources
- TRW Automotive Holdings
- Universal Health Services
- Virgin Media
- Western Refining
- General Motors
- General Electric
- Ford Motor Company
- Amazon.com
- Target
- Dollar General
- Family Dollar Stores
- Big Lots
- Office Depot
- OfficeMax
- Lexmark International
- Chevron
- Sprint
- Home Depot
- Procter & Gamble
- General Mills
- Winn-Dixie
- Marathon Oil
- Walgreen's
- Rite Aid
- Best Buy
- Walt Disney
- FedEx
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