Inside PEOPLE’s 2022 Checklist of 100 Corporations That Care

For the sixth 12 months in a row, PEOPLE and Great Place to Work are honoring companies that go above and past with Companies That Care.

Like final 12 months, the expanded listing now acknowledges and honors 100 prime firms for his or her worker advantages, dedication to social justice, inexperienced initiatives, COVID-19 aid efforts, excellent care for purchasers and extra.

Along with international office authority Nice Place to Work, we surveyed firms throughout the U.S. to search out people who finest exhibit excellent respect, care and concern for his or her communities, staff and the surroundings. Rankings are based mostly on greater than 6.1 million worker experiences.

Goal Company — the overall merchandise retailer with greater than 1,900 shops in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. — took over the No. 1 spot for investing greater than $300 million in elevated pay and advantages.

Along with bold sustainability efforts, Goal stands out for its admirable dedication to rising range, inclusion and equal illustration throughout the corporate, having elevated promotions for folks of shade by 62 p.c and promotions of girls to senior management positions by 16 p.c.

Moreover, because the lingering results of the pandemic proceed to be felt, Goal has given generously to nonprofits like Feeding America and international organizations like UNICEF.

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“Altering the office adjustments lives,” says Michael C. Bush, CEO of Nice Place To Work. “These firms present the influence engaged enterprise leaders can have on their communities. They put money into the well-being of their folks the place they stay and are dedicated to range, fairness, inclusion and belonging. Congratulations to the winners of PEOPLE’s Corporations That Care Checklist!”

Goal and the 99 different firms that made the listing might be featured on this week’s challenge of PEOPLE, which hits newsstands nationwide on Friday, Sept. 2.

Different firms to crack the highest 10 embody Veterans United House Loans, PulteGroup, Inc., Wegmans Meals Markets, Rocket Corporations, and Camden Property Belief.

See the entire listing here.