WASHINGTON — Today, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRCF), the educational arm of the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization, released the 2024 iteration of the Equidad Chile (CL) report. For the past six years, HRCF’s Workplace Equality Program, in partnership with Fundación Iguales and with the support of Pride Connection Chile, has been implementing a benchmarking tool for Chilean and multinational companies. The tool helps companies and organizations assess their workplace inclusion efforts for the LGBTI+ community. Companies that earn a score of 100 achieve the certification of “Best Places to Work LGBTI+ 2024.” The number of companies earning the HRC Equidad CL certification increased by 23% (13 additional companies) from last year. This is substantial growth from the first year when HRC Equidad CL 2019 recognized 15 companies as "Best Places to Work for LGBTI+ Talent” and 31 companies participating overall, reflecting a 387% increase in participating companies.

Businesses participating in the Equidad CL index this year employ 402,723 people, of which 29% were employees at a business that achieved the highest score.

This year, companies from an additional region—Región de Valparaíso—outside of the Chilean metropolitan area participated in the survey. Out of the companies surveyed, 96.6% provide opportunities for education and training specifically for diversity and Inclusion that explicitly includes nondiscrimination related to sexual orientation and gender identity, an over 10% increase from the 2023 report. Additionally, 56.4% of the organizations measured have benefits for trans employees, and 48.9% of companies extend benefits to trans children of their employees.

The HRC Equidad CL program is modeled after HRC’s Corporate Equality Index–the premier LGBTQ+ workplace equality benchmarking survey in the U.S. Top-scoring companies lead the way on LGBTQ+ inclusion and equity, and earn the HRC Foundation’s designation of “Equality 100: Leader in LGBTQ+ Workplace Inclusion,” or in Chile “Mejores Lugares para Trabajar LGBTI+ 2024,” for their commitment to creating inclusive workplaces for LGBTI+ employees.

The full report is available here. For more information on HRC’s Workplace Equality Program in Chile, please visit hrc.im/EquidadCL.

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. Its work has transformed the landscape for more than 15 million workers, 11 million students, 1 million clients in the adoption and foster care system, and so much more. The HRC Foundation provides direct consultation and technical assistance to institutions and communities, driving the advancement of inclusive policies and practices; it builds the capacity of future leaders and allies through fellowship and training programs and, with the firm belief that we are stronger working together, it forges partnerships with advocates in the U.S. and around the globe to increase our impact and shape the future of our work.