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Awards and recognition

Marketplace recognition

Acknowledgment of IBM's commitment and accomplishments in supporting diversity has come from a broad spectrum of organizations and publications. We appreciate that the marketplace has recognized our efforts consistently throughout the years.

Areas of recognition

General Diversity
Year Award
2011 IBM receives the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) Patriot Award
2011 IBM Corp. ranks #7 on the 2011 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity® list
2010 IBM is ranked No. 1 among the Top 100 Hong Kong Leading Graduate Employers
2010 IBM wins 2010 Inaugural International Health Promotion Award
2010 IBM HR wins the Employee Resource Group of the Year award from US Business Leadership Network
2010 DiversityInc names IBM the No. 1 company for global diversity
2010 IBM Austria awarded the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber "DivesCity" Award
2010 IBM ranks #8 on DiversityInc's Top 50 list
2010 IBM ranks #4 on Barron's World's Most Respected Companies list
2009 The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) Company of the Year, IBM United States
2009 IBM makes list Black Enterprise Magazine's list of top companies for diversity
2009 United States: IBM is one of Conceive Magazine's 50 Best Companies for adoption.
2009 IBM takes #2 Spot in Diveristy Inc's 2009 Top 10 Global Diversity Companies List
2009 American Association for Affirmative Action - Community Service Award
2009

DiversityInc Top 50 list:

  • 10th in the Top 50 list
  • 1st for People with Disabilities
  • 2nd for Supplier Diversity
  • 4th for LGBT and Asians

Sustained rank of 2nd for Global Diversity Companies


Asians
Year Award
2011 IBM ranked most preferred employer by engineering students in India (Firstnaukri.com survey) and students in Singapore (Penn Olson survey).
2010 Top 10 Companies for Asian Americans Award presented by NAAMBA (National Association of Asian MBA's) & Asian Enterprise Magazine
2009 Top 20 Companies for Asian Americans by Asian Business Ventures for the seventh consecutive year.
2008 IBM selected as one of the Top 20 Companies for Asian Americans by Asian Business Ventures for sixth consecutive year

Blacks
Year Award
2010 IBM named among top 40 Companies for Diversity Employers by Black Enterprise Magazine (link resides outside of ibm.com)
2010 IBM named among top companies for the 2010 Best Companies for Blacks in Technology by Black Data Processing Associates (BDPA) (link resides outside of ibm.com) and workplacediversity.com (link resides outside of ibm.com)
2009 Black Enterprise magazine names IBM leaders to the coveted list of the 100 Most Powerful Executives in Corporate America.

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender
Year Award
2011 IBM ranks 5th in the Stonewall Equality Index
2011 Charles Lickel receives the Nico Habermann Award
2011 IBM Australia wins 3 out of 4 inaugural Pride in Diversity Awards: Network Group of the Year 2011, Top Private Sector Employer 2011 and Australian GLBT Employer of the Year 2011
2011 Fred Balboni is among Consulting Magazine's Top 25 consultants of 2011
2011 Claudia Woody, one of our Global GLBT Council Co-chairs, is featured in Go Magazine's 100 Women we Love 2011
2010 AbaF Partnering Award: Midsumma Festival and IBM Australia
2010 IBM Germany wins a GLBT Diversity Award from Voelklinger Kreis (Max-Spohr-Preis)
2010 IBM Scores 100% on the HRC Corporate Equality Index 2010 for the 8th consecutive year
2010 IBM wins 2010 Out & Equal Workplace Excellence Award
2010 IBM ranks 1st on The International Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (IGLCC) Business Equality Index for most GLBT friendly companies in the world.
2010 IBM #1 in the Stoneway Equality Index
2009 Pinnacle Award
2009 IBM Scores 100% on the HRC Corporate Equality Index 2010 for the 7th consecutive year
2009 IBM #2 in the IGLCC International Business Equality Index (IBEI)
2009 Hyacinth Award, IBM Poland
2009 Meritus Award, IBM Austria
2009 PFLAG Straight for Equality Business Award, IBM United States

Hispanic/Latino
Year Award
2010 One of the Top 50 Companies for Latinas to Work for in the United States by Latina Style Magazine
2009 One of the Top 50 Companies for Latinas to Work for in the United States by Latina Style Magazine
2009 Company of the Year by the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)
2008 One of the Top 50 Companies for Latinas to Work for in the United States by Latina Style Magazine
2008 Company of the Year by the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)

Native American Heritage
Year Award
2010 IBM received the First American Corporate Leadership Award from the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development
2010 IBM receives a Certificate of Thanks from the Indigenous Language Institute for it's continued support in language preservation
2009 American Indian Science & Engineering Society (AISES) Technical Excellence Award

People with Disabilities
Year Award
2011 Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Award, Leadership Category awarded to Chieko Asakawa
2011 To IBM Italia SpA (awarded for workplace inclusion and integration of people with disabilities) presented by Province of Milan
2011 Top 10 Companies for People with Disabilities by DiversityInc.
2011 Murali C Sharma recognized as a visually-challenged role model by the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) for his extraordinary performance as a professional.
2011 "Trophies Handifriends" awarded to University of Nantes for its partnership with IBM France.
2010 IBM US, No. 1 company for People with Disabilities, DiversityInc's Top 10 list
2010 IBM US, Visionary Leadership Award from Christopher & Dana Reeves Foundation
2010 IBM Australia, 'Organisation' category winner, Australian Sign Language Interpreters Association (Victoria) Awards (ASLIAA)
2010 IBM Australia, 'Fair Go' Award, Australian Sign Language Interpreters' Association and the NSW division of Deaf Australia
2010 IBM China, Best Individual for Outstanding Achievement in helping PwD Awarded to DC Chien, General Manager, Greater China Group, from Beijing Disabled Persons' Federation
2009 Helen Keller award (IBM India)
2009 Accessibility Award (IBM China)
2008, rcvd March 2009 IBM Spain, "Fundación Randstad a la Acción Social 2008 (Category: Business)" recognition of bringing people with disabilities into the mainstream.
2008 IBM India, National Award for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities as Employer for the year 2008.
2008 Helen Keller Award 2008 in the category of Companies/Organizations/Institutions who through their policies and practices demonstrate their belief in equal rights and gainful employment for persons with disabilities.
2008 IBM Italy, "Vita Vera Enzo Casserà," national recognition delivered by the Italian government.
2008 IBM Ireland, "Gradireland" AHEAD award for companies employing graduates with disabilities.

Women
Year Award
2011 Working Mother Magazine: IBM is in 2011 Working Mother 100 Best Companies
2011 National Association of Female Executives (NAFE) Top companies list
2011 IBM Australia awarded Employer of Choice for Women Citation from the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency
2011 IBM Japan Ranked Top in Nikkei Woman's “Top 100 Companies that promote women's roles in the workplace”
2011 IBM receives the 2011 Anita Borg Top Company for Technical Women Award
2011 Dr. Chieko Asakawa, IBM Research, Japan, recognized with a prestigious Women of Vision Award
2010 Dr. Chieko Asakawa, IBM Fellow and Chief Technology Officer of Accessibility Research, IBM Research, receives the 2010 Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Achievement Award
2010 IBM named in Top 100, Top 10 and Best Companies for MultiCultural Women in Working Mother 100 Best Companies 2010
2010 National Association of Female Executives (NAFE) Top companies list
2009 IBM named by Working Mother Magazine as one of the Best Companies for Multicultural Women.
2009 IBM named to the Progressive Employers of Canada List for 2009
2009 IBM Japan, J-Win's Grand Prize Award for Diversity
2009 NAFE Top Company Award
2009 National Association for female executives (United States) Top 50 Companies for Executive Women, IBM made the top 10
2008 One of the 100 best, and top 10 for working mothers by Working Mother Magazine.
2008 Where Women Want to Work – Top 50, the London Times
2008 2007 Working Mother Best Companies for Multicultural Women by Working Mother Media
2008 IBM Belgium among top 5 of most breastfeeding-friendly company
2008 IBM Poland, a Mum friendly company
2008 IBM UK, the first Woman Corporate Award by CBI / Real Business magazine / Lloyds TSB Corp. Markets
2008 IBM Colorado, Colorado Women's Vision Foundation's Corporate Advocacy Award.
2008 United States, working Mother Best Companies for Multicultural Women by Working Mother Media
2008 NAFE Top Company Award
2008 Working Mother magazine – Best Companies for Working Mothers, Top 10 recipient; 23rd year.

Work/Life
Year Award
2011 IBM Singapore is "Most Desired Companies to Work For" on "Working Parents Category" and "Top 5 Overall Category" in a PeopleSearch and Boardroom Research survey
2010 Best Achievement of Supporting Gender Equality and Work/Life Balance by the ministry Health, Labor and Welfare. (Japan)
2010 2010 Work/Life Excellence Award from Singapore Ministry of Manpower
2010 Government "Fair & Flexible Employer" Award (ANZ)
2010 Boston College Center for Work and Families Founding Member (US/Global)
2010 Best Employer for Working Parents (Netherlands)
2010 First place in Great Place to Work 2010 survey 3 consecutive years (Uruguay)
2010 IBM Mexico was awarded as Family Friendly Company
2009 The Conference Board Work Life Leadership Council's Moving to the Future Award for Managing a Dispersed Workforce.
2008 The 2008 Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility.
2008 Universum award
2008 "Mum Friendly Company" award
2008 IBM Poland, 3rd place recognition in "A Company of Equal Opportunities" award for best practices work/life programs.
2008 IBM Germany, "Total E-Quality Certificate" for 2008-2010.
2008 IBM Germany named in Top 10 companies (large enterprise) for Work/Life Integration.