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
| 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:
Sustained rank of 2nd for Global Diversity Companies |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |