‘Champion of Diversity & Inclusion’ Awards

• The Asian American Chamber of Commerce of St. Louis hosts ‘Champion of Diversity & Inclusion’ awards each year at the event of its annual connections dinner.
• In 2018, the science and agricultural technology company Monsanto was recognized as that year’s ‘Champion of Diversity & Inclusion’.
• The award recognizes an individual or a company that demonstrates thought leadership and influence by developing a more inclusive corporate culture.
• Monsanto was awarded for demonstrating executive ownership through their inclusion policies and how a good diversity and inclusion strategy drives global business results.
• The annual connections dinner for 2020, that was supposed to be held on May 6, 2020, has been temporarily postponed.

Diversity Inc’s List of Top 50 Companies for Diversity

• Diversity Inc. publishes a list of top 50 companies for diversity each year.
• Science and agriculture technology company Monsanto was featured at No. 27 in the 2018 list, up from its 2017 rank of No. 39.
• The companies are judged by a wide range of criteria, such as talent pipeline (workforce breakdown, recruitment, diameter of existing talent), talent development (employee resource groups, mentoring, philanthropy, movement, fairness), leadership accountability (responsible for results, communications, visibility), and supplier diversity (percent of Tier I and Tier II spend with minority, women, LGBT, disability and veteran-owned businesses).