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Awards & Recognitions
For the 15th consecutive year (2008), Walgreens made Fortune magazine’s "America’s Most Admired Companies" list, ranking No. 5 among food and drugstores. The Fortune ranking is based on eight attributes: financial soundness, innovation, long-term investment, people management, quality of management, quality of product/services, social responsibility, and use of corporate assets.
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The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) listed Walgreens as one of the best places to work for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender equality.
100% Score on Corporate Equality Index for 3 consecutive years
Chicago’s Employer of the Year 2007 [Source]
In 2006, Walgreens was recognized as "One of the Best Diversity Companies" by the readers of Diversity/Careers in Engineering and Information Technology magazine. Walgreens is one of three retail companies listed as "Diversity Leaders." [Source]
Denise Wong, Corporate VP and Chief Information Officer for Walgreens, is recognized in the December 2007/January 2008 issue of Diversity/Careers in Engineering and Information Technology for bolstering Walgreens IT with service-oriented architecture to meet customer needs. Ms. Wong oversees IT security, the application areas, the website and telecom, which is a satellite and phone system that lets stores connect to the corporate offices. [Source]
Military Stars gave Walgreens its Bronze Star Employer award in 2007 for being a "truly military-friendly company and realizing the greater value of deploying military talent to Corporate America." [Source]
Walgreens is a Silver Sponsor for Equality Illinois, whose mission is to "secure, protect, and defend equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in Illinois." [Source]
Disability
In 2007, The National Down Syndrome Congress named Walgreens the winner of its Employer of the Year award for "creating quality employment opportunities for persons with Down Syndrome." [Source]
NISH, a national nonprofit organization committed to finding jobs for persons with severe disabilities, recognized Walgreens in its magazine, NISH Workplace, by featuring the Taking the dis out of Disabilities article about Walgreens disability initiatives at its Anderson, South Carolina, distribution center. October/November 2007 Issue. [Source]
Walgreens' Anderson, South Carolina, distribution center is honored for diversity efforts in the Anderson Independent Mail in its May 2008 publication. [Source]
Walgreens was number 6 in a list of the top 50 employers for whom readers of the CAREERS & the disABLED magazine "would most like to work or that believe would provide a positive working environment for people with disabilities." Winter 2007/2008 Volume 22, No. 2 of CAREERS & the disABLED magazine. [Source]
Collegiate
Walgreens ranked No. 3 in CollegeGrad.com’s Top 500 Entry Level Employers for 2008. [Source]
On January 23, 2008, Walgreens donated $250,000 to Florida A&M University’s pharmacy program. More than 400 FAMU graduates are employed with Walgreens. [Source]
On January 25, 2008, Walgreens donated $24,637 to the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) in support of the UNCF’s 39 member historically black colleges and universities. [Source]
Walgreens is a Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) donor, "an international organization that mobilizes university students around the world to make a difference in their communities while developing the skills to become socially responsible business leaders." [Source]
Walgreens was named in the 2007's "INROADS Top 30" client list as one of the "most valued corporate partners." [Source]
Walgreens was also recognized as a company with the "highest INROADS Intern growth percentage" in 2007. [Source]
Walgreens is ranked No. 2 on The BLACK COLLEGIAN magazine's Top 100 Diverse Employers List. The list is published in the February 2008 Second Semester Super Issue, the Top 100 Employers/African-American History Issue. [Source]
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