Kimco Realty Earns Top Score in Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2022 Corporate Equality Index and is Designated a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ+ Equality

Kimco Realty (NYSE: KIM) proudly announces that it has received a perfect score (100) on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2022 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), a nationally recognized benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ workplace equality. Kimco’s score has resulted in the company’s designation as a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ+ Equality.

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Kimco Realty has been designated a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ+ Equality by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (Graphic: Business Wire)

“We are thrilled to have achieved this important designation, which showcases how we have created an LGBTQ-friendly workplace by adopting critical policies and benefits, and how we continue to help advance the cause of LGBTQ+ equality in our communities and in the broader industry,” said Kimco CEO Conor Flynn, who is also a founding member of Nareit’s Dividends Through Diversity, Equity & Inclusion CEO Council. “We continue to work aggressively towards our diversity goals and empower our associates to bring their authentic selves to the workplace. The variety of perspectives and experiences found in our diverse workforce sparks innovation and enriches our company culture.”

To complement its ongoing diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI) initiatives and to provide a more direct channel for all voices in the organization to be heard, Kimco established an internal DEI Committee in 2019, which helps to establish organizational goals and guides the company’s strategy to achieve these objectives. Under the auspices of the DEI Committee, the company redefined “family” such that all employee benefits and programs are inclusive of LGBTQ+. In 2021, the committee also conceived of a property-level campaign to promote inclusive LGBTQ+ messaging onsite at Kimco shopping centers and on their social media channels – an initiative which prompted an outpouring of positive community appreciation.

“When the Human Rights Campaign Foundation created the Corporate Equality Index 20 years ago, we dreamed that LGBTQ+ workers—from the factory floor to corporate headquarters, in big cities and small towns—could have access to the policies and benefits needed to thrive and live life authentically,” said Jay Brown, Human Rights Campaign Senior Vice President of Programs, Research and Training. “We are proud that the Corporate Equality Index paved the way to that reality for countless LGBTQ+ workers in America and abroad. But there is still more to do, which is why we are raising the bar yet again to create more equitable workplaces and a better tomorrow for LGBTQ+ workers everywhere. Congratulations to Kimco Realty for achieving the title of ‘best places to work for LGBTQ+ equality’ and working to advance inclusion in the workplace.”