Disability Equality Index® Enters 10th Year with Historic International Expansion to Meet Rising Corporate Demand for Benchmarking Tools
Disability Equality Index® Enters 10th Year with Historic International Expansion to Meet Rising Corporate Demand for Benchmarking Tools
Companies can now analyze and progress their disability inclusion efforts in Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Japan, the Philippines, the United Kingdom, and the United States
ALEXANDRIA, VA. (Jan. 30, 2024)—The Disability Equality Index® enters its 10th year in 2024 with the premiere of scored benchmarks in seven countries outside of the United States. The expansion comes in direct response to a growing demand for culturally competent tools to comprehensively measure disability inclusion efforts in multinational corporations.
Disability:IN, which administers the Disability Equality Index®, selected the initial new countries based on outcomes from a two-year global pilot in which 98 companies across 66 countries participated. Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Japan, the Philippines, and the United Kingdom were chosen to meet demand demonstrated during the pilot as well as to ensure adequate global representation across geographic regions and at varying stages of economic and social development. Registration for the 2024 Disability Equality Index is now open with the benchmark accepting submissions until April 12 for all eight countries.
“In analyzing [...]