Wednesday, March 11, 2020: EDI Winners Announced!
The U.S. Department of Labor announced that CVS Health (a DE Member!) and PepsiCo have received Gold Awards in the Department’s inaugural Excellence in Disability Inclusion (EDI) Awards program. The program recognizes federal Government contractors which demonstrate excellence in making their workforces inclusive for people with disabilities.
The EDI Awards’ Executive Review Committee recognized CVS Health’s many efforts, including its “Abilities in Abundance” program, which provides training to people with disabilities to compete for a wide range of positions with the organization. Similarly, the committee found “Pepsi Achieving Change Together (PepsiACT),” a formal partnership between Pepsi and Disability Solutions @ Ability Beyond, a U.S. non-profit company specializing in corporate disability recruiting programs, to be worthy of the top honors.
In the year ahead, CVS Health and PepsiCo will participate in a “Year of Engagement” program to share their best practices and encourage other employers to adopt them.