Lenovo, the technology pioneer, has been named “Best Workplace for Disability Inclusion” for the second year in a row in the “Disability Equality Index” evaluation, the “world’s most comprehensive reference tool for measuring workplace disability coverage” against its competitors.

Global technology giant Lenovo, with its 75,000 employees worldwide, was named “Best Workplace for Disability Inclusion” on the “Disability Equality Index” list for the second year in a row. By 2022, 415 companies, including 69 Fortune 100 companies, 188 Fortune 500 companies and 227 Fortune 1000 companies, will use the “Disability Equality Index” as a reference for their disability inclusion efforts, while only those 80 or above scoring on this index are ranked as the “best workplace” in disability coverage. He earned the title “. By offering smarter technologies with its high-tech laptop products such as Legion, Yoga, and ThinkPad, Lenovo continues to bring superior technologies to everyone with its diversity and inclusivity values, including those with disabilities with innovations.

Jill Houghton, President and CEO of Disability:IN Foundationsaid of the evaluations: “Inclusion of people with disabilities is one of the fast-growing features of corporate culture and it is a pleasure to work with 415 companies in the evaluation of the ‘2022 Disability Equality Index’. “Companies with high scores not only excel in the inclusion of people with disabilities, but are also taking new trends and groundbreaking measures that can move the disability agenda from including people with disabilities to being inclusive and ultimately create a real sense of belonging. “

Stimulating innovations

By 2025, Lenovo aims to better understand people with disabilities in the global workforce. Lenovo also supports its employees with disabilities and those associated with them worldwide through social impact programs and innovations through employee workforce groups in the US and Europe.

While Lenovo focused on strengthening innovations, Lenovo Turkey recently enabled 1 million visually impaired people in our country to use Lenovo products unhindered whenever they wanted to use a computer, with the sound simulation technology developed by BlindLook. Emre Hantaloğlu, general manager of Lenovo Turkey, He spoke of the inspiring work of Lenovo, Turkey’s first “visually impaired computer brand” as follows:As Lenovo, we focus on enabling innovations in the world and in Turkey, acting so that everyone has access to smarter technologies in the same way with our values ​​of diversity and inclusion. With this vision, we see our visually impaired users’ free access to superior technology as a quality service. We are pleased that Lenovo has been named the “Best Workplace for Disability Inclusion” in the global Disability Equality Index for the second year in a row.

Staff including people with disabilities

Calvin J. Crosslin, Lenovo Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer He also said the following on the subject: “The Disability Equality Index helps us position ourselves against other US companies and inspires us to grow and improve our practices. As a global technology company with operations in 180 markets around the world, we recognize that an inclusive workforce will help us deliver innovations that benefit all of us, regardless of our background and talents.”

In addition to its success in this area, Lenovo was recently awarded its success in the Bloomberg Gender Equality Index list.

Source: (BYZHA) – Beyaz News Agency