Explore our 2011 Corporate Social Responsibility ReportV.A.L.U.E. Facts
Fostering Diversity:
In 2010, TJX added the Leadership, Education, and Adaptation for Disabilities (LEAD) group to our U.S. chartered Associate Resource Groups and was ranked #11 of the Top 50 Employers in CAREERS and the disABLED magazine.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
TJX includes "gender identity and expression" in its nondiscrimination policy and grants same sex domestic partner benefits to Associates. TJX has scored 100 on the Corporate Equality Index of the Human Rights Campaign in each of the past three years.
Lifelong Learners:
A number of our training courses reflect our belief that diversity makes us stronger and better. Course titles in North America include "Leading Inclusion," "Managing the Multigenerational Workforce," "A Winning Balance," "Transnational Leadership," "Globesmart for Managers," and "Equity vs. Equality."
Global Citizens:
Our merchant organization, which numbers over 700 people, travels globally and sources from more than 14,000 vendors in over 60 countries.
A Company of Choice
At TJX, we challenge ourselves every day to improve the ways in which we embrace and leverage differences among people, whether they are our Associates, customers, vendors, other business associates or the community at large. As an organization, we are committed at the Board of Directors and executive levels, and throughout the organization, to continuing to strengthen our position as a Company of Choice. Through our Company of Choice program, we promote the benefits of leveraging the differences among our customers as a Retailer of Choice, among our Associates as an Employer of Choice and within our communities as a Neighbor of Choice.
In spring 2011, Fortune published its annual list of Most Admired Companies. As a Company of Choice, we were pleased that TJX ranked #2 among Specialty Apparel Retailers this year, moving up from a #6 ranking last year. Although honored by this recognition, we know that our job is to continually improve as a Company and organization every day.
A Diverse Global View
With approximately 166,000 Associates and 2,859 stores worldwide at the end of fiscal year 2011, we, at TJX, recognize that it is essential to our growth and success to represent, understand and leverage the differences and diversity of people inside and outside our organization. In the U.S., which comprises the vast majority of TJX's Associates, our Associate base in 2010 was comprised of over 75% women and 51% people of color, and our management was comprised of about 58% women and 29% people of color. Our merchant organization, which numbers more than 700 people, travels globally and sources from more than 14,000 vendors in over 60 countries.
Our Job Is Never Done
At TJX, we have a long history of treating people with dignity, fairness and respect. We understand however, that when it comes to valuing people and leveraging differences, our work is never done. We know that our success in leveraging differences rests on our ability to see this process as a continuous journey.