NEW YORK, May 22 (Xinhua) -- Goldman Sachs was named "overall best employer" as part of Asia Society's 2018 Best Asian Pacific American (APA) Employer Awards, followed by KPMG and Colgate-Palmolive.
Asia Society will present the awards on June 20 in New York City, in conjunction with the 2018 Corporate Insights Summit, according to a press release issued Tuesday by the NYC-based non-profit organization that works to address a range of challenges facing Asia and the rest of the world.
"We believe we perform at our best when we foster an environment that maximizes the potential of all of our people and reflects the communities and cultures in which we operate," said Suzzanne Yao, co-head of the Asian Professionals Network at Goldman Sachs.
The global investment bank was also recognized as best employer for developing workforce skills.
BuzzFeed, the tech-driven media company, won best employer for "APA employee resource groups (ERG)."
Marriott, the global hospitality company, was recognized as best employer for LGBT Asian employees.
Other best employer winners include: Chevron for "marketing & support to the APA community;" Discover for "promoting APAs into senior leadership positions;" KPMG for "sponsorship;" and Medtronic for "promoting APA women."
Now in their ninth year, the awards honor employers at the forefront of promoting and developing APA talent.
Awardees are selected based on the quality of their APA workforce initiatives and the results from Asia Society's annual Asian Corporate Survey, which measures the experience of APAs at Fortune 500 and other large companies. More than 2,800 APA employees participated in the 2018 survey.
Finalists and winners are chosen based on a combination of employee survey results (80 percent) and scores from a blind panel of expert judges (20 percent). Employees of Asia Society are not involved in the awards decisions.
