Corporate Religious Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (REDI) Index

The REDI Index is the premier benchmarking measure of an organization’s commitment to including religion & belief as part of its overall diversity initiatives. You can download a pdf of the questionnaire here. If you want to do a practice survey for benchmarking purposes, please request a personalized survey for your organization by email that can be saved and accessed on separate sittings or devices using the unique link that will be provided.

DEADLINES: 2025 survey opens Jan. 1, 2025, and closes March 15, 2025

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REDI Index History:
2024 marks the Religious Freedom & Business Foundation’s fifth annual REDI Index. This edition is the third time to be offered as an opt-in survey. In the first two years, the research staff of the Religious Freedom & Business Foundation scored companies only in three areas:

1. (1) content analysis of the company’s main diversity landing page for religion-related content,
2. (2) acknowledgement on company websites of faith-oriented ERGs, and
3. (3) verified external training efforts/workshops in which companies share their best practices related to faith-oriented ERGs with other companies.

2024 Version: The 2024 REDI Index survey asks about activities occurring during the 12 months ending March 15, 2024. To participate, email us.

The 2024 survey has 11 questions: the same 10 topics as in the 2023 survey — plus one new question* — each worth 10 points, for a total of 110 points. Scoring for each point will be based on (a) answering in the affirmative with some evidence (5 points), and (b) demonstrating that the efforts are substantial (up to 5 additional points). The “b” part of each question offers the same “tick” lists as in 2023, which were based on company open-ended responses from the 2022 REDI Index survey.

* New question in 2024 reflects input from companies based outside of the US, which are participating in greater numbers each year.

11. Does the company hold events to celebrate and educate about the various cultures and faiths of its employees and through them equitably promote religious inclusion publicly in the communities where the company works? If yes, you will be asked to provide details including the number of people involved in a follow-up question.
– Yes, both internally and publicly (5 points)
– Yes, with other organizations but not open to the public (3 points)
– Yes, only internally (1 point)
– If yes, how many people participated in your internal and external events held in the past 12 months in which the company celebrated and/or educated about the various cultures and faiths of its employees? (max. 5 points)

Evidence for and/or a brief explanation of answers provided must also be typed in or uploaded.

As in the previous two years, the 2024 edition also has an optional BONUS question, which can add up to an additional 10 bonus points for a maximum total of 120 points. The bonus recognizes that companies may be doing other religiously inclusive activities that are not covered in the survey that are worthy of recognition.

2024 REDI Index questionnaire can be seen here.

The deadline for completion is March 15, 2024. (UK deadline Feb. 15, 2024.) Companies not completing a survey will be scored only on the REDI Monitor based on what is available on their main diversity webpages, which puts them at a disadvantage but still allows us to monitor the state of religious inclusion in all Fortune 500 corporations.

Final tabulation of a company’s score is pending verification of answers against supporting details provided as well as evaluation of answers to open-ended questions and any responses to the bonus question.

BENEFITS: Doing well on the REDI Index provides companies with a competitive advantage in recruiting new staff in retaining them once on board because the items on the REDI Index measure best practices for creating a workplace that is inclusive of all faiths and beliefs and is at the same time nurturing and supportive of teammates in this important area. This directly benefits the bottom line by building stronger and more committed teams and provides competencies in better understanding and relating to faith-related preferences of customers and clients, thereby positively impacting the communities and societies in which companies operate.

Results are released and participating companies will be recognized at the Religious Freedom & Business Foundation’s national Faith@Work ERG Dare to Overcome conference, May 22-24, 2023, in Washington, DC. (UK results released in London in early March.) Dare to Overcome is the premier annual conference where Fortune 500 faith-and-belief employee resource groups (ERGs) and corporate chaplains come together as allies of others to share best practices and build stronger, more diverse networks among the faith-and-belief ERG community in the U.S. and worldwide.

Registration for Dare to Overcome (which is not required to submit a REDI Index entry) is open now.