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Awards

These awards illustrate our commitment to being the "Company of Champions."


2011

  • 100 Best Companies to Work For (No. 58), Fortune magazine
  • World's Most Admired Companies (No. 47), Fortune magazine
  • World's Most Innovative Companies (No. 31), Forbes magazine
  • Forbes Top Brands, Forbes magazine
  • 100 Best Companies, Working Mother magazine
  • Best Companies for Multicultural Women, Working Mother magazine
  • Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality, Human Rights Campaign Foundation
  • Top Companies for Leaders (No. 2), Fortune magazine
  • 2011 Best Places to Work, Minnesota Monthly magazine
  • Top Companies for Executive Women, National Association for Female Executives
  • 100 Best Corporate Citizens (No. 12), Corporate Responsibility magazine
  • Top 50 Companies for Diversity, DiversityInc
  • Top 50 Employers, Equal Opportunity Magazine
  • Top 100 IDEAL Employers, Universum USA
  • World’s Most Ethical Companies, The Ethisphere Institute
  • Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles, National Business Group on Health
  • 40 Best Companies for Diversity, Black Enterprise Magazine
  • Top Workplaces 2011, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • Best Places to Work in IT (No. 3), Computerworld
  • America's 100 Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces, The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
  • 50 Best Companies for Latinas, LATINA Style magazine
  • The Best Companies for Asians to Work For, The National Association of Asian American Professionals 
  • Top 100 IDEAL™ Employers among MBAs, Universum
  • UK's 50 Best Workplaces, The Great Place to Work Institute
  • 2011 Top Employeurs in France, Corporate Research Foundation Institute
  • America’s Most Reputable Companies (No. 15), Reputation Institute
  • Harris Reputation Quotient Survey (No. 9), Harris Interactive
  • Outstanding Foreign Firms Based in the Republic of China, General Chamber of Commerce of the Republic of China (Taiwan)

2010

  • 100 Best Companies to Work For (No. 90), Fortune magazine
  • 100 Best Corporate Citizens (No. 3), Corporate Responsibility magazine
  • World's Most Admired Companies (No. 47), Fortune magazine
  • Top 20 Companies for Leadership, Bloomberg Businessweek.com
  • 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers (Top Ten, Hall of Fame), Working Mother magazine
  • Best Companies for Multicultural Women, Working Mother magazine
  • 40 Best Companies for Diversity, Black Enterprise Magazine
  • World’s Most Ethical Companies, The Ethisphere Institute
  • Top 50 Companies for Diversity, DiversityInc
  • Top Companies for Executive Women, National Association for Female Executives
  • Annual Top Employers, Equal Opportunity magazine
  • Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality, Human Rights Campaign Foundation
  • 2010 Best Workplaces in Canada, The Great Place to Work Institute
  • 100 Best Small Companies to Work For, Sunday Times (United Kingdom)
  • Top Companies for Diverse MBA's and Managers, Diversity MBA magazine
  • Summit Award, United Way of America
  • Start! Fit-Friendly Company, American Heart Association
  • Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles, National Business Group on Health
  • Top 10 in National Corporate Reputation Survey, Harris Interactive
  • 2010 U.S. Reputation Pulse Study (No. 11), The Reputation Institute
  • United Kingdom’s 50 Best Workplaces, The Financial Times   
  • Top Workplaces 2010 (No. 1 in large public company category), The Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • Best Places to Work in IT (No. 4), Computerworld
  • America's 100 Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces, The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
  • 50 Best Companies for Latinas, LATINA Style magazine
  • Best in Leadership Development (No. 14), Leadership Excellence magazine
  • 2010 Best Multi-ethnic Interactive Media, Mosaic Center
  • 2010 Corporate of the Year, Hispanic Public Relations Association
  • 2010 Top Hispanic Digital Ad Campaign, Portada 
  • Best Places to Work, Glassdoor.com
  • Top 25 Supplier Diversity company, Hispanic Business magazine

2009

  • Global Top Companies for Leaders (No. 3), Fortune
  • 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers, Working Mother magazine
  • 100 Top Greenest Big Companies in America, Newsweek magazine
  • Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility
  • 50 Best Companies for Latinas, LATINA Style magazine
  • Best Places to Launch a Career (No. 12), BusinessWeek magazine
  • 40 Best Companies for Diversity, Black Enterprise Magazine
  • Best Places to Work in IT (No. 1), Computerworld
  • Best Companies for Multicultural Women, Working Mother magazine
  • Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles, National Business Group on Health
  • Top 10 in National Corporate Reputation Survey (No. 8), Harris Interactive
  • World’s Most Reputable Companies, The Reputation Institute, Forbes
  • America's 100 Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces, The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
  • World’s Most Admired Companies, Fortune magazine
  • Top 50 Companies for Diversity, DiversityInc
  • Top Companies for Executive Women, National Association for Female Executives
  • 100 Best Corporate Citizens (No. 2), Corporate Responsibility Officer magazine
  • 100 Best Companies to Work For, Fortune magazine
  • Training Top 125 (No. 7), Training magazine
  • World’s Most Ethical Companies, The Ethisphere Institute
  • Start! Fit-Friendly Company, American Heart Association
  • United Kingdom’s 50 Best Workplaces, The Financial Times   

Awards received spanning 2000-2008

 

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Overview

General Mills at a glance (pdf) Go
 
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Gone platinum

Research facility pushes sustainability envelope Go
 
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Tops again

General Mills Australia again won a Food Industry award. Go