Boost your workplace rankings – Company indices and best companies to work for
Featuring in some of the world’s most prestigious workplace rankings and best company to work for indices is no longer just ‘nice to have’. On the contrary, it’s now considered a must-have in proving your corporate responsibility credentials and winning the confidence of key stakeholders – from employees, customers and suppliers right through to investors and even regulators.
With the largest database of workplace rankings and company league tables in the world – not to mention one of the highest win rates – we can help you secure that all-important placing, or increase your ranking. We are very experienced in helping companies with the Stonewall Index, The Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work for, Great Place to Work Schemes and the Social Mobility Index, amongst many others.
Stonewall Workplace Equality Index
The Stonewall UK Index and The Stonewall Global Workplace Equality Index are the definitive benchmarks for employers to measure their LGBT+ workplace inclusion achievements and progress.
Participating employers demonstrate their work in ten areas of employment policy and practice plus staff must complete an anonymous survey. The entries are beasts with the potential to be over 35,000 words, plus a plethora of supporting material to show your policies, inclusion activity and more.
The Stonewall UK Workplace Equality Index opens in June and closes in September, while The Global Workplace Equality Index opens in October and closes in late Feb/early March.
The Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For
This prestigious, highly competitive and well-known UK scheme is run by Best Companies. There are three different league tables for company sizes (minimum 50 employees) and a fourth for not-for-profits. Entrants also have the opportunity to be placed in regional lists.
The process involves a thorough survey and a huge written entry (up to 10,000 words). The survey is organised and set up by the organisers and the scores you get here will determine if and where you are placed in the top 100 list. The written entry makes no difference to your ranking. However, it is crucial in winning one of five special awards (each award to one company per list):
- Innovation in Engagement Practice
- Giving Something Back
- Learning and Development
- Wellbeing
- Discovering Potential
This year there is a strong focus on your response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The deadline for registration is 22nd January 2021 but companies have until 22nd February to submit their written entry.
Social Mobility Employer Index
The aim of the Social Mobility Employer Index is to encourage companies to share their initiatives with regards to ensuring they are open to accessing and progressing talent from all backgrounds.
The Social Mobility Index is an important bench-marking initiative that ranks Britain’s employers that are progressing and showcasing the best progress in improving social mobility.
Employers are asked to supply data and examples of their achievements across eight sections and it’s around 9,000 words in total including data and statistics, plus an employee survey to sit alongside your written entry. The deadline is usually late May.
Great Place to Work Scheme
Run by Great Place to Work Institute, this is not as well-known as the Sunday Times list, but it is international, and you can influence your ranking substantially with a solid written entry (where Boost can help). A third of the marks are for the written entry.
The organisers say that there is a degree of flexibility around the deadline date and this can be discussed on a case by case basis. However, overall the survey and written entry should be finalised by mid-November. Entry fees vary depending on the company size – prices start from £5k for the smallest companies (20 employees) but can go into the tens of thousands for large companies so this is something that needs to be considered. You can contact the organisers for an exact price for your company to enter.
How we can help
We can help as little or as much as you like, but where we will add the most value is with your written entry. Our process here typically involves:
- Helping you select the scheme that will impress the right people and support your strategic imperatives (be it best employer, sustainability, corporate responsibility, etc) from our comprehensive database of rankings/indices worldwide.
- Assessing the key proof points required and any gaps in your story or evidence. For the employer lists in particular, we can undertake a pre-survey to understand your current employee engagement levels and put in place recommendations before proceeding with the entry.
- Conducting the necessary phone interviews to gather the information to complete all of the open and closed questions.
- Managing the compilation of all (sometimes extensive) supporting material, for example policy documents, marketing communications etc.
- Conducting surveys where appropriate or necessary to gather the all-important evidence to support your submission.
- Assessing and incorporating judges’ feedback from previous years (where provided).
- Incorporating your feedback/amends (up to three sets of iterations per section).
- (Optional) Uploading the text and supporting documents ready for you to submit.
“Boost can manage the compilation of the often extensive supporting materials, conduct pre-surveys to understand your current employee engagement levels, and of course add our expertise to the written entry.”
To discuss your requirements and how we may be able to help, please call +44(0)1273 443946 or contact us today.
Please see below for our full list of workplace rankings, company league tables and indices. To keep the list manageable we have not included financial performance rankings or more niche industry league tables, but we do also have many of these in our database.
We also have a guide to some of the most popular schemes like The Sunday Times 100 Best Companies and Great Place to Work.
List of workplace rankings, indices and league tables
We can’t guarantee 100% accuracy (we try our best!) so always visit the individual awards’ websites for the latest information.
Award name | Deadline Date | Awarding Date | Industry | Region |
The Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For | 22nd Jan | 15th May | HR & Training | UK |
RSPH Health and Wellbeing Awards | 15th Feb | 21st Oct | Health & Social Care | UK |
NatWest SE100 Index and Social Business Awards | ~31st Mar | ~28th Mar | Corporate Social Responsibility | UK |
EFQM Global Award | ~1st Apr | ~23rd Oct | Business | International |
Fortune 500 | ~5th Apr | ~17th May | Business | USA |
The RoSPA Health and Safety Awards | 14th Apr | 18th May | HR & Training | International |
Forbes Global 2000 (World's Largest Companies) | ~25th Apr | ~15th May | Business | International |
Great Place to Work - UK's Best Workplaces for Women | ~30th Apr | ~3rd Jul | HR & Training | UK |
Glassdoor's Top CEOs | ~1st May | ~3rd Jun | Business Leaders | UK |
Marketing Week 100 Disruptive Brands | ~8th May | ~8th Jun | Marketing PR Events & Advertising | International |
Supply Chains to Admire Awards | ~13th May | ~19th Jun | Supply Chain | International |
Top Companies for Customer Service | 1st Jun | 20th Jan | Customer Contact | UK |
The Banker Top 1000 World Banks | ~4th Jun | ~1st Jul | Financial Services | International |
The Fortune Global 500 | ~19th Jun | ~19th Jul | Business | International |
Social Mobility Employer Index | ~26th Jun | ~11th Oct | HR & Training | UK |
Britain's Healthiest Workplace | ~10th Jul | ~15th Nov | Corporate Social Responsibility | UK |
The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers | ~1st Aug | ~1st Sep | HR & Training | UK |
Best Workplaces for Diversity | 1st Aug | ~5th Dec | HR & Training | USA |
The Inclusive Companies Awards | 6th Aug | ~28th Nov | HR & Training | UK |
Times Higher Education World University Rankings | ~27th Aug | ~30th Sep | Education | International |
World's Best Workplaces | ~14th Sep | ~15th Oct | HR & Training | International |
Management Today Britain's Most Admired Companies | ~25th Sep | 21st Jan | Business | UK |
Forbes 30 under 30 | ~30th Sep | ~13th Nov | Business Leaders | North America |
Fortune Most Powerful Women in Business | ~1st Oct | ~1st Nov | Business Leaders | International |
Forbes The World's 100 Most Powerful Women | ~1st Oct | ~1st Nov | Business Leaders | International |
Savings Champion Awards | ~13th Oct | ~13th Nov | Financial Services | UK |
Glassdoor's Best Places to Work | ~30th Oct | ~1st Dec | Business | UK |
World's Most Ethical Companies | ~13th Nov | 1st Apr | Corporate Social Responsibility | International |
Great Place to Work | ~15th Nov | ~27th Apr | HR & Training | International |
Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For | ~19th Nov | 19th Apr | HR & Training | USA |
The Times Top 50 Employers for Women (BITC) | ~27th Nov | ~30th Apr | Business Leaders | UK |
Workingmums.co.uk Top Employer Awards | ~27th Nov | ~7th Nov | HR & Training | UK |
Diversity Champion Award and International Inclusion Award | 1st Dec | 8th Jan | HR & Training | International |
Inclusive Top 50 Employers | 14th Dec | ~14th Jan | HR & Training | UK |
AirlineRatings Airline Excellence Awards | ~14th Dec | ~2nd Jan | Transport & Logistics | International |
Workplace Wellbeing Index | 14th Dec | ~14th Jan | HR & Training | UK |
Fortune World's Most Admired Companies | 19th Dec | 19th Jan | Business | International |
Top Employer Institute Certification Programme | 30th Dec | ~30th Jan | HR & Training | International |
BITC Diversity Intelligence | ~31st Dec | ~31st Jan | HR & Training | UK |
Boost your workplace rankings – Company indices and best companies to work for
Featuring in some of the world’s most prestigious workplace rankings and best company to work for indices is no longer just ‘nice to have’. On the contrary, it’s now considered a must-have in proving your corporate responsibility credentials and winning the confidence of key stakeholders – from employees, customers and suppliers right through to investors and even regulators.
With the largest database of workplace rankings and company league tables in the world – not to mention one of the highest win rates – we can help you secure that all-important placing, or increase your ranking. We are very experienced in helping companies with the Stonewall Index, The Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work for, Great Place to Work Schemes and the Social Mobility Index, amongst many others.
Stonewall Workplace Equality Index
The Stonewall UK Index and The Stonewall Global Workplace Equality Index are the definitive benchmarks for employers to measure their LGBT+ workplace inclusion achievements and progress.
Participating employers demonstrate their work in ten areas of employment policy and practice plus staff must complete an anonymous survey. The entries are beasts with the potential to be over 35,000 words, plus a plethora of supporting material to show your policies, inclusion activity and more.
The Stonewall UK Workplace Equality Index opens in June and closes in September, while The Global Workplace Equality Index opens in October and closes in late Feb/early March.
The Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For
This prestigious, highly competitive and well-known UK scheme is run by Best Companies. There are three different league tables for company sizes (minimum 50 employees) and a fourth for not-for-profits. Entrants also have the opportunity to be placed in regional lists.
The process involves a thorough survey and a huge written entry (up to 10,000 words). The survey is organised and set up by the organisers and the scores you get here will determine if and where you are placed in the top 100 list. The written entry makes no difference to your ranking. However, it is crucial in winning one of five special awards (each award to one company per list):
- Innovation in Engagement Practice
- Giving Something Back
- Learning and Development
- Wellbeing
- Discovering Potential
This year there is a strong focus on your response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The deadline for registration is 22nd January 2021 but companies have until 22nd February to submit their written entry.
Social Mobility Employer Index
The aim of the Social Mobility Employer Index is to encourage companies to share their initiatives with regards to ensuring they are open to accessing and progressing talent from all backgrounds.
The Social Mobility Index is an important bench-marking initiative that ranks Britain’s employers that are progressing and showcasing the best progress in improving social mobility.
Employers are asked to supply data and examples of their achievements across eight sections and it’s around 9,000 words in total including data and statistics, plus an employee survey to sit alongside your written entry. The deadline is usually late May.
Great Place to Work Scheme
Run by Great Place to Work Institute, this is not as well-known as the Sunday Times list, but it is international, and you can influence your ranking substantially with a solid written entry (where Boost can help). A third of the marks are for the written entry.
The organisers say that there is a degree of flexibility around the deadline date and this can be discussed on a case by case basis. However, overall the survey and written entry should be finalised by mid-November. Entry fees vary depending on the company size – prices start from £5k for the smallest companies (20 employees) but can go into the tens of thousands for large companies so this is something that needs to be considered. You can contact the organisers for an exact price for your company to enter.
How we can help
We can help as little or as much as you like, but where we will add the most value is with your written entry.
Our process here typically involves:
- Helping you select the scheme that will impress the right people and support your strategic imperatives (be it best employer, sustainability, corporate responsibility, etc) from our comprehensive database of rankings/indices worldwide.
- Assessing the key proof points required and any gaps in your story or evidence. For the employer lists in particular, we can undertake a pre-survey to understand your current employee engagement levels and put in place recommendations before proceeding with the entry.
- Conducting the necessary phone interviews to gather the information to complete all of the open and closed questions.
- Managing the compilation of all (sometimes extensive) supporting material, for example policy documents, marketing communications etc.
- Conducting surveys where appropriate or necessary to gather the all-important evidence to support your submission.
- Assessing and incorporating judges’ feedback from previous years (where provided).
- Incorporating your feedback/amends (up to three sets of iterations per section).
- (Optional) Uploading the text and supporting documents ready for you to submit.
“Boost can manage the compilation of the often extensive supporting materials, conduct pre-surveys to understand your current employee engagement levels, and of course add our expertise to the written entry.”
To discuss your requirements and how we may be able to help, please call +441273 443946 or contact us today.
Please see below for our full list of workplace rankings, company league tables and indices. To keep the list manageable we have not included financial performance rankings or more niche industry league tables, but we do also have many of these in our database.
We also have a guide to some of the most popular schemes like The Sunday Times 100 Best Companies and Great Place to Work.
List of workplace rankings, indices and league tables
We can’t guarantee 100% accuracy (we try our best!) so always visit the individual awards’ websites for the latest information.
Award name | Deadline Date | Awarding Date | Industry | Region |
The Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For | 22nd Jan | 15th May | HR & Training | UK |
RSPH Health and Wellbeing Awards | 15th Feb | 21st Oct | Health & Social Care | UK |
NatWest SE100 Index and Social Business Awards | ~31st Mar | ~28th Mar | Corporate Social Responsibility | UK |
EFQM Global Award | ~1st Apr | ~23rd Oct | Business | International |
Fortune 500 | ~5th Apr | ~17th May | Business | USA |
The RoSPA Health and Safety Awards | 14th Apr | 18th May | HR & Training | International |
Forbes Global 2000 (World's Largest Companies) | ~25th Apr | ~15th May | Business | International |
Great Place to Work - UK's Best Workplaces for Women | ~30th Apr | ~3rd Jul | HR & Training | UK |
Glassdoor's Top CEOs | ~1st May | ~3rd Jun | Business Leaders | UK |
Marketing Week 100 Disruptive Brands | ~8th May | ~8th Jun | Marketing PR Events & Advertising | International |
Supply Chains to Admire Awards | ~13th May | ~19th Jun | Supply Chain | International |
Top Companies for Customer Service | 1st Jun | 20th Jan | Customer Contact | UK |
The Banker Top 1000 World Banks | ~4th Jun | ~1st Jul | Financial Services | International |
The Fortune Global 500 | ~19th Jun | ~19th Jul | Business | International |
Social Mobility Employer Index | ~26th Jun | ~11th Oct | HR & Training | UK |
Britain's Healthiest Workplace | ~10th Jul | ~15th Nov | Corporate Social Responsibility | UK |
The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers | ~1st Aug | ~1st Sep | HR & Training | UK |
Best Workplaces for Diversity | 1st Aug | ~5th Dec | HR & Training | USA |
The Inclusive Companies Awards | 6th Aug | ~28th Nov | HR & Training | UK |
Times Higher Education World University Rankings | ~27th Aug | ~30th Sep | Education | International |
World's Best Workplaces | ~14th Sep | ~15th Oct | HR & Training | International |
Management Today Britain's Most Admired Companies | ~25th Sep | 21st Jan | Business | UK |
Forbes 30 under 30 | ~30th Sep | ~13th Nov | Business Leaders | North America |
Fortune Most Powerful Women in Business | ~1st Oct | ~1st Nov | Business Leaders | International |
Forbes The World's 100 Most Powerful Women | ~1st Oct | ~1st Nov | Business Leaders | International |
Savings Champion Awards | ~13th Oct | ~13th Nov | Financial Services | UK |
Glassdoor's Best Places to Work | ~30th Oct | ~1st Dec | Business | UK |
World's Most Ethical Companies | ~13th Nov | 1st Apr | Corporate Social Responsibility | International |
Great Place to Work | ~15th Nov | ~27th Apr | HR & Training | International |
Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For | ~19th Nov | 19th Apr | HR & Training | USA |
The Times Top 50 Employers for Women (BITC) | ~27th Nov | ~30th Apr | Business Leaders | UK |
Workingmums.co.uk Top Employer Awards | ~27th Nov | ~7th Nov | HR & Training | UK |
Diversity Champion Award and International Inclusion Award | 1st Dec | 8th Jan | HR & Training | International |
Inclusive Top 50 Employers | 14th Dec | ~14th Jan | HR & Training | UK |
AirlineRatings Airline Excellence Awards | ~14th Dec | ~2nd Jan | Transport & Logistics | International |
Workplace Wellbeing Index | 14th Dec | ~14th Jan | HR & Training | UK |
Fortune World's Most Admired Companies | 19th Dec | 19th Jan | Business | International |
Top Employer Institute Certification Programme | 30th Dec | ~30th Jan | HR & Training | International |
BITC Diversity Intelligence | ~31st Dec | ~31st Jan | HR & Training | UK |