Asia Society Recognizes Winners of 2019 Best Companies for Asian Pacific Americans Awards
For their efforts in promoting and developing Asian Pacific American (APA) talent, Asia Society has named Discover Financial Services, Inc. the Overall Best Employer in the 2019 edition of the Best Companies for Asian Pacific Americans Awards. For their "distinguished performance" in the field, the awards also recognize independent digital media company BuzzFeed and professional services firm KPMG LLP.
The full list of winners:
Overall Best Employer for Asian Pacific Americans
![Asia Society Best Employer 2019: Overall Best Employer for Asian Pacific Americans](/sites/default/files/styles/120x120/public/2019-04/DLF2019medal_OverallBestEmpl_1.jpg)
Winner: Discover
Distinguished Performance: BuzzFeed, KPMG
Best Employers:
![Asia Society Best Employer 2019: Best for Sponsorship and Development of Workforce Skills](/sites/default/files/styles/120x120/public/2019-04/DLF2019medal_WorkforceSkills.jpg)
Best Employer for Sponsorship and Development of Workforce Skills for APAs
Winner: KPMG
Distinguished Performance: Chevron, Discover
![Asia Society Best Employer 2019: Best for Promoting Asian Pacific Americans into Leadership Positions](/sites/default/files/styles/120x120/public/2019-04/DLF2019medal_Leadership.jpg)
Best Employer for Promoting APAs into Leadership Positions
Winner: BuzzFeed
Distinguished Performance: Colgate-Palmolive, Credit Suisse
![Asia Society Best Employer 2019: Best Asian Pacific American Employee Resource Groups](/sites/default/files/styles/120x120/public/2019-04/DLF2019medal_EmplResource.jpg)
Best APA Employee Resource Groups
Winner: Chevron
Distinguished Performance: Cigna, Grant Thornton
![Asia Society Best Employer 2019: Best for Marketing to Asian Pacific American Consumers](/sites/default/files/styles/120x120/public/2019-04/DLF2019medal_Marketing.jpg)
Best Company Marketing to APA Consumers and Investors
Winner: AT&T
Distinguished Performance: PepsiCo, PG&E
![Asia Society Best Employer 2019: Best for Promoting Asian Pacific American Women](/sites/default/files/styles/120x120/public/2019-04/DLF2019medal_PromoWomen.jpg)
Best Employer for Promoting APA Women
Winner: BNY Mellon
Distinguished Performance: Credit Suisse, Marriott
![Asia Society Best Employer 2019: Best for Promoting LGBT Asian Pacific American Employees](/sites/default/files/styles/120x120/public/2019-04/DLF2019medal_LGBT.jpg)
Best Employer for LGBT Asian Employees
Winner: Goldman Sachs
Distinguished Performance: Marriott, BNY Mellon
Most Innovative Practice Citations:
![2019 Most Innovative Practices: Recruitment and Selection](/sites/default/files/styles/120x120/public/2019-04/DLF2019_InnovPractbanner_RecruitSelect_2.jpg)
Recruitment and Selection
Grant Thornton (Best of the Best); BuzzFeed; KPMG; Goldman Sachs
![2019 Most Innovative Practices: Retention](/sites/default/files/styles/120x120/public/2019-04/DLF2019_InnovPractbanner_Retention.jpg)
Retention
KPMG (Best of the Best); Goldman Sachs
![2019 Most Innovative Practices: Growth and Advancement](/sites/default/files/styles/120x120/public/2019-04/DLF2019_InnovPractbanner_EmplGrowth.jpg)
Employee Growth & Advancement
Goldman Sachs (Best of the Best); KPMG
![2019 Most Innovative Practices: Profit and Loss](/sites/default/files/styles/120x120/public/2019-04/DLF2019_InnovPractbanner_ProfitLoss.jpg)
Profit & Loss Leadership Development
Chevron (Best of the Best); Boston Scientific
![2019 Most Innovative Practices: APA Employee Resource Groups](/sites/default/files/styles/120x120/public/2019-04/DLF2019_InnovPractbanner_EmplResource.jpg)
APA Employee Resource Groups
KPMG (Best of the Best); Discover
![2019 Most Innovative Practices: Marketing to APA Consumers and Investors](/sites/default/files/styles/120x120/public/2019-04/DLF2019_InnovPractbanner_Marketing.jpg)
Marketing to APA Consumers & Investors
AT&T, PepsiCo (tied—Best of the Best); Marriott; PG&E
![2019 Most Innovative Practices: Promoting APA Women](/sites/default/files/styles/120x120/public/2019-04/DLF2019_InnovPractbanner_PromoWomen.jpg)
Promoting APA Women
Medtronic (Best of the Best); AT&T
![2019 Most Innovative Practices: LGBT Asian Employees](/sites/default/files/styles/120x120/public/2019-04/DLF2019_InnovPractbanner_LGBT.jpg)
LGBT Asian Employees
Grant Thornton (Best of the Best); Discover; BNY Mellon