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Fortune 500 companies became more religious-friendly between 2024 and 2025, an annual survey to measure corporate religious diversity, equity, and inclusion (REDI) recently found.
The Religious Freedom & Business Foundation’s 2025 REDI Index discovered that the average REDI Monitor score for Fortune 500 companies “increased significantly” in the past year, going from an average score of 3.6 to 4.2, with 15 being the maximum score. The 2025 score more than doubled from 2022, when it was only 2 points.
“This indicates an increase in the intensity with which companies are embracing faith-friendly workplaces,” according to an executive summary of the survey.
Practices that earn companies points on the monitor include “faith-oriented inclusion and belonging initiatives,” the summary added.
For the first time, eight Fortune 500 companies mentioned the REDI Index on their websites. According to the executive summary, IT company Accenture is the most faith-friendly company for the third year in a row, followed by internet company Equinix and technology company DELL.
Merck, a pharmaceutical company, and Intuit, a software company, took fourth and fifth place on the index. Other faith-friendly companies included CMS Energy, Rolls-Royce, and FirstEnergy, according to the summary.
Companies who participated in the REDI Index Survey frequently mentioned religion or religion as part of workplace belonging commitments on their websites (75%), and most of them (92%) had formally approved faith-based employee resource groups (ERGs). However, the summary noted that ERGs dropped slightly from 62 to 60 in the past year.
All the companies addressed religion during internal HR training, and all said that they celebrate or honor the holy days of their employees.
According to the summary, 177 companies saw their REDI Monitor score go up between 2024 and 2025, 136 companies’ score went down, and 187 remained the same.
