5 Illinois companies make Black Enterprise diversity list

Five companies based in Illinois were included in Black Enterprise magazine’s “40 Best Companies for Diversity.”

All of the companies that made the list in the December/January issue of Black Enterprise were rated based on diversity in four areas: board of directors, employee base, senior management and supplier diversity. The magazine began publishing the list in 2005.

The Illinois companies:

• Allstate Corp., Northbrook
• Exelon Corp., Chicago
• McDonald’s Corp., Oak Brook
• Northern Trust Corp., Chicago
• State Farm Insurance Co., Bloomington

Black Enterprise said hundreds of companies refused to take the survey and others said they didn’t have enough time to provide diversity information.