Gen Receives Top Awards for Its Efforts To Power Digital Freedom

Written by Kim Allman| Head of Corporate Responsibility and Public Policy

Gen Blog | Impact

In 2024, we’ve seen Gen make a positive impact on a global scale. Over the past fiscal year, we reached more than 5.3 million people with our Cyber Safety education and training efforts, and more than 55% of our team members participated in  programs, supporting meaningful causes with our time and expertise.

In light of these achievements, we’re proud that Gen has received several distinguished honors that recognize the difference we’re able to make together, including:

• Newsweek’s Most Responsible Companies for 2025
• Newsweek’s America’s Greatest Workplaces 2024
• Newsweek’s America’s Greatest Workplaces for Parents & Families 2024

We also won two Communitas Awards for our environmental sustainability initiatives and our work with the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts.

Gathering Insights from Experts and the Public 

Newsweek’s Most Responsible Companies list for 2025 surveys 26,000 U.S. residents asking them to evaluate the country’s top 2,000 companies’ corporate citizenship reputations. Newsweek then examines the companies’ ESG programs based on more than 30 Performance Indicators. Against these criteria, Gen ranked 13th in our industry and 328th overall.

Additionally, Newsweek’s list of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Parents & Families is based on data from more than 250,000 employees across the United States, including 113,000 working parents, who reviewed categories such as working environment, compensation & benefits, and work-life balance. On the resulting list of one thousand companies, Gen received a 4.5 rating out of 5. Newsweek’s America’s Greatest Workplaces list followed a similar methodology, interviewing more than 250,000 employees across 78 sectors, and we received a 4-star rating out of 5.

Protecting the Planet and Our Communities 

Gen also received two “Excellence in Corporate Responsibility” Communitas Awards in 2024. Winning in the “Making a Difference” category was our partnership with the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS), which provides the tools, skills and resources that girls and young women need to stay safe online and lead healthy digital lives. Norton, one of our trusted Cyber Safety brands, provides technical support for the Surf Smart 2.0, a badge earning course in digital citizenship, and Gen team members volunteered in person at this year’s Surf Smart 2.0 Program event at WAGGGS’ World Centre in Pune, India.

In addition, our Sustainability Home Improvement Program (SHIP) took home the honor for Green Initiatives. This benefit provides funding for Gen team members looking to make their homes more environmentally friendly. More than 29% of our global employee population participated in fiscal 2024. This led to the funding of more than 1,000 home sustainability projects, such as home solar systems, appliance upgrades, home gardens and more.

For more information about how we Power Digital Freedom, check out our 2024 Social Impact Report.