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Awards & Recognition

McDonald's has been recognized as a great place to work in more than 30 of the markets in which we do business.

Brands

Fast Company

  • 2011 Most Innovative Food Companies

BrandZ

  • 2012 #4 Most Valuable Global Brand

Forbes

  • 2012 #7 World's Most Powerful Brand
Interbrand

  • 2012 #7 Best Global Brand
Leadership

Fortune

  • 2012 #11 Most Admired Company in the World

  • Ranked #2 among all companies for “Management Quality”

  • Ranked #2 among all companies for “Global Competitiveness”

  • Ranked #1 among all companies for “Use of Corporate Assets”

  • Ranked #4 among all companies for “Best Long-Term Investment”

  • Ranked #2 among all companies for “Financial Soundness”

  • Ranked #4 among all companies for “People Management”

  • McDonald’s also ranked #1 in the Food Services category

Forbes

  • 2010 Most Admired Companies

Barron's

  • 2012 #3 Most Respected Company

  • 2012 Jim Skinner Named One of World’s 30 Best CEOs
Black Enterprise

  • 2012 Don Thompson Named One of Most Powerful CEOs

BusinessWeek

  • 2010 20 Best Companies for Leadership

  • 2010 Jim Skinner Named One of 10 Most Innovative People
Sustainability

Corporate Responsibility Magazine

  • 2010 Top 100 Best Corporate Citizens

Dow Jones Sustainability Index

  • McDonald’s has been a member of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index since 2005

Newsweek

  • 2010 Greenest Companies in America
Workplace

Each year, many publications and organizations conduct surveys, polls, and benchmarking studies to determine which companies are doing noteworthy work in the area of inclusion and diversity. McDonald's has a proud history of being the recipient of many of these awards, some on a recurring basis.

  • Great Place to Work Institute, "World's Best Multinational Workplaces", 2012

  • Working Mother Magazine, "Top Companies for Multicultural Women", 2011 & 2010

  • Black Enterprise Magazine, "40 Best Companies for Diversity", 2011

  • Latina Style Magazine, "Best Companies for Hourly Workers", 2011

  • Diversity MBA "50 Out Front for Diversity Leadership: Best Places for Diverse Managers To Work" 2011

  • Executive Leadership Council, "Corporate Award", 2010

  • Executive Leadership Council, "Corporate Executive Award - Don Thompson", 2010

  • Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund, "Community Leadership Award - Neil Golden", 2010

  • Fortune Magazine, "50 Most Powerful Women - Jan Fields (#25)", 2010

  • Latina Style, "Best 10 Companies for Latinas to Work", 2010

  • Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, "Avoice Corporate Award", 2010

  • Black Enterprise Magazine, "40 Best Companies for Diversity", 2010

  • Hispanic Business Magazine, "Top 10 Diversity Elite Companies", 2010

  • PODER Magazine, "Top 25 Franchises for Hispanics", 2010

  • "Top 6 Companies for Hourly Employees", Working Mother Magazine, 2010

  • "Top Supplier Diversity Program for Women", Professional Woman Magazine, 2010

  • "Best Company for Promoting Asian Pacific Americans to Develop Workforce Skills”, Asia Society, 2010
Other

Bloomberg Businessweek

  • 2010 #31 Top 50 Performing Stocks During Past Five Years

Institutional Investor Magazine

  • 2013 #1 Best IR Companies - Restaurants