For a third year in row IBM has been named the world’s most LGBT-inclusive employer by Amsterdam-based Workplace Pride Foundation.

This is the third year that Workplace Pride has conducted the Global Benchmark Survey to see which companies are the most LGBT-friendly. The companies submit themselves for evaluation.

Last year's survey examined 21 companies, but that number was raised to 30 for this year's evaluation.

Between the companies surveyed they have over 3 million employees in over 100 countries. The top ten companies, and their respective benchmark scores can be seen in the graph below:

According to Workplace Pride "organizations taking part in the 3rd Global Benchmark survey scored a median of 61%, up from 58% in 2015 and 51% in 2014 indicating overall progress among participants."

The highest scoring new company in the survey was Accenture, with a score of 83.78%.

Top 5 improvers compared to the 2015 Global Benchmark: (% increase)

1. Randstad: +35.11%

2. UWV: +27.43%

3. KPN +17.01%

4. NautaDutilh +12.78%

5. PostNL +10.30%

“This year’s Global Benchmark saw a 40% increase in the number of participants,” said Executive Director of Workplace Pride, David Pollard in a statement.

“We congratulate IBM and all of the 2016 Global Benchmark participants as they are making good on their commitments to create workplaces around the world where LGBT people can be themselves.”

h/t: GayStarNews