Altria Named #18 on the "Top Organizations for Multicultural Business Opportunities"
DiversityBusiness.com conducts an annual 10 question survey with more than 1.3 million businesses throughout the U.S. The survey seeks feedback on companies based on key factors such as volume, consistency and quality of business opportunities granted to women-owned and minority-owned companies. 

The editors of LATINO magazine in April named Altria Group as a LATINO 100 company. The prestigious list highlights the “top companies providing the most opportunities for Latinos,” according to the cover story of the magazine’s spring 2013 issue.

To generate its first-ever list of the LATINO 100, editors relied on nominations from the Latino community as well as nonprofit organizations, magazine readers, partners and stakeholders. Editors also completed their own research and information gathering to generate the listing. Organizations are ranked alphabetically and not given a ranking number.

Altria ranked 15th on Corporate Responsibility Magazines 2012 "100 Best Corporate Citizens List". You can view the entire list of "Best Corporate Citizens 2012" by clicking here.

Altria ranked 69th in the Barron's World's Most Respected Companies, the only domestic tobacco company to make the list. The annual survey among money managers asks their views of the world's 100 largest companies based on stock-market capitalization as determined by Dow Jones Indexes.
 
Read Virginia Business magazine's article about Altria making the Barron's World's Most Respected Companies list.

The editors of Computerworld named Altria Group one of the "100 Best Places to Work in IT." The Information Services department, which is part of Altria Client Services, ranked No. 87 in an overall rating.

This is the nineth time in the past ten years that Information Services ranked in the top 100. The annual program recognizes the best IT organizations nationally for excellence in career development, training, retention, benefits and diversity. Read More>>

In 2012, FORTUNE® magazine ranked Altria 4^th among all companies in social responsibility and 10^th in financial soundness. Altria ranked 1^st in the tobacco industry in social responsibility and quality of products/services.

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CollegeGrad.com, the #1 entry level job site, ranked Altria Group among its 50 best in class employers for 2011: 

• #31 of Top Entry Level Employers who are dedicated to the training and advancement of college graduates . Read More>> 
• #17 of Top Intern Employers who are dedicated to the training and development of talent through internships. Read More>> 

The editors of Computerworld named Altria Group one of the "100 Best Places to Work in IT." The Information Services department, which is part of Altria Client Services, ranked:

• No. 34 overall, an increase in standing from 2010’s No. 40 position
• No. 7 in the medium-company category
• No. 4 overall for career development
• No. 2 for companies based in Virginia

This year marks the eighth time in the past nine years that Information Services ranked in the top 100. The annual program recognizes the best IT organizations nationally for excellence in career development, training, retention, benefits and diversity. Read More>>

DiversityInc awarded Altria ninth place in the "Top 10 Companies for Blacks" and one of its "25 Noteworthy Companies" for 2011.  

On March 3, 2011, Fortune Magazine published its annual list of the World’s Most Admired Companies. The highly regarded comprehensive ranking is based on survey results from executives, directors and analysts from various industries rating 673 companies from 32 countries.

For 2011, Altria Group ranks first within the tobacco industry categories of Financial Soundness and Long-Term Investment. Click here to see these rankings in Fortune magazine online.

Altria was awarded ninth place in the DiversityBusiness.com ranking of "America's Top Organizations for Multicultural Business Opportunities" for 2011. Over 750,000 women and minority owned businesses had the opportunity to vote in the secure online election. Read More>> 

Virginia Minority Supplier Development Council presents Altria with “Raising the Bar” award. Winning this award shows unmatched commitment to supplier development, creativity and unique or significant changes to our program year over year. 

In July, 2010, the editors of Computerworld, a leading Information Technology trade publication, named Altria Group one of the "100 Best Places to Work in IT."  This year marks the seventh time in the past eight years that Information Services ranked in the top 100. The annual program recognizes the best IT organizations nationally for excellence in career development, training, retention, benefits and diversity.  Read More>> 

Barron’s, a weekly financial newspaper read by investors, released its Barron’s 500 in May 2010, an annual list of the top-performing companies in the country. Altria Group earned the top spot. Read more>> 

Altria Group is No. 137 on the 2010 FORTUNE 500 list of the nation’s largest companies ranked by revenue, up from No. 160 last year.

The list places Altria second among tobacco companies, behind Philip Morris International (No. 94) and ahead of Reynolds American (No. 272). It also ranks Altria third among Virginia-based companies behind Freddie Mac (No. 54) and General Dynamics (No. 69). Altria is the largest among the six Richmond, Va.-based companies on the list.

In Fortune magazine's 2010 "Most Admired Companies" list:

• Altria achieved a top 10 ranking among all companies in key areas including long-term investment (8th) and product quality (7th).
  
  The list is based on a survey of executives, directors and analysts from 667 companies in 33 countries.

Rising two spots from 2009 to No. 5 in 2010, DiversityInc, a leading diversity trade publication, this spring named Altria companies to its "Top 10 Companies for Blacks" for the second year in a row.

On February 1st, 2010 DiversityBusiness.com announced Altria as part of the “Top 50 Organizations for Multicultural Business Opportunities". Over 600,000 diversity business owners had the opportunity to participate in an online election to determine the “Top” organizations.

For the fourth straight year, Altria Group, Inc. won the coveted “Soaring Eagle” award and was named the most outstanding private-sector organization at the Virginia Minority Supplier Development Council’s Annual Awards program Thursday.

BusinessWeek ranked Philip Morris USA/Altria No.17 of 50 in its “Best Places to Launch a Career" ranking. View video 

ComputerWorld magazine included Altria Group in its “100 Best Places to Work in Information Technology” list, and ranked it No. 6 nationally for its focus on career development.

DiversityInc ranked Altria Group No. 7 on its list of “Top 10 Companies for African-Americans.” 

FORTUNE magazine named Altria Group one of the “World’s Most Admired Companies” in the tobacco category. Among other categories, Altria Group ranked No. 1 in industry and No. 4 overall for people management.

The Urban League of Greater Richmond recognized Altria Group with the Corporate Service Award.

The Virginia Minority Supplier Development Council granted Altria Group its Soaring Eagle Award, after Philip Morris USA received it in 2007 and 2008.

Institutional Investor magazine recognized Altria Group’s investor relations team as one of the best in the country.

BusinessWeek ranked Philip Morris USA No. 32 of 50 in its “Best Places to Launch a Career" ranking.

• Ranking is based on three surveys: career services directors at U.S. colleges to learn which employers were tops on their list; employer survey that includes information on hiring, pay, benefits and training programs, which is then compared with others in the same industry; survey of more than 40,000 U.S. undergraduates by Universum Communications, a Philadelphia research company, asking students to identify their five most desirable employers. The employer survey counts for 50% of the final ranking, while the career services and student surveys count for 25% each. View video

National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) honored PM USA with the Job Choices “Sustained Branding” Award.

• The Award is given to employers who consistently demonstrate their commitment to college recruitment though support of NACE and Job Choices publication.

The Metropolitan Business League honored Philip Morris USA with the 2008 “Vision of Excellence” award for inclusion of diverse suppliers during construction of the Center for Research and Technology.

Toastmasters International recognized Philip Morris USA for “Creating Value and Enhancing Employee Engagement.”

BusinessWeek ranked Philip Morris USA among the top 50 in its "Best Intern Program" ranking.