Monsanto Ranks #29 on Glassdoor’s 2012 Best Places to Work Employees' Choice Awards. Glassdoor’s Employees’ Choice Awards rely solely on the input of employees, who provide constructive feedback on their work environment and senior management throughout the year via an anonymous survey. This is Monsanto’s second consecutive recognition by Glassdoor after placing #33 in 2010. The survey addresses eight key workplace factors that include work/life balance, career opportunities, communication, compensation and benefits, fairness and respect, employee morale, recognition and feedback, and senior leadership. (December 2011)

Monsanto Named Corporate Marketer of the Year for 2011
The Business Marketing Association (BMA) recognized Monsanto as one of two Leading Corporate Marketers of 2011. In addition, Monsanto received five category awards from the BMA B2 awards – three for the America’s Farmers campaign, one for its annual report and one for its sustainability report.

Entering its 35th year, the B2 Awards recognize business-to-business marketing programs and demonstrate the ability to transform new, creative ideas into strategic initiatives. Each year hundreds of B2 entries in 29 categories are received, reviewed and judged by a network of more than 60 senior corporate marketers and leading B2B agency executives. (July 2011)

Monsanto 10^th on Forbes list of the 100 Most Innovative Companies
In Forbes’s most recent rankings of the top 100 most innovative companies, Monsanto earned a spot in the top 10 alongside such recognized innovators as Google and Apple. These rankings were based on factors that include the company’s five-year average sale growth (%), five-year net income growth (%), enterprise value (in $ billions) and the “Innovation Premium”. According to original release, the Innovation Premium “is a measure of how much investors have bid up the stock price of a company above the value of its existing business based on expectations of future innovative results (new products, services and markets). Members of the list must have $10 billion in market capitalization, spend at least 1% of their asset base on R&D and have seven years of public data. (July 2011)

Monsanto honored as one of CIO Magazine’s CIO 100
The CIO 100 identifies and honors 100 organizations that have distinguished themselves by creating business value through the effective and innovative use of IT. Monsanto IT was recognized for creating a solution to combine all field results for soybean and corn field trials to make the data available in real time across multiple brands and function areas. As a result of the project, Monsanto now has consolidated data analysis for all of its 18 brands, and sales teams can now point to performance advantages for specific products. (June 2011)

Monsanto selected as one of Computerworld’s 100 Best Places to Work in IT 2011
Monsanto ranked 57^th on the 2011 overall list and 33^rd among large companies. Computerworld singled out Monsanto’s employee award and leadership development programs as reasons why Monsanto received the recognition. (June 2011)

Monsanto recognized as a top company to work for in The Scientist's 2011 Best Places to Work in industry survey
Monsanto ranked 4th among large companies and earned the no. 15 spot in the overall ranking in the 2011 Best Places to Work in industry survey by The Scientist magazine. The survey ranks companies based on a range of attributes. Monsanto was recognized for its benefits and training and development. (April 2011)

·         American Heart Association recognizes Monsanto as a 2011 Platinum Level Fit-Friendly Company
In April, Monsanto was recognized as a Platinum Level Recipient of the American Heart Association’s Start! Fit-Friendly Companies Recognition program. The Platinum Level is the highest level of recognition from the American Heart Association’s Start! initiative. The Start! Fit-Friendly Companies Program is a catalyst for positive change in American business. Companies throughout the nation can be part of the Start! Initiative by demonstrating progressive leadership by making the health and wellness of their employees a priority. (April 2011)

Monsanto Ranks 41st on the 2011 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity List
For the fourth straight year, Monsanto has been named to the DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity list. A total of 535 companies participated in 2011, up 19 percent from last year. Ranked No. 41, Monsanto was recognized its commitment to diversity management and building an increasingly diverse and inclusive workplace. (March 2011) 

Monsanto Receives 100% on Human Rights Campaign Foundation 2011 Corporate Equality Index
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, rates businesses on a scale from 0 to 100 percent on best practices for LGBT workplace policies and benefits in the Corporate Equality Index (CEI) report. Monsanto also received a score of 100 percent on the CEI report in 2010. (October 2010)

Working Mother Honors Monsanto on Its “2010 Working Mother 100 Best Companies” List
The annual Working Mother list recognized Monsanto for helping moms and moms-to-be with work/life programs and benefits. (September 2010)

Hugh Grant named CEO of the Year 2010 by Chief Executive magazine (June 2010)

Monsanto Named One Of CR Magazine’s “100 Best Corporate Citizens”
For the third year in a row, Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) was named today to Corporate Responsibility (CR) Magazine’s list of “100 Best Corporate Citizens” for 2010. Monsanto ranks No. 31 overall and leads the agricultural products sector on the magazine’s 11th annual ranking of corporate responsibility performance of major U.S. companies. (March 2010)

Professional WOMAN’S Magazine names Monsanto as one of the Top Diversity Employers for Women (February 2010)

Minority Engineer Magazine ranks Monsanto #28 on 2010 list of the Top 50 Employers
Readers of Minority Engineer were asked to name the employers, both private and public sectors, for whom they would most like to work or that they believe would provide a positive working environment for members of a minority groups. (February 2010)

Monsanto ranked #29 in the 17th Annual “Top 50 Employers” in Equal Opportunity Magazine
The readers of Equal Opportunity magazine selected the top companies in the country for which they would most prefer to work or believe are progressive in hiring members of minority groups. (February 2010)

FORTUNE names Monsanto to its 2010 list of “The 100 Best Companies to Work For”
Monsanto ranked 59th overall and 22nd among the largest companies named to the list. (January 2010)

Monsanto Named Company of the Year by Forbes Magazine
On December 31, 2009, Forbes Magazine named Monsanto its Company of the Year for 2009. The magazine praised Monsanto's economic success and innovative new products, referring to the company as an "economic winner." (December 2009)