Amazon.com
Corporate Bias Rating
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Risk Level:
Summary:
Amazon scored a 100 on the 2023 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), a political stakeholder group. By complying with the HRC’s controversial demands, Amazon increases the risk of dividing employees, alienating customers and harming shareholders. It also uses sex and gender ideology criteria in employee recruitment, vendor selection, marketing, and philanthropic support. Amazon forces employees to undergo multiple ideological trainings and uses its reputation, corporate funds, and political influence to support controversial sex and gender ideologies, organizations, and legislation. Amazon provides a benefits package for employees which covers travel/lodging costs for an abortion and transgender medical procedures for covered employees and dependents, including children. The company has removed conservative content from its store and from Amazon Web Services. It has banned books and censored Parler, an online free-speech platform. Amazon is a signatory of the Business Roundtable's 2019 Statement on the Purpose of Corporation, which promotes stakeholder capitalism and is committed to carbon neutrality by 2040. Amazon uses both its corporate reputation and its corporate funds for ideological purposes. The company denounced various states’ legislative efforts to protect election integrity and security. Amazon is a member of the MCCA, indicating its focus on recruiting, retaining, and promoting employees based on race. The company is a Ceres Network member and supports the Equality Act. Amazon donated to the CA LGBTQ Caucus and Equality California and has lobbied for ideological purposes. For these reasons, Amazon receives a High Risk rating.
Board Bias
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CEO of Amazon.com
Andy Jassy
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Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, Amazon.com is a member of the Fortune 250 operating in the Cloud & Data Storage industry. Andy Jassy and Jeffrey P. Bezos serve as CEO/President and Chairman, respectively, leading the company’s C-suite executive team and the board of directors. Amongst these teams, the collective leadership is responsible for $67,900 to Republican causes and $2,512,985 to Democratic causes. Under their tenure, Amazon.com currently holds a 'High Risk' risk rating.
Political Contributions of Leadership:
$67,900
$2,512,985
Republican
Democrat
Shareholder Proposals
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Date | ESG Category | Proponent | Summary of Resolution | Mgmt Rec | Total Vote % in Favor |
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5/24/23 | Environmental | As You Sow | Report on Retirement Plan Options Related to Climate Goals | against | 6.66% |
5/24/23 | Environmental | Int'l Brotherhood of Teamsters | Report on Impact of its Climate Change Strategy on Stakeholders | against | 26.99% |
5/31/23 | Environmental | Meyer Memorial Trust | Report on Plastics Under SCS scenario | Against | 25.30% |
5/31/23 | Environmental | Follow This | Establish a Scope 3 Target and Reduce Hydrocarbon sales | Against | 10.50% |
5/31/23 | Environmental | Anna Marie Lyles | Litigation Disclosure Beyond Legal and Accounting Requirment | Against | 9.10% |
5/31/23 | Environmental | Mercy Investment Services | Additional Report on Worst-case Spill and Response Plans | Against | 13.30% |
5/31/23 | Governance | Oxfam America | Tax Reporting Beyond Legal Requirement | Against | 13.60% |
5/31/23 | Environmental | Legal & General Investment Management America, Inc. | Report on Asset Retirment Obligations Under IEA NZE Scenario | Against | 16.00% |
5/31/23 | Social | United Steelworkers | Energy Transition Social Impact Report | Against | 16.60% |
5/31/23 | Environmental | Andrew Behar | GHG Reporting on Adjusted Basis | Against | 18.40% |
5/31/23 | Environmental | Steve Milloy | Additional Carbon Capture and Storage and Emissions Report | Against | 5.20% |
5/31/23 | Governance | Kenneth Steiner | Reduce Executive Stock Holding Period | Against | 2.20% |
5/31/23 | Environmental | Bahnsen Family Trust | Establish a New Board Committee on Decarbonization Risk | Against | 1.60% |
5/31/23 | Environmental | Sisters of St. Francis Charitable Trust | Aditional Direct Methane Measurement | Against | 36.40% |
5/24/23 | Governance | Oxfam America, Inc. | Requesting an Alternative Director Candidate Policy | Against | 18.30% |
5/24/23 | Governance | Adrian Dominican Sisters | Report on Content and Product Removal/Restrictions | Against | 10.20% |
5/24/23 | Governance | James McRitchie | Requesting an Amendement to Bylaws to Require Shareholder Approval for Certain Future Amendements | Against | 11.50% |
5/24/23 | Governance | National Legal and Policy Center | Report on Content Removal Requests | Against | 1.60% |
5/24/23 | Governance | Harrington Investments | Report on Customer Use of Certain Technologies | Against | 37.20% |
5/24/23 | Social | National Center for Public Policy Research | Analysis of Costs Associated with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs | Against | 83.00% |
5/24/23 | Governance | Missonary Oblates of Mary Immaculate – United States Province | Report on Tax Transparency | Against | 17.60% |
5/24/23 | Environmental | The George Gund Foundation | Report on Packing Materials | Against | 31.80% |
5/24/23 | Governance | AFL-CIO | Reduce Executive Pay Disparity | Against | 6.50% |
5/24/23 | Governance | Jing Zhao | Establish Board Committee on Public Policy | Against | 6.30% |
5/24/23 | Environmental | Eric and Emily Johnson and Mercy Rome | Report on Climate Lobbying | Against | 23.50% |
5/24/23 | Environmental | PETA | Report on Animal Welfare in Supply Chain | Against | 5.60% |
5/24/23 | Governance | Tulipshare Ltd. | Report on Warehouse Working Conditions | Against | 35.20% |
5/24/23 | Governance | SHARE | Assess/Report on Adherence to ILO/UN Trade Union Standards | Against | 34.60% |
5/24/23 | Social | Anne Bartol Butterfield | Report on Gender/Racial Pay | Against | 29.00% |
5/25/22 | Social | N/A - Undisclosed | Report on Tax Transparency in Line with Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) | Against | 17.35% |
5/25/22 | Social | N/A - Undisclosed | Report on Charitable Donations | Against | 2.69% |
5/25/22 | Governance | Steven Milloy | Limit Shareholder Rights for Proposal Submission | Against | 1.50% |
5/25/22 | Environmental | N/A - Undisclosed | Report on Retirement Plan Options Related to Climate Goals | Against | 8.72% |
5/25/22 | Governance | N/A - Undisclosed | Adopt Policy to Nominate more Director Candidates Than Board Seats | Against | 0.81% |
5/25/22 | Social | N/A - Undisclosed | Report on Use of Facial Recognition Impact on Human Rights | Against | 0.25% |
5/25/22 | Environmental | Arjuna Capital | Report on Low Carbon Business Planning | Against | 10.50% |
5/25/22 | Social | N/A - Undisclosed | Report on Worker Health and Safety Racial & Gender Disparities | Against | 12.71% |
5/25/22 | Governance | Bernie J. Pafford | Remove Executive Pay Perquisites | Against | 21.80% |
5/25/22 | Governance | Oxfam America, Inc. | Adopt Policy to Include Hourly Employees as Director Candidates | Against | 22.15% |
5/25/22 | Social | N/A - Undisclosed | Report on Concealment Clauses Assessing Risks of Employee Harassment | Against | 24.65% |
5/25/22 | Social | Unitarian Universalist Assoc. | Report on Political Contributions and Expenditures | Against | 26.70% |
5/25/22 | Environmental | Follow This | Set GHG Emissions Reductions Targets Consistent with Paris Agreement Goal | Against | 27.10% |
5/25/22 | Social | N/A - Undisclosed | Report on Racial and Gender Pay Gaps | Against | 28.65% |
5/25/22 | Environmental | Andrew Behar | Report on Plastic Production | Against | 36.50% |
5/25/22 | Social | SHARE (Sharehldr Assoc for Research & Educ | Report on Freedom of Association and Human Rights | Against | 38.57% |
5/25/22 | Social | N/A - Undisclosed | Report on Customer Due Diligence Related to Product Use Effect on Human Rights | Against | 39.99% |
5/25/22 | Social | N/A - Undisclosed | Report on Warehouse Working Conditions | Against | 43.74% |
5/25/22 | Social | N/A - Undisclosed | Report on Lobbying | Against | 47.03% |
5/25/22 | Environmental | As You Sow | Report on Packaging Materials and Reduction of Plastics Use | Against | 48.62% |
5/25/22 | Environmental | Christian Bros. Investment Svcs. | Report on Senario Analysis Consistent with International Energy Agency's Net-zero by 2050 | Against | 51.00% |
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