Afterpay

Australia
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Corprate Bias Ratings

Risk Level:

Rating - Clear
Lower Risk

Afterpay has not terminated business relationships due to views or beliefs. Afterpay has used its corporate reputation to promote ideological organizations such as Black Lives Matter (BLM) and Reimagine Gender. However, Afterpay has not corporately donated to ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression. For these reasons, Afterpay receives a Lower Risk rating.

Criteria
Risk Level
Rationale
Corporate Weaponization
Criteria

Has denied service to customers, suppliers, or vendors due to their political views or religious beliefs OR corporately boycotts, divests, or sanctions regions, people groups, or industries.

Risk Level
Rationale

Afterpay has not publicly fired customers, suppliers, or vendors due to views or beliefs.

Criteria

Charitable giving (including employee matching programs) policies or practices discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or religious beliefs.

Risk Level
Rationale

Afterpay partnered with two charities: A Common Thread and Baby2Baby, where it donated $200,000 in total to the two charities (1). Afterpay has not published its charitable giving guidelines.

Criteria

Employment policies fail to protect against discrimination based on political affiliation/views and/or religion.

Risk Level
Rationale

Afterpay does not provide protections against viewpoint discrimination (1).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy
Criteria

Uses corporate reputation to support ideological causes and/or organizations hostile to freedom of expression.

Risk Level
Rationale

Afterpay has partnered with various groups LGBTQ-related legislative outcomes, such as Reimagine Gender (1). Afterpay has openly endorsed the BLM movement (2).

Criteria

Uses corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.

Risk Level
Rationale

Afterpay has not used corporate dollars to support ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression (1).

Criteria

Uses corporate political contributions for ideological, non-business purposes.

Risk Level
N/A
Rationale

Afterpay does not make any political contributions.

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September 20, 2023

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