Arla - 1792 Exchange

Corporate Bias Rating

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Risk Level:

Medium Risk

Summary:

Arla is Medium Risk. The company often yields to political activism in shaping corporate governance, potentially alienating consumers, dividing employees, and harming shareholders. The company elevates merit, excellence, and integrity ahead of race and identity-based policies. Arla occasionally embraces corporate initiatives that redirect its central focus from business goals to partisan policies and divisive issues at times. This approach fails to safeguard free exercise, free speech, and free enterprise.

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Corporate Weaponization

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

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Arla was a member of the Global Alliance for Responsible Media, which demonetized and suppressed content that it deemed to spread “hate speech” or “misinformation”, discuss “debated social issues in a negative or partisan context”, or “vilif[y]” individuals based on sexual orientation and gender identity. These arbitrary guidelines were used to censor mainstream perspectives online (1)(2)(3). However, the company has not canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs (4).

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

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Arla does not appear to discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or beliefs (1).

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Employment policies fail to protect against viewpoint or other discrimination and/or are ideological in nature.

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Arla does not publish a nondiscrimination policy (1)(2).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy

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Uses corporate reputation to support causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.

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Arla is committed to net zero carbon emissions by 2050 (1). The company was a contributing member of GARM’s Action Guide to Reduce Media Greenhouse Gas Emissions which provides an action plan for media companies to transition to net zero greenhouse gas emissions (2).

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

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Arla was a member of the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (1)(2)(3). Otherwise, there are no publicly known cases of the company using corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies (4).

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Uses corporate political actions and/or financial contributions for ideological, non-business purposes.

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N/A

Rationale

Arla does not operate a PAC or engage in lobbying at this time (1)(2)(3).

Board Bias

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1792 Exchange has not yet compiled data about the board of directors or political contributions of leadership for this company.