Avery Dennison

Ohio
Materials

Risk Level:

Rating - Caution
Medium Risk

Summary:

Avery Dennison has not terminated business relationships due to ideological beliefs, though it vets suppliers according to LGBTQ policies. Avery Dennison does not have viewpoint protections for its employees. The company supports the Equality Act and has donated to undisclosed diversity advocacy groups. For these reasons, Avery Dennison receives a "Medium 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

Avery Dennison received a score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) Corporate Equality Index, meaning that among other criteria, Avery Dennison has pledged to vet vendors for support of LGBTQ policies (1).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
N/A
Rationale

Avery Dennison is currently updating its funding guidelines (1).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Avery Dennison does not protect employees from 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

Avery Dennison is a member of the HRC’s Business Coalition for the Equality Act (1).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Avery Dennison “has made grants to organizations promoting DEI globally;” however, the names of these groups are not disclosed (1).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
N/A
Rationale

Avery Dennison does not have an active PAC (1).

All links were last accessed and all information was updated on:
March 21, 2023

Company reports are intended for educational use only. Full Disclaimer

Generate Reports
Clear
Toast