Avient Corporation
Corprate Bias Ratings
Risk Level:
Summary:
Avient Corporation, a specialized polymer materials and services company, vets vendors for LGBTQ policies. However, it has not publicly terminated business relationships based on views or beliefs. Avient discriminates against religious organizations in its charitable giving. The company hosts unconscious bias training for its employees and frequently uses its reputation and corporate funds to promote LGBTQ issues. In 2022. Avient sponsored Stonewall's National Championship and on-demand LGBTQ education training for its employees. For these reasons, Avient Corporation receives a Medium Risk rating.
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.
Avient Corporation received a score of 100 on the Corporate Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign. Among other requirements, this indicates the company has a written policy pledging to vet vendors for LGBTQ policies (1)(2)(3). However, Avient has not publicly fired customers, suppliers, or vendors based on views or beliefs.
Charitable giving (including employee matching programs) policies or practices discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or religious beliefs.
Avient does not make charitable donations to religious organizations (1).
Employment policies fail to protect against discrimination based on political affiliation/views and/or religion.
Avient does not provide viewpoint protection for its employees (1).
Uses corporate reputation to support ideological causes and/or organizations hostile to freedom of expression.
Uses corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.
Avient sponsored and participated in the Stonewalls National Championship, an LGBTQIA+ non-profit sports organization, and sponsored on-demand LGBTQ education training for its employees (1).
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November 28, 2023
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