Booking Holdings

Priceline
Connecticut
Commercial and Professional Services, Transportation

Corprate Bias Ratings

Risk Level:

Rating - Caution
Medium Risk

Booking Holdings has not terminated business partners due to ideological differences. The company does not discriminate against religious organizations in its charitable giving or fund ideological organizations hostile to freedom of expression. However, Booking Holdings has implemented ESG practices into its business operations, including climate advocacy and LGBTQ advocacy. The company does not provide employees protections against viewpoint discrimination but promotes unconscious bias training for employees. For these reasons, Booker Holdings receives a Medium Risk rating.

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Corporate Weaponization
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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.

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Booking Holdings has not publicly fired customers, suppliers, or vendors based on views or beliefs. Booking Holdings integrates ESG into all of its business practices (1).

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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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Booking Holdings does not discriminate against religious organizations in its charitable giving (1).

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

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Booking Holdings does not provide protections against viewpoint discrimination (1).

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

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Booking Holdings integrates ESG into all of its business practices and has committed to public advocacy for or engagement with LGBTQ causes, such as adopting pride-themed branding and certifying accommodations as LGBTQ-friendly (1). Booking Holdings has held employee unconscious bias and inclusivity training (2). Booking Holdings’s CEO Glenn Fogel has advocated for industry-wide net zero policies (3). Fogel is a member of the Business Roundtable but has not supported any specific ideological initiatives (4).

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

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Booking Holdings has not funded ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression.

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

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N/A
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Booking Holdings does not operate a PAC.

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October 2, 2023

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