Bureau Veritas

Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Software and Services

Corporate Bias Rating

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Lower Risk

Summary:

Bureau Veritas is Lower Risk. The company does not yield to political activism in shaping corporate governance, preventing initiatives that potentially alienate consumers, divide employees, and harm shareholders. The company implements race and identity-based policies that replace merit, excellence, and integrity with preferential treatment and outcomes. Overall, the company does not embrace corporate initiatives that redirect its central focus from business goals to partisan policies and divisive issues. This approach protects 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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Bureau Veritas promotes divisive sex and gender policies. Its Business Partner Code of Conduct requires international vendors to include sexual orientation in its nondiscrimination policy (1). However, the company has not canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs (2).

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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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Bureau Veritas does not appear to discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or beliefs (1) The company’s charitable giving focus areas are children in need and homelessness (2).

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

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Bureau Veritas offers inclusive recruitment practices and unconscious bias training to its employees (1). The company appears to prioritize diversity over merit in its recruitment. From its Talent Acquisition Policy: “Bureau Veritas seeks to include a diversity of candidates in any search or recruitment, which is a key way to achieve a diverse workforce, and which is a critical enabler of business performance, innovation and well-being in its workplace” (2). The company appears to prioritize diversity over merit in its business structure through the establishment of gender targets for its leadership composition. The company is seeking “35% of female representation in leadership positions by 2025” (3). The company protects its employees against viewpoint discrimination (4).

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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Bureau Veritas is aligned with the Paris Agreement, which entails a commitment to net zero carbon emissions by 2050 (1). The company supports DEI within its business practices. From its Human Rights Policy: “Bureau Veritas supports and promotes diversity and inclusion in all its workplaces” (2). Bureau Veritas publicly supports LGBTQ Pride (3)(4). Otherwise, there are no publicly known cases of Bureau Veritas using its reputation to advance ideological causes or policies (5).

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

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Bureau Veritas has not used corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies (1).

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

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Bureau Veritas does not operate a PAC or report on its lobbying at this time (1)(2)(3).

Board Bias

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