Carnival Corporation

Costa, C&O, Princess Cruises, Holland America Line
Florida
Media and Entertainment

Risk Level:

Rating - Caution
Medium Risk

Summary:

Carnival Corporation does not protect its employees from viewpoint discrimination, and the company discriminates against religious organizations in its charitable giving. Carnival vets venders for LGBTQ+ policies and has engaged in partisan advocacy. However, Carnival has not donated to ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression or publicly ended business relationships due to views or beliefs. For these reasons, Carnival Corp. 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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There are no publicly known cases of Carnival Corp. terminating business relationships due to religious or political beliefs. Carnival received a score of 100 on the Corporate Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). Among other requirements, this indicates that Carnival Corp. vets suppliers according to their LGBTQ policies (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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Carnival Corp. does not consider religious organizations in its corporate 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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Carnival Corp. does not have a written policy protecting its employees from viewpoint discrimination (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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Carnival’s CEO Arnold Donald has signed the CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion pledge (1). The company opposed Georgia’s voting security bill (2). Carnival Corp. has joined the UN’s LGBTI inclusion initiative (3). Its subsidiaries, Princess Cruises and Holland America Line, host LGBTQ-specific meet-ups and events and have participated in Pride parades (4). Arnold Donald has publicly voiced his pro-abortion stances (5).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy
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Uses corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.

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There are no publicly known cases of Carnival Corp. donating to idealogical groups hostile to freedom of expression (1).

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

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Carnival Corp’s subsidary Princess Cruises operates a PAC, which has donated in a bipartisan manner consistent with business interests (1)(2).

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May 25, 2023

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