Celanese

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Risk Level:

Rating - Clear
Lower Risk

Summary:

While Celanese pledges to vet vendors for its LGBTQ policies, there are no known instances of Celanese terminating business relationships because of political or religious beliefs. Celanese has pledged to engage with and advance the LGBTQ movement, actively supporting policy positions. However, Celanese does not fund ideological organizations. For these reasons, Celanese earns a "Lower 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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Celanese has received a score of 100 on the Corporate Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign (1). Among other requirements, this means the company has a written policy pledging to vet vendors for LGBTQ policies. There are no known instances of Celanese publicly terminating business relationships because of political or religious beliefs.

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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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Celanese does not discriminate against religious organizations in its charitable giving (1)(2).

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

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Celanese does not protect its employees 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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Celanese advocates for transgender participation in youth sports (1). Celanese has participated in local Pride parades (2).

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

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Celanese does not use corporate funds to support ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression.

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

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“Celanese maintains a non-partisan political action committee, CELPAC, which is financed through voluntary contributions made by eligible employees” (1). Celanese has not used its PAC donations for ideological purposes (2)(3).

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January 2, 2023

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