Chevron Corporation

California
Energy

Risk Level:

Rating - Caution
Medium Risk

Summary:

Chevron will only work with suppliers who have LGBTQ protections and does not provide employees viewpoint protection. Additionally, the company finances leftist ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression, including Planned Parenthood and the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). Chevron has not yet fired anyone due to political or religious differences. For these reasons, Chevron receives a "Medium Risk" rating.

Criteria
Risk Level
Rationale
Corporate Weaponization
Criteria

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.

Risk Level
Rationale

Chevron has not publicly terminated business relationships due to religious beliefs or political views. The company received a score of 100 on the Corporate Equality Index from the HRC. Among other requirements, this means Chevron has pledged to vet vendors based on LGBTQ policies (1).

Criteria

Charitable giving (including employee matching programs) policies or practices discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or religious beliefs.

Risk Level
Rationale

Chevron permits donations to religious organizations as long as the recipient program is “open to all individuals in the community regardless of religious belief; (b) serve a secular purpose, such as a food pantry or a homeless shelter; and (c) do not require participants to join in religious worship as a condition of receiving the services that the nonprofit offers” (1).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Chevron does not protect its employees from viewpoint discrimination (1).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy
Criteria

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

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Rationale

Chevron signed an open letter in support of the Equality Act (1). Otherwise, it has remained out of the political sphere and not advocated for policies or causes.

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Chevron is a Silver Corporate Partner of the HRC (1). Chevron also enables donations to Planned Parenthood through charitable gift matching (2). Chevron has pledged $15 million to the Black Lives Matter movement and related causes (3)(4).

Criteria

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

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Rationale

Chevron does not use its PAC donations for ideological purposes (1)(2).

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March 28, 2023

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