Chobani

New York
Food Beverage and Tobacco

Risk Level:

Rating - Caution
Medium Risk

Summary:

Chobani has not terminated business relationships for any reason, though it does vet suppliers according to its LGBTQ policies. The company does not have viewpoint protections for its employees. Chobani has advocated for the Equality Act and transgender participation in female sports. It has also opposed Florida's Parental Rights in Education Law. However, it has not funded ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression. For these reasons, Chobani receives a "Medium Risk" rating.

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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.

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Chobani received a score of 100 on the Corporate Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign. Among other requirements, this means Chobani has pledged to vet vendors based on LGBTQ policies (1). There are no known instances of Chobani firing customers, suppliers, or vendors based on 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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Rationale

Chobani’s Community Impact Fund will not grant “funding for religious purposes,” though it is unclear whether the fund will provide grants to faith-based organizations operating under a separate 501(c)(3) status (1)(2).

Criteria

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

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Rationale

Chobani does not protect 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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Chobani has opposed the Florida Parental Rights in Education Act, which prohibits teaching gender identity and sexual orientation in schools to kids in K-3rd grade (1). Chobani advocates for the Equality Act and transgender participation in youth sports (2)(3).

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

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Chobani uses corporate funds to pay for its employees’ travel to receive abortions (1). The company does not use other corporate funds to advance ideological causes or organizations hostile to freedom of expression (2)(3).

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

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Chobani does not have a PAC and does not use corporate dollars to lobby for non-business-related interests (1).

All links were last accessed and all information was updated on:
March 21, 2023

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