Coty

CoverGirl, Philosophy
New York
Household and Personal Products

Corprate Bias Ratings

Risk Level:

Rating - Clear
Lower Risk

Coty vets vendors according to LGBTQ policies but has not publicly terminated business relationships based on views or beliefs. The company covers the cost of "medically necessary transition-related care” for its employees and their children and advocates for the Equality Act. However, it does provide protections for its employees against viewpoint discrimination and has not used its PAC contributions for ideological purposes. For these reasons, Coty receives a Lower 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

Coty received a score of 95 on the Corporate Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign. Among other requirements, this means Coty has a written policy pledging to vet vendors for LGBTQ policies (1). There are no known instances of Coty terminating business relationships due to views or beliefs.

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Coty, Inc.’s charitable giving policy states that “no contributions may be made to organizations whose missions or objectives are incompatible with Coty business” (1). It is unclear what organizations would be excluded under such a policy.

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Coty provides protections against viewpoint discrimination (1).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy
Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Coty ’s HRC CEI profile indicates the company covers the cost of “medically necessary transition-related care” for its employees and their children (1)(2). The company has also signed an open letter in support of the Equality Act (3).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Coty’s subsidiary, Haus Labs, has a partnership with popular transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney, who has advocated for the provision of gender transition treatments to children (1)(2)(3). Other than this, there are no instances of Coty using corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression (4)(5).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Coty’s PAC has not been used for ideological purposes (1).

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December 4, 2023

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