Crowe LLP
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Summary:
Crowe, an accounting firm, headquartered in Chicago, IL, requires its suppliers to meet ESG criteria and fails to protect its employees against viewpoint discrimination. Crowe used its corporate reputation to implement ESG practices across the firm and advance LGBTQ causes. However, Crowe has not used its corporate funds to advance ideological causes hostile to freedom of expression. For these reasons, Crowe receives a Medium Risk rating.
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.
Crowe requires suppliers to meet ESG criteria in order to facilitate business relationships (1).
Charitable giving (including employee matching programs) policies or practices discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or religious beliefs.
Employment policies fail to protect against discrimination based on political affiliation/views and/or religion.
Crowe does not protect employees against viewpoint discrimination (1).
Uses corporate reputation to support ideological causes and/or organizations hostile to freedom of expression.
Crowe created the ESG Center of Excellence to implement ESG criteria in all the units of the firm (1). Crowe partnered with the Manufacturers Alliance to host the “The ESGs of Manufacturing” and partnered with Sustain.Life to set ESG goals (2). Crowe advocates for LGBTQ causes through its LGBTQ events including the BeLonG workshop (3)(4).
Uses corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.
Crowe has not used its corporate funds to advance ideological organizations hostile to freedom of expression (1).
Uses corporate political contributions for ideological, non-business purposes.
Crowe uses its PAC to donate in a bipartisan manner (1).
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March 23, 2023
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