Giant Eagle
Corprate Bias Ratings
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Summary:
Giant Eagle, Inc. is a supermarket chain. The company has not publicly fired customers, suppliers, or vendors based on views or beliefs. Giant Eagle does not make charitable donations to certain religious organizations and does not protect its employees from viewpoint discrimination. Giant Eagle signed the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion pledge, published an article on various ways to support the LGBTQ community, and committed to being carbon neutral by 2040. Giant Eagle covers the cost of "medically necessary transition-related care" for its employees and their children. Giant Eagle covers abortion-related travel expenses for its employees and donated $350,00 during the 2020 BLM protests to "social justice causes" Giant Eagle donated partial proceeds from every rainbow cake slice sold to various LGBTQ organizations. For these reasons, Giant Eagle receives a High 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.
Giant Eagle received a score of 100 on the Corporate Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign. Among other requirements, this means the company has pledged to vet vendors based on LGBTQ policies (1). Giant Eagle has not publicly fired customers, suppliers, or vendors based on views or beliefs.
Charitable giving (including employee matching programs) policies or practices discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or religious beliefs.
Giant Eagle will not donate to organizations that discriminate by “sexual orientation or gender identity and/or expression,” thereby excluding some religious organizations (1).
Employment policies fail to protect against discrimination based on political affiliation/views and/or religion.
Giant Eagle does not protect its employees from viewpoint discrimination (1).
Uses corporate reputation to support ideological causes and/or organizations hostile to freedom of expression.
Uses corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.
Giant Eagle has a perfect score on the HRC’s 2022 Corporate Equality Index. This score indicates the company covers the cost of “medically necessary transition-related care” for its employees and their children (1)(2). Giant Eagle announced that it wouldcover abortion-related travel costs for employees (3) During the BLM protests in 2020, Giant Eagle announced it would donate $350,000 to “social justice causes” (4). Giant Eagle donated partial proceeds from every slice of Rainbow Cake sold to various LGBTQ+ organizations (5).
Uses corporate political contributions for ideological, non-business purposes.
Giant Eagle operates its PAC in a manner consistent with its business interests (1).
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November 28, 2023
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