Illumina, Inc.
Corprate Bias Ratings
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Summary:
Illumina, Inc. vets vendors according to LGBTQ policies and does not provide its employees with protections against viewpoint discrimination. The company covers the cost of "medically necessary gender transition-related care" for its employees and their children. Illumina has signed the CEO Action pledge and engaged in some Pride-related advocacy. Illumina has also made a donation to the ACLU, though the company has not used its lobbying funds for ideological purposes. Illumina has not publicly terminated business relationships based on views or beliefs. For these reasons, Illumina, Inc. 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.
There are no publicly known cases of Illumina terminating business relationships due to views or beliefs. Illumina received a score of 100 on the Corporate Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). Among other requirements, this indicates that Illumina vets suppliers according to their LGBTQ policies (1).
Charitable giving (including employee matching programs) policies or practices discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or religious beliefs.
Illumina will donate to religious organizations that engage in nonsectarian community work (1).
Employment policies fail to protect against discrimination based on political affiliation/views and/or religion.
Illumina does not have a written policy to protect its employees from viewpoint discrimination (1).
Uses corporate reputation to support ideological causes and/or organizations hostile to freedom of expression.
Illumina 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). Company CEO Francis deSouza signed the CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion pledge (3). Illumina has engaged in some Pride-related advocacy (4). The company hosts bias and inclusivity trainings for employees (5).
Uses corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.
Illumina donated $100,000 and matched employee donations 2:1 to the a list of organizations that included the ACLU (1).
Uses corporate political contributions for ideological, non-business purposes.
Illumina does not operate a PAC, but does lobby for issues that are consistent with its business practices, including Health Issues and Medicare (1).
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August 8, 2023
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