Instant Brands

Instant Pot, Chicago Cutlery, Corelle, Corningware, Snapware, Pyrex, Visions
Illinois
Consumer Durables and Apparel

Risk Level:

Rating - Caution
Medium Risk

Summary:

Instant Brands is a kitchenware and appliances company composed of the Pyrex, Corelle, Instant Pot, Snapware, Chicago Cutlery, and CorningWare brands. Instant Brands has a written policy to vet vendors for LGBTQ policy and does not protect its employees from viewpoint discrimination. The company's CEO has signed the CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion pledge. Also, the company has sold Pride Month-themed products under the Pyrex brand. However, Instant Brands has not terminated business relationships due to ideological or religious differences. For this reason, Instant Brands receives a Medium 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.

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Rationale

Instant Brands has a written diversity policy requiring suppliers not to discriminate on the basis of LGBTQ identity (1). There are no publicly known examples of Instant Brand firing employees or canceling contracts based on viewpoints.

Criteria

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

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Rationale

Instant Brands does not publicly disclose its charitable giving policies, though there is no written rule prohibiting donation to religious organizations (1).

Criteria

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

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Rationale

Instant Brands does not have a written policy to protect its 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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Rationale

Instant Brands CEO Ben Gadbois has signed the CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion pledge (1). Pyrex, a Instant Brands subsidiary, has sold Pride Month-branded products (2). Instant Brands hosts unconscious bias training for all employees (3).

Criteria

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

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Rationale

There are no publicly known cases of Instant Brands donating to ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression (1).

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

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N/A
Rationale

Instant Brands does not operate a PAC or publicly disclose political contributions.

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May 9, 2023

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