Instant Brands

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

Corprate Bias Ratings

Risk Level:

Rating - Caution
Medium Risk

Instant Brands, which is a kitchenware and appliances company, vet vendors according to LGBTQ policies. However, the company has not publicly terminated business relationships based on views or beliefs. Instant Brands does not publish a nondiscrimination policy or charitable giving guidelines. The company's CEO signed the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion pledge and hosts unconscious bias training for its employees. Instants Brands pledged to be carbon neutral by 2040 but does not use corporate funds to advance ideological agendas. For these reasons, Instant Brands receives a Medium Risk rating.

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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

Instant Brands has a written policy pledging to vet vendors for LGBTQ policies. Its Code of Conduct applies to all suppliers and includes a commitment to not discriminate on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation (1). The company has not publicly fired customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs.

Criteria

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

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N/A
Rationale

Instant Brands does not publish charitable giving guidelines (1).

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

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Rationale

Instant Brands does not publish a nondiscrimination policy (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

Instant Brands CEO signed the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion pledge, which includes a commitment to promote DEI through bias education training in the workplace (1). The company also hosts unconscious bias training for all employees and committed to being carbon neutral by 2040 (2)(3).

Criteria

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

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Rationale

Instant Brands does not use corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies (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 at this time (1).

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September 22, 2023

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