Klarna

Ohio
Payment Processing

Risk Level:

Rating - Clear
Lower Risk

Summary:

Klarna has not terminated business relationships due to religious or political beliefs, though it does vet suppliers according to LGBTQ protections. Klarna has not used its reputation or corporate dollars to support ideological groups or agendas. For these reasons, Klarna receives a "Lower 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

Klarna requires suppliers to protect employees from harassment based on “gender identity or expression” and sexual orientation. Those same protections also extend to “political affiliation” (1). There are no publicly known cases of Klarna terminating business relationships due to religious or political beliefs.

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Klarna limits its charitable giving to nonprofits supporting environmental sustainability (1).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Klarna does not 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.

Risk Level
Rationale

Klarna has not used its cooperate reputation to advance ideological causes (1).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Klarna has not used its corporate reputation to advance ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression (1)(2).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
N/A
Rationale

Klarna does not have a PAC.

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March 27, 2023

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