
Kraft Heinz
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Summary:
Kraft Heinz has not publicly terminated any business relationships due to viewpoints or beliefs, despite its pledge to vet vendors for LGBTQ policies. Yet Kraft Heinz does not protect against viewpoint discrimination, even as it advocates for the Equality Act and opposes laws preventing public schools from teaching young children about gender and sexual identity. Kraft Heinz pays for employee travel to get an abortion. The company has weaponized political contributions by suspending all financial contributions to Republican election objectors indefinitely. For these reasons, Kraft Heinz 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.
Kraft Heinz has not publicly terminated business relationships due to religious beliefs or political views. The company received a score of 100 on the Corporate Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign. Among other requirements, this means Kraft Heinz has pledged to vet vendors based on LGBTQ policies (1).
Charitable giving (including employee matching programs) policies or practices discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or religious beliefs.
Employment policies fail to protect against discrimination based on political affiliation/views and/or religion.
Kraft Heinz does not protect its employees against 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.
Uses corporate political contributions for ideological, non-business purposes.
Kraft Heinz has a history of giving in a bipartisan manner consistent with business interests (1). However, the company weaponized its PAC by cutting off donations to election objectors indefinitely (2). It has yet to resume contributions to those Republican Members, although it has resumed donations in a bipartisan manner (3).
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March 23, 2023
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