Meritage Homes Corporation

Corprate Bias Ratings

Risk Level:

Medium Risk

Summary:

Meritage Homes Corporation vets vendors according to LGBTQ policies and does not protect its employees against viewpoint discrimination. However, it has not publicly terminated business relationships based on views or beliefs. Its CEO signed the CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion pledge and mandates its employees complete annual anti-discrimination training. The company has a NetZero Energy standard. However, Meritage does not appear to discriminate against religious organizations in its charitable giving and has not used its corporate funds or PAC donations for ideological purposes. For these reasons, Meritage Homes Corporation receives a Lower Risk rating.

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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.

Risk Level

Rationale

Meritage Homes has a written policy pledging to vet vendors for LGBTQ policies. Its Vendor Code of Conduct applies to all vendors and includes a commitment to not discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation (1). However, Meritage Homes 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.

Risk Level

Rationale

Meritage does not appear to discriminate against religious organizations in its charitable giving. Its Meritage Cares Foundation focuses on food insecurity, education, sustainable forestry, and DEI initiatives (1)(2)(3).

Criteria

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

Risk Level

Rationale

Meritage does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (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

Meritages’ 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 mandates annual anti-discrimination training and has a NetZero Energy standard (2)(3).

Criteria

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

Risk Level

Rationale

Meritage has not used 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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Rationale

Meritage has not used its PAC donations for ideological purposes and does not engage in lobbying at this time (1)(2).

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October 18, 2023

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