Molson Coors

Illinois
Food Beverage and Tobacco

Risk Level:

Rating - Caution
Medium Risk

Summary:

Molson Coors has not terminated business relationships due to personal political or religious beliefs, although it does vet suppliers according to its LGBTQ policies. The company does not have viewpoint protection for its employees. Molson Coors has supported the Equality Act and donates to ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression, such as the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and the Bail Project. For these reasons, Molson Coors 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.

Risk Level
Rationale

Molson Coors received a score of 100 on the Corporate Equality Index from the HRC. Among other requirements, this means Molson Coors has pledged to vet vendors based on LGBTQ policies (1). There are no instances of Molson Coors publicly firing employees or dropping vendors for political or religious reasons.

Criteria

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

Risk Level
N/A
Rationale

Molson Coors does not match employee donations but instead encourages employees to engage in volunteerism (1).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Molson Coors does not protect 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

Molson Coors signed an open letter in support of the Equality Act (1).

Criteria

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

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Rationale

Molson Coors donated, through its Vizzy Hard Seltzer brand, $1 million to the HRC (1). It has also pledged several hundred thousand dollars to the Equality Coalition (2). Molson Coors also supports the Bail Project, which pays bail for criminals and works to end the cash bail system (3).

Criteria

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

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Rationale

Molson Coors has not used its PAC for ideological purposes (1)(2).

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March 24, 2023

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