Mondelez International

Illinois
Food Beverage and Tobacco

Risk Level:

Rating - Caution
Medium Risk

Summary:

Mondelez International, the parent company of Nabisco, Cadbury, Oreo, and more has not ended any business relationships due to viewpoints or beliefs. However, the company does not protect against viewpoint discrimination and has pledged to vet vendors for LGBTQ policies. It has also advocated for the Equality Act, funded Black Lives Matter, and continually pushed for LGBTQ awareness. Although Mondelez has not politicized its political donations, the company did speak out against various state efforts to reform its election processes. For these reasons, Mondelez 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

Mondelez 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 Mondelez has pledged to vet vendors based on LGBTQ policies (1).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Mondelez International’s three main pillars are community programs, volunteering, and humanitarian aid (1). There is no publicly listed prohibition against giving to religious organizations.

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Mondelez International does not protect against viewpoint discrimination in their 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

Mondelez International is an advocate for the Equality Act and transgender participation in female sports (1)(2). The company also denounced various state efforts to protect election integrity (3). Further, Mondelez International’s company Oreo published an extensive commercial in 2020 featuring the story of a same-sex couple and has advocated for transgender ideology (4)(5). Mondelez International opposed the Florida Parental Rights in Education Act, which prohibits teaching gender identity and sexual orientation in schools to kids in K-3rd grade (6).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Mondelez brand, Oreo, donated $500,000 to PFLAG, an LGBTQ advocacy organization (1). Mondelez donated to Black Lives Matter, prompting shareholders to request a racial equity audit (2)(3)(4).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Mondelez International has a history of bipartisan PAC giving consistent with business interests (1).

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March 23, 2023

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