Nestlé
Risk Level:
Summary:
Although Nestle has not publicly terminated business relationships due to religious or political views, it pledges to vet vendors for LGBTQ policies. Nestle USA has supported the Equality Act, donated to the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), and mandated racial unconscious bias training for all employees. Meanwhile, Nestle does not have religious or viewpoint nondiscrimination protections for employees. For these reasons, Nestle and Nestle USA receive 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.
Nestle has not terminated business relationships due to religious or political views. It received a score of 100 on the Corporate Equality Index from the HRC, meaning that it vets suppliers according to 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.
Nestle (and Nestle USA) do not provide explicit religious or viewpoint protections for employees (1).
Uses corporate reputation to support ideological causes and/or organizations hostile to freedom of expression.
Nestle USA signed open letters supporting the Equality Act and transgender participation in women’s and girls’ sports (1)(2). Nestle also supports a variety of “inclusive” policies, such as funding employee gender transitions and mandating racial unconscious bias training for all employees (3). Nestle opposed the Florida Parental Rights in Education Act, which prohibits teaching gender identity and sexual orientation in schools to kids in K-3rd grade (4).
Uses corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.
Uses corporate political contributions for ideological, non-business purposes.
Nestle USA, as a subsidiary of a foreign company, does not have a PAC.
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January 2, 2023
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