Nutrien

Canada
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Risk Level:

Rating - Caution
Medium Risk

Summary:

Nutrien discriminates against religious organizations in its charitable giving and does not provide its employees with protections against viewpoint discrimination. The company requires employees to take unconscious bias, microaggression, and indigenous awareness training. Nutrien embraces ESG goals. However, Nutrien has not funded ideological groups or agendas hostile to freedom of expression. Nutrien has not publicly terminated business relationships due to beliefs or views. For these reasons, Nutrien receives a Medium Risk rating.

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Corporate Weaponization
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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.

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Nutrien has a written policy pledging to vet vendors for LGBTQ policies (1)(2). However, the company has not publicly terminated business relationships due to beliefs or views.

Criteria

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

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Nutrien will not fund religious organizations in its charitable giving “unless services provided are non-religious and provide equal access to all,” “Advocacy groups (including projects that proselytize or advocate political or religious messages),” or charities that discriminate based on gender or sexuality (1)(2).

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

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Nutrien does not provide its employees with protections against viewpoint discrimination (1).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy
Criteria

Uses corporate reputation to support ideological causes and/or organizations hostile to freedom of expression.

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Nutrien is committed to supporting the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and implementing ESG criteria into all aspects of its business (1). The company requires its employees to take unconscious bias, microaggression, and indigenous awareness training (2).

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

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There are no publicly known cases of Nutrien donating to ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression (1).

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

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Nutrien operates its PAC in a bipartisan manner consistent with its business interests (1).

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May 10, 2023

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