Old Navy

California
Retailing

Risk Level:

Rating - Caution
Medium Risk

Summary:

Old Navy uses its corporate reputation and funds to advance LGBTQ causes. Gap, its parent company has used its reputation to advance ideological causes including LGBTQ causes, and launching a billboard in Times Square against systemic racism. Gap indirectly supports Planned Parenthood. Old Navy, which follows Gap's Code of Business does not protect its employees against viewpoint discrimination. Old Navy does not discriminate against religious organizations that serve a social purpose. Old Navy vets vendors based on LGBTQ policies. For these reasons, Old Navy receives a Medium 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

Gap Inc., Old Navy’s parent company, received a score of 100 on the Corporate Equality Index (CEI) from the Human Rights Campaign. Among other requirements, this means the company has pledged to vet vendors based on LGBTQ policies (1). There are no known instances of Old Navy terminating business relationships because of political 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

Despite saying that the company will not match gifts to religious organizations, Gap and Old Navy will donate to religious charities (including programs run by a house of worship) that “perform a social service” (1)(2).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Old Navy, which follows Gap’s Code of Business does not protect its employees 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.

Risk Level
Rationale

Gap has signed open letters in support of the Equality Act and supporting transgender participation in youth sports (1)(2). Gap has embraced the Black Lives Matter movement, including launching a billboard in Times Square in June 2020 in the wake of the events surrounding George Floyd (3). Gap 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). During Pride Month, Old Navy hosts Purple 4th in support of LGBTQ Pride (5).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Gap indirectly supports Planned Parenthood through third parties (1). Old Navy donated 10% of all proceeds made through its PRIDE campaign to “It Gets Better” an LGBTQ organization (2).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Gap Inc, Old Navy’s parent company has not used its PAC for ideological purposes and has not donated to ideological PACs (1).

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March 23, 2023

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