Progressive

Ohio
Insurance

Corprate Bias Ratings

Risk Level:

Rating - Caution
Medium Risk

Progressive has pledged to vet vendors for pro-LGBTQ policies and corporately advocate for the LGBTQ community. Progressive is a signatory of the Business Roundtable's 2019 Statement on the Purpose of Corporation, which promotes stakeholder capitalism. Its nondiscrimination policy does not protect its employees from viewpoint discrimination. However, the company does not use corporate or PAC funds for political purposes. Progressive has not publicly canceled any clients or employees due to viewpoints or beliefs. For these reasons, Progressive 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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Progressive has not publicly terminated business relationships due to religious beliefs or political views. The company received a score of 85 on the Corporate Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign. Among other requirements, this means Progressive has pledged to vet vendors based on LGBTQ policies (1).

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

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Progressive does not discriminate against religious organizations in its charitable giving (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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Progressive does not protect its employees from viewpoint discrimination (1).

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

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Progressive signed open letters in support of the Equality Act and transgenders participating in women’s and girls’ sports (1)(2). It has also committed to public advocacy and engagement with the LGBTQ community while standing “against efforts that may prevent any person from fully participating in our democracy” right after Georgia passed its election integrity law (3) (4). CEO Tricia Griffith is a member of the Business Roundtable and signed its 2019 Statement on the Purpose of Corporation, which promotes stakeholder capitalism over traditional obligations to shareholders and customers (5)(6).

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

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Progressive has donated to Planned Parenthood (1) (2). Otherwise, Progressive does not use corporate funds to advance ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression (3).

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

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Progressive has a PAC for employees, which does donate in a bipartisan manner (1). The company does not have a corporate PAC and has not weaponized corporate funds (2) (3).

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April 30, 2023

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