Republic Services

Arizona
Utilities

Corprate Bias Ratings

Risk Level:

Rating - Caution
Medium Risk

Republic Services vets vendors for LGBTQ policies and discriminates against religious organizations in its charitable giving. Republic does not provide its employees with viewpoint protections. Republic Services has supported LGBTQ Pride month, though the company has not funded ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression. There are no publicly known cases of Republic Services terminating business relationships due to views or beliefs. For these reasons, Republic Services 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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There are no publicly known cases of Republic Services terminating business relationships due to views or beliefs. Republic Services received a score of 85 on the Corporate Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). Among other requirements, this indicates that Republic Services vets suppliers according to their 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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Republic Services’ charitable giving guidelines state that it will not donate to “religious” organizations (1).

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

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Republic Services does not provide its employees with viewpoint protections (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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Republic Services has advocated on behalf of Pride Month (1). Otherwise, Republic Services does not use its corporate image to involve itself in politics.

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

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Republic Services does not use corporate funds to advance ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression.

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

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Republic Services uses its PAC in a bipartisan manner consistent with its business interests (1)(2).

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September 29, 2023

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