Squarespace

New York
Website Hosting

Corprate Bias Ratings

Risk Level:

Rating - Clear
Lower Risk

Squarespace, a website building tool, has not fired employees or canceled contracts due to religious beliefs or political views. It does not seem to discriminate against religious organizations in its charitable giving. Squarespace's CEO Anthony Casalena is a signatory to CEOs For Gun Safety and has taken the internal view of working to dismantle systemic racism. The company covers the cost of "medically necessary transition-related care" for its employees and their children. For these reasons, Squarespace receives a Lower 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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Squarespace does not vet its vendors based on LGBTQ policies (1). The company has not publicly fired customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs

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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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Squarespace limits its charitable giving to racial and social justice and legal defense groups. It does not seem to prohibit donations to faith-based organizations or charities (1).

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

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Squarespace does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (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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Squarespace offers “anti-racism training” to employees. In their Diversity and Inclusion statements, Squarespace also uses vague ideological language, such as seeking “to take action to dismantle the systems of oppression and racism in our society” (1). Squarespace’s CEO Anthony Casalena is a signatory to CEOs For Gun Safety (2). The company has posted a blog post outlining its celebration of Pride Month (3).

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

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Squarespace has a score of 95 on the Human Rights Campaign’s 2022 Corporate Equality Index. This score indicates the company covers the cost of “medically necessary transition-related care” for its employees and their children (1)(2).

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

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N/A
Rationale

Squarespace does not operate a PAC at this time.

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October 7, 2023

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