Thrive Market

California
Food and Staples Retailing

Corprate Bias Ratings

Risk Level:

Rating - Clear
Lower Risk

Thrive Market has not terminated business relationships due to religious or political beliefs. However, it has donated to and stated its support for Black Lives Matter (BLM). To its credit, Thrive Market has not used company resources to support other ideological groups. For these reasons, Thrive Market receives a Lower Risk rating.

Criteria
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

Thrive Market has not publicly terminated business relationships due to religious or political beliefs.

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Thrive Market does not seem to discriminate against faith-based charities in its giving (1)(2).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Thrive Market is an Equal Opportunity Employer and “prohibits discrimination of any kind” (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

Thrive Market released a statement in support of BLM in its Impact Report (1). It has also posted blog posts on its website advocating for LGBT causes (2).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

The Thrive Market co-founders pledged to donate $50,000 to the BLM fund. Thrive Market also started an employee matching donation program where it matched employees’ donations 2 to 1 to BLM (1).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
N/A
Rationale

Thrive Market does not operate a PAC at this time.

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August 23, 2023

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