Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW)

France
Real Estate, Retailing

Corprate Bias Ratings

Risk Level:

Rating - Caution
Medium Risk

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) is a real estate company headquartered in Paris, France. URW integrates ESG into all of its business practices and does not protect its employees from viewpoint discrimination. URW partnered with Stonewall and promotes its Be You Networks and LGBTQIA+ initiatives. URW celebrates Pride Month by hosting month long LGBTQIA+ events. URW promotes LGBTQ+ inclusivity in the workplace and hosts company-wide unconscious bias training. URW hosted a drag bingo night and donated portions of proceeds to the LGBTQ+ community and partnered with ChooseLove an LGBTQIA+ humanitarian aid organization. For these reasons, URW receives a Medium 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

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield has not publicly fired customers, suppliers, or vendors based on views or beliefs. URW integrates ESG into all of its business practices (1).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

URW does not discriminate against religious organizations in its charitable giving (1).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

URW does not protect its employees from 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

URW partnered with Stonewall to reinforce an inclusive workplace and promotes its Be You Networks and LGBTQIA+ inclusive initiatives (1). URW celebrated Pride Month by displaying Pride rainbows, its UK team hosted an LGBTQIA+ professionals networking event, and the US team hosted in-person Pride socials and lunches (2). URW also hosted drag shows and Pride-themed social events to educate employees on LGBTQ+ inclusivity in the workplace (3). URW implements company-wide unconscious bias training for employees (4).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

URW’s US team hosted a Drag bingo night and donated portions of the proceeds to support the LGBTQIA+ community and its UK location partnered with ChooseLove an LGBTQIA+ humanitarian aid organization (1).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

URW does not operate a PAC (1). URW US lobbies in a manner consistent with its business interests (2).

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September 13, 2023

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