W.W. Grainger

Illinois
Capital Goods

Corprate Bias Ratings

Risk Level:

Rating - Caution
Medium Risk

Summary:

W. W. Grainger has not terminated business relationships due to ideological beliefs, though it does vet suppliers according to LGBTQ policies. W. W. Grainger does not have viewpoint protections for its employees. The company uses corporate dollars to support local Pride and LGBTQ advocacy initiatives, and it has supported the Equality Act. W. W. Grainger is a brass sponsor of Out & Equal. For these reasons, W. W. Grainger 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

W.W. Grainger received a score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index, meaning that it has pledged to vet vendors for support of LGBTQ policies (1). There are no publicly known cases of W. W. Grainger terminating 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

W. W. Grainger does not publish guidelines for community investment/philanthropy other than that the program is focused on disaster response and education (1).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

W. W. Grainger does not protect 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

W. W. Grainger has introduced all-gender restrooms in “many facilities” across the United States (1). W. W. Grainger is also a member of the Business Coalition for the Equality Act (2).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

W. W. Grainger participates in the Chicago Pride parade. It also funds the Pride Center in San Antonio, which promotes gender transitions and pro-LGBTQ advocacy (1)(2). W. W. Grainger is a brass sponsor of Out & Equal (3).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
N/A
Rationale

W. W. Grainger does not operate a PAC. Although the company engages in lobbying, it has not disclosed what policies it supports (1).

All links were last accessed and all information was updated on:
April 4, 2023

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