Zillow

Washington
Real Estate

Risk Level:

Rating - Caution
Medium Risk

Summary:

Zillow has not publicly terminated business relationships due to ideological differences. Zillow does vet its suppliers according to their LGBTQ policies and uses corporate funds to support the Equality PAC. The company does not have viewpoint protections for its employees. Zillow will not donate to specific religious charities. It does not fund ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression, but does cover travel for an abortion. For these reasons, Zillow 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 Zillow firing employees due to religious or political beliefs. Zillow received a score of 100 on the Corporate Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign. Among other requirements, this means Zillow has pledged to vet vendors based on LGBTQ policies (1).

Criteria

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

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Zillow will not donate to “religious organizations for religious purposes” but does not prohibit donations to faith-based charities (1).

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Zillow 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.

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Zillow discloses which towns and cities its listings are in have LGBTQ protections and which ones do not (1). Zillow signed an open letter to the Georgia General Assembly advocating for “more comprehensive” hate crime laws (2). Zillow has mandatory unconscious bias training for its employees (3).

Criteria

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

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Rationale

Zillow does not publicly donate to ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression. It does, however, fund out-of-state abortions and related expenses for its employees (1).

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

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Rationale

Zillow uses its political contributions in a bipartisan manner, though it has donated to the Equality PAC (1).

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March 24, 2023

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