Flexport - 1792 Exchange

Rating Overview

Flexport is Lower Risk.

Flexport does not yield to political activism in shaping corporate governance, preventing initiatives that potentially alienate consumers, divide employees, and harm shareholders. The company elevates merit, excellence, and integrity ahead of race and identity-based policies. Flexport does not embrace corporate initiatives that redirect its central focus from business goals to partisan policies and divisive issues. This approach protects free exercise, free speech, and free enterprise.

Rating Criteria

Corporate Weaponization Risk Levels
Criteria	Risk Level
Cancellations	Lower Risk
Discriminatory Philanthropy	Lower Risk
Employment Protection	Medium Risk

Corporate Weaponization ⓘ

Corporate Governance and Public Policy Risk Levels
Criteria	Risk Level
Advocacy Bias	High Risk
Funding	Medium Risk
Political Actions	No Data

Corporate Governance and Public Policy ⓘ

Rating Criteria Detail

Criteria Risk Level Rationale

Corporate Weaponization

Criteria:

Has canceled 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:

Lower

Rationale:

Flexport has not publicly canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs (1).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

Lower

Rationale:

Flexport does not appear to discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or beliefs. The Flexport Fund’s charitable giving focus area is “shipments of aid to people impacted by conflicts and disasters around the world” (1).

Criteria:

Employment policies fail to protect against viewpoint or other discrimination and/or are ideological in nature.

Risk Level:

Medium

Rationale:

Flexport does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (1).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy

Criteria:

Uses corporate reputation to support causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

Flexport opposed various state and local legislation intended to protect parental rights, girls’ sports, bathroom facilities, and gendered spaces (1). Flexport opposed legislation in Iowa intended to protect parental rights, girls’ sports, bathroom facilities, and gendered spaces (2). Flexport opposed the Florida Parental Rights in Education Act, which would prohibit teaching gender identity and sexual orientation to kids in K-3rd grade (3). Flexport assists other companies in limiting their carbon emissions and approaching net zero as quickly as possible (4)(5)(6). Flexport is hiring a People Business Partner Lead who will spearhead DEI initiatives across the organization (7). Flexport supports DEI within its business practices, hosting a DEI council in 2019 and employing a DEI Officer (8).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

Medium

Rationale:

Flexport pledged “up to $180,000 ($100 per employee) to match employee donations to social justice causes of each employee’s choice” in June 2020 (1)(2). Otherwise, Flexport has not used corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies (3)(4).

Criteria:

Uses corporate political actions and/or financial contributions for ideological, non-business purposes.

Risk Level:

N/A

Rationale:

Flexport does not operate a PAC at this time and has not reported on its lobbying (1)(2)(3).