Temu - 1792 Exchange

Rating Overview

Temu is Medium Risk.

Temu is Medium Risk. The company does not yield to political activism in shaping corporate governance, preventing initiatives that potentially alienate consumers, divide employees, and harm shareholders. Temu elevates merit, excellence, and integrity ahead of race and identity-based policies. The company does not embrace corporate initiatives that redirect its central focus from business goals to partisan policies and divisive issues. However, concerns have been raised about slave labor and human rights violations in Temu’s supply chain.

Rating Criteria

Corporate Weaponization Risk Levels
Criteria	Risk Level
Cancellations	Medium Risk
Discriminatory Philanthropy	No Data
Employment Protection	Medium Risk

Corporate Weaponization ⓘ

Corporate Governance and Public Policy Risk Levels
Criteria	Risk Level
Advocacy Bias	Lower Risk
Funding	Lower 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:

Medium

Rationale:

Temu has been under scrutiny for possible human rights violations and slave labor in its supply chain by the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party. Temu denies that it has slave labor or human rights violations in its supply chain, but it “conducts no audits and reports no compliance system to affirmatively examine and ensure compliance with the UFLPA [Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act]”. It also “does not have a policy in place to prohibit the sale of goods from Xinjiang—the location of the CCP’s ongoing genocide against the Uyghurs—on its platform” (1). However, Temu has not publicly canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs (2).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

N/A

Rationale:

Temu does not publish charitable giving guidelines (1).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

Medium

Rationale:

Temu does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (1)(2)(3).