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Corporate conduct Confirmed Against

Toyota's financial services arm fined $60 million for GAP insurance

Toyota's financial services arm was fined $60 million over GAP insurance and other extra loan products.

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nbcnews.com
Toyota's financial services arm fined $60 million over GAP insurance, other extra loan products

Corporate conduct Recall Against

Gap recalls children's coats due to choking hazard

Gap recalled children's coats because toggles can break and detach, posing a choking hazard.

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cpsc.gov

Gap Recalls Children’s Coats; Toggles Can Break and Detach Posing Choking Hazard

Gap Recalls Children’s Coats; Toggles Can Break and Detach Posing Choking Hazard

Labor & working conditions Settlement Against

Gap settles class-action lawsuit with global settlement

Gap joined six other U.S. clothing retailers and 23 Saipan garment manufacturers in a global settlement in the federal class-action lawsuit.

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business-humanrights.org
Retailer Gap Inc. on Thursday said it is settling all claims it is facing in a suit alleging violations of wage and hour laws and other workers' rights in Saipan garment factories in the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands.
Gap, the largest U.S. specialty apparel retailer, said it joined six other U.S. clothing retailers and 23 Saipan garment manufacturers in reaching a global settlement in the federal class-action lawsuit.
Gap Settles Garment Workers Lawsuit - Business and Human Rights Centre

Labor & working conditions Confirmed Against

Gap not complying with worker protection laws

Gap is accused of failing to comply with local laws on annual leave, minimum wage, overtime, record keeping, and machinery safety.

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theguardian.com
The most frequent violations of The Gap's code of conduct included factories not complying with local laws on annual leave, failure to pay the minimum wage, working weeks in excess of 60 hours, inaccurate record keeping and machinery lacking safety devices.

Corporate conduct Recall Against

Gap recalls baby swimsuits due to strangulation hazard

Gap recalled baby swimsuits after identifying a strangulation hazard.

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cpsc.gov

Gap Recalls Baby Swimsuits Due to Strangulation Hazard

Gap Recalls Baby Swimsuits Due to Strangulation Hazard

Labor & working conditions Confirmed In favor

Gap increases hourly worker pay

Gap announced an increase in hourly worker pay, benefiting about 65,000 store employees.

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finance.yahoo.com
Gap, owner of Old Navy, Banana Republic and Gap apparel chains, said the increased pay will benefit about 65,000 store employees.

Labor & working conditions Confirmed In favor

Gap Inc. raises hourly worker pay to $10 by 2015

Gap Inc. raised hourly worker pay to $10 an hour by 2015.

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aspeninstitute.org
This is good news for Gap workers, 65,000 of whom are now to get a pay raise, and good news for the company.
latimes.com
Gap Inc. to raise employees' minimum wage to $10 an hour by 2015 - Los Angeles Times
usnews.com
Was Gap Right to Raise Its Minimum Wage for U.S. Workers?

Corporate conduct Recall Against

Gap Inc. recalls children's pajamas

Gap Inc. announced a recall of children's pajamas.

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cpsc.gov

CPSC, Gap Inc. Announce Recall of Children's Pajamas

CPSC, Gap Inc. Announce Recall of Children's Pajamas
saferproducts.gov

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Corporate conduct Recall Against

Gap recalls boys' jackets due to entrapment hazard

Gap recalled boys' jackets after discovering the drawstring at the waist poses an entrapment hazard.

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cpsc.gov

Gap Outlet Recalls Boys' Jackets; Drawstring at Waist Poses Entrapment Hazard

Gap Outlet Recalls Boys' Jackets; Drawstring at Waist Poses Entrapment Hazard

Ukraine & Russia Confirmed You decide

Gap suspends deliveries to Russia

Gap suspended deliveries to Russia and donated $1 million worth of clothing to Ukrainian refugees.

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finance.yahoo.com
Gap's March statement that it had suspended deliveries to Russia also said it would donate $1 million worth of clothing to Ukrainian refugees.

Speech & moderation Confirmed You decide

Gap Inc. CEO Richard Dickson encourages employee speech

Gap Inc. CEO Richard Dickson encouraged employees to engage in open dialogue after other leaders fired staff for reactions to Charlie Kirk's killing.

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axios.com
At a time when other business leaders were firing employees for their reactions to the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, Gap Inc. CEO Richard Dickson took the opposite approach, encouraging employees to engage in open dialogue.

Speech & moderation Confirmed You decide

Richard Dickson encourages constructive employee speech

Richard Dickson encouraged employees to share opinions in constructive, not divisive ways.

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bloomberg.com
In a copy of the memo obtained by Bloomberg News, Richard Dickson encouraged employees to “share opinions in constructive, not divisive ways.”

Climate & energy Confirmed In favor

Gap Inc. exceeds recycled polyester target

Gap Inc. exceeded its recycled polyester target in fiscal 2025, according to an annual report.

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finance.yahoo.com
Gap also cut Scopes 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 70% from a 2017 baseline, less than the 74% reported in 2024.
Gap Inc. hit its sustainable cotton sourcing goal and exceeded its recycled polyester target in fiscal 2025, while renewable power use and some greenhouse gas emissions slipped, according to an annual report.

Privacy & surveillance Confirmed Against

Gap suffers network disruption on July 22, 2025

Gap experienced a network disruption on July 22, 2025, and immediately initiated an investigation.

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ago.vermont.gov
On July 22, 2025, Gap experienced a network disruption and immediately initiated an investigation of the matter.
ago.vermont.gov
On July 22, 2025, Gap experienced a network disruption and immediately initiated an investigation of the matter.

Privacy & surveillance Allegation Against

Gap is accused of privacy lawsuit

Gap is accused of facing a privacy lawsuit over allegations that it contracted with a third party to collect data on customers' interactions with marketing emails.

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mediapost.com
Siding with The Gap, a federal judge has tossed a privacy lawsuit over allegations that the clothing retailer contracted with a third party to collect data about customers' interactions with marketing emails.
mediapost.com
Siding with The Gap, a federal judge has tossed a privacy lawsuit over allegations that the clothing retailer contracted with a third party to collect data about customers' interactions with marketing emails.

Workplace equity Settlement Against

Gap settlement over workplace discrimination

IER’s charge-based and independent investigations found that Gap discriminated against certain workers by reverifying their permission to work, even though there was no legal reason to do so.

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finance.yahoo.com
UPDATE 1-Gap settles U.S. charges of job discrimination based on immigration status
thehill.com
“This settlement with Gap underscores the division’s work over the last 35 years to end unlawful employment discrimination,” Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, who works in the Civil Rights Division of the DOJ, said in the statement.
justice.gov
IER’s charge-based and independent investigations found that Gap discriminated against certain workers by reverifying their permission to work, even though there was no legal reason to do so.
IER also determined that Gap discriminated against some non-U.S. citizens by requesting that they provide specific documents to confirm that they still had permission to work.
As part of the settlement, Gap will pay $73,263 in civil penalties, provide back wages to an asylee and a lawful permanent resident who lost work, train thousands of its employees nationwide, ensure that its electronic programs are compliant with applicable rules, and be subject to monitoring and reporting requirements for three years.
On November 29, 2021, IER signed a settlement agreement with Gap, Inc. (Gap), resolving claims that the company discriminated against certain non-U.S. citizens (including lawful permanent residents, refugees and asylees) and naturalized U.S. citizens because of their current or prior immigration status, in violation of 8 U.S.C.
upi.com
29 (UPI) -- Gap Inc. has reached a settlement to resolve federal charges that it discriminated against workers because of their immigration status, the Justice Department announced Monday.
yahoo.com
"This settlement with Gap underscores the division's work over the last 35 years to end unlawful employment discrimination," Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, who works in the Civil Rights Division of the DOJ, said in the statement.