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Company actions

13 actions

What the business itself does.

Builds data centers near people's homes Catalog definition — not a live check The company builds or materially expands a data center in or next to an established residential area, with documented effects on nearby residents.
Builds or expands resource-intensive data centers Catalog definition — not a live check The company builds or materially expands a data center with documented large electricity, water, or local infrastructure demands.
Discloses data-center water and power impact Catalog definition — not a live check The company publishes measured water, power, or community impacts of its data centers.
Diverts food waste from landfills Catalog definition — not a live check The company reports a measured amount of food waste diverted from landfills through donation, composting, reuse, or recovery during a defined reporting period.
Expands or finances fossil-fuel production Certified live check The company builds, expands, or provides material financing for fossil-fuel extraction or infrastructure.
Expands zero-emission transport Catalog definition — not a live check The company materially expands electric or other zero-emission operation across its vehicle fleet or transportation platform.
Faces environmental enforcement action or allegations Catalog definition — not a live check An environmental regulator, court, inspectorate, or substantiated investigation identifies the company as the subject of an unresolved environmental matter — a filed suit, notice of violation, opened investigation, or documented allegation of pollution, discharge, or permit breach.
Funds completed reforestation or land restoration Catalog definition — not a live check The company materially funds completed tree planting, reforestation, agroforestry, or degraded-land restoration through a named implementation program.
Funds or lobbies for aggressive climate policy Catalog definition — not a live check The company materially funds or lobbies for laws intended to accelerate emissions reductions.
Is penalized for environmental violations Certified live check A regulator or court penalizes or orders the company to remedy a documented pollution or environmental-law violation.
Reduces greenhouse-gas emissions Catalog definition — not a live check The company reports a measured reduction in greenhouse-gas emissions from its operations or value chain against a defined baseline and reporting period.
Uses renewable energy in operations Catalog definition — not a live check The company supplies its operations with verified renewable electricity or heat.
Withdraws from climate commitments or initiatives Catalog definition — not a live check The company formally leaves, ends, or rolls back a named climate commitment, emissions-reduction initiative, alliance, or target that was previously in effect.

Leadership actions

4 actions

What its executives, founders and board do.

Leader advocates climate legislation Catalog definition — not a live check A named leader publicly urges adoption of a named climate bill, carbon-pricing law, emissions statute, or similarly specific legislative measure.
Leader opposes mandatory emissions limits Catalog definition — not a live check A named leader publicly urges repeal, weakening, delay, or rejection of a specific mandatory tailpipe, fuel-economy, carbon, methane, or greenhouse-gas emissions limit.
Leader personally funds climate action Catalog definition — not a live check A named executive, founder, director, or controlling shareholder completes a material personal grant, donation, or irrevocable asset transfer dedicated to climate mitigation, clean energy, conservation, or environmental justice.
Leader withdraws a climate commitment Catalog definition — not a live check A named leader directs, announces, or personally defends abandoning, weakening, or materially postponing a previously stated emissions, renewable-energy, or climate commitment.

Company actions

7 actions

What the business itself does.

Faces discrimination claims over its treatment of customers Catalog definition — not a live check A civil-rights authority, court, or substantiated investigation identifies the company as the subject of an unresolved claim that it discriminated against customers, guests, applicants for its service, or users of its platform on a protected characteristic.
Faces workplace-discrimination claims Catalog definition — not a live check An equality agency, court, tribunal, or substantiated investigation identifies the company as the subject of an unresolved workplace-discrimination matter — a filed suit, charge, opened investigation, or documented allegation of discriminatory pay, hiring, promotion, or treatment.
Is held responsible for discrimination against customers Catalog definition — not a live check An adverse final court or agency finding, plea, consent order, or completed settlement holds the company responsible for discriminating against customers, passengers, guests, applicants for its service, or users of its platform on a protected characteristic.
Is held responsible for workplace discrimination Certified live check An adverse final court or agency finding, plea, consent order, or completed settlement holds the company responsible for workplace-discrimination claims.
Operates workplace DEI programs Catalog definition — not a live check The company operates a defined workplace diversity, equity, or inclusion program.
Publishes workforce demographic data Catalog definition — not a live check The company publishes current workforce demographic data with defined categories and a reporting period.
Rolls back workplace DEI programs Certified live check The company ends, reduces, or removes a workplace DEI program, diversity hiring target, or defined inclusion commitment that was previously in effect.

Leadership actions

4 actions

What its executives, founders and board do.

Leader directs a workplace DEI rollback Catalog definition — not a live check A named leader directs or announces ending, narrowing, renaming, or withdrawing a concrete workplace diversity, equity, and inclusion program, goal, ranking, training, or supplier initiative.
Leader is personally liable for workplace discrimination Catalog definition — not a live check A named executive, director, founder, or controlling owner is personally found liable in a final court or agency decision for protected-trait workplace discrimination or retaliation for protected discrimination activity.
Leader publicly advocates workplace DEI Catalog definition — not a live check A named executive, director, or founder takes a dated public position supporting workplace diversity, equity, inclusion, or a specific program advancing those goals.
Leader publicly opposes workplace DEI Catalog definition — not a live check A named executive, director, or founder takes a dated public position opposing workplace diversity, equity, or inclusion programs as discriminatory, harmful, or counterproductive.

Company actions

6 actions

What the business itself does.

Covers gender-transition care in employee health plans Catalog definition — not a live check The company's employee health plan explicitly covers medically necessary gender-transition or gender-affirming care.
Funds campaigns for traditional-marriage laws Catalog definition — not a live check The organization or named person materially funds a named organization or campaign seeking laws that define marriage in traditional religious terms.
Funds candidates or campaigns for anti-LGBTQ+ laws Catalog definition — not a live check The organization or named person materially funds a candidate, organization, or campaign working for a named restriction on LGBTQ+ people.
Is rated on HRC's Corporate Equality Index Catalog definition — not a live check The Human Rights Campaign publishes a score for the company on its annual Corporate Equality Index, which rates LGBTQ+-related workplace policies and benefits against HRC's own published criteria.
Provides inclusive LGBTQ+ employee benefits Catalog definition — not a live check The company's benefits explicitly cover same-sex partners or another defined LGBTQ+-inclusive employee benefit.
Removes inclusive LGBTQ+ employee benefits Catalog definition — not a live check The company removes previously covered same-sex partner or gender-affirming employee benefits.

Leadership actions

2 actions

What its executives, founders and board do.

Leader personally funds or advocates against LGBTQ+ rights Catalog definition — not a live check A named executive, director, founder, or controlling shareholder personally funds or publicly argues against LGBTQ+ legal protections.
Leader publicly advocates for LGBTQ rights Catalog definition — not a live check A named executive, director, or founder takes a dated, independently reported public position supporting LGBTQ rights.

Company actions

4 actions

What the business itself does.

Funds candidates who sought to overturn a certified election Catalog definition — not a live check The organization, its PAC, or the named person funds a candidate who took a documented official action to overturn a certified election result.
Funds or lobbies for expanded voting access Catalog definition — not a live check The company funds or lobbies for a named policy expanding voting access.
Funds paper-ballot or expanded election-audit campaigns Catalog definition — not a live check The company funds or lobbies for a named proposal requiring paper ballots, hand counts, or expanded post-election audits.
Funds voting restrictions Catalog definition — not a live check The organization or named person materially funds a candidate, organization, or campaign working for a named restriction on voting access.

Leadership actions

4 actions

What its executives, founders and board do.

Leader advocates voting access Catalog definition — not a live check A named executive, founder, director, or controlling shareholder takes a dated public action supporting broader or nondiscriminatory access to registration, ballots, early voting, mail voting, or the franchise.
Leader advocates voting restrictions Catalog definition — not a live check A named executive, founder, director, or controlling shareholder takes a dated public or directed action supporting proof-of-citizenship rules, stricter voter ID, limits on mail or early voting, voter-roll challenges, or elimination of established voting methods.
Leader denies a certified election result Catalog definition — not a live check A named executive, founder, director, or controlling shareholder publicly claims that a certified election result was stolen, fraudulent, or won by the losing candidate without substantiated evidence, or calls for that result to be decertified or overturned.
Leader funds election-denial candidates Catalog definition — not a live check A named executive, founder, director, or controlling shareholder personally funds a candidate who independently documented evidence shows denied or sought to overturn a certified election result.

Company actions

10 actions

What the business itself does.

Lobbies against minimum-wage increases Catalog definition — not a live check The company lobbies against a named minimum-wage increase.
Lobbies for broad import tariffs Catalog definition — not a live check The company lobbies for broad tariffs covering a major class of imported goods rather than a narrow remedy tied to a documented trade violation.
Lobbies for lower business taxes Catalog definition — not a live check The company lobbies for a named reduction in corporate tax rates or business-tax liability.
Lobbies for redistributive tax or income policy Catalog definition — not a live check The company lobbies for a named tax, income-transfer, or redistributive economic policy.
Pays a verified living wage Catalog definition — not a live check The company pays workers at or above a named, independently defined living-wage benchmark.
Raises hourly worker pay Catalog definition — not a live check The company raises the wage it pays a broad class of hourly, frontline, or entry-level employees.
Replaces workers with AI Catalog definition — not a live check The company eliminates or materially reduces identified jobs because it deployed AI or automation.
Replaces workers with AI without transition support Catalog definition — not a live check The company eliminates or materially reduces identified jobs because of AI deployment without severance, retraining, reassignment, or another documented worker transition plan.
Spends on federal lobbying Catalog definition — not a live check The company or its registrants filed federal lobbying disclosures with the Senate, reporting what was spent in a year and the issue areas lobbied on.
Uses offshore structures to avoid corporate taxes Certified live check The company uses an offshore entity or transaction whose documented primary effect is shifting taxable profit away from where the underlying business activity occurred.

Leadership actions

4 actions

What its executives, founders and board do.

Leader advocates redistributive tax policy Catalog definition — not a live check A named leader publicly advocates a wealth, estate, capital-gains, high-income, or corporate tax increase intended to shift more tax burden to wealthy people or large corporations.
Leader announces AI worker replacement Catalog definition — not a live check A named leader announces an operational policy, hiring reduction, contractor reduction, or implemented system in which AI performs work previously done by people.
Leader opposes a minimum-wage increase Catalog definition — not a live check A named leader publicly opposes a specific statutory minimum-wage increase, defined wage floor, bill, or ballot measure.
Leader uses offshore structures to evade personal tax Catalog definition — not a live check A named executive, director, or founder admits, pleads guilty to, or is finally adjudicated for using offshore entities, trusts, accounts, or nominees to conceal personal income or evade personal tax.

Company actions

4 actions

What the business itself does.

Funds or lobbies for public-school resources Catalog definition — not a live check The company materially funds public-school programs or lobbies for a named increase in public-school resources.
Funds postsecondary scholarships Catalog definition — not a live check The company funds a named scholarship or tuition-assistance program for college, university, or vocational education.
Funds school curriculum or book-restriction campaigns Catalog definition — not a live check The company funds or lobbies for a named campaign to remove school materials, restrict curriculum, or expand parental control over classroom content.
Funds school privatization, charters, or vouchers Catalog definition — not a live check The company materially funds a named school-privatization, charter-school, or voucher organization or campaign.

Leadership actions

2 actions

What its executives, founders and board do.

Leader personally funds scholarships or education access Catalog definition — not a live check A named executive, founder, director, or controlling shareholder uses personal money or a reliably attributed donor-controlled vehicle for scholarships, tuition assistance, or another program that materially expands students' access to education.
Leader personally funds school privatisation Catalog definition — not a live check A named executive, founder, director, or controlling shareholder uses personal money or a reliably attributed donor-controlled vehicle to finance private-school vouchers, charter-school expansion, or candidates and ballot measures advancing those policies.

Company actions

9 actions

What the business itself does.

Calls for an Israel–Palestine ceasefire Catalog definition — not a live check The organization or named person issues an attributable public call for a ceasefire in Israel and Palestine.
Funds documented Israeli-government influence in U.S. politics Catalog definition — not a live check The company, its corporate PAC, or its controlled foundation materially funds U.S. political activity documented as directed by, coordinated with, or undertaken on behalf of the Israeli government or its registered agent.
Funds groups opposing U.S. military aid to Israel Catalog definition — not a live check The organization, its PAC or foundation, or the named person materially funds a U.S. political committee or campaign whose documented activity seeks to restrict or end U.S. military aid to Israel.
Funds humanitarian aid for Israeli civilians Catalog definition — not a live check The company, its corporate foundation, or a company-directed donation funds named humanitarian relief for Israeli civilians affected by the Israel–Palestine conflict.
Funds humanitarian aid for Palestinian civilians Catalog definition — not a live check The company, its corporate foundation, or a company-directed donation funds named humanitarian relief for Palestinian civilians affected by the Israel–Palestine conflict.
Funds pro-Israel groups in U.S. elections Catalog definition — not a live check The organization, its PAC or foundation, or the named person materially funds a U.S. political committee or campaign whose documented election activity promotes pro-Israel candidates or policy.
Publicly backs Israel's military campaign Catalog definition — not a live check The organization or named person publicly endorses Israel's military campaign or provides it direct material support.
Takes action against pro-Israel advocacy Catalog definition — not a live check The organization or named person files a lawsuit, directs discipline, ends a contract, or takes another documented action directly tied to pro-Israel speech or advocacy.
Takes action against pro-Palestinian advocacy Catalog definition — not a live check The organization or named person files a lawsuit, directs discipline, ends a contract, or takes another documented action directly tied to pro-Palestinian speech or advocacy.

Leadership actions

1 action

What its executives, founders and board do.

Leader calls for a ceasefire Catalog definition — not a live check A named company leader takes a dated public position calling for an immediate, permanent, or otherwise explicit ceasefire in the Gaza or Israel–Palestine fighting.

Company actions

8 actions

What the business itself does.

Current leader endorses or campaigns for Donald Trump Catalog definition — not a live check A current chief executive, chair, or equivalent senior leader publicly endorses, campaigns for, appears at a campaign event for, or organizes fundraising for Donald Trump or a named Trump committee.
Current leader endorses or campaigns for conservative candidates Catalog definition — not a live check A current chief executive, chair, or equivalent senior leader publicly endorses, campaigns for, appears at a campaign event for, or organizes fundraising for a named conservative candidate or committee.
Current leader endorses or campaigns for progressive candidates Catalog definition — not a live check A current chief executive, chair, or equivalent senior leader publicly endorses, campaigns for, appears at a campaign event for, or organizes fundraising for a named progressive candidate or committee.
Funds Black Lives Matter organizations or campaigns Catalog definition — not a live check The organization or named person materially funds a named Black Lives Matter organization or campaign.
Funds Donald Trump, his campaign, or inaugural committee Certified live check The organization or its connected PAC gives money directly to Donald Trump, an authorized Trump campaign, an identified Trump fundraising committee, or a Trump inaugural committee.
Funds conservative candidates or committees Certified live check The organization or its connected PAC gives money to named conservative candidates or committees.
Funds progressive candidates or committees Certified live check The organization or its connected PAC gives money to named progressive candidates or committees.
Routes political spending through nondisclosing groups Catalog definition — not a live check The company directs political money through an organization that does not publicly disclose the original corporate source or the ultimate electoral recipients.

Leadership actions

5 actions

What its executives, founders and board do.

Leader endorses conservative candidates Catalog definition — not a live check A named executive, founder, director, or controlling shareholder makes a dated public endorsement of, or explicitly campaigns for, a named conservative candidate.
Leader endorses or campaigns for Donald Trump Catalog definition — not a live check A named executive, director, founder, or controlling shareholder personally endorses, campaigns for, appears at a campaign event for, or organises fundraising for Donald Trump or a named Trump committee.
Leader endorses progressive candidates Catalog definition — not a live check A named executive, founder, director, or controlling shareholder makes a dated public endorsement of, or explicitly campaigns for, a named progressive candidate.
Leader personally funds conservative candidates or inaugural committees Certified live check A named executive, founder, director, or controlling shareholder makes a disclosed personal contribution to a named conservative candidate, candidate-supporting committee, or presidential inaugural committee associated with a conservative president-elect.
Leader personally funds progressive candidates Certified live check A named executive, founder, director, or controlling shareholder makes a disclosed personal contribution to a named progressive candidate or candidate-supporting committee.

Company actions

23 actions

What the business itself does.

Breaks a dated public commitment Catalog definition — not a live check The company misses, abandons, or reverses a dated public commitment it previously made.
Commits its profits or ownership to a cause Catalog definition — not a live check The company transfers its ownership, or commits its profits, to a trust, foundation, non-profit, or collective dedicated to a named cause.
Conceals material misconduct Catalog definition — not a live check A court, regulator, or well-supported investigation finds that the company concealed material misconduct or risk.
Faces bribery or corruption allegations Catalog definition — not a live check A prosecutor, anti-corruption authority, court, legislature, or substantiated investigation identifies the company as the subject of an unresolved bribery or corruption matter — an opened investigation, filed charge, or documented allegation of improper payments to public officials.
Faces claims it penalises users who complain Catalog definition — not a live check A regulator, court, or substantiated investigation identifies the company as the subject of an unresolved claim that it demoted, suspended, delisted, or otherwise penalised users, sellers, hosts or drivers for complaining, disputing a charge, or exercising a right the platform grants them.
Faces competition-law enforcement action or allegations Catalog definition — not a live check A competition authority, court, legislature, or substantiated investigation identifies the company as the subject of an unresolved competition-law matter — a filed suit, formal proceedings, a statement of objections, an opened investigation, or a documented allegation of anticompetitive conduct.
Faces consumer-protection enforcement action or allegations Catalog definition — not a live check A consumer regulator, court, attorney general, or substantiated investigation identifies the company as the subject of an unresolved consumer-protection matter — a filed suit, opened investigation, or documented allegation of deceptive, unfair, or hidden-fee practices.
Faces financial-law enforcement action or allegations Catalog definition — not a live check A financial regulator, court, prosecutor, or substantiated investigation identifies the company as the subject of an unresolved securities, accounting, sanctions, or anti-money-laundering matter — a filed suit, opened investigation, Wells notice, or documented allegation.
Faces licensing or permit enforcement action Catalog definition — not a live check A licensing authority, municipality, court, or substantiated investigation identifies the company as the subject of an unresolved matter about operating without a required licence, permit, or registration — a filed suit, cease-and-desist notice, opened investigation, or documented allegation.
Faces marketplace-safety enforcement action or allegations Catalog definition — not a live check A regulator, court, legislature, or substantiated investigation identifies the company as the subject of an unresolved matter about its duty to keep users safe on a marketplace or platform it operates — a filed suit, opened investigation, or documented allegation of inadequate screening, verification, or response to reported harm.
Faces public-program fraud allegations Catalog definition — not a live check A prosecutor, inspector general, court, legislature, or substantiated investigation identifies the company as the subject of an unresolved matter about false claims, overbilling, or kickbacks involving a public programme — an intervened qui tam suit, opened investigation, or documented allegation.
Funds hunger-relief programs Catalog definition — not a live check The company, its controlled foundation, or a company-directed program makes a disclosed material donation of funds or food to a named hunger-relief organization or program.
Has a documented direct relationship with Jeffrey Epstein Catalog definition — not a live check The company or named person has a direct meeting, travel, financial, business, advisory, or sustained communications relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
Is held responsible for competition-law violations Certified live check A final competition-authority or court action, guilty plea, or completed settlement holds the company responsible for claims that it monopolized a market, fixed prices, restricted competition, or otherwise violated antitrust law.
Is held responsible for consumer-protection violations Certified live check A final regulator or court action, completed settlement, or completed regulator-directed correction holds the company responsible for a consumer-protection-law violation or legally protected customer duty that does not require a finding of deception.
Is held responsible for defrauding government or public programs Certified live check A court or regulator finds, or the company completes a settlement resolving, a documented scheme involving false claims, kickbacks, overbilling, withheld rebates, defective government-contract pricing, or underpaid public-resource royalties that improperly took or withheld money from a government operation or public program.
Is penalized for bribing public officials Certified live check The company admits, is found liable for, or settles a documented scheme involving bribes to public officials.
Is penalized for deceiving consumers Certified live check A regulator or court finds that the company used deceptive advertising, false claims, hidden charges, or another documented consumer deception.
Is penalized for financial-law violations Certified live check A financial regulator or court penalizes or orders the company to remedy a documented securities, commodities, banking, payments, money-transmission, or market-conduct violation.
Is penalized for marketplace safety failures Certified live check A regulator or court penalizes an online marketplace for a documented failure to assess, prevent, or control illegal or unsafe products offered through its service.
Is penalized for operating without a required license Catalog definition — not a live check A regulator or court penalizes or orders the company to remedy business activity performed without a legally required license, registration, or classification.
Recalls a product over a documented safety risk Certified live check The company or a regulator recalls a named product because it presents a documented risk of injury, illness, fire, contamination, or death.
Settles harassment claims under non-disclosure terms Catalog definition — not a live check The company resolves harassment claims using non-disclosure terms that restrict the claimant's account.

Leadership actions

11 actions

What its executives, founders and board do.

Leader has a documented direct relationship with Jeffrey Epstein Catalog definition — not a live check A named executive, director, founder, or controlling shareholder personally has a documented direct meeting, trip, payment, investment, business or advisory arrangement, or sustained correspondence with Jeffrey Epstein.
Leader is found to have concealed misconduct Catalog definition — not a live check A final regulator, court, plea, or completed investigative record directly finds that a named leader concealed material misconduct, evidence, a conviction, or another known harm.
Leader is found to have defrauded consumers Catalog definition — not a live check A court or consumer regulator enters a final order, judgment, or completed settlement finding or resolving that a named leader personally directed or participated in deceptive consumer sales, advertising, reviews, or refund practices.
Leader is found to have obstructed an official investigation Catalog definition — not a live check A named leader is convicted, pleads guilty, or receives a final judgment for obstructing a regulator, grand jury, court, or law-enforcement investigation.
Leader is found to have violated antitrust law Catalog definition — not a live check A final court order, conviction, guilty plea, or completed settlement resolves that a named leader personally violated antitrust or premerger-notification law.
Leader is penalised for bribing public officials Catalog definition — not a live check A named executive, director, or founder admits, is convicted of, or enters a completed resolution for personally paying, offering, or conspiring to pay a bribe to a public official.
Leader is penalised for financial-law violations Catalog definition — not a live check A final order, judgment, conviction, guilty plea, or completed settlement personally resolves a named leader's securities fraud, accounting fraud, insider trading, or financial-disclosure violation with a remedy.
Leader is personally penalised by a regulator or court Catalog definition — not a live check A final regulator or court order, adjudicated finding, guilty plea, conviction, or completed settlement imposes a monetary, custodial, conduct, or leadership remedy on a named leader.
Leader personally faces enforcement action or allegations Catalog definition — not a live check A named executive, director, founder, or controlling shareholder is personally the subject of an unresolved enforcement or legal matter — regulatory, securities, fraud, bribery, workplace-discrimination, privacy, or similar — through a suit or charge filed against them, or formal proceedings opened against them.
Leader personally funds homelessness relief or housing Catalog definition — not a live check A named executive, founder, director, or controlling shareholder completes a material personal donation or donor-controlled grant for homelessness prevention, emergency shelter, supportive housing, affordable housing, or research directly aimed at reducing homelessness.
Leader personally settles a harassment or abuse claim Catalog definition — not a live check A named executive, director, or founder personally enters a completed settlement resolving a claim of harassment, sexual assault, or abuse. A settlement establishes resolution, not an admission or finding that the allegations were true.

Company actions

4 actions

What the business itself does.

Found liable for defamation Catalog definition — not a live check A court or jury finds the company liable for defaming a named person or organisation, or the company pays a judgment or court-approved settlement over a defamation claim.
Funds independent or alternative media outlets Catalog definition — not a live check The company makes a material grant or directed payment to a named independent or alternative news or commentary outlet.
Funds mainstream news organizations or journalism programs Catalog definition — not a live check The company makes a material grant or directed payment to a named mainstream news organization or journalism program.
Funds outlets or campaigns that attack press freedom Catalog definition — not a live check The company materially funds an outlet or campaign whose documented activity targets press freedom or journalists' ability to report.

Leadership actions

2 actions

What its executives, founders and board do.

Leader personally funds journalism Catalog definition — not a live check A named executive, founder, director, or controlling shareholder uses personal money or a personally controlled investment vehicle to acquire, capitalize, or make a material grant to a journalism organization.
Leader seeks legal restraint on reporting Catalog definition — not a live check A named company leader files for, joins, or obtains an injunction or comparable court order intended to prevent identified journalism from being published, broadcast, or further reported.

Company actions

10 actions

What the business itself does.

Builds or deploys biometric surveillance Catalog definition — not a live check The company builds, embeds, or deploys facial recognition or another biometric identification system for a company operation or product.
Faces privacy enforcement action or allegations Catalog definition — not a live check A data-protection authority, court, legislature, or substantiated investigation identifies the company as the subject of an unresolved privacy matter — a filed suit, opened investigation, regulatory complaint, or documented allegation of unlawful collection, sharing, or retention.
Is held responsible for privacy violations Certified live check A final regulator or court action, stipulated judgment, or completed settlement penalizes or orders the company to remedy documented privacy, data-security, or data-protection claims or violations.
Limits collection and retention of customer data Catalog definition — not a live check The company verifiably limits what customer data it collects, retains, or shares.
Limits tracking without user consent Catalog definition — not a live check The company requires affirmative user consent before apps, advertisers, or other third parties track a person across apps, websites, or services.
Releases advanced AI without independent safety testing Catalog definition — not a live check The company releases or materially expands access to an advanced AI system without publishing or commissioning independent pre-release safety testing for documented high-impact risks.
Reports a breach exposing customer data Certified live check The company or a regulator reports a confirmed security incident in which customer personal data was taken, accessed without authorization, or publicly exposed.
Sells or shares customer data for advertising Catalog definition — not a live check The company sells customer data or shares it with third parties for targeted advertising.
Supplies facial-recognition tools to police Catalog definition — not a live check The company sells, licenses, or otherwise provides a facial-recognition system to a police or law-enforcement agency for identifying or tracking people.
Uses AI for consequential decisions without meaningful human review Catalog definition — not a live check The company uses an automated system to make hiring, firing, credit, insurance, housing, health, or similar consequential decisions without meaningful human review or appeal.

Leadership actions

3 actions

What its executives, founders and board do.

Leader authorizes biometric-surveillance deployment Catalog definition — not a live check A named executive, director, or founder authorizes, continues, or publicly defends deployment of facial or other biometric identification that can identify people in homes, public spaces, or law-enforcement footage.
Leader is personally subject to a final privacy remedy Catalog definition — not a live check A privacy or consumer-protection regulator enters a final order or completed settlement that personally binds a named leader for deceptive collection, surveillance, sharing, retention, or inadequate safeguarding of personal data.
Leader publicly advocates for user privacy Catalog definition — not a live check A named executive, director, or founder takes a dated, independently reported public position defending user privacy — testimony, a signed op-ed, or a refusal to weaken encryption or hand over user data.

Company actions

8 actions

What the business itself does.

Faces worker-protection enforcement action or allegations Catalog definition — not a live check A labour agency, court, inspectorate, or substantiated investigation identifies the company as the subject of an unresolved worker-protection matter — a filed suit, citation under appeal, opened investigation, or documented allegation about wages, hours, safety, or classification.
Has an injury rate worse than its industry Catalog definition — not a live check A measured workplace injury or illness rate for the company's own operations is compared against the industry benchmark for the same work, and the company's rate is worse.
Is penalized for worker-protection violations Certified live check A regulator or court penalizes or orders the company to remedy a documented wage, workplace-safety, leave, or retaliation violation.
Lacks meaningful forced-labor supply-chain checks Catalog definition — not a live check A regulator, legislative investigation, court, or independent audit documents that the company lacks meaningful controls to identify and prevent forced labor in a material supply chain.
Opposes employee unionization Certified live check The company takes a documented action intended to prevent or defeat employee unionization.
Recognizes or supports employee unionization Catalog definition — not a live check The company voluntarily recognizes, bargains with, or materially supports an employee union.
Reduces measured workplace injury rates Catalog definition — not a live check The company reports a completed, measured reduction in recordable or lost-time workplace injury rates for a defined workforce.
Uses forced, child, or sweatshop labor Catalog definition — not a live check A company operation or supply chain is found to use forced labor, child labor, or sweatshop conditions.

Leadership actions

5 actions

What its executives, founders and board do.

Leader enters or enforces an inter-employer no-poach agreement Catalog definition — not a live check A named executive, director, or founder personally proposes and secures, enters, approves, or enforces an inter-employer no-poach, non-solicitation, or wage-fixing agreement that restricts worker mobility or compensation.
Leader orders a mass layoff Catalog definition — not a live check A named leader personally announces, orders, or accepts responsibility for a workforce reduction affecting at least 100 people or 5 percent of the organization.
Leader personally directs an anti-union campaign Catalog definition — not a live check A named leader personally directs, authorizes, or fronts a campaign against employees organizing, including anti-union messaging, coercive meetings, threats, retaliation, or documented obstruction.
Leader raises frontline worker pay Catalog definition — not a live check A named leader personally announces, authorizes, or publicly backs a material base-pay increase for frontline, store, distribution, transport, or other hourly workers.
Leader recognises or supports employees organising Catalog definition — not a live check A named leader voluntarily recognizes a union, signs or announces a labor-neutrality agreement, or publicly supports employees organizing at the leader's organization.