Jake West / LGBT NEW Boycott Alert: July 7 2012
Do not pump gas at ExxonMobil!
Do not use synthetic oil nor oil products from ExxonMobil!
Supporting Information and alternatives:
Oil and gas giant ExxonMobil voted earlier this year overwhelmingly
againstprotecting employees from discrimination based on sexual orientation and
gender identity. It's been doing that for years.
Despite being the top Fortune 500 company, the corporation is notorious for
failing to provide for its LGBT employees. So how do you show ExxonMobil you
disagree with its exclusionary practices? One way is by pressing for a boycott,
though activists warn it rarely produces the desired consequences. Another way
is by simply taking your business elsewhere — no picket signs needed.
"One of the best parts of a capitalist economy is that consumers have choices,"
said Fred Sainz, spokesman for the Human Rights Campaign, which evaluates the
inclusiveness of all oil and gas companies annually. "Consumers should rightly
show their disgust for ExxonMobil's callous disregard for our families by not
patronizing the company's products."
HRC's Corporate Equality Index rates major U.S. Businesses on criteria that
determine how well employers maintain safe and equal work environments for their
LGBT employees. Here's how ExxonMobil ranked in the 2012 index, followed by
(much better) ratings for other major gas companies.
ExxonMobil Corp.
Scoring an abysmal -25 on HRC's Corporate Equality Index — the lowest possible
score — ExxonMobil claims that LGBT protections are "unnecessary" and already
covered under other company policy.
No - Prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation (15 points)
No - Prohibits discrimination based on gender identity or expression (15 points)
No - Offers partner health/medical insurance (15 points)
No - Has parity across other "soft" benefits for partners (10 points)
(Half credit for parity across some, but not all benefits)
No - Offers transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage (10 points)
No - Firm-wide organizational competency programs (10 points)
No - Has employer-supported employee resource group OR firm-wide diversity
council (10 points)
(Half credit if would support ERG if employees express interest)
No - Positively engages the external LGBT community (15 points)
(Partial credit of 5 points given for less than 3 efforts)
Yes - Responsible citizenship employers will have 25 points deducted from their
score for a large-scale official or public anti-LGBT blemish on their recent
records (-25 points)
Total: -25
Use the following atlteratives:
#1 Chevron Corp.
Chevron is the only company in the oil and gas division of HRC's index that
earned a perfect 100 rating in 2012, and it's the only oil company to offer
transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage up to par with HRC's standards.
Yes - Prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation (15 points)
Yes - Prohibits discrimination based on gender identity or expression (15
points)
Yes - Offers partner health/medical insurance (15 points)
Yes - Has parity across other "soft" benefits for partners (10 points)
(Half credit for parity across some, but not all benefits)
Yes - Offers transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage (10 points)
Yes - Firm-wide organizational competency programs (10 points)
Yes - Has employer-supported employee resource group OR firm-wide diversity
council (10 points)
(Half credit if would support ERG if employees express interest)
Yes - Positively engages the external LGBT community (15 points)
(Partial credit of 5 points given for less than 3 efforts)
No - Responsible citizenship employers will have 25 points deducted from their
score for a large-scale official or public anti-LGBT blemish on their recent
records (-25 points)
Total: 100
# 2 BP America Inc.
A past perfect-scorer, BP was a founding corporate partner of the job search
site LGBT Career Link and regularly participates in Pride events.
Yes - Prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation (15 points)
Yes - Prohibits discrimination based on gender identity or expression (15
points)
Yes - Offers partner health/medical insurance (15 points)
1/2 - Has parity across other "soft" benefits for partners (10 points)
(Half credit for parity across some, but not all benefits)
No - Offers transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage (10 points)
Yes - Firm-wide organizational competency programs (10 points)
Yes - Has employer-supported employee resource group OR firm-wide diversity
council (10 points)
(Half credit if would support ERG if employees express interest)
Yes - Positively engages the external LGBT community (15 points)
(Partial credit of 5 points given for less than 3 efforts)
No - Responsible citizenship employers will have 25 points deducted from their
score for a large-scale official or public anti-LGBT blemish on their recent
records (-25 points)
Total: 85
# 2 Shell Oil Co.
Shell received a perfect rating on theCEI in 2011, but in 2012, the criteria
began requiring at least onetransgender-inclusive health insurance plan "that
removes transgender exclusions and acknowledges the WPATH Standards of Care for
treatment," something Shell is still missing.
Yes - Prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation (15 points)
Yes - Prohibits discrimination based on gender identity or expression (15
points)
Yes - Offers partner health/medical insurance (15 points)
1/2 - Has parity across other "soft" benefits for partners (10 points)
(Half credit for parity across some, but not all benefits)
No - Offers transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage (10 points)
Yes - Firm-wide organizational competency programs (10 points)
Yes - Has employer-supported employee resource group OR firm-wide diversity
council (10 points)
(Half credit if would support ERG if employees express interest)
Yes - Positively engages the external LGBT community (15 points)
(Partial credit of 5 points given for less than 3 efforts)
No - Responsible citizenship employers will have 25 points deducted from their
score for a large-scale official or public anti-LGBT blemish on their recent
records (-25 points)
Total: 85
# 2 Spectra Energy Corp
Spectra also received a perfect rating on the CEI in 2011 but didn't follow
through with the transgender-inclusivehealth insurance options required for a
perfect score in 2012.
Yes - Prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation (15 points)
Yes - Prohibits discrimination based on gender identity or expression (15
points)
Yes - Offers partner health/medical insurance (15 points)
1/2 - Has parity across other "soft" benefits for partners (10 points)
(Half credit for parity across some, but not all benefits)
No - Offers transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage (10 points)
Yes - Firm-wide organizational competency programs (10 points)
Yes - Has employer-supported employee resource group OR firm-wide diversity
council (10 points)
(Half credit if would support ERG if employees express interest)
Yes - Positively engages the external LGBT community (15 points)
(Partial credit of 5 points given for less than 3 efforts)
No - Responsible citizenship employers will have 25 points deducted from their
score for a large-scale official or public anti-LGBT blemish on their recent
records (-25 points)
Total: 85
# 3 ConocoPhillips
When Conoco and Phillips Petroleum merged in August 2002, the new oil company
briefly rescinded a policy banning discrimination based on sexual orientation.
HRC got word of the change the following February, and ConocoPhillips reinstated
sexual orientation protections six days later.
Yes - Prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation (15 points)
No - Prohibits discrimination based on gender identity or expression (15 points)
Yes - Offers partner health/medical insurance (15 points)
1/2 - Has parity across other "soft" benefits for partners (10 points)
(Half credit for parity across some, but not all benefits)
No - Offers transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage (10 points)
Yes - Firm-wide organizational competency programs (10 points)
Yes - Has employer-supported employee resource group OR firm-wide diversity
council (10 points)
(Half credit if would support ERG if employees express interest)
No - Positively engages the external LGBT community (15 points)
(Partial credit of 5 points given for less than 3 efforts)
No - Responsible citizenship employers will have 25 points deducted from their
score for a large-scale official or public anti-LGBT blemish on their recent
records (-25 points)
Total: 55
Do not use:
Marathon Oil Corp.
Coming in with a CEI rating of just 15, Marathon might not be LGBT consumers'
first choice — but it still fares better than Exxon.
Yes - Prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation (15 points)
No - Prohibits discrimination based on gender identity or expression (15 points)
No - Offers partner health/medical insurance (15 points)
No - Has parity across other "soft" benefits for partners (10 points)
(Half credit for parity across some, but not all benefits)
No - Offers transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage (10 points)
No - Firm-wide organizational competency programs (10 points)
No - Has employer-supported employee resource group OR firm-wide diversity
council (10 points)
(Half credit if would support ERG if employees express interest)
No - Positively engages the external LGBT community (15 points)
(Partial credit of 5 points given for less than 3 efforts)
No - Responsible citizenship employers will have 25 points deducted from their
score for a large-scale official or public anti-LGBT blemish on their recent
records (-25 points)
Total: 15
Other oil and gas companies and their 2012 CEI scores: (DO NOT USE):
Baker Hughes Inc.: 15
Cameron International Corp.: 0
El Paso Corp: 15
Enbridge Energy Partners: 15
FMC Technologies Inc.: 15
Frontier Oil Corp.: 0
Halliburton Co.: 15
Hess Corp.: 15
Holly Corp.: 0
Kinder Morgan Inc.: 15
Murphy Oil: 15
National Oilwell Varco, Inc.: 15
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P.: 0
Smith International Inc.: 15
Sunoco Inc.: 15
Tesoro Corp.: 15
Valero Energy Corp.: 15
Western Refining Inc.: 0
World Fuel Services: 30
Note: ExxonMobil remains a longterm problem for the LGBT community since its original merger!
....Jake West
Note: Supporting Information submitted by Doug L. Bullock
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