BP
Gas & Energy
1.9Scores by Issue
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2.5
Education
BP education score is broken down in two subscores.
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3
2nd Amendment Rights
BP has remained neutral on 2nd Amendment issues.
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1
Marriage
BP is a bronze partner of the Human Rights Campaign.
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1
Pro-Life
BP is a partner of UNICEF, an organization that advocated for legal abortion to be a right for women all over the world.
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2
Environment
BP supports carbon taxes to address global warming.
About
BP is a multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London.
2nd Amendment Rights
BP has remained neutral on 2nd Amendment issues.
Education
The education issue is broken down in to the Common Core subcategory below.
Common Core - BP is listed as a supporter of the Bipartisan Policy Center. The Bipartisan Policy Center supports the adoption of the Common Core State Standards and is one of Common Core’s leading sponsors. (Bipartisan Policy Center Annual Report 2013, http://bipartisanpolicy.org, 2013) (“Confronting The Myths: The Truth About Common Core,” http://bipartisanpolicy.org, 5/21/14) (Michelle Malkin, Op-Ed, “Get To Know The Common Core Marketing Overlords,” Human Events Online, 3/21/14)
Environment
BP supports carbon taxes to address global warming. BP supports a broad cap-and-trade plan. In 2010, BP withdrew from the United States Climate Action Partnership, which supports a government mandated cap-and-trade plan. (BP Sustainability Review 2012, www.bp.com, 2012) (Jennifer A. Dlouhy, “Energy Tax Proposals Draw Fire Obama Budget Plan Criticized For ‘Punitive' Provisions,” The Houston Chronicle, 2/28/09) (Steven Mufson, "Conoco, BP and Caterpillar quit USCAP," The Washington Post, 2/17/10)
Marriage
BP is a bronze partner of the Human Rights Campaign. BP received a score of 90 on the Human Rights Campaign's 2015 Corporate Equality Index. (Human Rights Campaign Website, http://www.hrc.org/the-hrc-story/corporate-partners/bronze, Accessed 1/6/14) (HRC 2015 Corporate Equality Index, www.hrc.org, Accessed 12/5/14)
Pro-Life
BP is a corporate partner of UNICEF, which as a member of the Human Rights and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, was part of a 2006 report that recommended laws be enacted to ensure a women's right to legal abortion. (UNICEF Website, http://www.unicefusa.org/partners/corporate/our-corporate-partners.html, Accessed 7/30/13) (International Guidelines On HIV/AIDS And Human Rights, http://data.unaids.org/publications/irc-pub07/jc1252-internguidelines_en.pdf, Page 35, 2006)
