Palantir

Palantir supports digital inclusivity for women and girls through its Women in Technology Scholarship. This scholarship helps women pursue careers in technology at universities in North America and Europe.

No evidence was found of the company’s leading practices in this area.

Palantir provides its technology to the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children, a US based non-profit organisation, to help reduce child sexual exploitation.

The company has several open source projects.

Little evidence was found that Palantir has initiatives to make digital technologies more accessible to vulnerable groups. Additionally, the company should disclose how the economic value it generates is distributed among its stakeholders, as well as its taxes paid and employment in its main markets.

No evidence was found that Palantir supports any activities aimed at digital skills development or school connectivity. The company has an opportunity to support initiatives in this area.

Palantir reports that it holds an information security management certification. However, it has an opportunity to follow industry best practice by disclosing the certificate on its website. The company can also be more transparent about how it manages cybersecurity. Furthermore, it can disclose the data breaches it experiences.

Beyond open source projects, no evidence was found of the company’s activities relating to open, inclusive and ethical innovation. Palantir has an opportunity to report on initiatives in this area.

Palantir does not commit to respecting human rights in a publicly available policy statement. It also does not provide a formal policy commitment in regard to respecting all the ILO core labour rights, including the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining. Palantir does not disclose a process to identify, assess and take action on salient human rights risks in its own operations and business relationships. Moreover, the company does not engage with stakeholders whose human rights have could be impacted by its operations. The company has a grievance mechanism accessible to both workers and external stakeholders to raise human rights concerns and complaints, but it is unclear if complainants are able to identify themselves or remain anonymous.

Palantir does not have a formal policy statement to indicate a commitment to respecting the health and safety of workers. Furthermore, the company discloses no relevant information in relation to working hours, collective bargaining fundamentals or living wages. Palantir does not commit to gender equality and women’s empowerment, and further, does not disclose information on workforce diversity per employee category.

Palantir has a policy prohibiting bribery and corruption, but it does not include anti-bribery and anti-corruption clauses in contracts with its business relationships. The company discloses the income taxes it pays in three categories: federal, state and foreign. However, it does not disclose income tax payments for its individual tax jurisdictions. Furthermore, its tax strategy is only applicable for the UK. No relevant information was found in relation to the company’s approach to lobbying and political engagement.

The below datasheet disaggregates scores within the three core social measurement areas and by specific indicators.