Lyft

The company provides discounts and free rides to people from vulnerable groups through its initiative LyftUp. It also integrates accessible design principles in its products.

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

Lyft discloses that it has a committee responsible for information security and it considers data privacy a key topic in its materiality analysis.

The company states that it has open source projects.

Little evidence was found of the company’s activities to support digital inclusivity for women and girls. The company can undertake initiatives in this area. It also has an opportunity to report how the economic value it generates is distributed among stakeholders and the income taxes it pays and its employment in its main markets.

The company has an opportunity to support initiatives for digital skills development at all levels.

Lyft can make a high-level commitment to cybersecurity. Moreover, the company has an opportunity to publish a transparency report where it discloses the requests it receives by law enforcement for user information.

Little evidence was found of the company’s activities relating to open, inclusive and ethical innovation. The company can consider providing support for the tech start-up ecosystem, disclosing the number of its women employees in tech roles and reporting how it considers ethics in its research and development (R&D) activities.

No company policies or commitments relating to respect for human rights were found in the public domain. There is also no public evidence of Lyft committing to respect the ILO core labour rights. Nor does the company disclose a process to identify, assess and mitigate the salient human rights risks associated with its own operations and with its business relationships.  However, the company has a grievance mechanism that is accessible to workers and external stakeholders to raise human rights concerns and complaints.  

Lyft has a publicly available policy statement committing to respect worker health and safety. It also places the same requirement on its business relationships and it discloses how it monitors their health and safety performance. However, the company does not disclose the proportion of its workforce covered by collective bargaining agreements or provide information in relation to living wages and working hours. Although no evidence was found that the company commits to promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment, women make up a third of the company’s board.

No evidence was found that Lyft discloses a publicly available policy document that explains its tax strategy. Further, the company could disclose its income tax payments for all of its individual tax jurisdictions. The company prohibits bribery and corruption and also has a grievance mechanism for stakeholders to raise concerns and complaints on the topic. Additionally, the company has a policy statement that explains its lobbying and political engagement approach.