Doordash

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DoorDash Inc. is an American food delivery service. It launched in Palo Alto, California in 2013. As of January 2020, it had the largest food delivery market share in the United States. DoorDash held its initial public offering on December 9, 2020.[1]

Supports to Black Lives Matter

DoorDash Standing Together for Justice

Donation

DoorDash made a sizeable donation of $1 million, with $500,000 going to Black Lives Matter and the other $500,000 to create a fund directed by the Black@DoorDash Employee Resource Group (ERG) towards state and local organizations.[2]

Supports to Black-owned businesses

Tony Xu, CEO and co-founder of DoorDash, announced that DoorDash will be using their platform to highlight and support Black-owned businesses and Black entrepreneurs on both DoorDash and Caviar. DoorDash devised a plan to support Black owned business, creating and investing in a revolving loan fund starting at $150,000 to match loans for Black owned, U.S based restaurants approved for loans by Kiva.

DoorDash reported a sharp rise in searches for Black owned businesses in June 2020, and in response, started this loan fund. Doordash and Caviar are both putting a spotlight on Black owned restaurants in their apps and waiving delivery fees on those businesses through the end of 2020.

DoorDash announced that independent Black owned restaurants when they sign up will pay zero commission for 30 days. Oftentimes Black people in the food industry do not get proper recognition and are overlooked.

The spotlight is long overdue, Black culinary has historically impacted cuisine not just domestically, but even globally. Their techniques are often co-opted and are given little to no credit of their influence. Doordash and Caviar is aiding equity for Black owned restaurants across the states.

These examples all come from well-known brands and emerging brands. It’s important to note that any campaign authentically and genuinely supporting the movement, donations of any size, and campaigns on a smaller scale also make an impact. Whether internally or externally, we encourage all companies to strive for education and racial equality.[3]

Commitment to combat racism and discrimination within the company

DoorDash are reaffirming their commitment to combat racism and discrimination within the company, on their platform, and in their communities. They will also use their voice to support policies that are proven to reduce police violence. They also will continue to hold themselves accountable to increasing diversity in their leadership teams — inclusive of underrepresented people of color — by tying progress to job performance and promotions, and by rejecting hire requests that have not interviewed a diverse slate of candidates. DoorDash will expand this to all managers and employees in the future.[4]

References

  1. DoorDash. Wikipedia. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  2. Nguyen, Mimosa. DoorDash is taking a stand against systemic racism and supporting Black-owned businesses. tastetoronto.com. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  3. Uvieghara, Nicole. 12 Examples of Brands Supporting #BlackLivesMatter. July 17, 2020. taboola.com. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  4. Xu, Tony. Standing Together for Justice. June 3, 2020. DoorDash. Retrieved January 31, 2021.