Better Health for All

Gentex's core products, including fire protection systems, are designed to protect lives and property, and automotive products enhance driver safety. The company also acquired eSight, a low-vision smart glasses company, which has demonstrated significant improvements in distance acuity, reading acuity, and facial recognition for patients with central vision loss, enabling improved activities of daily living.

Gentex has no revenue from products with direct negative health impacts. The company aims to improve affordability for its eSight product through its manufacturing capabilities and expand reach to millions with low vision, with a TeleHealth program showing 93% accessibility. Gentex has a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and procedures for reporting unethical behavior, along with an Information Security Management System and data protection policies for employee, customer, and supplier data. The company offers an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) that includes mental health support through a partnership with Pine Rest, and provides an on-site health clinic and a Diabetes Management program. Gentex supports K-12 education, pre-kindergarten programs, colleges/universities, and offers tuition reimbursement and apprenticeship opportunities. The company has initiatives to increase business opportunities for diverse suppliers and a Limited English Proficiency (LEP) program.

Fair Money & Economic Opportunity

Gentex Corporation is a manufacturer of high-tech electronic products for the automotive, aerospace, and fire protection industries.

The company does not offer lending, insurance, or deposit services to consumers, nor does it manage customer finance data or provide debt products. Therefore, all KPIs related to financial services, such as underserved client share, pricing fairness, exploitative fee exposure, data accessibility, fair lending compliance, wealth building outcomes, financial literacy initiatives, debt burden ratio, and product simplicity, are not applicable to its core business model. While Gentex engages in community donations and has a foundation, there is no evidence of profit reinvestment specifically in community finance or profit-sharing with underserved communities, nor does it operate financial service access points for geographic inclusion. The Limited English Proficiency program is an internal DEI initiative, not a financial inclusion program for customers.

Fair Pay & Worker Respect

The CEO-to-median employee pay ratio was 85:1 in 2024, with the median employee earning $55,950.

The company reported 0% of its employees are covered by collective bargaining agreements. The company-wide Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) was 1.36. Gentex Corporation has faced two substantiated labor-law violations since 2000, including a $10,000 workplace safety or health violation by OSHA in 2014 and a Fair Labor Standards Act complaint filed in April 2025. The company provides comprehensive health and wellness coverage, including an on-site wellness center and health clinic, and offers programs like asthma/COPD and diabetes management, and the GentexCares+ Employee Assistance Program. It also offers an Employee Hardship Fund providing grants up to $5,000. Employee engagement, based on an aggregate of reviews, is approximately 40/100. The voluntary employee turnover rate is between 25-30%.

Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing

Gentex does not currently undertake audits of suppliers to evaluate compliance with human trafficking and slavery laws unless a specific issue is raised, indicating a lack of regular, proactive audits for these critical ethical concerns.

The company states that no forced or child labor incidents have been reported, and it has a code of conduct prohibiting such practices, requiring most suppliers to certify compliance annually. While Gentex is committed to preventing modern slavery and human trafficking in its supply chain and encourages suppliers to follow high standards, there is no specific percentage of supplier contracts with enforceable ethical-sourcing clauses. Gentex operates with a formal Conflict Minerals Policy and is a member of the Conflict Free Sourcing Initiative (CFSI), but there is no data on the share of spend on high-risk materials. The company is actively identifying and engaging with its supply chain to grow its spend with minority-owned, women-owned, and veteran-owned suppliers, and in 2021, it started a Tier II Supplier Reporting Initiative, expanding to 50 suppliers by the end of 2024. However, no specific percentage of the procurement budget directed to diverse suppliers is provided.

Honest & Fair Business

No specific evidence for Gentex Corporation (GNTX.US) was found in the provided articles for any of the KPIs related to Honest & Fair Business.

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Kind to Animals

The provided articles, including Gentex Corporation's 2024, 2022, and 2019 Sustainability Reports, and a Supply Chain Transparency article, explicitly state that they contain no data related to 'Kind to Animals' or specific metrics concerning animal welfare, animal-related products, testing, or sourcing practices.

Consequently, no KPIs under the 'Kind to Animals' value can be scored based on the evidence provided.

Planet-Friendly Business

Gentex Corporation is working on its SBTi submission, including gathering emissions data from its supply base, but validation is pending.

The company has committed to achieving carbon neutrality by at least 2049. In 2023, Gentex's water use per revenue was 0.100 m³ per $1M, showing a reduction from 0.116 m³ per $1M in 2021. The company recycled 84.8% of its solid waste in 2024. Approximately 70% of Gentex's supply chain spend is accounted for via EcoVadis assessments. As part of a new campus construction, Gentex constructed three wetlands totaling 3.61 acres. In 2016, Gentex received a violation notice for failing to maintain adequate records related to air pollution control rules and permit requirements, and for installing emission units without sufficient demonstration of compliance.

Respect for Cultures & Communities

Gentex Corporation reported community donations of $200,000 in 2022, with sales of $1.92 billion for the same year.

This equates to approximately 0.0104% of revenue reinvested in local community development, which falls below the 1-3% threshold for a -50 score, placing it closer to the 0 tier. The company actively seeks certified minority, women, veteran, and LGBTQ-owned businesses and piloted a Tier II Supplier Reporting Initiative in 2021 to track spend with diverse businesses. However, no specific percentage of procurement spending directed to local suppliers or the number of indigenous or minority-owned suppliers engaged is provided, leading to a 0 score for these KPIs. No other specific, quantitative data points are available for the remaining KPIs related to 'Respect for Cultures & Communities'.

Safe & Smart Tech

Gentex experienced a notable data breach where the Dunghill ransomware group claimed to have stolen 5 TB of data, including sensitive employee information

. This incident raises concerns about data breach severity. However, Gentex maintains an Information Security Management System (ISMS) and is targeting ISO 27001 certification . The company also holds TISAX certification at facilities in China, Germany, and the US, and has passed an ASPICE Level 2 audit and received UL certification for its CSMS . Gentex complies with EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, UK Extension, and Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework . The company offers a five-day workshop on data privacy and GDPR compliance . Users can request access, correction, or deletion of their data , and data is retained only as necessary . Gentex also conducts routine vulnerability assessments and penetration tests . The company's Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is well below the industry average . Considering both the data breach and the existing security measures, a score of -20 reflects the mixed evidence.

Zero Waste & Sustainable Products

Gentex Corporation achieved an 84.8% solid waste diversion rate in 2024.

The company has set landfill avoidance goals, including a 20% reduction below 2021 levels by 2026, 60% by 2031, 90% by 2041, and zero landfill waste by 2045. Gentex implements various waste reduction initiatives, such as a Papercut Print Management Solution that reduced paper usage by 14% and toner usage by 45%, a cleaning method improvement that reduced wipe material usage by 35%, and the reuse of 10,000 plastic trays. The company tracks regulated waste, which primarily consists of hazardous materials, and ensures these are handled and disposed of by appropriate treatment facilities. In 2024, regulated waste totaled 1,020,226 lbs. Gentex expects its suppliers to support its sustainability initiatives and has begun engaging them through the EcoVadis platform, accounting for approximately 70% of supply chain spend. The company has maintained ISO 14001 certification since 2002 and has not reported any waste disposal violations in the past three years. Gentex also captures excess heat from its compressed air system to pre-heat water in production, and uses excess warm water to temper boiler/snowmelt water, reducing energy consumption.