Rockefeller Asset Management

Corporate Bias Rating

Expand Summary

Risk Level:

Medium Risk

Summary:

Rockefeller Asset Management is Medium Risk. The company often yields to political activism in shaping corporate governance, potentially alienating consumers, dividing employees, and harming shareholders. The company elevates merit, excellence, and integrity ahead of race and identity-based policies. Rockefeller Asset Management occasionally embraces corporate initiatives that redirect its central focus from business goals to partisan policies and divisive issues at times. This approach fails to safeguard free exercise, free speech, and free enterprise.

View Full Corporate Bias Ratings Report

Criteria

Risk Level

Rationale

Corporate Weaponization

Criteria

Has canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors due to their political views or religious beliefs OR corporately boycotts, divests, or sanctions regions, people groups, or industries.

Risk Level

Rationale

Rockefeller Asset Management is a signatory of the Principles for Responsible Investment, incorporating ESG issues into investment analysis, decision-making, and other business practices (1)(2). However, the company has not publicly canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs (3).

Criteria

Charitable giving (including employee matching programs) policies or practices discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or religious beliefs.

Risk Level

Rationale

Rockefeller Asset Management does not appear to discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or beliefs (1)(2).

Criteria

Employment policies fail to protect against viewpoint or other discrimination and/or are ideological in nature.

Risk Level

Rationale

Rockefeller Asset Management does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (1)(2).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy

Criteria

Uses corporate reputation to support causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.

Risk Level

Rationale

Rockefeller was part of the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative, committed to carbon neutrality with its investments by 2050 (1)(2)(3). Otherwise, there are no publicly known cases of the company using its reputation to advance ideological causes or policies (4).

Criteria

Uses corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.

Risk Level

Rationale

Rockefeller was a partner of the HRC’s Foundation (1). Otherwise, there are no publicly known cases of Rockefeller using corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies (2)(3).

Criteria

Uses corporate political actions and/or financial contributions for ideological, non-business purposes.

Risk Level

N/A

Rationale

Rockefeller does not operate a PAC or engage in lobbying at this time (1)(2)(3).

Board Bias

Expand Summary

1792 Exchange has not yet compiled data about the board of directors or political contributions of leadership for this company.