Aksia

New York, New York
Commercial and Professional Services

Corporate Bias Rating

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Risk Level:

Rating - Caution
Medium Risk

Summary:

Aksia is Medium Risk. The company often yields to political activism in shaping corporate governance, potentially alienating consumers, dividing employees, and harming shareholders. The company implements race and identity-based policies that replace merit, excellence, and integrity with preferential treatment and outcomes. Aksia 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.

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Corporate Weaponization
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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.

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Rationale

Aksia is a signatory of the Principles for Responsible Investment, incorporating ESG issues into investment analysis, decision-making, and other business practices (1)(2)(3). However, the company has not canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs (4).

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

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Rationale

Aksia does not appear to discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or beliefs. It’s charitable giving focus area is community development (1)(2)(3).

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

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Aksia offers ESG training to its employees (1). The company does not publish a nondiscrimination policy (2).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy
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Uses corporate reputation to support causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.

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Aksia is a signatory of the Institutional Limited Partners Association’s Diversity in Action Initiative, committing itself to specific actions that advance DEI within the governance and policies of the organization and the private equity industry more broadly (1)(2)(3). Otherwise, there are no publicly known cases of Aksia using its reputation to advance ideological causes or policies (4).

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

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Rationale

Aksia has not used corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies (1)(2)(3).

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

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Rationale

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

Board Bias

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

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