Ashland Global Holdings

Delaware
Materials

Corprate Bias Ratings

Risk Level:

Rating - Clear
Lower Risk

Ashland Global Holdings (including its subsidiaries, such as Ashland Inc. and others) have not publicly terminated any business relationships with employees, clients, or vendors due to views or beliefs. Ashland won't corporately donate to faith-based charities and does not protect its employees against potential political affiliation discrimination. However, Ashland has not used its corporate reputation or funds to advance ideological agendas or groups hostile to freedom of expression. The company has multiple ongoing efforts for environmental protection but does not get involved in cultural or sociopolitical issues. For these reasons, Ashland Global Holdings receives a "Lower Risk" rating.

Criteria
Risk Level
Rationale
Corporate Weaponization
Criteria

Has denied service to 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

Ashland Global Holdings and its subsidiaries have not publicly terminated business relationships due to views or beliefs.

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Ashland’s eligibility criteria for matching employee donations are not publicly disclosed. (1) Ashland has a program to match employee donations to schools, and it does not discriminate against schools based on their beliefs or views (2). Ashland’s Community Grant program however, does not enable grants to religious charities that serve a limited group (3)(4).

Criteria

Employment policies fail to protect against discrimination based on political affiliation/views and/or religion.

Risk Level
Rationale

Ashland protects its employees against all illegal forms of discrimination but not against viewpoint discrimination (1).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy
Criteria

Uses corporate reputation to support ideological causes and/or organizations hostile to freedom of expression.

Risk Level
Rationale

Ashland has not endorsed or promoted partisan causes; however, it does specify that ESG is “embedded” in its “strategy and operating plans” (1). Additionally, the company has committed to aligning itself with the Paris Climate Accord emissions goals (2). While Ashland has multiple ongoing efforts for environmental protection, the company does not get involved in cultural or sociopolitical issues.

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Ashland does not fund ideological causes or organizations hostile to freedom of expression (1).

Criteria

Uses corporate political contributions for ideological, non-business purposes.

Risk Level
Rationale

Ashland does not donate to strictly ideological political organizations (1)(2). It does not weaponize political contributions for partisan causes.

All links were last accessed and all information was updated on:
September 11, 2023

Company reports are intended for educational use only. Full Disclaimer

Generate Reports
Clear
Toast

This website stores cookies on your computer. These cookies are used to collect information about how you interact with our website and allow us to remember you. We use this information in order to improve and customize your browsing experience and for analytics and metrics about our visitors both on this website and other media. To find out more about the cookies we use, see our Privacy Policy.

Accept