Barclays US

Delaware
Banks, Insurance

Risk Level:

Rating - Clear
Lower Risk

Summary:

Barclays has not terminated business relationships due to religious or political beliefs, though it does vet suppliers according to its LGBTQ policies. Barclays supports the Equality Act but has not used corporate dollars to advance ideological causes. For these reasons, Barclays receives a "Lower Risk" rating.

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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

Barclays US received a score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index, which, among other characteristics, means that it has pledged to vet vendors for support of LGBTQ policies (1).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
N/A
Rationale

Barclays does not publish guidelines for donations to or partnerships with nonprofits.

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Barclays does not protect its employees from 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

Barclays signed an open letter in support of the Equality Act (1).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

There are no publicly known cases of Barclays using corporate funds to support ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression.

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Barlcays’ PAC gives in a bipartisan manner and does not donate to ideological organizations (1).

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March 24, 2023

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