Brandes Investment Partners

Corprate Bias Ratings

Risk Level:

Lower Risk

Summary:

Brandes Investment Partners has not publicly terminated business relationships due to views or beliefs. The company integrates ESG and DEI into all of its business practices. However, it does protect its employees against viewpoint discrimination, does not discriminate against religious organizations in its charitable giving, and has not used its corporate funds for ideological purposes. For these reasons, Brandes Investment Partners 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

Brandes Investment Partners has not publicly terminated business relationships due to religious beliefs or political views. Brandes Investment Partners’ “research, investment process and allocation of client capital have always included the evaluation and integration of material ESG issues” (1).

Criteria

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

Risk Level

Rationale

Brandes Investment Partners does not discriminate against religious organizations in its charitable giving. It donates to “organizations focused on addressing social and environmental causes in communities where we have offices” (1). Brandes Investment Partners does not publish charitable giving guidelines.

Criteria

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

Risk Level

Rationale

Brandes Investment Partners protects its employees 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

Brandes Investment Partners uses its reputation to promote LGBTQ causes (1). Brandes Investment Partners integrates DEI into all of its business practices (2).

Criteria

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

Risk Level

Rationale

Brandes Investment Partners does not use corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies (1)(2).

Criteria

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

Risk Level

N/A

Rationale

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

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October 4, 2023

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