Coign

Virginia
Diversified Financials

Risk Level:

Rating - Clear
Lower Risk

Summary:

Coign is a self-proclaimed conservative credit card backed by Visa that contributes a portion of its merchant fee to conservative causes, which are voted on by the cardholders. Coign does not publish an anti-discrimination policy aside from its Privacy Policy, and the company has not publicly terminated business relationships due to ideological differences. Aside from the causes that its cardholders vote to support, Coign has not advocated for specific ideological causes or policies. For these reasons, Coign 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

Coign has not unfairly terminated business relationships due to ideological differences.

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Coign does not discriminate against religious organizations when selecting its charity partners (1).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
N/A
Rationale

Coign does not publish an anti-discrimination policy aside from its Privacy Policy (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

Coign is a self-described conservative organization. The company has no published ESG disclosures and has not endorsed specific movements or policies outside of its cardholder-chosen charitable partners (1).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Coign has two charitable partners: Becket, a legal institute designed to protect freedom of religion, and the Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank focused on urban development and other domestic policy (1). The company has not donated to ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression.

Criteria

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

Risk Level
N/A
Rationale

Coign does not have a PAC.

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March 23, 2023

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