Evergy

Missouri
Energy

Corprate Bias Ratings

Risk Level:

Rating - Caution
Medium Risk

Evergy implements ESG practices into all aspects of its business. However, Evergy has not terminated business relationships due to religious or political beliefs. Evergy discriminates against religious organizations in its charitable giving and does not provide its employees with protections against viewpoint discrimination. Evergy has promoted DEI initiatives, including supplier diversity programs for other companies. Evergy has not funded ideological causes or organizations. For these reasons, Evergy receives a Medium Risk rating.

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Corporate Weaponization
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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.

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Evergy integrates ESG into all of its business practices, tying executive compensation to ESG performance (1)(2). Evergy has not publicly fired customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs.

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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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Evergy does not allow donations to religious organizations (1).

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

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Evergy does not provide its employees with protection against viewpoint discrimination (1).

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

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CEO David Campbell is a signatory of CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion (1)(2). Campbell participates in CEO-to-CEO accountability regarding supplier diversity initiatives (3).

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

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There are no publicly known cases of Evergy donating to ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression (1).

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

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Evergy has not used its PAC for ideological purposes (1).

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July 20, 2023

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