Lowe’s had a history of giving to groups outside of its business interests and divisive employment policies. However, in August 2024, the company pledged to shift some of its corporate policies and practices away from stakeholder capitalism and back to neutral. Lowe's pledged to stop sponsoring nonbusiness activities, stop engaging with a political activist group, and end divisive employee resource groups. Lowe's also disavowed diversity quotas and affirmed merit-based employment practices. Lowes is considering further changes but has not yet pledged to end ideological trainings or its DEI department. The company’s CEO Marvin Ellison is a member of the Business Roundtable, which supports stakeholder capitalism over traditional shareholder obligations. Marvin Ellison also signed the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion pledge, which includes a commitment to promote DEI through bias education training in the workplace. However, Lowe's ignored shareholders proposing that Lowe's should start looking into the costs of providing abortion-related travel benefits to its employees. For these reasons, Lowe's receives a Lower Risk rating.