Moody’s

New York
Diversified Financials

Corporate Bias Rating

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Risk Level:

Rating - Danger
High Risk

Summary:

Moody's, a financial services company, has not publicly terminated business relationships based on views or beliefs. Moody’s scored a 100 on the 2023 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), a political stakeholder group. By complying with Human Rights Campaign’s controversial demands, Moody's increases the risk of dividing employees, alienating customers and harming shareholders. The company covers transgender-related medical costs for its employees and their children and provides specific sexual orientation and gender identity-based benefits. It also uses sex and gender ideology criteria in employee recruitment, vendor selection, marketing, and philanthropic support. Moody's forces employees to undergo multiple ideological trainings and uses its reputation, corporate funds, and political influence to support controversial sex and gender ideologies, organizations, and legislation. The company does not protect its employees against viewpoint discrimination. Moody's also pledged $1 million to promote racial justice including a $100,000 donation to the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI). The company discriminates against religious organizations in its charitable giving and funds LGBTQ organizations. Moody's is a Ceres Network Member, committed to carbon neutrality by 2040, and its CEO is a member of the Business Roundtable. The company supports the Equality Act and is a member of the Net Zero Financial Service Providers Alliance. For these reasons, Moody's receives a High Risk rating.

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Shareholder Proposals

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Date
ESG Category
Proponent
Summary of ResolutionMgmt RecTotal Vote % in Favor
4/16/24GovernanceJames McRitchieStockholders Owning 15% of the Company's Common Stock be able to Call Special MeetingsAgainst0.00%
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