Stance Capital LLC

Boston, Massachusetts
Capital Goods, Diversified Financials

Corporate Bias Rating

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Rating - Caution
Medium Risk

Summary:

Stance Capital LLC is Medium Risk. The company often yields to political activism in shaping corporate governance, potentially alienating consumers, dividing employees, and harming shareholders. The company elevates merit, excellence, and integrity ahead of race and identity-based policies. The company occasionally embraces corporate initiatives that redirect its central focus from business goals to partisan policies and divisive issues at times. This approach fails to safeguard free exercise, free speech, and free enterprise.

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Corporate Weaponization
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Has canceled 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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Stance Capital is currently under investigation by the House Judiciary Committee since July of 2024. From the House Judiciary Report: “Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Chairman Thomas Massie (R-KY) demanded information from more than 130 U.S.-based companies, retirement systems, and government pension programs about their involvement with the woke ESG cartel Climate Action 100+” because a previous report found “evidence of a “climate cartel” consisting of left-wing activists and major financial institutions that collude to impose radical environmental, social, and governance goals on American companies” (1). The company is a signatory of the Principles for Responsible Investment, incorporating ESG issues into investment analysis, decision-making, and other business practices (2)(3). However, the company has not canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs (4).

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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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Stance Capital does not publish charitable giving guidelines (1).

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Employment policies fail to protect against viewpoint or other discrimination and/or are ideological in nature.

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Stance Capital does not publish a nondiscrimination policy (1).

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

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Stance Capital is a member of Climate Action 100+, committed to carbon neutrality by 2050 (1)(2). Otherwise, there are no publicly known cases of the company using its reputation to advance ideological causes or policies (3).

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

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Stance Capital has not used corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies (1).

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Uses corporate political actions and/or financial contributions for ideological, non-business purposes.

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Stance Capital does not operate a PAC or engage in lobbying at this time (1)(2)(3).

Board Bias

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1792 Exchange has not yet compiled data about the board of directors or political contributions of leadership for this company.

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