T. Rowe Price

Maryland
Diversified Financials

Corprate Bias Ratings

Risk Level:

Rating - Caution
Medium Risk

T. Rowe Price has not terminated business relationships due to views or beliefs, though it does vet suppliers according to LGBTQ policies. T. Rowe Price does not have viewpoint protections for its employees. The company has donated to Race Forward and is part of Glasgow's Net Zero Alliance. T. Rowe Price is a brass sponsor of Out & Equal. For these reasons, T. Rowe Price receives a Medium Risk rating.

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Rationale
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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T. Rowe Price received a score of 100 on the Corporate Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign. Among other requirements, this means the company has pledged to vet vendors based on LGBTQ policies (1). There are no known instances of T. Rowe Price terminating business relationships due to views or beliefs.

Criteria

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

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Rationale

T. Rowe Price does not discriminate against religious organizations in its charitable giving (1).

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

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Rationale

T. Rowe Price does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (1).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy
Criteria

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

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Rationale

T. Rowe Price has spoken out against state-level legislation that would require people to use public restrooms that correspond to biological sex (1). T. Rowe Price is a member of the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative, committed to carbon neutrality with its investments by 2050 (2).

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

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T. Rowe Price pledged over $7 million to the Black Lives Matter movement and related causes, including $400,000 to Race Forward (1)(2)(3). T. Rowe Price is a brass sponsor of Out & Equal (4).

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

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Rationale

T. Rowe Price has not used its PAC donations for ideological purposes (1).

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December 5, 2023

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