The Hartford

Hartford Financial Services
Connecticut
Insurance

Corprate Bias Ratings

Risk Level:

Rating - Danger
High Risk

The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., known as The Hartford, has ended all business with companies who get more than 25% of their energy from coal and is phasing out business with companies in the coal sector. The company vets vendors according to LGBTQ policies and does not provide its employees with protections against viewpoint discrimination. The Hartford has used its reputation to speak on political matters, is a corporate partner of the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce, and has donated to the Equality PAC. For these reasons, The Hartford receives a High Risk rating.

Criteria
Risk Level
Rationale
Corporate Weaponization
Criteria

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.

Risk Level
Rationale

The Hartford released a statement in 2019 saying they will no longer do business with companies who get more than 25% of their energy from coal (1). The company will also begin to phase out current relationship with companies in the coal sector (2). The Hartford received a score of 100 on the Corporate Equality Index. Among other requirements, this means The Hartford has pledged to vet vendors based on LGBTQ policies (3)(4)(5).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

The Hartford does not discriminate against religious organizations in its charitable giving. The Hartford’s charitable focus areas include social equity, neighborhood needs, and human achievement programs (1). The Hartford offers an employee donation-matching program; however, it does not publicly list any information regarding giving restrictions (2).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

The Hartford does not protect its employees against viewpoint discrimination (1).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy
Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

The Hartford is a strong advocate for the LGBTQ community, including being named a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality by the HRC for 13 years in a row (1). The Hartford spoke out against the North Carolina state legislation, HB 2, which required people to use the bathroom of their biological gender (2).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

The Hartford is a corporate partner of the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (1). Otherwise, it does not use its corporate funds to donate to organizations hostile to freedom of expression (2).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

The Hartford has donated to the Equality PAC (1)(2).

All links were last accessed and all information was updated on:
November 28, 2023

Company reports are intended for educational use only. Full Disclaimer

Voting History

Date
ESG Category
Proponent
Summary of ResolutionMgmt RecTotal Vote % in Favor
5/17/23EnvironmentalGreen Century Capital ManagementAdopt Policy to Phase Out Underwriting Risks Associated with Fossil FuelsAgainst8.70%
5/18/22EnvironmentalGreen Century Capital ManagementAdopt Policies to Ensure Underwriting Does Not Support New Fossil Fuel SuppliesAgainst8.74%
Generate Reports
Clear
Toast

This website stores cookies on your computer. These cookies are used to collect information about how you interact with our website and allow us to remember you. We use this information in order to improve and customize your browsing experience and for analytics and metrics about our visitors both on this website and other media. To find out more about the cookies we use, see our Privacy Policy.

Accept