Antero Resources - 1792 Exchange

Rating Overview

Antero Resources is Medium Risk.

Antero Resources is Medium Risk. The company often yields to political activism in shaping corporate governance, potentially alienating consumers, dividing employees, and harming shareholders. The company implements race and identity-based policies that replace merit, excellence, and integrity with preferential treatment and outcomes. Antero Resources 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.

Rating Criteria

Corporate Weaponization Risk Levels
Criteria	Risk Level
Cancellations	Medium Risk
Discriminatory Philanthropy	High Risk
Employment Protection	High Risk

Corporate Weaponization ⓘ

Corporate Governance and Public Policy Risk Levels
Criteria	Risk Level
Advocacy Bias	High Risk
Funding	Lower Risk
Political Actions	No Data

Corporate Governance and Public Policy ⓘ

Rating Criteria Detail

Criteria Risk Level Rationale

Corporate Weaponization

Criteria:

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.

Risk Level:

Medium

Rationale:

Antero Resources integrates ESG into its business practices, tying executive compensation to ESG performance (1). However, the company has not canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs (2).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

Antero Resources will not give to “most religious organizations” (1). The company’s charitable giving focus areas are “Education, Environmental Causes, and Community Development” (2).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

Antero Resources requires its employees to take unconscious bias and DEI training (1). Antero Resources appears to prioritize diversity over merit in its recruitment, hiring, leadership composition, and mentorship program. From its Diversity and Inclusion Policy: “We are committed to building a culture where diversity and inclusion are core philosophies” (2). From its Diversity and Inclusion Policy: The company “expect[s] any recruiters operating on our behalf to provide us with a diverse pool of candidates” (3). The company does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (4).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy

Criteria:

Uses corporate reputation to support causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

Antero Resources is committed to net zero carbon emissions, Scope 1 & 2, by 2025 (1). The company supports DEI within its business practices. From its 2023 ESG Report: “Antero recognizes the importance of supporting and promoting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) within our workplace. We make opportunities for development and progress available to all employees, and we expect recruiters operating on our behalf to provide us with a diverse pool of candidates” (2). The company supports ESG within its business practices. From its 2023 ESG Report: “In 2023, Antero conducted an ESG priority assessment to identify and analyze the key ESG topics to our stakeholders. This assessment was done in partnership with members of our ESG and Risk Management teams. We evaluated ESG matters against two criteria – potential impact to our business and importance to our stakeholders” (3).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

Lower

Rationale:

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

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

N/A

Rationale:

Antero Resources does not operate a PAC or report on its lobbying at this time (1)(2)(3).