Bar Harbor Bank - 1792 Exchange

Rating Overview

Bar Harbor Bank is Medium Risk.

Bar Harbor Bankshares 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. Bar Harbor Bankshares 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	Medium 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:

Bar Harbor Bank integrates ESG into its business practices. From its 2025 ESG Report: “We strive to embed our commitment to ESG in every facet of our business” (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:

Bar Harbor Bank will not give to “Religious and labor organizations” (1).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

Bar Harbor Bank requires its employees to take diversity training (1). The company appears to prioritize diversity over merit in its recruitment and promotions. From its diversity page: “Ensuring that we are always recruiting, retaining, and promoting a diverse mix of colleagues that represents the diversity in our local communities gives us access to a broad range of ideas and perspectives” (2). The company does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (3).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

Medium

Rationale:

Bar Harbor Bank supports ESG within its business practices. From its 2025 ESG Report: “Our commitment to ESG is a testament to our dedication to creating long-term value for all our stakeholders while upholding our responsibility as a sustainable and ethical Corporation” (1). Otherwise, there are no publicly known cases of the company using its reputation to advance ideological causes or policies (2).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

Lower

Rationale:

Bar Harbor Bank 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:

Bar Harbor Bank does not operate a PAC or engage in lobbying at this time (1)(2)(3).