Capstone Copper - 1792 Exchange

Rating Overview

Capstone Copper is Medium Risk.

Capstone Copper 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. Capstone Copper 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	Lower 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:

Capstone Copper integrates ESG into its business practices. From its Sustainability Report: “ESG performance is directly linked to executive compensation through our corporate scorecard” (1). Capstone Copper promotes divisive sex and gender policies. Its Supplier Code of Conduct require international vendors to include sexual orientation in their nondiscrimination policy (2). However, the company has not publicly canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs (3).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

Lower

Rationale:

Capstone Copper does not appear to discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or beliefs (1).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

Capstone Copper appears to prioritize diversity over merit in its business structure through the establishment of gender targets for its leadership composition. The company is seeking “at least 30% of the Board members are women” (1). Capstone Copper offers DEI training to its employees (2). The company protects its employees against viewpoint discrimination (3).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

Capstone Copper is aligned with the Paris Agreement, which entails a commitment to net zero carbon emissions by 2050 (1). Capstone Copper supports DEI within its business practices, employing a DEI Committee (2). Capstone Copper supports ESG within its business practices. From its responsibility webpage: “We understand that strong ESG performance is essential for maintaining the trust of all our stakeholders, including employees, contractors, suppliers, investors, communities and governments where we operate” (3).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

Lower

Rationale:

Capstone Copper 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:

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