Chord Energy Corporation

Rating Overview

Chord Energy Corporation is Medium Risk.

Chord Energy Corporation is Medium Risk. The company often yields to political activism in shaping corporate governance, potentially alienating consumers, dividing employees, and harming shareholders. Chord Energy Corp. elevates merit, excellence, and integrity ahead of race and identity-based policies. The company 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	Lower Risk
Discriminatory Philanthropy	Lower Risk
Employment Protection	Medium 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:

Lower

Rationale:

Chord Energy Corp. integrates ESG into its business practices. From its 2023 Sustainability Report: “the Board has
included quantitative metrics related to safety and environmental
performance, and a strategic priority related to improving ESG process
and performance, as part of the Company’s short-term incentive
program” (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:

Lower

Rationale:

Chord Energy Corp. does not appear to discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or beliefs. The company’s charitable giving focus areas are “education, the environment, mental health, and basic needs” (1).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

Medium

Rationale:

Chord Energy Corp. does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (1).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

Chord Energy Corp. supports DEI within its business practices. From its 2023 Sustainability Report: “he Compensation and Human Resources Committee
of our Board actively oversees the development and
implementation of our human capital management
practices. This includes recruitment, talent
management, and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
(DE&I) initiatives” (1). The company supports ESG within its business practices. From its 2024 Sustainability Report: “this report
contains forward-looking statements pertaining to, but not limited to, information regarding the Company’s expectations with respect to our current and future operations, performance and business strategy, and the Company’s practices, programs, policies, initiatives, plans, goals, targets, and commitments to monitor and report progress thereon, including those with respect to ESG matters including, among others, those related to reporting
according to certain framework” (2).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

Lower

Rationale:

Chord Energy Corp. 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:

Chord Energy Corp. does not operate a PAC or engage in lobbying at this time (1)(2)(3).