Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc

Rating Overview

Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc is Medium Risk.

Commercial Vehicle Group 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. 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	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:

CVG integrates ESG into its business practices. From its 2022 ESG Annual Report: “At the corporate level, ESG is integrated into our strategy, vision and core values. Beyond that, we are working to integrate strong ESG principles into everything we do” (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:

CVG 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:

CVG requires its employees to take diversity and inclusion awareness training (1). The company appears to prioritize diversity over merit in its leadership composition. From its DEI webpage: the company “require[s] consideration of diverse candidates for all management level positions” (2). CVG 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:

High

Rationale:

CVG supports DEI within its business practices, employing a DEI Council (1). The company supports DEI within its business practices. From its DEI webpage: “CVG is proud to support action and initiatives that encourage diversity, inclusion and social justice” (2). CVG supports ESG within its business practices. From its 2022 ESG Annual Report: “By remaining steadfast to ESG, we create a more efficient company for the benefit of our shareholders and the planet” (3). The company partners with the National Minority Supplier Development Council (4).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

Lower

Rationale:

CVG 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:

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