GE Aerospace - 1792 Exchange

Rating Overview

GE Aerospace is Medium Risk.

GE Aerospace is Medium Risk. The company often yields to political activism in shaping corporate governance, potentially alienating consumers, dividing employees, and harming shareholders. GE Aerospace 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	Medium Risk
Political Actions	Lower Risk

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:

GE Aerospace integrates ESG into its business practices. From its 2024 Sustainability Report: “Our ambition is to be net zero by 2050 for Scope 3 CO2 emissions from the use of sold products
for commercial engines” (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:

GE Aerospace does not appear to discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or beliefs (1). GE Aerospace Foundation’s charitable giving focus areas are STEM Education, Workforce Training and Development, Military and Veterans Causes, and Disaster Relief and Humanitarian Aid (2).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

GE Aerospace used to offer unconscious bias training to its employees (1). The company appears to prioritize diversity over merit in its leadership composition. From its 2025 Governance Principles: “We endeavor to have a diverse Board representing a range of experience at policy-making levels in business, government and technology, and in areas that are relevant to the Company’s global activities, and with respect to attributes including, but not limited to, race, ethnicity, gender identity and expression and cultural background” (2). GE Aerospace operates a supplier diversity program. However, federal contractors are required to follow the FAR Part 19 requires federal contractors to select smaller businesses (3)(4). The company has a history of divisive corporate policies and practices. However, in 2025, the company removed unconscious bias training from its 2025 Annual Report. To date, the company has not publicly addressed this change, leaving shareholders without clarity regarding the company’s reasoning or future direction (5). GE Aerospace does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (6).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

GE Aerospace’s CEO H. Lawrence Culp is a member of the Business Roundtable, which supports stakeholder capitalism over traditional shareholder obligations (1). The company is committed to the avion industry’s net zero carbon emissions by 2050 (2). GE Aerospace supported DEI within its business practices, employing multiple DEI Officer (3). The company supports DEI within its business practices. From its 2024 Sustainability Report: “Fostering inclusion aligns with our core values and plays a role in ensuring all employees feel respected, included, and empowered to reach their potential” (4). GE Aerospace has a history of divisive corporate reputation. However, in June 2025, the company removed DEI Officer, DEI language, DEI page, and ESG language from its 2025 Sustainability Report. To date, the company has not publicly addressed these changes, leaving shareholders without clarity regarding the company’s reasoning or future direction (5)(6)(7).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

Medium

Rationale:

GE Aerospace was a copper sponsor of Out & Equal (1). Otherwise, there are no publicly known cases of the company using corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies (2).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

Lower

Rationale:

GE Aerospace has not used its PAC donations or lobbying for ideological purposes (1)(2)(3).