Hancock Whitney Bank - 1792 Exchange

Rating Overview

Hancock Whitney Bank is Medium Risk.

Hancock Whitney Bank 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. Hancock Whitney Bank 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	High Risk

Corporate Weaponization ⓘ

Corporate Governance and Public Policy Risk Levels
Criteria	Risk Level
Advocacy Bias	Medium Risk
Funding	Medium 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:

Hancock Whitney Bank has not publicly canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs (1).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

Lower

Rationale:

Hancock Whitney does not discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or beliefs policy (1).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

Hancock Whitney Bank offers inclusivity training to its employees (1). It also awards employees the bank calls “Change Champions” for their involvement in DEI causes at Hancock Whitney Bank (2). Hancock Whitney 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:

Hancock Whitney supports DEI within its business practices, employing a DEI Council and Officer (1). Hancock Whitney Bank has not supported ideological causes or policies (2).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

Medium

Rationale:

Hancock Whitney offers to cover employees’ abortion medical costs and subsequent “sick leave” (1). Hancock Whitney sponsored the following 2x events in 2025: Gulf Association of Pride, Baton Rouge Pride Fest 2025 (2)(3). Otherwise, there are no publicly known cases of Hancock Whitney using corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies (4).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

N/A

Rationale:

Hancock Whitney does not operate a PAC and has not reported on its lobbying at this time (1)(2)(3).