Mitsubishi - 1792 Exchange

Rating Overview

Mitsubishi is Medium Risk.

Mitsubishi is Medium Risk. The company often yields to political activism in shaping corporate governance, potentially alienating consumers, dividing employees, and harming shareholders. The company elevates merit, excellence, and integrity ahead of race and identity-based policies. Mitsubishi 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:

Mitsubishi integrates ESG into its investment and loan proposal process. From its Integrated Report 2023, “When reviewing investment and loan proposals, MC conducts a comprehensive screening process which considers not only economic factors, but also ESG impacts” (1). Mitsubishi integrates ESG into its performance-based compensation for executives (2). Mitsubishi promotes divisive sex and gender policies. Its MHI Group Global Code of Conduct requires international vendors to include sexual orientation in its nondiscrimination policy (3). However, Mitsubishi has not canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs (4).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

Lower

Rationale:

The Mitsubishi Foundation does not appear to discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or beliefs. Mitsubishi Foundation’s charitable giving focus areas are natural sciences, humanities, social welfare, and cultural property conservation (1)(2).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

Mitsubishi requires its employees to take Diversity and Inclusion training. It also includes Diversity and Inclusion elements in behavioral evaluation for managers. Mitsubishi created a LGBTQ+ handbook and training for Human Resources Staff (1). Mitsubishi does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (2).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

Mitsubishi supports DEI within its business practices, hosting a DE&I Working Group. It is also committed to net zero emissions by 2050 (1). Mitsubishi UFJ is a member of the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials, committed to net zero carbon emissions by 2050 (2)(3)(4). Mitsubishi pledged to invest $3.9 Billion into Industrial investments (5)(6).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

Medium

Rationale:

White Bear Mitsubishi is a sponsor of Twin Citis Pride 2026 (1). Otherwise, there are no publicly known cases of Mitsubishi 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:

Mitsubishi has not used its PAC donations for ideological purposes and does not engage in lobbying at this time (1)(2)(3).