Pactiv Evergreen - 1792 Exchange

Rating Overview

Pactiv Evergreen is Medium Risk.

Pactiv Evergreen 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. Pactiv Evergreen 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	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:

Pactiv Evergreen 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:

Pactiv Evergreen does not appear to discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or beliefs. The company’s charitable giving focus areas are, “nature preservation, veteran support, ending hunger and ending homelessness” (1)(2)(3).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

Pactiv Evergreen is an affirmative action employer, “All employees are expected to fully comply with Pactiv Evergreen’s anti-discrimination and harassment prevention policies, as well as its equal opportunity and affirmative action programs” (1)(2). Pactiv Evergreen requires its employees undergo training regarding its “affirmative action, diversity, and inclusion” policy (3)(4). Pactiv Evergreen does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (5).