Sky Group - 1792 Exchange

Rating Overview

Sky Group is Medium Risk.

Sky Group Limited 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. Sky 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	High Risk
Employment Protection	High Risk

Corporate Weaponization ⓘ

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

Sky integrates DEI into its supply chain. From its Code of Conduct for Suppliers and Business Partners: “Cultivate an inclusive supply chain process that provides fair opportunities for diverse and small businesses to bid and acquire contracts.” (1). However, the company has not canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs (2)(3).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

Sky’s matching gift guidelines require that organizations abide by its nondiscrimination policy, including on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, thereby excluding some religious charities (1). The company will not give grants to “Religious Organizations, Causes or Programs” (2).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

Sky requires its employees to take DEI training (1). The company appears to prioritize diversity over merit in its supply chain. From its Inclusive procurement page: “We actively engage businesses from underrepresented groups – because diverse thinking drives better ideas, sparks competition, and supports stronger communities. Inclusion isn’t a box to tick – it’s part of how we choose, review, and grow our supplier partnerships.” (2). The company 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:

The company supports DEI within its business practices, employing a Diversity Advisory Council (1). Otherwise, there are no publicly known cases of the company using its reputation to advance ideological causes or policies (2).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

Sky partners with the National Urban league to support “entrepreneurs through
its Entrepreneurship Center Program, delivering 2,000 counseling sessions and 1,000 training sessions in four states (1). The company committed 30 million pounds to fund divisive racial injustice programs including a documentary on George Floyd and “a series of content related to Black injustice titled ‘Black Lives Matter’ on its Sky Q platform” (2). Otherwise, there are no publicly known cases of the company using corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies (3).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

N/A

Rationale:

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