Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Rating Overview

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is Medium Risk.

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) 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. TVA 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	High 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:

Tennessee Valley Authority 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:

Tennessee Valley Authority does not discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or beliefs. However, it will not give to religious organizations “directly tied to a place of worship” (1). The company does not have an employee matching program (2).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

Tennessee Valley Authority does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (1). The company created a “training course that employees can take to become more aware of LGBTQIA+ issues and how to be an ally for family, friends and colleagues” (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:

Tennessee Valley Authority supports ESG and DEI within its business practices. It has laid out a clear path to carbon neutrality by 2050 and “integrat[es] DEIA into business activities and decision-making processes (1)(2). The company livestreamed a drag performance for employees (3)(4).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

Medium

Rationale:

Tennessee Valley Authority supported the Nashville LGBTQ Pride parade (1). Otherwise, there are no instances of the company using its 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:

N/A

Rationale:

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