Tishman Speyer - 1792 Exchange

Rating Overview

Tishman Speyer is Medium Risk.

Tishman Speyer 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. Tishman Speyer 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	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:

Tishman Speyer is a signatory of the Principles for Responsible Investment, incorporating ESG issues into investment analysis, decision-making, and other business practices (1)(2)(3). The company integrates ESG into its business practices. From its 2024 ESG Report: “Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) is integral to our daily operations” (4)(5). Tishman Speyer integrates DEI into its supply chain. From its “Our Commitment to Diversifying the Supply Chain” article: “Supplier diversity should permeate all areas of our supply chain” (6). However, the company has not publicly canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs (7).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

Lower

Rationale:

Tishman Speyer does not appear to discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or beliefs (1).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

Tishman Speyer offers behavior of unconscious bias training to its employees (1). The company appears to prioritize diversity over merit in its hiring. From its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion page: “Our hiring practices include the active cultivation of a diverse slate of candidates for every role” (2). Tishman Speyer operates a supplier diversity program. “We strive to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) across all our business activities, including our procurement and fundraising activities. As part of this strategy, we’ve enacted a Supplier Diversity and Economic Inclusion program with the goal to expand and strengthen our relationships with diverse partners” (3). The company protects its employees against viewpoint discrimination (4).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

Tishman Speyer CEO Rob Speyer is a member of the Business Roundtable and signed the 2019 Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation, which promotes stakeholder capitalism over traditional obligations to shareholders (1). The company is a signatory of the Institutional Limited Partners Association’s Diversity in Action Initiative, committing itself to specific actions that advance DEI within the governance and policies of the organization and the private equity industry more broadly (2)(3)(4). Tishman Speyer supports DEI within its business practices, employing a Head of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (5). The company supports ESG within its business practices. From its ESG Policy: “This ESG Policy applies to Tishman Speyer globally, guiding management as it makes investments and conducts business” (6). Tishman Speyer supports DEI within its business practices. From its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion page: “We are deeply committed to prioritizing inclusion and belonging in all that we do – at Tishman Speyer and within our communities” (7)

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

Medium

Rationale:

Tishman Speyer hosted a Happy Hour in honor of LGBTQ Pride Month to show its support for the LGBTQ community (1). The company is a corporate partner of the NGLCC (2). Otherwise, there are no publicly known cases of Tishman Speyer 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:

Tishman Speyer does not operate a PAC or report on its lobbying at this time (1)(2)(3).