WesBanco - 1792 Exchange

Rating Overview

WesBanco is Medium Risk.

WesBanco, Inc. 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. The company 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	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:

Medium

Rationale:

WesBanco integrates ESG into its business practices. From its 2025 Annual report: “We continue to enhance our climate and environmental, social and corporate governance risk considerations into our risk framework and risk management programs established for strategic, credit, market, compliance, operational and reputational risks. The potential of climate risk is monitored through our risk identification process. Once identified, climate risks are assessed for potential impacts on us and our customers. These future enhancements to our risk framework are in development and will continue to be refined as new climate trends and risks arise” (1). WesBanco has not publicly canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs (2).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

Lower

Rationale:

WesBanco does not appear to discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or beliefs (1)(2).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

WesBanco requires its employees to take Diversity & Inclusion training (1). WesBanco appears to prioritize diversity over merit in its leadership composition. From its 2026 Proxy Statement: “The Corporation also considers diversity in its selection of directors and currently has 25% of its Board represented by women and minorities which will increase to 27% based on the nominees recommended” (2). WesBanco 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:

High

Rationale:

WesBanco supports DEI within its business practices, hosting a DEI Committee (1). WesBanco supports ESG within its business practices. From its 2026 Proxy Statement: “The Corporation is mindful of its responsibilities in addressing environmental, social and governance practices that promote sustainability, social responsibility, and sound governance. In that context, the following sections highlight steps taken by the Corporation in these areas, though they are not all inclusive and do not delineate all of such initiatives” (2).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

Lower

Rationale:

WesBanco has not used corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies (1).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

N/A

Rationale:

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