Wolters Kluwer - 1792 Exchange

Rating Overview

Wolters Kluwer is Medium Risk.

Wolters Kluwer 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	Lower Risk

Corporate Weaponization ⓘ

Corporate Governance and Public Policy Risk Levels
Criteria	Risk Level
Advocacy Bias	High Risk
Funding	Lower Risk
Political Actions	Lower Risk

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:

Wolters Kluwer integrates ESG into its business practices. From its 2025 Annual Report: “The Executive Board and the Supervisory Board are committed to and oversee Wolters Kluwer’s sustainability/ESG priorities and performance” (1). Wolters Kluwer 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:

Wolters Kluwer 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:

Lower

Rationale:

Wolters Kluwer protects its employees against viewpoint discrimination (1).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

Wolters Kluwer is a Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) Accredited Solutions Provider, a designation CDP gives companies it works with to help them “accelerate their journey towards environmental leadership.” CDP’s questionnaire is aligned with major international climate reporting standards, including IFRS S2, and substantially aligned with the European Union’s climate reporting standard (ESRS E1). CDP also assigns companies environmental performance scores that function as ESG ratings. CDP has acknowledged that some of its activities fall within the scope of the EU’s ESG Ratings Regulation, which took effect on July 2, 2026, and is preparing to seek authorization from the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) (1)(2)(3)(4). Wolters Kluwer supports DEI within its business practices, employing a DEI officer (5). Wolters Kluwer has promoted “equity in healthcare for LGBTQ youth” (6)(7). Wolters Kluwer supports ESG within its business practices (8).