The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (GS) — ESG & Values Scores

Environment story

Provided filings contain no disclosed Scope 1/2/3 emissions figures, renewable-energy percentage, or a formal net-zero target year, resulting in deductions for non-disclosure. As a financial-services firm, GS's direct operational footprint is comparatively modest, but its financed-emissions (Scope 3) exposure via lending/underwriting to energy and industrial clients is not quantified in the reviewed documents. A shareholder proposal requesting disclosure of an 'Energy Supply Ratio' was opposed by the Board, limiting transparency into climate-related financing metrics. This analysis is descriptive research and does not constitute investment advice.

Criticisms on file

Shareholder proposal (Item 6) requesting annual disclosure of an 'Energy Supply Ratio' was opposed by the Board, limiting visibility into climate-financing metrics.
Source: GS_proxy.txt — Item 6, Notice of 2026 Annual Meeting

Disclosed initiatives

Sustainability & TCFD Reporting

Firm references maintenance of Sustainability Reporting, SASB and TCFD disclosures on its corporate website, though specific quantitative data was not included in the reviewed filings.

Social story

The reviewed filings do not disclose a specific CEO-to-median-worker pay ratio, turnover rate, or supply-chain labor audit (GS is a financial-services firm with no manufacturing supply chain). Executive leadership (Named Executive Officers) diversity stood at approximately 20% (1 of 5 NEOs is a woman), below the 30% threshold used in this rubric, resulting in a deduction. Board-level gender diversity is higher, at roughly 38% (5 of 13 nominees). No documented union-suppression activity or major strikes were identified in the provided sources. This analysis is descriptive research and does not constitute investment advice.

Criticisms on file

No material criticisms on file for this pillar.

Disclosed initiatives

People Strategy & Talent Development

Board and Committees oversee performance management, succession planning, leadership pipeline health, talent retention, and benefits/wellness offerings, informed by periodic employee surveys.
Pay Equity Reporting

Firm references pay equity information as part of its Sustainability Reporting suite, available on its corporate website.

Governance story

Goldman Sachs maintains a single-class common stock structure with no dual-class supermajority voting, and board independence is approximately 85% (11 of 13 nominees are non-executive), both favorable governance markers. However, the Board recommended voting AGAINST a shareholder proposal (Item 7) seeking greater lobbying-expenditure disclosure and against a proposal (Item 6) seeking climate-financing transparency, indicating reduced voluntary disclosure on politically sensitive issues. The firm's regulatory history includes significant historical enforcement matters (e.g., the 1MDB-related global settlement), reflecting past financial-fraud/regulatory-proceeding exposure factored into this score. This analysis is descriptive research and does not constitute investment advice.

Criticisms on file

Board recommended AGAINST shareholder proposal requesting enhanced annual lobbying-payment disclosure.
Source: GS_proxy.txt — Item 7, Notice of 2026 Annual Meeting
Historical global settlement (~$2.9B) related to 1MDB bond-underwriting matter involving bribery and fraud allegations (2020, DOJ/SEC/Malaysian authorities).
Source: Public record — U.S. DOJ/SEC settlement announcements, 2020 (external, not in provided 10-K/proxy excerpts)

Disclosed initiatives

Statement on Policy Engagement and Political Participation

Firm publishes a policy-engagement statement and discloses Federal Lobbying Costs on its corporate website.
Business Integrity Program

Firm maintains a Business Integrity Program and Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, including a reporting hotline for accounting and other concerns.

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