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Skip to content Center for Political Accountability Bringing transparency & accountability to corporate political spending * CPA-Zicklin Index * Past CPA-Zicklin Index Reports * Purpose of CPA-Zicklin Index * News * In the News * Podcasts * Press Releases * CPA Newsletters * Reports * CPA Reports * Recent Shareholder Engagement * TrackYourCompany * Why Corporate Political Spending Matters * Where Does Our Data Come From? * How Companies Rank In The CPA-Zicklin Index * Shareholder Engagement History * Our Impact * About * CPA-Zicklin Model Code of Conduct for Corporate Political Spending * About Us * How Companies Spend * Citizens United and Dark Money * Board of Directors * CPA Advisory Council * Staff * Internships * Donate Search: Search: Search: * CPA-Zicklin Index * Past CPA-Zicklin Index Reports * Purpose of CPA-Zicklin Index * News * In the News * Podcasts * Press Releases * CPA Newsletters * Reports * CPA Reports * Recent Shareholder Engagement * TrackYourCompany * Why Corporate Political Spending Matters * Where Does Our Data Come From? * How Companies Rank In The CPA-Zicklin Index * Shareholder Engagement History * Our Impact * About * CPA-Zicklin Model Code of Conduct for Corporate Political Spending * About Us * How Companies Spend * Citizens United and Dark Money * Board of Directors * CPA Advisory Council * Staff * Internships * Donate CPA at 20: Norm Changer CPA at 20: Norm Changer CORPORATE ENABLERS Who are the leading bankrollers of voter suppression legislation? The… Read more CONFLICTED CONSEQUENCES We pull back the curtain on company political spending where… Read more COLLISION COURSE REPORT The Risks Companies Face When Their Political Spending and Core… Read more CORPORATE UNDERWRITERS AND THE DEMOCRACY GAP How company political spending has reshaped state politics and created… Read more PRACTICAL STAKE: CORPORATIONS, POLITICAL SPENDING AND DEMOCRACY First Hard Look at Business’ Stake in Democracy, How… Read more HOLLOW POLICIES Seventy-Five Leading Public Companies Undercut Their Climate Change Commitments Through… Read more CORPORATE ENABLERS Who are the leading bankrollers of voter suppression legislation? The… Read more CONFLICTED CONSEQUENCES We pull back the curtain on company political spending where… Read more COLLISION COURSE REPORT The Risks Companies Face When Their Political Spending and Core… Read more CORPORATE UNDERWRITERS AND THE DEMOCRACY GAP How company political spending has reshaped state politics and created… Read more PRACTICAL STAKE: CORPORATIONS, POLITICAL SPENDING AND DEMOCRACY First Hard Look at Business’ Stake in Democracy, How… Read more HOLLOW POLICIES Seventy-Five Leading Public Companies Undercut Their Climate Change Commitments Through… Read more THE CORPORATE GUIDE TO POLITICAL SPENDING THE CORPORATE GUIDE TO POLITICAL SPENDING See the Guide to Corporate Political Spending. Read More>>> PRIMER ON CORPORATE POLITICAL SPENDING PRIMER ON CORPORATE POLITICAL SPENDING See the Primer on Corporate Political Spending for incoming Directors. Read More>>> THE MODEL CODE GUIDE GUIDE TO BECOMING A MODEL CODE COMPANY See the Guide to becoming a Model Code Company Read More>>> THE CORPORATE GUIDE TO POLITICAL SPENDING THE CORPORATE GUIDE TO POLITICAL SPENDING See the Guide to Corporate Political Spending. Read More>>> PRIMER ON CORPORATE POLITICAL SPENDING PRIMER ON CORPORATE POLITICAL SPENDING See the Primer on Corporate Political Spending for incoming Directors. Read More>>> THE MODEL CODE GUIDE GUIDE TO BECOMING A MODEL CODE COMPANY See the Guide to becoming a Model Code Company Read More>>> THE CORPORATE GUIDE TO POLITICAL SPENDING THE CORPORATE GUIDE TO POLITICAL SPENDING See the Guide to Corporate Political Spending. Read More>>> CPA at 20: Norm Changer CPA at 20: Norm Changer CORPORATE ENABLERS Who are the leading bankrollers of voter suppression legislation? The… Read more CONFLICTED CONSEQUENCES We pull back the curtain on company political spending where… Read more COLLISION COURSE REPORT The Risks Companies Face When Their Political Spending and Core… Read more CORPORATE UNDERWRITERS AND THE DEMOCRACY GAP How company political spending has reshaped state politics and created… Read more PRACTICAL STAKE: CORPORATIONS, POLITICAL SPENDING AND DEMOCRACY First Hard Look at Business’ Stake in Democracy, How… Read more HOLLOW POLICIES Seventy-Five Leading Public Companies Undercut Their Climate Change Commitments Through… Read more CORPORATE ENABLERS Who are the leading bankrollers of voter suppression legislation? The… Read more CONFLICTED CONSEQUENCES We pull back the curtain on company political spending where… Read more COLLISION COURSE REPORT The Risks Companies Face When Their Political Spending and Core… Read more CORPORATE UNDERWRITERS AND THE DEMOCRACY GAP How company political spending has reshaped state politics and created… Read more PRACTICAL STAKE: CORPORATIONS, POLITICAL SPENDING AND DEMOCRACY First Hard Look at Business’ Stake in Democracy, How… Read more HOLLOW POLICIES Seventy-Five Leading Public Companies Undercut Their Climate Change Commitments Through… Read more THE CORPORATE GUIDE TO POLITICAL SPENDING THE CORPORATE GUIDE TO POLITICAL SPENDING See the Guide to Corporate Political Spending. Read More>>> PRIMER ON CORPORATE POLITICAL SPENDING PRIMER ON CORPORATE POLITICAL SPENDING See the Primer on Corporate Political Spending for incoming Directors. Read More>>> THE MODEL CODE GUIDE GUIDE TO BECOMING A MODEL CODE COMPANY See the Guide to becoming a Model Code Company Read More>>> THE CORPORATE GUIDE TO POLITICAL SPENDING THE CORPORATE GUIDE TO POLITICAL SPENDING See the Guide to Corporate Political Spending. Read More>>> PRIMER ON CORPORATE POLITICAL SPENDING PRIMER ON CORPORATE POLITICAL SPENDING See the Primer on Corporate Political Spending for incoming Directors. Read More>>> THE MODEL CODE GUIDE GUIDE TO BECOMING A MODEL CODE COMPANY See the Guide to becoming a Model Code Company Read More>>> THE CORPORATE GUIDE TO POLITICAL SPENDING THE CORPORATE GUIDE TO POLITICAL SPENDING See the Guide to Corporate Political Spending. Read More>>> Why Corporate Treasury Spending Matters: The Hidden Iceberg Read the Fact Sheet >> Why Corporate Treasury Spending Matters: The Hidden Iceberg Read the Fact Sheet Looking Behind the Curtain: Corporate due diligence of political spending essential to protect companies from growing risks Read the Article >> Looking Behind the Curtain: Corporate due diligence of political spending essential to protect companies from growing risks Read the Article >> Under the Radar: The Unrecognized Importance of 527 Committees Read the Explainer >> Under the Radar: The Unrecognized Importance of 527 Committees Read the Explainer >> The Corporate Underwriter Series How does your company rank? Find Out >> Do you have the 2023 CPA-Zickin Index? Get It Now >> The Corporate Underwriter Series How does your company rank? Find Out >> Do you have the 2023 CPA-Zickin Index? Get It Now >> CPA In the News CENTER FOR POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY PROVIDES GUIDANCE ON CHALLENGES OF CORPORATE POLITICAL SPENDING As we begin this new year—a highly charged election year—it might be helpful to check out the Guide to Corporate Political Spending produced by the non-partisan Center for Political Accountability. Read More 2023 CPA-ZICKLIN INDEX SHOWS STRONG INCREASE IN NUMBER OF TRENDSETTERS, TOP-SCORING COMPANIES The number of public corporations in the S&P 500 Index getting scores of 90 percent or better, called Trendsetters, jumped from 89 last year to a record 100 now, according to data in the 2023 CPA-Zicklin Index of Corporate Political Disclosure and Accountability. Read More POLITICAL SPENDING INCREASINGLY SEEN AS ESG METRIC One fifth of S&P 500 firms rank as ‘trendsetters’ in 2023 CPA-Zicklin Index of Corporate Political Disclosure and Accountability… Read More INVESTORS FAVOR POLITICAL DISCLOSURES FOR COMPANIES, POLL FINDS Voters who are invested in the stock market want more transparency of corporate political spending, according to a new poll released as races heat up for the White House and down-ballot offices. Read More MUSK RISKS POLITICAL FALLOUT BY ENDORSING TRUMP. FEW CEOS ARE FOLLOWING CEOs are looking to keep doors open” with both Republicans and Democrats. Read More IF LEADING CEOS AREN’T DONATING TO TRUMP, IT’S BECAUSE THEY DON’T NEED TO Even as some corporate bigwigs have taken to the sidelines, Trump’s fundraising has outstripped President Biden’s. Read More BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE TARGETS CLIMATE RULE SUPPORTED BY ITS MEMBERS It’s a real problem and it raises questions in terms of conflicts and what the companies are doing, and how their money is being used,” said Bruce Freed, the president of the nonpartisan Center for Political Accountability. Read More SUPREME COURT ARCHITECT DEMANDS JUSTICES SHIELD BIG OIL FROM HISTORIC CLIMATE TRIAL “Climate change is such an important area of risk,” says Jeanne Hanna, research director at the Center for Political Accountability. “A lot of companies acknowledge that they face quantifiable economic risks if climate change carries on. It can do damage to their markets. It could do damage to their production. Companies themselves recognize it as… Read More COMPANIES WERE ALREADY WARY OF 2024 POLITICS. TRUMPS’ VERDICT COULD SOLIDIFY THAT CAUTION Of the 345 companies that have been on the S&P 500 since 2015, 270 of them now prohibit or fully disclose spending on candidates or their committees. That’s up from 168 a few years prior, according to CPA’s analysis Read More ACTIVISM & VOTING THIS WEEK “The index is recognized by companies as credible and serious. It is respected,” Bruce Freed, CPA president, told DMI. “Increasingly, companies want to be ‘Trendsetters’ (achieving scores of 90+ out of 100) that they can tout to show their best practices. In the 2023 index, 39% of the S&P 500 were in the top quintile.” Read More CORPORATE AMERICA IS SITTING OUT THE TRUMP-BIDEN REMATCH Even if executives hope to steer clear of this election, “if they engage in political spending, they’re speaking,” said Bruce Freed, president of The Center For Political Accountability, which has pushed for spending disclosures. “They won’t be sitting it out. As long as they’re giving, that creates risk because of what it associates them with.” Read More NAVIGATING AN ELECTION YEAR AT THE PEAK OF POLARIZATION There’s a noticeable trend in the S&P 500 towards political disclosure and accountability becoming the norm, with a significant percentage of companies scoring high on the CPA-Zicklin Index of Corporate Political Disclosure and Accountability. Read More THESE 50 COMPANIES HAVE DONATED OVER $23 MILLION TO ELECTION DENIERS SINCE JANUARY 6, 2021 Freed told Popular Information that the corporations sending millions in PAC donations to election deniers are “putting themselves at risk.” He thinks the companies are underestimating the economic danger of undermining “the rule of law.” Instead of focusing on the preservation of “the political system that they need to be able to operate and grow,”… Read More US POLL PROMPTS INVESTOR FOCUS ON POLITICAL SPENDING A rush of shareholder proposals demanding transparency have been filed for the 2024 proxy season, with a strong emphasis on lobbying alignment. Read More GUIDE TO BECOMING A MODEL CODE COMPANY With corporate political disclosure and accountability accepted as the norm, the next step for companies is to put in place a framework for approaching, governing and assessing their election-related spending. Read More ORPORATE INFLUENCE OVER LEGISLATION/REGULATION ON KEY THEMES AFFECTING THE PUBLIC INTEREST, PROMPTS INVESTORS TO FILE NUMEROUS PROPOSALS SCRUTINIZING CORPORATE POLITICAL ACTIVITY The vast majority of companies utilize various forms of public policy advocacy to impact legislative and regulatory decisions mainly through lobbying and campaign contributions. Read More CENTER FOR POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY INTRODUCES GUIDE TO MODEL CODE “Now, the CPA has developed a Guide to Becoming a Model Code Company, designed to help companies and their boards understand the Model Code and how it can help them manage election-related political spending in high-risk environments…” Read More CONSUMERS ENERGY-BACKED GROUP MADE BIG DONATIONS DEMOCRATS BEFORE ENERGY LAW REWRITE Three fundraising accounts tied to key Michigan Democrats each got contributions of at least $200,000 from a nonprofit bankrolled by one of the state’s largest electric utilities in 2022, according to a tax filing obtained by The Detroit News. Read More BLAME THESE COMPANIES FOR THE GOP’S MINORITY RULE Big brands like Comcast, Walmart, Pfizer, and AT&T fund the ring-wing political group that wrecked our democracy. Read More SOME MINNESOTA CORPORATIONS QUIETLY RESUME DONATIONS TO ELECTION DISPUTERS “They’ve reverted to spending as usual, and they are engaging in spending for access.” Read More CENTER FOR POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY PROVIDES GUIDANCE ON CHALLENGES OF CORPORATE POLITICAL SPENDING As we begin this new year—a highly charged election year—it might be helpful to check out the Guide to Corporate Political Spending produced by the non-partisan Center for Political Accountability. Read More 2023 CPA-ZICKLIN INDEX SHOWS STRONG INCREASE IN NUMBER OF TRENDSETTERS, TOP-SCORING COMPANIES The number of public corporations in the S&P 500 Index getting scores of 90 percent or better, called Trendsetters, jumped from 89 last year to a record 100 now, according to data in the 2023 CPA-Zicklin Index of Corporate Political Disclosure and Accountability. Read More POLITICAL SPENDING INCREASINGLY SEEN AS ESG METRIC One fifth of S&P 500 firms rank as ‘trendsetters’ in 2023 CPA-Zicklin Index of Corporate Political Disclosure and Accountability… Read More INVESTORS FAVOR POLITICAL DISCLOSURES FOR COMPANIES, POLL FINDS Voters who are invested in the stock market want more transparency of corporate political spending, according to a new poll released as races heat up for the White House and down-ballot offices. Read More MUSK RISKS POLITICAL FALLOUT BY ENDORSING TRUMP. FEW CEOS ARE FOLLOWING CEOs are looking to keep doors open” with both Republicans and Democrats. Read More IF LEADING CEOS AREN’T DONATING TO TRUMP, IT’S BECAUSE THEY DON’T NEED TO Even as some corporate bigwigs have taken to the sidelines, Trump’s fundraising has outstripped President Biden’s. Read More LEARN MORE ABOUT CPA Find out how we achieve unparalleled success. KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST Receive our monthly newsletter. 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