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Brighthouse Financial vs REI

On overall TruNorth grade, Brighthouse Financial scores higher (Brighthouse Financial: A, REI: C). Both graded from public records across nine values categories.

A
Brighthouse Financial
64.8/100
C
REI
46.4/100

Political donations

Brighthouse Financial

FEC: $486K in executive political donations; partisan lean split across 12 executive donors.

REI

FEC: $30K PAC donations; 69% to Republican, 31% to Democratic committees.

Environment

Brighthouse Financial

Insure Our Future 2024 scorecard: 0.4/10 (very-weak). Sub-scores: coal underwriting very-weak; oil & gas underwriting very-weak. Brighthouse Financial: no public fossil-fuel exclusions in underwriting or investment portfolios.

REI

air pollution violation: $541K in federal penalties (Violation Tracker).

Labor

Brighthouse Financial

3 federal penalties totaling $54K since 2000 (Violation Tracker).

REI

77 federal penalties totaling $2.7M since 2000 (Violation Tracker).

DEI

Brighthouse Financial

No public record found.

REI

No public record found.

Charity

Brighthouse Financial

Operates the Brighthouse Financial Foundation: $795K in charitable contributions, gifts & grants paid (FY2023, IRS Form 990-PF).

REI

$11M reported corporate giving in 2024 (~0.27% of revenue).

Animal testing

Brighthouse Financial

No public record found.

REI

Salmon-Safe certified at Kent, WA HQ. [Salmon-Safe]

Firearms

Brighthouse Financial

No public record found.

REI

No federal firearms license on record for this company in the ATF FFL registry — no licensed firearms dealing or manufacturing.

Privacy

Brighthouse Financial

No public record found.

REI

No public record found.

Executive pay

Brighthouse Financial

CEO-to-median-worker pay ratio 69:1 (median employee pay $151,894) — SEC proxy statement (DEF 14A, 2026).

REI

No public record found.

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