Financial Services | Actions to Promote Gun Safety Given the intersections with how guns are financed and distributed and where gun violence occurs, Financial Service companies should consider the following actions. STAGE 1 STAGE 2 STAGE 3 STAGE 4 Evaluate and disclose where Develop an action plan to Integrate gun violence prevention Define a policy of a value chain services intersect with the gun address gun violence in products and marketing free from gun violence, including violence value chain • Integrate gun violence in due • Develop products and management to support • Identify portfolio companies diligence processes and services, i.e., gun-free funds, implementation and relevant directly linked to gun codes of conduct payment blocks for anyone targets and KPIs violence (e.g., produce or • Encourage companies to halt under 21, geolocation distribute civilian or military activities that contribute to services that block firearms) gun violence purchases at unregulated • Identify portfolio companies • If engagement fails, gun shows indirectly linked to the gun responsibly divest from Prohibit lending to clients and violence value chain companies contributing to customers who manufacture gun violence (see next page and/or distribute guns for more information) • Absent gun safety policies (background checks, age minimums)
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