Better Health for All

AMC Networks Inc. is an entertainment company whose core products (broadcasting reality television shows, movie theater services, movie streaming services) are cited as drivers of both positive (Meaning & Joy) and negative (Physical Diseases, Mental Diseases, Relationships) health impacts, but no specific data quantifies the net effect, leading to a neutral score for health impact.

The company launched the "We're With You" PSA campaign in late March 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, airing 5,354 times across four networks and reaching over 80 million households. This campaign represented over $4 million in donated airtime and utilized nearly 1,800 digital screens and billboards in New York City for its #COMBATCOVID initiative, demonstrating a structured crisis response. For other health-related KPIs, the company's business model as an entertainment provider means many are not applicable, or there is no specific data provided in the articles to assess performance.

Fair Money & Economic Opportunity

AMC Networks Inc. is an entertainment company that distributes content and operates programming networks and streaming services.

Its core business does not involve lending, insuring, moving, or storing money for consumers. Therefore, all KPIs related to financial services, such as underserved client share, pricing fairness, exploitative fee exposure, inclusion initiatives (in a financial context), data accessibility, fair lending compliance, wealth building outcomes, profit reinvestment (in community finance), financial literacy initiatives (for consumers), debt burden ratio, geographic inclusion (for financial access points), and product simplicity (for financial products), are not applicable to its operations.

Fair Pay & Worker Respect

AMC Networks' CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio for 2024 was 106:1, based on CEO Kristin Dolan's total compensation of $8.69 million and a median employee compensation of $81,888.

Employee sentiment on Glassdoor shows an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, and 58% of employees would recommend working at the company. The rating for compensation and benefits is 3.0 out of 5 stars, which has decreased by 10% over the last 12 months. Employee reviews highlight concerns about low pay, lack of promotional opportunities, and constant layoffs, alongside positive feedback on work/life balance and company culture. No specific data is available for living wage coverage, collective bargaining share, safety incident rates, pay equity ratios, turnover rates, labor violation incidents, insecure contract share, or health insurance coverage for AMC Networks itself.

Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing

No quantitative evidence was found in the provided articles regarding AMC Networks Inc.'s performance on fair trade certifications, audit frequency, forced or child labor incidents, supply chain traceability, remediation speed, ethical clause coverage, materials risk index, or supplier diversity spend.

The articles explicitly state a lack of specific metrics or data for these areas, despite mentioning business inclusion initiatives and supplier diversity programs.

Honest & Fair Business

AMC Networks Inc. has a formal whistleblower policy that includes a confidential and anonymous hotline (1-800-461-9330) and an online portal for reporting concerns, including those related to accounting, internal controls, or auditing matters, which can be communicated to the Audit Committee.

The company explicitly prohibits retaliation against employees who make good faith reports. A majority of the board members are independent directors, and the board determines that members have no relationships interfering with independent judgment and are independent under NASDAQ and SEC rules. The company has an Anti-Corruption Policy that applies to its subsidiaries, directors, officers, employees, agents, and representatives, requiring compliance with laws like the FCPA and UK Bribery Act, and explicitly prohibiting facilitation payments. This policy includes annual training for certain employees and agents, and a biennial internal audit. The company utilizes the World Check program or Integrascreen Reports for heightened diligence measures before doing business with 'Special Persons'.

No War, No Weapons

AMC Networks Inc. reports no significant involvement in military contracting, indicating 0% revenue from arms or defense contracts.

The company also states no significant involvement in controversial weapons or small arms, which aligns with a corporate policy banning these categories. This confirms verified zero exposure to controversial weapons.

Planet-Friendly Business

In 2022, the company's total Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions were 8,742 metric tons.

Its renewable energy consumption was 27% in 2022. The waste diversion rate was 62% in 2022. Packaging CO₂ reduction, measured by physical material consumption, was 41% in 2023. In 2023, the company received 3 legal notices related to environmental compliance, with $1.2 million in potential settlement costs. The company has committed to achieving Net Zero emissions by 2050.

Safe & Smart Tech

AMC Networks experienced a data exposure in May 2019 affecting 1.62 million subscriber records, including names, emails, subscription details, and 3,351 links to Stripe invoices with the last four digits of credit cards.

The company shut off public access to the database after being alerted. No recent security news or breaches have been reported since then. Between January 2021 and January 2024, AMC Networks faced a class action lawsuit for alleged privacy violations due to unauthorized tracking of user activity and sharing data with third parties via Meta Pixel, resulting in an $8.3 million settlement. The company committed to making changes to its website tracking and modifying its use of Meta Pixel to comply with the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA). Its privacy policy, effective June 2025, states that automated processes for advertising, marketing, security, and fraud prevention will not have legal or similar effects without human intervention, and it does not currently use personal information for automated decisions where users have a legal right to opt out. The company's 10-K report (February 2025) indicates a cyber risk management program that includes external penetration testing, incident response plans, security awareness training, vulnerability analysis, encryption, data backups, and network activity monitoring, with third-party vendors subject to risk-based security assessments. The Audit Committee oversees this program, and a cybersecurity committee, including a CISO with over 25 years of experience, provides quarterly updates to executives. Users have choices to update account information, unsubscribe from marketing emails, opt-out of online activity tracking, and exercise rights to access, correct, and delete personal information, including opting out of personalized advertising and the sale of data to third parties, and limiting the use of sensitive personal information. The company's privacy policy also states that personal information is retained only as long as necessary for the purposes outlined in the policy.