Brand management
Brand acquisition, licensing and development company. Sponsored by US-based investment managers Neuberger Berman.
Company Ownership
Marquee Brands LLC
USA
Neuberger Berman Group LLC
owns 100% of Marquee Brands LLC
USA
Investment management firm
100% employee-owned, with assets under management worth US$250 billion.
Company Assessment
(Last updated Aug 2024)
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Marquee Brands LLC
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0/100 in What Fuels Fashion?
What Fuels Fashion? is a single-issue, special edition of the Fashion Transparency Index. The 2024 report ranked 250 of the world's largest fashion brands and retailers according to their level of disclosure on climate and energy-related data in their own operations and supply chains. Brands owned by this company scored 0%. The average score was 18% and the highest score was 75%.
Source: Fashion Revolution
(2024)
Neuberger Berman Group LLC
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100% on Corporate Equality Index
This company is listed as having best practice on a report card on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality in corporate America.
Source: Human Rights Campaign
(2021)
4.2% in Forest 500 Rankings
Forest 500 identifies the 350 companies and 150 financial institutions with the greatest exposure to tropical deforestation risk, and annually assesses them on the strength and implementation of their deforestation and human rights commitments. This financial institution received a score of 4.2%.
Source: Forest 500
(2023)
3/20 in Social Benchmark
The 2024 Social Benchmark assesses the world's 2,000 most influential companies on their responsibility in meeting society's fundamental expectations towards three measurement areas: respecting human rights, providing decent work, and acting ethically. This company was assessed in 2022 and received a score of 3/20. The average score was an alarmingly low 4.6/20 and the highest score was 15.5/20.
Financing nuclear weapons producers
The 2018 update of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons' (ICAN) global report, "Don't Bank on the Bomb" showed that 329 financial institutions from around the world invested into 20 companies involved in the production, maintenance and modernization of nuclear weapons. Since 2014 this financial institution invested over US$323 million into 1 of the 20 nuclear weapons producers named in the report.
Source: ICAN
(2018)
11.3% in Financial System Benchmark
The 2022 Financial System Benchmark ranks 400 financial institutions across three measurement areas: governance and strategy, respecting planetary boundaries (environment, climate and biodiversity) and adhering to societal conventions (human rights). This company ranked #202/400, with a total score of 11.3/100.
Company Details
Subsidiaries:
Ben Sherman Group Ltd
Clothing manufacturer
Bought by Oxford Industries in 2004, who sold the company to Marquee Brands in 2015.