Stanley Black & Decker POLITICAL

Corporate Communications & Public Stance

No public evidence identified of an official Stanley Black & Decker statement specifically addressing the Israel-Palestine conflict, the October 7, 2023 attack, or the war in Gaza across the company materials and bounded research reviewed. ^{1, 2} By contrast, the company publicly announced in March 2022 that it was shutting down its Russian business, donating $1 million split among UNHCR, UNICEF, and the Red Cross, and doubling its employee-donation match to 2-for-1 in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. ^{3, 4} It also donated approximately $25,000 in tools to Baltimore-area firefighters supporting a Ukraine search-and-rescue deployment in June 2022. ^{5, 6}

The archival 2017 releases concerning an Advanced Manufacturing Center and a Stanley Security Futures Innovation facility in Israel framed those sites in ordinary manufacturing and innovation terms. ^{7, 8} These releases predate July 2024 and do not establish a current communication about Israeli facilities. ^{7, 8}

A dated post-July 2024 company communication exists at the country-and-activity level: Stanley Black & Decker’s FY2025 Form 10-K, filed 24 February 2026, describes Israel as a materials-sourcing jurisdiction and makes the employee stock-purchase plan available to eligible employees in Israel. ¹ The filing presents these references in commercial supply-chain, business-risk, and employee-benefit terms rather than as a geopolitical partnership, state collaboration, or conflict-response initiative. ¹ The filing is publicly available through SEC EDGAR for investors, regulators, and the general public, and repeats Israel in sourcing and employee-plan contexts. ¹

No public evidence identified of a post-July 2024 Stanley Black & Decker press release, annual-report feature, investor presentation, or web announcement specifically describing a named Israeli facility, innovation centre, product, or market initiative. ^{1, 9, 10} no public evidence identified that the current disclosures name an Israeli ministry, military body, university, municipal authority, national institution, or other institutional counterparty. ^{1, 9, 10} no public evidence identified of a public Israel/Palestine-specific policy review, human-rights assessment, settlement-screening review, suspension, or other conflict-specific response concerning the Israeli entities. ^{1, 2}

Operations in Occupied or Contested Territories

Keter Plastics, an Israeli company owned by Sami Sagol and Yitzhak Sagol, operated a manufacturing plant in the Barkan Industrial Zone, a settlement attached to Ariel, and reportedly another facility in Oranit within the occupied West Bank. ^{11, 12} Keter products, including fence and gate kits and shelving and playhouse lines, were sold under the Black & Decker brand through a marketing and co-branding arrangement described as “Keter-Black & Decker.” ^{11, 13} Who Profits documented commercial trucks operating at the Barkan factory yard as of 21 March 2014, despite Keter’s reported denial that year that it owned a facility or operation in territory defined by the UN as occupied. ¹¹

By November 2016, Who Profits reported visual evidence of no commercial movement, signage, or trucks at the production site, indicating that Keter-linked activity at Barkan had ceased. ¹⁴ No evidence located in the supplied materials establishes resumption of that activity. ¹⁴ Current SEC disclosures confirm Israeli subsidiaries but do not establish that any current Stanley Black & Decker entity operates at the historical Keter-linked Barkan or Oranit locations. ^{9, 10}

Stanley Black & Decker has had a direct Israeli corporate presence since at least 1987 through The Stanley Works Israel Ltd., later expanded through the 1999 acquisition of ZAG and associated R&D and production activity. ¹⁵ The company acquired Israeli real-time-location firm AeroScout in 2012 and folded it into Stanley Healthcare. ¹⁶ Securitas completed its acquisition of STANLEY Security and Healthcare on 22 July 2022, so the AeroScout and Stanley Healthcare relationship is historical rather than a demonstrated current Stanley Black & Decker footprint. ^{16, 17} Stanley Black & Decker invested in Israeli wireless-charging startup Humavox in June 2018, while the current status of that investment is unknown from the supplied evidence. ^{18, 19}

Successive FY2024 and FY2025 subsidiary exhibits list F. Robotics Acquisitions Ltd., K.And.M. Holdco Products Ltd., and The Stanley Works Israel Ltd. as Israeli-incorporated subsidiaries, alongside Netherlands-incorporated Stanley Israel Investments B.V. ^{9, 10} The repeat annual listing supports continuing group ownership as of 28 December 2024 and 3 January 2026, but does not identify facility addresses, ownership chains, functions, output, customers, headcount, or territorial location. ^{9, 10} The FY2025 Form 10-K also confirms Israel-related sourcing and Israeli employee-plan eligibility, without identifying particular worksites. ¹

Dun’s 100 Israel listed “Stanley Black & Decker Israel” in its 2024 industrial-company material and identified Stanley Israel Investments B.V. as its owner. ²⁰ A visible corporate-branded LinkedIn profile states that the Israeli operation develops, produces, and exports portable-storage products and identifies Rosh Ha’Ayin, Carmiel, and Migdal HaEmek, but the undated profile could not be fully retrieved and is therefore a current-status lead rather than independently verified evidence of operation at each location. ²¹ A 2025 Dun’s 100 listing similarly supports a continuing public commercial profile, but does not establish a precise facility or corporate chain. ²²

No public evidence identified that a current Stanley Black & Decker facility is in East Jerusalem, the West Bank, the Golan Heights, or Gaza, as distinct from the historical Keter-linked Barkan and Oranit sites. ^{11, 14, 9, 10} The September 2025 OHCHR update reported 158 businesses from 11 countries in its settlement-business database update. ²³ no public evidence identified of Stanley Black & Decker or Keter Plastic being named directly in the specified OHCHR updates, A/HRC/59/23, or other reviewed named reports. ^{23, 24}

Boycott and divestment campaigns targeting Keter-Black & Decker co-branding were documented between 2011 and 2012, including a UK campaign urging B&Q to stop selling Keter products and Canadian advocacy literature naming Keter/Black & Decker-branded products as boycott targets. ^{12, 13} no public evidence identified of a BDS Movement-named or Who Profits-listed boycott campaign against the parent corporation itself after 2016. ^{11, 14}

Internal Governance, Content & Retail Policies

No public evidence identified of HR actions, disciplinary measures, legal actions, or employee-speech disputes concerning Israel-Palestine at Stanley Black & Decker. ^{1, 2} As a hardware and tools manufacturer rather than a content or social-media platform, no public evidence identified of algorithmic-moderation or editorial-policy controversies. ¹

No public evidence identified of regulatory action or reporting regarding labeling, sourcing, or categorization of Stanley Black & Decker-branded products originating from Israeli settlements, distinct from the historical Keter co-branding matter. ^{11, 13, 14} The company’s 2024 Impact Report describes human rights as non-negotiable across operations and its value chain and refers to the UN Guiding Principles, a Human Rights Policy Statement, supplier standards, and compliance policies. ² The report contains no “Israel” or “Middle East” reference in its full text and identifies no Israel/Palestine-specific due-diligence review or operational response. ²

In an unrelated compliance matter, Stanley Black & Decker and its Chinese subsidiary Jiangsu Guoqiang Tools Co. paid $1,869,144 in March 2019 to settle 23 apparent violations of the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations tied to power-tool exports to Iran between June 2013 and December 2014. ^{25, 26} The settlement included enhanced compliance measures and termination of the executives involved. ^{25, 26}

In September 2024, Consumers’ Research led a boycott campaign concerning the company’s DEI initiatives, including alleged race-based hiring targets and a $10.5 million pledge to racial-equity organizations. ^{27, 28} Reported company responses included movement toward “neutral” policies, ending submissions to the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index, efforts to eliminate the DEI department, and removal of DEI/ESG material from the public website. ^{29, 30}

Brand Heritage & State Partnerships

No public evidence identified that Stanley Black & Decker uses military heritage, defense-sector ties, or state-security origin narratives in commercial branding. ¹ Its documented corporate history centers on Stanley’s tools and hardware business, Black & Decker’s tool business, and their 2010 merger. ¹

Stanley Security was a commercial electronic-security and healthcare business that Stanley Black & Decker sold as part of its Convergent Security Solutions business in 2022. ^{16, 17} no public evidence identified of the company accepting Israeli state honors, hosting Israeli government officials, entering formal partnerships with Israeli state bodies, or sponsoring state-backed “Brand Israel” campaigns. ^{1, 9, 10}

Lobbying, Advocacy, Financing & Logistics

Stanley Black & Decker maintains federal lobbying operations and reported $2,970,000 in lobbying spending for the 2025 cycle. ³¹ no public evidence identified that this lobbying addresses Israel-Palestine policy, anti-BDS legislation, or Middle East trade measures specifically. ³¹

The company maintains a political action committee, FEC ID C00060087, which recorded 256 large-donor individual contributions in the 2023–2024 cycle. ³² no public evidence identified linking PAC disbursements to pro-Israel advocacy groups, anti-BDS legislative campaigns, or candidates running on Israel-Palestine-specific platforms. ³²

No public evidence identified of corporate donations or sponsorships directed to FIDF, JNF/KKL, Lev Echad, Israeli reservist funds, settlement organizations, Regavim, Im Tirtzu, or comparable military-welfare or settlement-support bodies. ^{1, 2} The documented crisis-related corporate resource mobilization in the supplied evidence concerns Ukraine in 2022, including the $1 million donation, enhanced employee match, and tool donation to Baltimore firefighters. ^{4, 5, 6} no public evidence identified of equivalent resource mobilization, in-kind donation, or logistics support directed to Israeli state, military, or state-aligned NGO efforts after October 2023. ^{1, 2}

Corporate Structure & Primary Mission

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. is a Connecticut corporation incorporated in 1852 that merged with Black & Decker Corporation in March 2010 and adopted its present name. ¹ It describes itself as a global provider of tools, outdoor products, accessories, and engineered fastening solutions and reported 2025 revenue of $15.1 billion. ¹ The company is publicly traded on the NYSE under the symbol SWK and operates principally through Tools & Outdoor and Engineered Fastening. ^{33, 34, 1}

As of 25 February 2026, the company reported beneficial owners above 5% as Vanguard, Capital Research Group Investors, T. Rowe Price Associates, BlackRock, and State Street. ³⁵ No director, nominee, or named executive officer held more than 1% of common shares, and directors and current executive officers collectively held less than 1%. ³⁵ no public evidence identified of state-held golden shares, state ownership stakes, or a founding charter tied to advancing a state’s geopolitical goals. ^{1, 35}

The FY2025 Form 10-K states that the company sources materials from Israel among other countries and identifies regional tensions, including the Israel-Hamas conflict, as possible supply-chain and distribution risks. ¹ The filing’s Israel-related risk disclosure does not establish that the company reviewed the ICJ advisory opinion, ICC warrants, settlement exposure, or human-rights impacts. ¹

Executive & Leadership Footprint

Christopher J. Nelson has served as President and CEO since 1 October 2025, and Donald Allan, Jr. has served as Executive Chair since October 2025 after serving as President and CEO from July 2022 to October 2025. ³⁵ The company’s current disclosed executive officers include Nelson, Allan, Patrick D. Hallinan, William D. Beck, Agustin Lopez Diaz, Deborah K. Wintner, and Tamer K. Abuaita. ³⁵

Allan’s disclosed outside public-company directorship is Logitech International S.A., which he has held since 2024, while the current proxy records no other public-company directorship for Nelson. ³⁵ These disclosures do not establish or rule out political, charitable, Israel-related, or advocacy affiliations. ³⁵ no public evidence identified of personal donations, family-foundation grants, fundraising, statements, op-eds, signed letters, or identified organizational roles by Allan or other company leaders concerning the Israel-Palestine conflict. ^{1, 35}

The Don and Marilyn Allan Family Foundation is a Connecticut private grantmaking foundation whose indexed FY2025 return identifies Donald Allan, Jr. and Marilyn N. Allan as uncompensated trustees and reports $5,000 in charitable disbursements. ³⁶ Its FY2024 return reported $52,250 in charitable disbursements. ³⁶ A 2015 Form 990-PF lists recipients including health, environmental, civic, education, and veterans’ organizations and contains no “Israel” or “Jewish” match, but that result is limited to that historical return. ³⁷

Els for Autism announced Allan’s appointment as board chair in February 2026 and reported that he secured Stanley Black & Decker’s 2023 national-event sponsorship, including a $100,000 company gift for a vocational lab and a later $5 million company pledge for a gymnasium. ³⁸ This activity is unrelated to Israel-Palestine. ³⁸ no public evidence identified of Stanley Black & Decker board members or executives holding board seats, leadership roles, or advisory positions with CFI, AIPAC, ADL, USISTF, or comparable geopolitical advocacy organizations in the reviewed materials. ^{1, 35}