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| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | 3M | A public industrial manufacturer selling adhesives, filtration, safety, and materials products, with PFAS contamination, litigation, and product-harm exposure. 3M scores low because of ecological harm, documented human harm, and person-dependent governance, with weak stakeholder ownership and centralized governance reinforcing the negative evaluation. | public company | High confidence (AI) | Not separately reviewed. | Developed (AI) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | -8 | 0 | -22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Core-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | Bosch | A foundation-controlled industrial and consumer-technology company selling auto parts, appliances, tools, and systems, with constrained ownership but limited democratic control. Bosch remains weak because of person-dependent governance and ecological harm, even where the product or service has practical value. | foundation-controlled company | Medium confidence (AI) | Not separately reviewed. | Partial (AI) | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None found0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | Church & Dwight | A public household and personal-care company behind Arm & Hammer, OxiClean, Trojan, First Response, Nair, Orajel, Batiste, and related brands. Church & Dwight is somewhat less systemically dominant than P&G or Unilever, but its household-chemical, sexual-health, pregnancy-test, vitamin, and grooming portfolio still carries extraction, toxicity, and accountability-opacity concerns. | public household and personal-care manufacturer | Medium confidence (AI) | Not separately reviewed. | Developed (AI) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Material-2 | -3 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -1 | -1 | -1 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | Colgate-Palmolive | A public consumer-goods company selling oral care, personal care, home care, and pet nutrition brands including Colgate, Palmolive, Softsoap, Ajax, and Hill’s. Colgate-Palmolive has real hygiene utility and some sustainability progress, but shareholder control, brand dominance, chemical exposure, and packaging burden keep it limited. | public oral-care and consumer-products company | Medium confidence (AI) | Policy-capture concerns; see Policy Capture. | Developed (AI) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | Material-2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -1 | -2 | -1 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | Dow / Union Carbide | A public chemicals case tied to Union Carbide and Dow, centered on the Bhopal gas disaster and unresolved mass-death and contamination accountability. Dow / Union Carbide scores low because of documented human harm, ecological harm, and person-dependent governance, with poor loss-bearing fidelity and weak stakeholder ownership reinforcing the negative evaluation. | public company | Medium confidence (AI) | Not separately reviewed. | Developed (AI) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | -20 | 0 | -18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Core-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | DuPont | A public chemicals company selling specialty materials, with legacy PFOA/PFAS contamination and drinking-water accountability central to its rating. DuPont scores low because of documented human harm, ecological harm, and person-dependent governance, with poor loss-bearing fidelity and weak stakeholder ownership reinforcing the negative evaluation. | public company | Medium confidence (AI) | Not separately reviewed. | Developed (AI) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | -15 | 0 | -20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Core-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | |||||
| G | No vegan or vegetarian badge | Estée Lauder Companies | A public prestige beauty company selling skincare, makeup, fragrance, and hair-care brands including Estée Lauder, Clinique, MAC, La Mer, Jo Malone, Aveda, Bobbi Brown, and Tom Ford Beauty. Estée Lauder is useful for some cosmetics and skin care, but luxury beauty, status capture, appearance surveillance, sensitive personal data, and chemical exposure make it a low-scoring competitor. | public beauty and cosmetics company | Medium confidence (AI) | Policy-capture concerns; see Policy Capture. | Developed (AI) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -7 | 0 | 0 | Material-2 | -3 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -3 | -4 | -2 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | Henkel | A public German consumer-brands and adhesive-technologies company behind Persil, Schwarzkopf, Dial, Purex, Loctite, and industrial adhesive brands. Henkel provides useful laundry, hair, soap, and repair products, but chemical exposure, adhesive-industrial footprint, brand power, packaging, and shareholder governance keep it low. | public consumer brands and adhesives company | Medium confidence (AI) | Not separately reviewed. | Developed (AI) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Material-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -1 | -1 | -1 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | Isthmus Engineering | A worker cooperative engineering firm building custom automation systems, with member governance and industrial-production client exposure. Isthmus Engineering scores well because ownership is comparatively aligned and governance has stronger accountability than peers, and no current penalty outweighs that structure. | worker cooperative engineering firm | Medium confidence (AI) | Not separately reviewed. | Partial (AI) | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None found0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | Kenvue | A public consumer-health company spun out of Johnson & Johnson, selling Tylenol, Band-Aid, Listerine, Neutrogena, Aveeno, Zyrtec, Benadryl, Nicorette, and other everyday-care brands. Kenvue provides high-utility OTC and personal-care products, but medication-risk opacity, inherited J&J brand power, chemical exposure, youth/family marketing, and shareholder governance keep it low. | public consumer health company | Medium confidence (AI) | Not separately reviewed. | Developed (AI) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes-3 | -4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -1 | -1 | -1 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | Kimberly-Clark | A public personal-care and paper-products company selling Kleenex, Huggies, Kotex, Cottonelle, Scott, and related tissue, diaper, and hygiene brands. Kimberly-Clark makes useful essentials, but disposable-product dependence, forestry and plastic burden, and shareholder governance keep it low. | public personal-care and paper-products company | Medium confidence (AI) | Policy-capture concerns; see Policy Capture. | Developed (AI) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | -3 | 0 | 0 | Material-2 | -3 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | -1 | -1 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | L'Oréal | A public beauty and cosmetics giant selling mass, luxury, professional, dermatological, hair, skin, makeup, and fragrance brands including L’Oréal Paris, Maybelline, Garnier, Lancôme, CeraVe, La Roche-Posay, Kiehl’s, and YSL Beauty. L’Oréal has real personal-care utility, but beauty-tech data, youth and identity pressure, chemical exposure, luxury licensing, and global beauty-market power make it low-scoring. | public beauty and cosmetics company | Medium confidence (AI) | Policy-capture concerns; see Policy Capture. | Developed (AI) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | Material-2 | -3 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -3 | -3 | -2 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | MONDRAGON Corporation | A large federation of worker cooperatives spanning manufacturing, finance, retail, and education, with democratic roots complicated by global scale and subsidiaries. MONDRAGON Corporation scores well because ownership is comparatively aligned and governance has stronger accountability than peers, and no current penalty outweighs that structure. | cooperative federation | High confidence (AI) | Not separately reviewed. | Partial (AI) | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None found0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | New Era Windows | A unionized worker-owned window manufacturing cooperative formed from a worker struggle to preserve production under worker control. New Era Windows scores well because ownership is comparatively aligned and governance has stronger accountability than peers, and no current penalty outweighs that structure. | worker cooperative manufacturer | Medium confidence (AI) | Not separately reviewed. | Partial (AI) | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None found0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | Procter & Gamble | A public consumer-goods giant selling household, hygiene, grooming, baby-care, laundry, and personal-care brands including Tide, Pampers, Gillette, Always, Crest, and Olay. P&G provides useful everyday goods, but shareholder control, plastic and chemical burdens, advertising power, and brand-mediated household dependence keep it low. | public household and personal-care manufacturer | Medium confidence (AI) | Policy-capture concerns; see Policy Capture. | Developed (AI) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | -5 | 0 | 0 | Material-2 | -3 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -2 | -2 | -1 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | Reckitt | A public health, hygiene, and nutrition company behind brands such as Lysol, Dettol, Durex, Mucinex, Finish, Air Wick, Enfamil, and Gaviscon. Reckitt makes useful hygiene and health products, but infant nutrition, disinfectant chemistry, brand power, packaging, and intimate-health marketing make it a heavily penalized consumer-goods actor. | public health, hygiene, and nutrition manufacturer | Medium confidence (AI) | Not separately reviewed. | Developed (AI) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes-3 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -1 | -1 | -1 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | Recology | An employee-owned recycling, compost, and waste-services company with resource-recovery value, municipal-contracting exposure, and prior legal issues. Recology remains weak because of person-dependent governance and material opacity, even where the product or service has practical value. | employee-owned resource recovery company | High confidence (AI) | Policy-capture concerns; see Policy Capture. | Partial (AI) | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | None found0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| G | No vegan or vegetarian badge | SC Johnson | A private family-controlled household-products company selling cleaning, air-care, storage, pest-control, and household brands such as Windex, Pledge, Glade, OFF!, Raid, Ziploc, and Method. SC Johnson scores somewhat better than public peers for ingredient transparency and family control, but insecticides, fragrances, plastic storage, and household chemicals keep it far from good. | private household-products manufacturer | Medium confidence (AI) | Policy-capture concerns; see Policy Capture. | Developed (AI) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -7 | 0 | 0 | Yes-3 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories | An employee-owned engineering company selling electric-grid protection and automation products, with infrastructure value and limited democratic governance. Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories lands in the middle because ownership is comparatively aligned and the model leaves more value with stakeholders, but person-dependent governance prevents a stronger rating. | employee-owned engineering company | High confidence (AI) | Policy-capture concerns; see Policy Capture. | Partial (AI) | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | None found0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | Scott Bader | A commonwealth-owned chemical company selling resins and specialty materials, with stewarded ownership but chemical footprint and product-harm constraints. Scott Bader scores well because ownership is comparatively aligned and governance has stronger accountability than peers, though ecological harm and toxic or materially harmful products still limit the evaluation. | commonwealth-owned chemical company | High confidence (AI) | Not separately reviewed. | Partial (AI) | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Material-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | |||||
| G | No vegan or vegetarian badge | Sherwin-Williams | A public paint, coatings, and retail-store company selling architectural paint, industrial coatings, and related supplies. Sherwin-Williams is useful for paint comparisons, but chemical-product toxicity, lead-paint legacy litigation, and shareholder governance materially limit the score. | public company | Medium confidence (AI) | Policy-capture concerns; see Policy Capture. | Developed (AI) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | -4 | -5 | 0 | 0 | Core-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | Siemens | A public industrial technology company selling automation, infrastructure, mobility, and energy systems, with German codetermination but shareholder control and climate exposure. Siemens remains weak because of person-dependent governance, ecological harm, and ideological disavowal, even where the product or service has practical value. | public company | Medium confidence (AI) | Not separately reviewed. | Partial (AI) | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None found0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | The Clorox Company | A public cleaning and household-products company behind Clorox, Pine-Sol, Liquid-Plumr, Glad, Brita, Hidden Valley, Burt’s Bees, Fresh Step, and Kingsford. Clorox provides real disinfecting and household utility, but bleach, disinfectants, plastic-heavy wipes, bags, chemicals, charcoal, and brand trust create significant toxic-products and ecological penalties. | public cleaning and household-products company | Medium confidence (AI) | Not separately reviewed. | Developed (AI) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Core-4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | -1 | -1 | |||||
| GL | No vegan or vegetarian badge | Unilever | A public global consumer-goods company selling food, ice cream, beauty, personal-care, and household brands. Unilever has stronger sustainability language than many peers, but plastic packaging, sachets, palm and commodity exposure, brand power, and shareholder governance keep it low. | public consumer goods and food company | Medium confidence (AI) | Severe policy-capture record; see Policy Capture. | Developed (AI) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | -10 | 0 | -2 | Material-2 | -3 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -2 | -2 | -1 | |||||
| L | No vegan or vegetarian badge | W. L. Gore & Associates | An employee-owned materials company behind Gore-Tex and specialty products, with associate ownership but chemical, PFAS, and accountability-opacity concerns. W. L. Gore & Associates remains weak because of ecological harm, person-dependent governance, and documented human harm, even where the product or service has practical value. | private employee-owned company | High confidence (AI) | Severe policy-capture record; see Policy Capture. | Developed (AI) | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | -4 | 0 | -5 | -8 | 0 | 0 | Yes-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |