Conagra Brands

Illinois
Food Beverage and Tobacco

Risk Level:

Rating - Caution
Medium Risk

Summary:

While Conagra Brands has not terminated business relationships due to religious or political beliefs, it does vet suppliers according to its LGBTQ policies. Conagra Brands does not have viewpoint protections for its employees. The company has funded the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) through a charitable giving program and does not protect employees from viewpoint discrimination. For these reasons, Conagra Brands receives a "Medium Risk" rating.

Criteria
Risk Level
Rationale
Corporate Weaponization
Criteria

Has denied service to customers, suppliers, or vendors due to their political views or religious beliefs OR corporately boycotts, divests, or sanctions regions, people groups, or industries.

Risk Level
Rationale

There are no publicly known cases of Conagra Brands terminating business relationships due to religious or political beliefs. The company received a score of 100 on the Corporate Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign. Among other requirements, this means Conagra has pledged to vet vendors based on LGBTQ policies (1)

Criteria

Charitable giving (including employee matching programs) policies or practices discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or religious beliefs.

Risk Level
Rationale

Conagra Brands limits its charitable giving to “food access, nutrition education, cooking skills, healthy and active lifestyles, and select urban agricultural programs.” Conagra also requires nonprofits it partners with to have a nondiscrimination policy, including “gender identity and expression.” However, it does not openly discriminate against faith-based charities (1).

Criteria

Employment policies fail to protect against discrimination based on political affiliation/views and/or religion.

Risk Level
Rationale

Conagra Brands does not protect employees from viewpoint discrimination (1).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy
Criteria

Uses corporate reputation to support ideological causes and/or organizations hostile to freedom of expression.

Risk Level
Rationale

There are no publicly known cases of Conagra Brands using its corporate reputation to advance ideological agendas.

Criteria

Uses corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.

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Rationale

Conagra Brands’ foundation does not donate to ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression (1). However, the company launched a charitable program called “United for Change,” which benefits multiple social justice organizations, including the ACLU (2).

Criteria

Uses corporate political contributions for ideological, non-business purposes.

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Rationale

Conagra Brands has not used its PAC for ideological purposes (1)(2).

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March 21, 2023

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