Land O’Lakes

Minnesota
Food Beverage and Tobacco

Risk Level:

Rating - Clear
Lower Risk

Summary:

Land O'Lakes has not canceled any employees or contracts due to religious or political beliefs, although there are no viewpoints protections for employees. The company does donate to faith-based charities with a secular purpose. Land O'Lakes has not weaponized its corporate image or PAC. For these reasons, Land O'Lakes receives a "Lower Risk" rating.

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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.

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Land O’Lakes has not publicly terminated business relationships due to religious beliefs or political views. The company received a score of 100 on the Corporate Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign. Among other requirements, this means Land O’Lakes 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.

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Rationale

Land O’Lakes will not donate to “religious groups for religious activities” (1). However, the company does permit donations to faith-based charities and has donated to faith-based charities (2).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Land O’Lakes does not protect its 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.

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Rationale

There are no publicly known instances of Land O’Lakes using its corporate image to advance an ideological agenda. In April 2020, Land O’Lakes did change its logo to remove an image of a Native American woman in response to activist pressure (1).

Criteria

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

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Rationale

Land O’Lakes has not given grants or corporate funds directly to ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression, and neither has the Land O’Lakes foundation (1).

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

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Rationale

Land O’Lakes does not donate to ideological PACs (1).

All links were last accessed and all information was updated on:
March 23, 2023

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