The Andersons, Inc.

Ohio
Commercial and Professional Services, Materials, Transportation

Corprate Bias Ratings

Risk Level:

Rating - Clear
Lower Risk

The Andersons, Inc. has not publicly terminated business relationships based on views or beliefs. The company integrates ESG into all of its business practices and requires managers to take unconscious bias training. However, it protects its employees against viewpoint discrimination, does not discriminate against religious organizations in its charitable giving, and has not used its corporate funds for ideological purposes. For these reasons, The Andersons receives a Lower 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

The Andersons integrates ESG into all of its business practices, with ESG being “inherently a part of our business” (1)(2). However, the company has not publicly fired customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs.

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

The Andersons does not discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or beliefs. Its “giving program does not restrict the charities to which employees can give” (1). The Andersons has an employee donation-matching program, but nonprofit eligibility details are not publicly available (2).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

The Andersons protects its employees against 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

The Andersons requires managers to take unconscious bias, inclusivity, and equity training (1). Otherwise, it has not supported ideological causes or policies (2)(3).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

The Andersons has not used corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies (1).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
N/A
Rationale

The Andersons does not have a PAC or engage in lobbying at this time (1)(2)(3).

All links were last accessed and all information was updated on:
March 27, 2024

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