Treehouse Foods, Inc. - 1792 Exchange

Corprate Bias Ratings

Risk Level:

Lower Risk

Summary:

Treehouse Foods vets vendors for LGBTQ policies and does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees. However, it has not publicly terminated business relationships based on views or beliefs. The company integrates ESG and supports DEI within its business practices. However, it does not discriminate against religious organizations in its charitable giving and has not used its corporate funds for ideological purposes. For these reasons, Treehouse Foods 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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Rationale

Treehouse Foods has not publicly terminated business relationships due to religious beliefs or political views. Treehouse Foods requires suppliers to abide by its Code of Ethics which includes no discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (1). Treehouse Foods integrates ESG into all of its business practices. The company seeks “ways to do the right thing for [its] stakeholders, and [believes] it is essential to fully embed ESG into [its] business activities and structure (2). Additionally, Treehouse Foods will “prioritize working with suppliers that share [their] ESG commitment” which could potentially discriminate against suppliers that do not align themselves with ESG requirements (3).

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

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Rationale

Treehouse Foods, Inc. mainly contributes to foodbank organizations but does not appear to discriminate against religious organizations in its charitable giving (1).

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

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Treehouse Foods, Inc. does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (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

Treehouse Foods integrates DEI into its business practices and has “embedded unconscious bias education into performance management training sessions for all people managers” (1).

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

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Rationale

Treehouse Foods does not use corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies (1).

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

Risk Level

N/A

Rationale

Treehouse Foods does not operate a PAC at this time and has not reported on its lobbying (1)(2)(3).

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October 5, 2023

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