Lindt & Sprungli AG - 1792 Exchange

Rating Overview

Lindt & Sprungli AG is Medium Risk.

Lindt & Sprungli is Medium Risk. The company often yields to political activism in shaping corporate governance, potentially alienating consumers, dividing employees, and harming shareholders. The company implements race and identity-based policies that replace merit, excellence, and integrity with preferential treatment and outcomes. The company occasionally embraces corporate initiatives that redirect its central focus from business goals to partisan policies and divisive issues at times. This approach fails to safeguard free exercise, free speech, and free enterprise.

Rating Criteria

Corporate Weaponization Risk Levels
Criteria	Risk Level
Cancellations	Medium Risk
Discriminatory Philanthropy	No Data
Employment Protection	High Risk

Corporate Weaponization ⓘ

Corporate Governance and Public Policy Risk Levels
Criteria	Risk Level
Advocacy Bias	High Risk
Funding	Lower Risk
Political Actions	No Data

Corporate Governance and Public Policy ⓘ

Rating Criteria Detail

Criteria Risk Level Rationale

Corporate Weaponization

Criteria:

Has canceled 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:

Medium

Rationale:

Lindt & Sprugli integrates ESG into its business practices. From its 2025 Sustainability Report: “The remaining 20% of the Cash Bonus is linked to non-financial ESG and individual Transformation goals, emphasizing Lindt & Sprüngli’s commitment to sustainability and fostering long-term innovation” (1). Lindt & Sprungli integrates DEI into its supply chain. From its 2025 Sustainability Report: “EcoVadis-assessed suppliers receive access to human rights training materials and resources from EcoVadis to support them in strengthening human rights due diligence processes. These resources include guidance on developing labor and human rights policies and whistleblower procedures, as well as information on employee health and safety, child and forced labor prevention, and diversity and inclusion” (2). Lindt & Sprungli has not publicly canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs (3).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

N/A

Rationale:

Lindt & Spruengli does not publish charitable giving guidelines (1).

Criteria:

Employment policies fail to protect against viewpoint or other discrimination and/or are ideological in nature.

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

Lindt & Spruengli requires its employees to take unconscious bias training (1). The company appears to prioritize diversity over merit in its leadership composition. From its 2025 Sustainability Report: ” The composition of the Board of Directors, including considerations of gender and other diversity criteria, is reviewed annually. While the Board of Directors believes that experience and professional expertise are relevant factors in the composition of the Board of Directors, the CNC considers these and other factors, including age, gender, nationality, and ethnicity, when evaluating candidates for the Board of Directors, and strives to explore ways to increase diversity” (2). The company appears to prioritize diversity over merit in its business structure through the establishment of gender targets for its leadership composition. The company is seeking 40% women in senior leadership by 2025 (3). Lindt & Spruengli protects its employees against viewpoint discrimination (4).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy

Criteria:

Uses corporate reputation to support causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

Lindt & Sprungli was a contributing member of GARMs Action Guide to Reduce Media Greenhouse Gas Emissions which provides an action plan for media companies to transition to net zero greenhouse gas emissions (1). Lindt & Spruengli is committed to net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 (2). Lindt & Spruengli supports DEI within its business practices. From its 2024 Sustainability Report: “Potential effects of the promotion of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in the workplace include fairness among the workforce, employee retention, and an increase in innovation and creative thinking, which may improve business performance. If employee satisfaction is high, productivity may increase and employee turnover decrease. Both of these impacts can contribute to a positive work experience for Lindt & Sprüngli employees” The company supports ESG within its business practices. From its 2025 Sustainability Report: ” Overall, most key financial, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), and transformation goals were met or surpassed” (4). Otherwise, there are no publicly known cases of the company using its reputation to advance ideological causes or policies (5).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

Lower

Rationale:

Lindt & Sprungli has not used corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies (1).

Criteria:

Uses corporate political actions and/or financial contributions for ideological, non-business purposes.

Risk Level:

N/A

Rationale:

Lindt & Sprungli does not operate a PAC or report on its lobbying at this time (1)(2)(3).