Schreiber Foods - 1792 Exchange

Rating Overview

Schreiber Foods is Medium Risk.

Schreiber Foods 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	Lower Risk
Discriminatory Philanthropy	Medium Risk
Employment Protection	High Risk

Corporate Weaponization ⓘ

Corporate Governance and Public Policy Risk Levels
Criteria	Risk Level
Advocacy Bias	High Risk
Funding	High 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:

Lower

Rationale:

Schreiber Foods has not publicly canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs (1).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

Medium

Rationale:

Schreiber Foods charitable giving guidelines require that organizations abide by its nondiscrimination policy, including on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, thereby excluding some religious charities (1)(2).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

Schreiber Foods requires its employees to take unconscious bias and DEI training (1). The company appears to prioritize diversity over merit in its recruitment, hiring and supply chain. From its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Metrics: “Require a diverse candidate slate for business units that lack diversity” and “Increase the use of
and spend with diverse suppliers”(2). Schreiber Foods does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (3).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

Schreiber Foods’ CEO, Ron Dunford, signed the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion pledge, which includes a commitment to promote DEI through bias education training in the workplace, strategize on DEI programs/initiatives with other signatories, and engage boards of directors when developing and evaluating DEI strategies (1)(2). The company is aspiring to net zero emissions by 2050 (3). Schreiber Foods supports DEI within its business practices, employing a Chief Diversity Officer (4). The company supports ESG within its business practices. From its 2024 Doing Good Through Food Report: “The ESG Leadership Council is responsible for directing the company’s ESG strategy; developing and monitoring initiatives based on this strategy; overseeing communications internally and externally with respect to ESG; and ensuring accurate, efficient, relevant, and timely disclosure to stakeholders” (5). Schreiber Foods uses its social media to support LGBTQ Pride (6)(7). Otherwise, there are no publicly known cases of the company using its reputation to advance ideological causes or policies (8). Schreiber Foods pledged to invest $133 Million into the expansion of manufacturing facilities (9)(10).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

Schreiber Foods provides a benefits package for employees that covers transgender medical procedures for covered employees and dependents, including children (1). The company was a Gold Sponsor of Logan Pride 2025 (2). Schreiber Foods is a 2026 Premier Sponsor of JOMO Pride’s “Pride on 66” (3). Otherwise, there are no publicly known cases of the company using corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies (4).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

N/A

Rationale:

Schreiber Foods does not operate a PAC or engage in lobbying at this time (1)(2)(3).