Walmart — C grade · Retail

Political donations

FEC: $22K PAC donations; 58% to Republican, 42% to Democratic committees. [CA CalAccess + NY COELIG + TX Ethics adds state-level totals.] [Stanford DIME (Bonica) corroborates.]

Source: FEC · state-lobbying-r5 · dime

Environment

water pollution violation: $90.8M in federal penalties (Violation Tracker).

Source: EPA

Labor

609 federal penalties totaling $5.8B since 2000 (Violation Tracker). Supply-chain signals: WRC 1 investigation; HRW 1 report; ILRF 1 campaign.

Source: OSHA · NLRB · wrc-investigations · hrw-corporate · ilrf-campaigns

DEI

HRC Corporate Equality Index: 90/100 (2025) — strong LGBTQ+ workplace policies with minor deductions. Disability:IN Equality Index score 90/100. JUST Capital JUST 100 — ranked #88 of Russell 1000 (2025) for treatment of workers, customers, communities, environment. HRC Corporate Equality Index 90/100 (2025) — top-tier LGBTQ+ workplace equality rating.

Source: HRC Corporate Equality Index · disability-in · just-capital

Charity

$1.73B reported corporate giving in 2024 (~0.27% of revenue) via Walmart Foundation. JUST Capital JUST 100 — ranked #88 of Russell 1000 (2025) for treatment of workers, customers, communities, environment. Drucker Institute Management Top 250 — ranked #28 (2024) on customer satisfaction, employee engagement, innovation, social responsibility, and financial strength. Fortune World's Most Admired Companies — ranked #7 (2024). Newsweek Most Trustworthy Companies in America — ranked #8 (2024).

Source: corporate giving disclosures · just-capital · drucker-250 · fortune-admired · newsweek-trust

Animal testing

Open Wing Alliance: At risk — Great Value cage-free milestone not yet reported. MSC retail partner — Great Value canned tuna + wild-catch lines MSC-certified. [Cage-free at risk · MSC certified]

Source: farm-welfare

Firearms

Buycott — campaigns over warehouse wages, firearm retail, supply-chain labor. [buycott]

Source: consumer-scorecards

Privacy

1 investigation by The Markup (themes: pricing). Most recent: "Walmart Charges Higher Prices in Lower-Income Zip Codes" (2023).

Source: markup-investigations

Executive pay

CEO-to-median-worker pay ratio 958:1 (median employee pay $30,520) — SEC proxy statement (DEF 14A, 2026).

Source: sec-def14a

Data sources

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