ACCO BRANDS vs Staples
On overall TruNorth grade, Staples scores higher (ACCO BRANDS: C, Staples: C). Both graded from public records across nine values categories.
Political donations
FEC: $107K in executive political donations; partisan lean split across 9 executive donors.
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Environment
environmental violation: $105K in federal penalties (Violation Tracker).
Wikipedia "Environmental record" section: Staples is ranked in the top 25 of EPA's Green Power Partner list. In 2006, Staples offered more than 2,900 different office products incorporating recycled content. Staples is currently trying to…
Labor
4 federal penalties totaling $129K since 2000 (Violation Tracker).
1 OSHA severe-injury reports in past 2y (0 amputations); 34 since 2015.
DEI
EEO-1 workforce demographics on federal record (FY2020, DOL OFCCP FOIA release): 1,898 US employees — 44.6% women, 18% racial/ethnic minorities; management 42.6% women, 15.4% minorities.
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Charity
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$12M reported corporate giving in 2024 (~0.09% of revenue) via Staples Foundation.
Animal testing
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Firearms
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No federal firearms license on record for this company in the ATF FFL registry — no licensed firearms dealing or manufacturing.
Privacy
No public record found.
Terms-of-service privacy grade D (poor) via ToS;DR (tosdr.org), CC BY-SA 3.0 — transformed to TruNorth's scale.
Executive pay
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