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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.

C
ACCO BRANDS
40.7/100
C
Staples
42/100

Political donations

ACCO BRANDS

FEC: $107K in executive political donations; partisan lean split across 9 executive donors.

Staples

No public record found.

Environment

ACCO BRANDS

environmental violation: $105K in federal penalties (Violation Tracker).

Staples

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

ACCO BRANDS

4 federal penalties totaling $129K since 2000 (Violation Tracker).

Staples

1 OSHA severe-injury reports in past 2y (0 amputations); 34 since 2015.

DEI

ACCO BRANDS

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.

Staples

No public record found.

Charity

ACCO BRANDS

No public record found.

Staples

$12M reported corporate giving in 2024 (~0.09% of revenue) via Staples Foundation.

Animal testing

ACCO BRANDS

No public record found.

Staples

No public record found.

Firearms

ACCO BRANDS

No public record found.

Staples

No federal firearms license on record for this company in the ATF FFL registry — no licensed firearms dealing or manufacturing.

Privacy

ACCO BRANDS

No public record found.

Staples

Terms-of-service privacy grade D (poor) via ToS;DR (tosdr.org), CC BY-SA 3.0 — transformed to TruNorth's scale.

Executive pay

ACCO BRANDS

No public record found.

Staples

No public record found.

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