CENTRAL GARDEN & PET vs Lowe's
On overall TruNorth grade, Lowe's scores higher (CENTRAL GARDEN & PET: C, Lowe's: C). Both graded from public records across nine values categories.
Political donations
FEC: $304K in executive political donations; partisan lean split across 15 executive donors.
FEC: $116K in executive political donations; partisan lean split across 9 executive donors.
Environment
hazardous waste violation: $141K in federal penalties (Violation Tracker).
environmental violation: $18.6M in federal penalties (Violation Tracker).
Labor
23 federal penalties totaling $780K since 2000 (Violation Tracker).
223 federal penalties totaling $136.0M since 2000 (Violation Tracker).
DEI
EEO-1 workforce demographics on federal record (FY2020, DOL OFCCP FOIA release): 6,060 US employees — 39.3% women, 42.4% racial/ethnic minorities; management 34.9% women, 16.1% minorities.
JUST Capital JUST 100 — ranked #84 of Russell 1000 (2025) for treatment of workers, customers, communities, environment. HRC Corporate Equality Index 100/100 (2025) — top-tier LGBTQ+ workplace equality rating.
Charity
No public record found.
$145M reported corporate giving in 2024 (~0.17% of revenue) via Lowe's Charitable & Educational Foundation. JUST Capital JUST 100 — ranked #84 of Russell 1000 (2025) for treatment of workers, customers, communities, environment. Newsweek Most Trustworthy Companies in America — ranked #52 (2024).
Animal testing
No public record found.
Lowe's is a home improvement retailer (not a cosmetics brand), so traditional animal-testing certifications are not applicable; however, PETA has campaigned against Lowe's for years over its sale of glue traps. As of September 2025, Lowe's removed glue traps from its website following multi-year PETA pressure, but has not yet extended the ban to physical store shelves.
Firearms
No federal firearms license on record for this company in the ATF FFL registry — no licensed firearms dealing or manufacturing.
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.
In September 2024, Lowe's disclosed a data breach to the Maine Attorney General in which an unauthorized third party obtained employee Workday login credentials and accessed PII (names, addresses, DOB, email, phone, bank account numbers) for 944 people. Lowe's also publishes a consumer privacy statement covering CCPA and Nevada opt-out rights, but no FTC enforcement actions or regulatory fines against Lowe's were found.
Executive pay
No public record found.
No public record found.
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