COMMERCIAL METALS vs STEEL DYNAMICS
On overall TruNorth grade, STEEL DYNAMICS scores higher (COMMERCIAL METALS: B, STEEL DYNAMICS: B). Both graded from public records across nine values categories.
Political donations
FEC: $24K PAC donations; 58% to Republican, 42% to Democratic committees.
FEC: $120K in executive political donations; partisan lean split across 5 executive donors.
Environment
environmental violation: $1.4M in federal penalties (Violation Tracker).
water pollution violation: $3.5M in federal penalties (Violation Tracker).
Labor
52 federal penalties totaling $7.0M since 2000 (Violation Tracker).
93 federal penalties totaling $11.6M since 2000 (Violation Tracker).
DEI
No public record found.
No public record found.
Charity
No public record found.
Operates the Steel Dynamics Foundation Inc: $600K in charitable contributions, gifts & grants paid (FY2023, IRS Form 990-PF).
Animal testing
No public record found.
No public record found.
Firearms
No public record found.
No public record found.
Privacy
No public record found.
No public record found.
Executive pay
No public record found.
No public record found.
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