Lowe's vs True Value
On overall TruNorth grade, Lowe's scores higher (Lowe's: C, True Value: F). Both graded from public records across nine values categories.
Political donations
FEC: $116K in executive political donations; partisan lean split across 9 executive donors.
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Environment
environmental violation: $18.6M in federal penalties (Violation Tracker).
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Labor
223 federal penalties totaling $136.0M since 2000 (Violation Tracker).
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DEI
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.
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Charity
$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).
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Animal testing
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.
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Firearms
No federal firearms license on record for this company in the ATF FFL registry — no licensed firearms dealing or manufacturing.
Holds 4 active federal firearms licenses (ATF FFL registry, dealer).
Privacy
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.
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Executive pay
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