McDonald's vs Subway
On overall TruNorth grade, Subway scores higher (McDonald's: F, Subway: C). Both graded from public records across nine values categories.
Political donations
FEC: $27K PAC donations; 46% to Republican, 54% to Democratic committees. [CA CalAccess + NY COELIG + TX Ethics adds state-level totals.]
No FEC PAC contributions on record.
Environment
environmental violation: $60K in federal penalties (Violation Tracker).
Forest 500 2024 laggard (score 18/100) — weak or no published tropical deforestation policy on supply-chain. Exposed to palm, beef, pulp. Weakest commodity: palm oil (18/100).
Labor
77 federal penalties totaling $45.8M since 2000 (Violation Tracker). Supply-chain signals: KnowTheChain 30/100; CHRB 9.5/26; UK MS statement; AU MS statement.
2 OSHA severe-injury reports since 2015.
DEI
EEO-1 workforce demographics on federal record (FY2016, DOL OFCCP FOIA release): 332 US employees — 58.7% women, 18.4% racial/ethnic minorities; management 90.9% women, 18.2% minorities.
No public record found.
Charity
$145M reported corporate giving in 2024 (~0.55% of revenue) via Ronald McDonald House Charities.
$8M reported corporate giving in 2024 (~0.08% of revenue).
Animal testing
BBFAW 2024 Tier 3 — established management approach across species; gaps in pork gestation-crate phase-out reporting. Open Wing Alliance: ~80% cage-free progress reported toward 2025 US deadline. [BBFAW Tier 3 · Cage-free on track · MSC certified]
Open Wing Alliance: cage-free transition on track. [Cage-free on track]
Firearms
No public record found.
No public record found.
Privacy
Terms-of-service privacy grade E (very poor) via ToS;DR (tosdr.org), CC BY-SA 3.0 — transformed to TruNorth's scale.
No public record found.
Executive pay
CEO-to-median-worker pay ratio 82:1 (median employee pay $19,020; CEO total compensation $10K) — SEC proxy statement (DEF 14A, 2026).
No public record found.
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