Altria

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Tobacco manufacturer

Previously known as Philip Morris, Altria is USA's #1 tobacco company, and owns 27% of the world's #2 brewer, SABMiller Plc. They previously owned 85% of Kraft, the world's #2 food company.

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Altria Group, Inc
CDP Water Security Score of A In 2019, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) asked companies to provide data about their efforts to manage and govern freshwater resources. Responding companies are scored on six key metrics: transparency; governance & strategy; measuring & monitoring; risk assessment; targets & goals; and value chain engagement. This company received a CDP Water Security Score of A. Source: CDP (2019) CDP Climate Change Score of B In 2019, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) asked companies to provide data about their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate climate change risk. Responding companies are scored across four key areas: disclosure; awareness; management; and leadership. This company received a CDP Climate Change Score of B. Source: CDP (2019) 100% on Corporate Equality Index This company is listed as having best practice on a report card on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality in corporate America. Source: Human Rights Campaign (2019)	Tobacco - direct Involved in manufacture of tobacco-related products as a core business. Source: company website (2020) Animal testing For decades, Big Tobacco used misleading tests on animals—and ignored what was clear from studies on humans—to claim that cigarettes were not harmful to human health. These days, Philip Morris continues to abuse and kill animals voluntarily to develop new ingredients and products even though the tests are not required, superior non-animal methods exist, and the health risks of tobacco are well known. Source: PETA (2012) 46.5% in Newsweek Green Ranking 2017 This company received a score of 46.5/100 in the Newsweek Green Ranking 2017, which ranks the world's largest publicly traded companies on eight indicators covering energy, greenhouse gases, water, waste, fines and penalties, linking executive pay to sustainability targets, board-level committee oversight of environmental issues and third-party audits. Ranking methodology by Corporate Knights and HIP Investor. Source: Newsweek (2017) Political donations This company is on OpenSecrets.org's list of the 100 top donor organisations in US federal-level politics since 1989. Companies on this list lobby and spend big, with large sums sent to candidates, parties and leadership PACs. This company comes in at number 92 on the list, with donations totalling US$23,837,622 between 1989 and 2018. Source: Open Secrets (2018)	Multinational Monitor's '10 Worst Corporations' Named one of Multinational Monitor's '10 Worst Corporations' in 2006. [Listed under information due to age of report] Source: Multinational Monitor (2006) Excessive CEO pay As You Sow's 2018 report, 'The 100 Most Overpaid CEOs', reveals the 100 most overpaid CEOs from USA's 500 largest public companies (as determined by the S&P 500 list). This company's CEO, Martin J. Barrington came in at number 29 on the list, having been paid US$27,573,566 in 2017. According to the report, "Most CEOs have come to be grossly overpaid, and that overpayment is harmful to the companies, the shareholders, the customers, the other employees, the economy, and society as a whole." Source: As You Sow (2018) SB 657 disclosure statement The California Transparency in Supply Chains Act of 2010 (SB 657) requires companies operating in California to disclose their efforts to eradicate slavery and human trafficking from their direct supply chains. KnowTheChain.org has examined this company's disclosure statement and concluded that it addresses the majority of SB 657 requirements. Follow the link to see this company's disclosure statement. Source: company website (2013) 55/100 S&P Global ESG Score This company received an S&P Global ESG Score of 55/100 in the Tobacco category of the 2019 SAM Corporate Sustainability Assessment, an annual evaluation of companies' sustainability practices. The rankings are based on an analysis of corporate economic, environmental and social performance, assessing issues such as corporate governance, risk management, environmental reporting, climate strategy, human rights and labour practices. Source: S&P Global (2019) OpenSecrets.org profile OpenSecrets.org tracks the influence of money on U.S. politics, and how that money affects policy and citizens' lives. Follow link to see this company's record of political donations, lobbying, outside spending and more. Source: Open Secrets (2014)

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Kraft Foods no longer owned by Altria (Philip Morris)
30th Mar 2007 — Kraft Foods was spun off from parent company Altria in March 2007, and is now an independent publicly held company. The Altria Group and subsidiaries had been subject to an international Boycott from 1993 due to another of their subsidiaries being Philip Morris, the largest tobacco company in the world.  [source]