Cargill, Inc. — Ethics Grade F

Cargill, Inc. receives an overall ethics grade of F (15/100) on CancelCo's corporate accountability database. Sector: Agriculture. Market cap: Large Cap.

Category scores

• labor: 20
• privacy: 80
• consumer: 45
• environment: 12
• humanRights: 10

Documented incidents (3)

• Child Slavery Lawsuit (high, 2021) — Supreme Court case addressing allegations that Cargill aided and abetted child slavery on cocoa farms in Ivory Coast through financial support and technical assistance to local farmers.
• Amazon Deforestation Allegations (high, 2020) — Mighty Earth reports identified Cargill as a key driver of deforestation in the Amazon and Cerrado regions of Brazil for soy production despite zero-deforestation pledges.
• Chicken Price Fixing Settlement (medium, 2022) — Cargill agreed to pay millions to settle federal allegations of conspiring to exchange wage information and fixing prices in the poultry industry.

Documented good deeds

• Regenerative Agriculture Initiative — Committed to supporting regenerative agriculture practices across 10 million acres of North American farmland by 2030.

Ethical alternatives

• Bunge Global SA — Stronger commitments to science-based targets and higher transparency in palm oil sourcing.