Kraft Heinz

food

40 😐

Kraft Heinz, one of the world's largest food companies, paid a $62 million fine for creating over $200 million in fake cost savings to mislead investors, violating securities laws [1]. The company has also been criticized by WWF for lagging behind on sustainable palm oil sourcing, a key driver of deforestation and habitat destruction [2].

Prada

retail

38 😡

Prada is a Italian luxury fashion house that has appropriated traditional cultural clothing in its designs [1] and has been criticized for lacking animal welfare policies [2]. The brand has also faced accusations of using racist imagery in its products [3][4][5], and its supply chain has been linked to deforestation [6] and labour abuses [7][8][9].

AXA

insurance

33 😡

AXA is a global insurance company that has underpaid workers [1], invested in companies linked to illegal deforestation [2], and financially supported fracking for shale gas in the US [3]. AXA has insured and paid out for illegal animal hunting [4], and invested in Israeli banks and arms manufacturers [5].

Ralph Lauren

clothing

32 😡

Ralph Lauren is an American fashion brand that has faced accusations of misleading pricing [1], copying Mexican indigenous designs [2] and South Asian jewellery designs [3], and editing photos of and firing a model for not being thin enough [4]. The company has also been implicated in racism against employees [5], bribing Argentinian officials [6], partnering closely with Israeli firms [7], sourcing fabrics that may involve deforestation and rainforest destruction [8], underpaying employees [9], and employing forced Uyghur labour and other forced labour in its supply chain [10][11][12].

Tesco

retail

30 😡

Tesco is a British retailer which appropriated a UNICEF slogan for advertising purposes [1] and engaged in price fixing [2], and its supply chain has included animal cruelty [3][4], slave labour [5], and deforestation of the Amazon [6]. Tesco has provided millions of pounds in educational equipment to schools [7], which is a fraction of the amount it has avoided in tax [8].

General Mills

food

26 😡

General Mills is an American food company that has discouraged the public from eating healthy [1], committed environmental violations [2][3][4], sold food containing dangerous herbicides [5][6] and pesticides [7], and sells food containing plasticisers [8]. The company has also engaged in racial discrimination against employees [9][10][11], retaliated against employees who reported racism [12][13], purchased palm oil from illegal plantations in wildlife reserves [14], operates in illegal Israeli settlements [15][16], and uses child labour in its supply chain [17].

Santander

finance

21 😡

Santander is a Spanish banking company that has been accused of poor working conditions [1], underpaying employees [2], giving customers bad investment advice [3], and engaging in tax avoidance [4] and tax fraud [5]. It also enabled money laundering [6][7][8], overcharged customers on predatory car loans [9][10][11] and used deceptive loan practices [12], while financing fossil fuel projects [13] and contributing to deforestation in Paraguay [14] and South America with more than $1 billion in loans [15].

PepsiCo

beverages

20 😡

PepsiCo is an American food and beverage conglomerate which is one of the biggest plastic polluters worldwide [1], has contributed to water shortages in drought-affected areas [2], and been complicit in illegal rainforest destruction [3]. The company has aimed to reduce its environmental impact, achieving positive water balance in India [4].

Mondelez

food

20 😡

Mondelez International, the maker of Cadbury, Oreo, and other popular snack brands, has been accused of destroying tens of thousands of hectares of orangutan habitat [1] and continuing to employ child labor on cocoa farms in its supply chain despite past pledges to eliminate such practices [2]. Despite promising to source sustainable palm oil, Mondelez has remained linked to suppliers engaged in deforestation and human rights abuses, and the company continued operating in Russia following its invasion of Ukraine, leading Ukraine to declare it an international sponsor of the war [3].

Colgate-Palmolive

consumer goods

20 😡

Colgate-Palmolive is an American consumer goods company that has engaged in price fixing [1][2], sold contaminated products including toothpaste with heavy metals [3], cleaning products with bacteria [4], and unsafe dog food [5], and sells toothpaste with racist branding in China [6]. The company has been linked to illegal deforestation [7] and child labour in its supply chain [8], and conducted exploitative toothpaste trials using Chinese schoolchildren [9].

Lowe's

retail

20 😡

Lowe's is an American home improvement retailer that has misled customers [1], used facial recognition on shoppers without consent [2], ended DEI initiatives [3][4], illegally prevented employees from discussing pay [5], engaged in anti‑union operations and dismissals [6][7], misclassified and under‑compensated workers [8][9][10][12], discriminated against disabled workers [11], forced employees into overtime [13], and sold wood from illegal logging [14]. The company has also committed environmental violations, including air pollution [15][16] and illegal hazardous waste dumping [17].

7 Up

beverages

20 😡

7 Up is owned by PepsiCo.

Agousha

beverages

20 😡

Agousha is owned by PepsiCo.

AMP Energy

beverages

20 😡

AMP Energy is owned by PepsiCo.

Aquafina

beverages

20 😡

Aquafina is owned by PepsiCo.

Aunt Jemima

beverages

20 😡

Aunt Jemima is owned by PepsiCo.

Pearl Milling Company

food

20 😡

Pearl Milling Company is owned by PepsiCo.

Cap'n Crunch

food

20 😡

Cap'n Crunch is owned by PepsiCo.

Cheetos

food

20 😡

Cheetos is owned by PepsiCo.

Chipsy

food

20 😡

Chipsy is owned by PepsiCo.

Cracker Jack

food

20 😡

Cracker Jack is owned by PepsiCo.

Crush

beverages

20 😡

Crush is owned by PepsiCo.

Doritos

food

20 😡

Doritos is owned by PepsiCo.

Duyvis

food

20 😡

Duyvis is owned by PepsiCo.

Elma Chips

food

20 😡

Elma Chips is owned by PepsiCo.

Emperador

food

20 😡

Emperador is owned by PepsiCo.

Fandangos

food

20 😡

Fandangos is owned by PepsiCo.

Frito-Lay

food

20 😡

Frito-Lay is owned by PepsiCo.

Fritos

food

20 😡

Fritos is owned by PepsiCo.

Frustyle

beverages

20 😡

Frustyle is owned by PepsiCo.

G2

beverages

20 😡

G2 is owned by PepsiCo.

Gatorade

beverages

20 😡

Gatorade is owned by PepsiCo.

Grandma's

food

20 😡

Grandma's is owned by PepsiCo.

Izze

beverages

20 😡

Izze is owned by PepsiCo.

Kas

beverages

20 😡

Kas is owned by PepsiCo.

Kurkure

food

20 😡

Kurkure is owned by PepsiCo.

Life

beverages

20 😡

Life is owned by PepsiCo.

Lifewater

beverages

20 😡

Lifewater is owned by PepsiCo.

Manzanita Sol

beverages

20 😡

Manzanita Sol is owned by PepsiCo.

Matutano

food

20 😡

Matutano is owned by PepsiCo.

Marbo Product

food

20 😡

Marbo Product is owned by PepsiCo.

Mirinda

beverages

20 😡

Mirinda is owned by PepsiCo.

Miss Vickie's

food

20 😡

Miss Vickie's is owned by PepsiCo.

Mountain Dew

beverages

20 😡

Mountain Dew is owned by PepsiCo.

Mug

beverages

20 😡

Mug is owned by PepsiCo.

Naked

beverages

20 😡

Naked is owned by PepsiCo.

Paso de los Toros

beverages

20 😡

Paso de los Toros is owned by PepsiCo.

Pasta Roni

beverages

20 😡

Pasta Roni is owned by PepsiCo.

Pepsi

beverages

20 😡

Pepsi is owned by PepsiCo.

Pioneer Foods

beverages

20 😡

Pioneer Foods is owned by PepsiCo.

Punica

beverages

20 😡

Punica is owned by PepsiCo.

Propel

beverages

20 😡

Propel is owned by PepsiCo.

Quaker

beverages

20 😡

Quaker is owned by PepsiCo.

Rice-A-Roni

food

20 😡

Rice-A-Roni is owned by PepsiCo.

Rockstar (drink)

beverages

20 😡

Rockstar (drink) is owned by PepsiCo.

Rold Gold

food

20 😡

Rold Gold is owned by PepsiCo.

Ruffles

food

20 😡

Ruffles is owned by PepsiCo.

Sabra

food

20 😡

Sabra is owned by PepsiCo.

Sabritas

food

20 😡

Sabritas is owned by PepsiCo.

Sakata

food

20 😡

Sakata is owned by PepsiCo.

Smartfood

food

20 😡

Smartfood is owned by PepsiCo.

Sodastream

beverages

20 😡

Sodastream is owned by PepsiCo.

Starry

beverages

20 😡

Starry is owned by PepsiCo.

SunChips

food

20 😡

SunChips is owned by PepsiCo.

Tostitos

food

20 😡

Tostitos is owned by PepsiCo.

Twisties

food

20 😡

Twisties is owned by PepsiCo.

Walkers

food

20 😡

Walkers is owned by PepsiCo.

Mars

confectionery

17 👺

Mars is an American company that has been identified as one of the world's biggest plastic polluters [1], has engaged in price fixing [2][3], and has been accused of underpaying employees [4] and misleading customers with false health claims [5]. The company has also been linked to deforestation in african national parks [6], exploitation of cocoa farmers [7], investment in Israeli tech companies [8], continued operations in Russia [9] - being labelled an international sponsor of war by Ukraine [10], complicity in human trafficking and forced labour [11], and connections to child slavery [12][13][14].

IKEA

retail

15 👺

Ikea is a Swedish furniture manufacturer that has sourced timber from illegal logging [1][2], and whose furniture designs have led to the deaths of children [3]. Ikea France was found illegally spying on employees [4], Ikea stores have been built over historic buildings and tombs [5][6], and the founder of Ikea was involved with Nazi groups [7].

Lavazza

coffee

15 👺

Lavazza is an Italian coffee company that has been accused of misleading advertising [1], selling contaminated coffee [2], and filing false intellectual‑property claims against online retailers [3]. The company relies primarily on non‑fair‑trade suppliers [4], opposes anti‑deforestation legislation [5] and pro‑Palestine statements [6], and has ties to human‑rights abuses in its supply chain [7][8].

Hershey's

food

12 👺

Hersheys is an American chocolate manufacturer that has been implicated in fraud and malpractice in its trust foundation [1][2], sold chocolate with harmful heavy metal levels [3][4], and used hazardous PFAS in packaging [5]. The company has also been accused of child slavery, forced labor, deforestation, worker abuse in its supply chain, and manipulating cocoa prices to underpay farmers [6][7][8][9][10].

Costco

retail

7 👺

Costco is an American wholesaler whose supply chain has included animal cruelty [1][2] and forced monkey labour [3], and which has overworked employees resulting in death [4]. Costco has sourced stock produced by slave labour [5], cut down Canadian forests to make toilet paper [6], and spilled 111 thousand litres of oil in Iceland [7].

Unilever

food

5 👺

Unilever is a British food and beverage and consumer products conglomerate that has been named by Ukraine as a sponsor of war [1], continued selling Ben & Jerry's in Israeli settlements depite the brand's intent to withdraw [2], hired security that assaulted peaceful protestors [3], aggressively pushed skin lightening products [4], engaged in price fixing [5], opposed legislation against single-use plastic [6], caused deforestation [7] and sourced palm oil from a supplier that used child labour [8].

Carrefour

retail

4 👺

Carrefour is a French supermarket chain that has subjected employees to carbon monoxide poisoning [1], and sourced goods from supply chains involving animal abuse [2], slave labour [3], and illegal deforestation of the amazon rainforest [4][5]. Carrefour has subjected LGBT customers to discrimination [6], and refused to compensate the families of workers who were killed in the unsafe working conditions of one of its garment factories [7][8], while a young girl died in one if its stores after being electrocuted [9] and multiple people have been beaten and killed by store security guards [10][11].