Rankings · Discount retailers · United States
Dollar General
Publicly traded companyGoodlettsville, Tennesseedollargeneral.com
5thof 11 discount retailers
Middle of the 11 discount retailers Spendwell ranks on climate and lobbying, weighted by Spendwell members’ average priorities.
Better choiceWorse choice
Better ranked: TJX (1st), Ross (2nd), BJ's Wholesale Club (3rd) and 1 more
Why it ranks here
Climate
environmental impactHas set no targets and made no commitments with the initiatives Spendwell tracks for validating climate targets (SBTi, RE100 and EP100). It does not disclose emissions through the Climate Data Utility.
Sources: EP100, RE100, Net Zero Tracker, Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), Climate Data Utility
5/11tied 5th with BJ's Wholesale Club, Big Lots and PriceSmart
Lobbying
political impactSpent an average of $28,000 a year lobbying the US federal government, 2018 to 2022.
Source: US Senate lobbying disclosuresthrough December 2022
4/11
How this is measured
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