Seaboard Corp.
Industry Group: Food Products
Country/Region: United States of America
Identifier: ASE:SEB
Seaboard Corp is a diversified group of companies that operate in agricultural and ocean transport businesses. The company is engaged in hog production and pork processing in the United States; commodity trading and grain processing in Africa and South America; cargo shipping services in the U.S., Caribbean and Central and South America; sugar and alcohol production in Argentina; and electric power generation in the Dominican Republic. It also has an equity method investment in Butterball, LLC, a producer and processor of turkey products. The group operates six business segments: pork, commodity trading and milling, marine, sugar and alcohol, power, turkey and others. It operates in 45 countries, with a concentration in the U.S. and countries in Central and South America and Africa.
ESG Risk Rating
Ranking
Industry Group (1st = lowest risk)
Food Products 562 out of 572
Universe
Global Universe 14796 out of 15080
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Industry Comparison
| Company | ESG Risk Rating | Industry Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Lerøy Seafood Group ASA |
29.4
Medium
|
196 out of 572 |
| The a2 Milk Co. Ltd. |
31.6
High
|
253 out of 572 |
| Century Pacific Food, Inc. |
33.3
High
|
294 out of 572 |
| Jinan Shengquan Group Share Holding Co., Ltd. |
45.5
Severe
|
524 out of 572 |
| Seaboard Corp. |
49.9
Severe
|
562 out of 572 |
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