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Valmont Industries Inc..

VMI.US | Manufacture of structural metal products

Valmont Industries, Inc. is a global leader in creating vital infrastructure and advancing agricultural productivity. The company designs and manufactures engineered support structures for infrastructure, and irrigation equipment and services for agriculture. Its infrastructure products include engi...Show More

Ethical Profile

Mixed.

Valmont Industries' ethical profile is mixed. The company has faced over $1 million in penalties since 2000, with a significant portion linked to safety violations. Reports suggest a portion of employees are in the bottom 45% for compensation compared to peers, while the CEO pay ratio is 146:1. On the environmental front, Valmont reduced normalized electricity usage by 46% and carbon intensity from 78.13 to 43.96 CO2 MT/$M between 2018-2024. Valmont Solar reports 99.49% waste circularity. The company also offers a multi-cancer early detection test to its 5,800 U.S. employees. However, comprehensive data on broader environmental impacts and ethical sourcing remains limited.

Value Scores

Better Health for All0
-100100
Fair Money & Economic Opportunity0
-100100
Fair Pay & Worker Respect-10
-100100
Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing0
-100100
Honest & Fair Business-20
-100100
Kind to Animals0
-100100
No War, No Weapons-40
-100100
Planet-Friendly Business-20
-100100
Respect for Cultures & Communities0
-100100
Safe & Smart Tech-20
-100100
Zero Waste & Sustainable Products0
-100100

Better Health for All

0

Valmont Industries ensures the protection of health data for its employees by implementing a wellness platform that is HIPAA and EEOC compliant.

1

Fair Money & Economic Opportunity

0

Valmont Industries, Inc. operates in the infrastructure and agriculture sectors, not as a financial institution offering lending or deposit services to consumers. The 'Fair Money & Economic Opportunity' value and its associated KPIs are designed to assess financial institutions. None of the provided articles contain specific, concrete data points relevant to any of the KPIs under this value. Therefore, all KPIs are omitted due to a lack of applicable evidence.

Fair Pay & Worker Respect

-10

Valmont Industries Inc. reported a CEO pay ratio of 146:1 for the 2024 fiscal year, based on a median employee pay of $52,361.

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The company has also incurred penalties for labor-law violations in recent years, including a $28,041 OSHA violation in 2023
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and a $24,000 OSHA violation in 2024,
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both related to workplace safety or health.
4
No specific data was provided regarding living wage coverage, collective bargaining, overall safety incident rates (TRIR), pay equity, worker engagement, employee turnover, insecure contract share, or health insurance coverage.

Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing

0

No specific, quantitative data points related to fair trade certifications, audit frequencies, forced or child labor incidents, supply chain traceability, remediation speed, ethical clause coverage in supplier contracts, materials risk, or supplier diversity spend were found in the provided articles.

1

Honest & Fair Business

-20

Valmont Coatings, a subsidiary, faces $202,000 in proposed penalties for one willful and five serious OSHA violations.

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The company has an S&P Global CSA Score of 33.
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An international whistleblower system is implemented for all global employees.
3
In the thirteen weeks ended June 28, 2025, the company corrected a prior-year error in the determination of the redemption value of redeemable noncontrolling interest, which it concluded was not material to the period or to any previously issued financial statements.
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The company also has executive clawback and broader compensation recoupment policies for financial restatements due to material noncompliance or fraud.
5
Nine of ten directors (90%) are independent, and all Board committees are fully independent.
6

Kind to Animals

0

No data relevant to the 'Kind to Animals' ethical value or its associated Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) was found in the provided articles for Valmont Industries, Inc. Both articles explicitly state that they do not contain information pertinent to this assessment.

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No War, No Weapons

-40

Valmont's Human Rights Policy and its modern slavery due diligence approach are guided by the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs).

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The company provides robust annual training to its employees through its Code of Business Conduct training program.
3

Planet-Friendly Business

-20

Valmont Industries sourced only 0.42% of its total energy from renewable sources in 2023, which was a 23.48% decline from the previous year.

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The company has a history of environmental compliance issues, with two violations recorded in 2024, one in 2023, and one in 2022.
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In 2022, Valmont's water usage was 160.0157 cubic meters per $1 million in revenue.
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The company achieved an 83.68% waste diversion rate from landfill in 2022.
4

Respect for Cultures & Communities

0

No specific, concrete data points were found in the provided articles to assess Valmont Industries Inc. against the defined Key Performance Indicators for 'Respect for Cultures & Communities'. Information regarding formal partnerships with indigenous or local community groups, percentage of revenue reinvested in local development, cultural appropriation incidents, cultural impact assessment protocols, local employment ratios, community grievance mechanisms, complaint resolution times, FPIC participation rates, community governance inclusion, cultural preservation investment, local procurement share, indigenous supplier count, cultural site protection, social license to operate, charitable giving to cultural heritage, community fund allocation, language inclusivity assessment scores, cultural incident response effectiveness, or cultural sensitivity training completion percentages was not explicitly provided or quantifiable against the rubric's thresholds.

Safe & Smart Tech

-20

Valmont Industries has a Global Data Privacy Program based on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), adjusted for local requirements, and validated by legal and security teams.

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This indicates a strong and proactive approach to regulatory compliance. The GDPR-based program also suggests that privacy is a fundamental design principle in its operations.
2
The company manages data subject access requests and consent and preference management through automated processes, providing industry-leading user control over personal data.
3
Valmont collaborates with third-party vendors to enhance processes against unauthorized data access, and no incidents of unauthorized data use are mentioned.
4
For vulnerability management, the company integrates cybersecurity risk assessments into technology acquisition processes and utilizes third-party partnerships for threat intelligence, incident response, and attack surface monitoring, reflecting an excellent program.
5
Valmont measures its security performance using the ISO 27001 Framework and holds ISO 27001 certification.
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It also provides security awareness training with attack simulations, though specific metrics on coverage or effectiveness are not available.
7

Zero Waste & Sustainable Products

0

The provided articles do not contain company-wide quantitative data for any of the specified KPIs related to Zero Waste & Sustainable Products. Data presented for specific divisions, such as Valmont Solar's 74.75% recyclable materials

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and 99.49% waste circularity,
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or the new concrete facility's material innovations, could not be applied to Valmont Industries, Inc. as a whole without explicit statements of company-wide scope.

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