Awards and Recognition

In 2022, Hormel Foods was on the list of 100 Best Corporate Citizens in the United States. We were recognized for our dedication to responsible business practices. The 100 Best Corporate Citizens ranking is based on 155 ESG factors in eight pillars: climate change, employee relations, environment, finance, governance, human rights, stakeholders and society, and ESG performance.

In 2019, Hormel Foods was included in the Forbes World’s Best Employers list based on Forbes’ 2019 Global 2000 rankings. The list analyzed more than 430,000 global recommendations, including employee likelihood to recommend the company to a friend or family member.

Hormel Foods ranked No. 254 out of the top 500 companies recognized for their corporate responsibility performance. The key performance indicators to determine America’s Most Responsible Companies focused on company performance in the environmental, social and corporate governance areas, while the independent survey asked U.S. citizens about their perception of company activities related to corporate responsibility. The final list recognizes the top 500 most responsible companies in the United States, spanning 14 industries.

In 2023, Hormel Foods was named one of America’s Most Trustworthy Companies by Newsweek for a second straight year. Newsweek partnered with Statista to compile its annual ranking of America’s Most Trustworthy Companies, which analyzed 3,100 publicly traded U.S. corporations with annual revenue over $500 million, across 23 different industries. An independent survey of more than 25,000 U.S. residents was conducted to determine the list of companies that Americans trust the most, ranked by industry.

In 2017, Hormel Foods was included on the Forbes Top Regarded Companies list. The companies were evaluated on trustworthiness/honesty, social conduct, the company as an employer and the performance of the company’s products/services.

Hormel Foods was recognized for the eighth year in a row by Military Times, ranked No. 32 on the 2021 Best for Vets: Employers list. Rankings are based on a 90-question survey about how companies recruit people connected to the military; their policies related to veterans, reservists and their families; and the organization’s culture.

Hormel Foods received a perfect score of 95 on the 2022 Corporate Equality Index, a national benchmarking survey and report on corporate LGBT workplace equality. Companies are evaluated in areas such as nondiscrimination workplace protections, domestic-partner benefits, transgender-inclusive health care benefits, competency programs and public engagement with the LGBT community.

Hormel Foods was ranked No. 158 on the 2021 Management Top 250 list from the Drucker Institute, measuring performance on customer service, employee engagement & development, innovation, social responsibility and financial strength.

Hormel Foods was ranked 171 on the 2021 World’s Top Female Friendly Companies. The final list ranks the 300 companies that received the most recommendations and boast the most gender-diverse boards and executive ranks.