Better Health for All

Alto Ingredients produces specialty alcohols for pharmaceuticals, hand sanitizers, and disinfectants, which are health-positive.

However, it also produces grain neutral spirits for alcoholic beverages, which have negative health consequences. Renewable fuels, which constitute approximately 76.3% of gallons sold in 2024, are health-neutral. Given that a significant portion of its specialty alcohols (23.7% of gallons sold) are for alcoholic beverages, the overall portfolio has a notable negative health impact. The company has multiple food safety certifications, including FSSC 22000, HACCP, ISO 9001, ICH Q7, and EXCiPACT, for its food-grade and pharmaceutical products, and undergoes third-party FSMA auditing for animal feed production. However, there is no specific data on user harm, recalls, or adverse events, leading to a neutral score for safety. The company's risk transparency is moderate, with a Safe Harbor Statement mentioning general business risks but no specific health risk disclosures for its products. The company has strong cybersecurity measures, including incident response frameworks tested twice yearly, mandatory employee training, and continuous monitoring by internal and third-party teams. However, it does not collect or manage health-related data. The company engages in limited community education regarding its carbon capture project. For its beverage-grade products, the company produces grain neutral spirits, but no specific addiction mitigation efforts are mentioned.

Fair Money & Economic Opportunity

Alto Ingredients, Inc. is a producer and supplier of specialty alcohols and essential ingredients.

The company's core business does not involve lending, insuring, moving, or storing money for consumers. Therefore, all KPIs related to financial products, pricing, fees, debt, and financial inclusion initiatives are not applicable. Evidence shows the company offers a 401(k) plan with a 6% match to over 90% of its employees, which is an employee benefit, not a customer wealth-building outcome. The company's operational locations are listed, but these are production facilities, not financial service access points. While the company has incurred fines for environmental, safety, and tax violations, there is no evidence of regulatory findings or fines for discriminatory or unfair lending practices.

Fair Pay & Worker Respect

For 2024, Alto Ingredients reported a CEO to median employee pay ratio of 14.6-to-1, with the CEO's total compensation at $1,262,735 and the median employee compensation at $86,772.

As of March 12, 2025, approximately 51% of the company's 393 full-time employees were represented by a labor union and covered by a collective bargaining agreement. The company has incurred $154,388 in penalties for 17 safety-related offenses since 2000, including 5 specific workplace safety or health violations totaling $55,363. All full-time employees are offered a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, and crisis support benefits. The company has 5 documented workplace safety or health violations, with the most recent in 2023.

Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing

No specific, concrete data points were found in the provided articles for any of the KPIs under the 'Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing' value. While the articles mention the existence of a Supplier Code of Conduct, a supplier transparency program, a partnership with SEDEX, and that Alto Ingredients conducts on-site assessments of critical suppliers, they do not provide the quantitative metrics required by the rubric.

There is no data on the percentage of fair-trade certified spend, average audit frequency, number of forced/child labor incidents, percentage of traceable suppliers, median remediation speed, percentage of contracts with enforceable ethical clauses, share of high-risk materials, or supplier diversity spend.

Kind to Animals

Alto Ingredients has a policy that its alcohol products are never tested on animals.

This policy also states that these alcohol products contain no animal-derived ingredient sources.

No War, No Weapons

The provided articles, which are primarily financial reports, do not contain any explicit information or specific data points relevant to Alto Ingredients, Inc.'s involvement in arms manufacturing, military contracts, or conflict facilitation.

Consequently, there is no evidence to assess any of the KPIs under the 'No War, No Weapons' value, including revenue from defense contracts, dual-use technologies, sales to embargoed regimes, peacebuilding investments, or related policies and oversight.

Respect for Cultures & Communities

The company has four formal partnerships, including with PROtect for safety, SEDEX for sustainable supply chain solutions, local workforce development agencies, and Vault 44.01 for CO2 storage.

A 24/7 anonymous hotline is available for employees, vendors, customers, and other interested parties to submit complaints. The Whistleblower Policy, extended in 2023, covers ethics concerns including environmental, health and safety, and harassment. Regular meetings are held between management and union leadership, with no major unaddressed complaints identified.

Zero Waste & Sustainable Products

Alto Ingredients is classified as a Very Small Quantity Generator (VSQG) of hazardous waste, producing 100 kilograms or less per month per production facility, indicating near-zero generation.

The company has not reported any waste disposal violations in the past three years. Alto has achieved EcoVadis Bronze Sustainability awards for its Alto Pekin and Alto ICP plants, which account for 70% of its production capacity. The company's Supplier Code of Conduct is applicable to all supplier partners for products and services, requiring them to acknowledge a commitment to ethical business practices.