Acushnet Holdings Corp..
GOLF.US | Manufacture of sports goods
Acushnet Holdings Corp. is a global leader in the design, development, manufacture, and distribution of golf products. The company operates through two segments: Titleist golf balls and FootJoy golf wear. The Titleist segment includes golf balls, golf clubs (drivers, fairways, hybrids, irons, wedges...Show More
Better Health for All
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The company has no significant involvement in products or activities typically associated with well-established negative health outcomes, such as alcoholic beverages or tobacco products.
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Additionally, its business model does not involve healthcare-related patents, food or nutritional products, products with addiction potential, or clinical trials, rendering these KPIs not applicable.
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Fair Money & Economic Opportunity
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Acushnet Holdings Corp. is a manufacturer and distributor of golf products, not a financial institution. The company does not offer lending, deposit, or other financial services to consumers. Therefore, KPIs related to financial products, services, and their impact on economic opportunity for underserved populations are not applicable to its core business model. The available evidence primarily addresses internal workplace diversity and human rights policies
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, supplier standards
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, environmental compliance
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, and general business operations, which do not directly align with the specific financial inclusion metrics of this value.
Fair Pay & Worker Respect
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For the fiscal year ending in 2024, the CEO's total compensation was approximately 651 times the median employee's pay.
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The company finished 2024 with an OSHA Recordable Incident Rate of 1.4 and a fatality rate of zero.
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The Acushnet Group did not identify any instances of forced labor or child labor within its supply chain during the financial year ended December 31, 2024.
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Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing
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No instances of forced labor or child labor were identified during the reporting period ending December 31, 2024.
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The company implements a risk-based supplier evaluation strategy, including heightened scrutiny in high-risk regions, and monitors supplier compliance through self-assessments, questionnaires, and internal and third-party audits.
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Employee training programs on ethical sourcing and labor practices are also in place.
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Honest & Fair Business
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The company has a whistleblower policy that allows for confidential and anonymous communication regarding finance, accounting, internal controls, or auditing matters to the Audit Committee via a website or ethics hotline.
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Kind to Animals
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No specific, concrete data points were provided in the articles to assess Acushnet Holdings Corp. against the 'Kind to Animals' ethical value. While the company is listed as using Leather/Hide/Fur, there is no information regarding the percentage of products certified cruelty-free, the extent of non-animal testing methods, humane certifications for operations, measurable wildlife conservation impact, percentage of animal-derived ingredients replaced with ethical alternatives, percentage of animal-related suppliers audited for welfare compliance, cage-free sourcing, animal testing policies or volume, R&D investment in animal-free technologies, animal agriculture ethics, participation in animal-free R&D collaborations, or public policy engagement related to animal welfare.
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No War, No Weapons
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The provided articles focus on Acushnet Holdings Corp.'s corporate social responsibility, environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices, supplier citizenship policy, and general corporate governance
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. The company's core business is golf products
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. None of the articles contain specific quantitative data or explicit statements regarding revenue from arms or defense contracts, investment in dual-use technologies, sales to embargoed regimes, peacebuilding initiatives, conflict divestment policies, board oversight of defense activities, export end-user certificates, lobbying related to arms control, humanitarian procurement standards in a military context, human rights due diligence in conflict zones, Arms Trade Treaty compliance, AI military safeguards, UN Guiding Principles alignment, dual-use item screening, surveillance contracts, ethical red lines for weapons, exposure to controversial weapons, war-risk audits, annual conflict partner reviews, defense divestment, conflict minerals percentages, peace technology investment, or procurement from conflict-affected areas. Therefore, no KPIs can be scored based on the evidence provided.
Planet-Friendly Business
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No company-wide quantitative data was provided for any of the Planet-Friendly Business KPIs. While some articles mentioned facility-specific recycling rates
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, renewable energy use
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, or water consumption
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, this information could not be applied to company-wide metrics as per the scoring rules. There was also no publicly available carbon emissions data, reduction targets, or climate commitments specified for the company as a whole
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Respect for Cultures & Communities
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The provided articles do not contain specific, quantitative evidence to assess Acushnet Holdings Corp. against the defined KPIs for 'Respect for Cultures & Communities'. While mentions an $8,000,000 donation from the Acushnet Foundation to a Community Fund, it does not provide the company's total revenue or specify if this is 'non-core revenue' or allocated to 'cultural heritage organizations' or 'cultural or linguistic preservation programs', preventing the calculation of relevant percentages for any KPI.
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Other articles discuss general ESG ratings
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, company values
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, or employee diversity data
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, but lack concrete facts on formal partnerships with community groups, cultural appropriation incidents, impact assessment protocols, local employment ratios, grievance mechanisms, cultural site protection, or cultural sensitivity training completion rates.
Safe & Smart Tech
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Acushnet Holdings Corp. has not experienced any cybersecurity incidents that resulted in a material effect on its business strategy, results of operations, or financial condition as of February 11, 2026.
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The company maintains a global cybersecurity risk management program
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and a Cyber and Data Security Incident Response Plan.
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Acushnet explicitly complies with major privacy regulations such as CCPA, CPRA, CPA, GDPR (implied by EU SCCs), and PCI DSS, and provides detailed mechanisms for user rights in multiple US states.
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Users have comprehensive control over their data, including rights to access, correct, erase, and opt-out of data sharing for targeted advertising, which can be exercised via account management, email, specific checkboxes, or the Global Privacy Control signal.
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The company has strong data governance, prohibiting unauthorized data use by employees and third-party service providers, with no documented incidents.
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For AI ethics, Acushnet states that individuals will not be subject to hiring decisions based solely on automated data processing or profiling without prior consent.
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Zero Waste & Sustainable Products
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Acushnet's golf club operations achieved an 85% waste diversion rate in 2024.
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The company demonstrates strong hazardous waste management, with less than 1.9% of solid waste regulated as hazardous
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and 97.25% of hazardous waste from golf glove operations utilized for cement production.
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Multiple waste reduction initiatives are in place, including maximizing raw material use, increasing landfill diversion, minimizing toxic waste, implementing closed-loop water recycling, investing in a golf ball recycling subsidiary which reduces water consumption by 5,000 gallons per day,
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and utilizing remanufacturing processes.
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For product materials, 22% recycled content is used in golf ball production.
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Additionally, the company achieved a 30% reduction in virgin, non-renewable plastics in some golf glove packaging.
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Acushnet also has a supplier review program that includes environmental practices, with annual and random audits conducted for compliance.
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