Better Health for All

Jack in the Box's core products, as a fast-food chain, include items with significant negative health consequences. For example, the Grande Sausage Breakfast Burrito contains 1070 calories, 72g fat, and 2210mg sodium, while the Bacon Ultimate Cheeseburger has 930 calories, 65g fat, and 1590mg sodium.

The OREO Cookie Shake (16 oz) contains 690 calories and 78g sugar. While some healthier options like the Grilled Chicken Salad (230 calories) exist, the overall menu indicates a predominant offering of unhealthy items. The company provides allergen information for its products, but details on ingredient sourcing, production, and preparation are not disclosed, indicating incomplete risk transparency. Nutritional information for various menu items is available, including calories, fat, protein, carbohydrates, sugar, and sodium, but the portfolio remains predominantly unhealthy.

Fair Money & Economic Opportunity

Jack in the Box Inc. is a restaurant company that operates and franchises quick-service restaurants.

The 'Fair Money & Economic Opportunity' value and its associated KPIs are designed to assess financial institutions and their consumer financial products and services. The provided articles confirm the company's business as a restaurant operator and franchisor, detailing franchise fees, investment ranges, and philanthropic activities through its foundation. However, there is no evidence that Jack in the Box Inc. offers lending, deposit, insurance, or other financial services to consumers. Therefore, all KPIs related to fair money and economic opportunity are not applicable to this company's core business model or the evidence provided.

Fair Pay & Worker Respect

In 2024, the CEO to median employee pay ratio was 185:1, with the CEO earning $5,302,655 and the median employee earning $28,723.

An Oregon federal judge affirmed a $5.3 million jury win for nearly 5,000 Jack in the Box employees on April 25, 2023, for minimum wage, overtime, and late pay violations, citing the company's "systemic failures." The company also over-withheld contributions to Oregon's Workers' Benefit Fund from every state worker's paycheck for nearly a decade, from 2004 through 2012, resulting in $993,400 in damages for these over-deductions. A subclass also alleged the chain didn't promptly give workers their last checks when it transferred restaurants to franchisees between 2006 and 2011. Total damages, including pre-judgment interest, exceeded $12.8 million.

Honest & Fair Business

The company has a formal whistleblower protection policy that encourages reporting of suspected violations and promises protection from retaliation, supported by an ethics helpline for anonymous reporting.

However, there is no evidence of independent investigation processes. An anti-corruption policy explicitly prohibits bribery of government officials and requires compliance with all relevant laws and international restrictions. It also outlines guidelines and limits for gifts, favors, and entertainment. However, there is no information on the frequency or effectiveness metrics of training for this policy. The company conducts audits of vendor facilities, but the extent of independent verification of ethical claims is approximately 25% based on the mention of vendor facility audits without further scope details.

Kind to Animals

All suppliers are audited against industry standards, including third-party verification and self-audits.

As of the end of 2025, 100% of the company's egg supply is cage-free. For pork, 25% of the supply was sourced from open pen gestation environments by the end of 2024, up from 0% in 2023. The company aims for 50% by the end of 2025 and 100% by the end of 2026. However, Jack in the Box moved to the second lowest tier in an August 2021 report due to revisions to its animal welfare policy that significantly weakened its commitment to fully eliminating gestation crates. The company does not raise or process animals but requires suppliers to follow industry guidelines and government regulations concerning animal welfare; no animal testing is mentioned. The company has no public position on animal welfare legislation and is silent on industry standards.

Planet-Friendly Business

Jack in the Box Inc. has not established quantifiable climate targets, including SBTi-validated science-based carbon reduction targets.

The company has no publicly declared net-zero target year. While the company mentions aligning with TCFD standards, initial gap analysis is complete, and it lacks specific climate scenario analysis. There is no disclosure of climate-related stranded asset risks. The company has not reported any packaging CO2 reduction per unit versus baseline. Furthermore, there are no specific programs or data on initiatives addressing climate justice, just transition, or climate adaptation financing.

Respect for Cultures & Communities

The provided articles, including the 2023 Sustainability Report, do not contain specific quantitative data or detailed information for any of the KPIs related to 'Respect for Cultures & Communities'.

There is no evidence regarding formal partnerships with indigenous or local community groups, revenue reinvested in local development, cultural appropriation incidents, cultural impact assessment protocols, local employment ratios, grievance mechanisms for community concerns, average complaint resolution times, FPIC participation rates, community governance inclusion, cultural preservation investment, local procurement share, indigenous supplier counts, cultural site protection, social license to operate, charitable giving to cultural heritage organizations, community fund allocation, language inclusivity, cultural incident response, or cultural sensitivity training completion.

Safe & Smart Tech

The company has reported no information security breaches in the last three years.

It maintains a vulnerability management and remediation program, with vulnerability scans planned at least quarterly and penetration testing performed annually and after any significant infrastructure or application modification. Security testing includes whitebox, blackbox, and manual penetration testing. Customer payment card data is encrypted and tokenized by EMV chip readers, and the company does not store credit or debit card information, processing it through a third-party firm. The company follows the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) and complies with the California Consumer Privacy Act. Information security awareness training is required annually for all employees and third-party contractors with IT infrastructure access, with specific PCI awareness training for those with CDE access. The company's privacy policy states that users can opt-out of certain data uses and request data deletion, but it also notes that some data may not be deleted due to legal or operational requirements. All employees and third-party contractors with IT infrastructure access must annually acknowledge the IT User Acceptance Policy. The company promises to treat data with respect and will not share information with any third party for investor email alerts.

Zero Waste & Sustainable Products

As of September 2025, approximately 52.38% of total food packaging spend was on compostable materials.

The company achieved 87.22% of fiber packaging material being produced from recycled or certified sustainable sources as of September 2025. Jack in the Box aims to reduce the percentage of spend on virgin plastic packaging by 20% below 2020 levels by 2030; as of September 2025, virgin plastic packaging spend was approximately 22%, down from 25% in 2020, representing a 12% reduction. The company has implemented several waste reduction initiatives, including new cheese pumps, reducing receipts, standardized product builds, Hydra Rinse Shake machines, a prep list tool, tracking food waste, and repurposing surplus food and waste oil. The packaging suite became 100% PFAs-free systemwide beginning in 2023. The company aims to cut virgin plastic in packaging by 20% by 2030. All vendors are required to follow a code of conduct that covers human rights, labor laws, and the Animal Welfare Policy.