The Business Must Act Coalition, comprised of 26 civil society groups, believes that American businesses have a civic responsibility to keep their customers and employees safe from gun violence in the absence of US government action on gun reform. In December 2019, the Coalition released the Gun Safety Scorecard which grades 29 companies on their actions in support of gun safety and calls for three actions from large American employers. 

Businesses with a B grade or higher in the scorecard were awarded the Gun Safety Certified mark. These include: Kroger (A); Old Navy (A); Walmart (A); Amazon (B); Costco Wholesale (B); Nordstrom (B); Starbucks (B); Target (B); Trader Joe's (B); and Whole Foods (B).

The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre sought responses from the companies graded with C, D, and F scores and invited companies with A or B scores to share additional information about their actions in support of gun safety. Among the A and B graded companies, Starbucks sent additional information, available here. We have included the grades and responses below, as well as which companies did not respond.

7-Eleven, F: Did not respond

Ace Hardware, F: Did not respond 

Applebee's, F: Did not respond

Barnes & Noble, F: Did not respond

Buffalo Wild Wings, D: Did not respond

Chick-fil-A, F: Did not respond

Dollar Tree, F: Did not respond

Dunkin', F: Response received

Home Depot, F: Response received

Hot Topic, F: Declined to respond

Jos. A. Bank, F: Response received

Kohl's, F: Did not respond

Lowe's, F: Did not respond

McDonald's, F: Did not respond

Nike, F: Did not respond

Old Chicago Pizza & Taproom, F: Were unable to reach

Rainbow, F: Did not respond

T.J. Maxx, D: Response received

Waffle House, C: Did not respond