General Mills, Inc.

Who owns it

No filing-sourced ownership yet. That means we haven’t found a filing — not that the company has no owners.

2 further ownership links are recorded, but not from a filing we can point you to, so they are not shown here.

What’s documented

• 2026-12-31politicalDonationCorporate PAC contributed ~$86,000 to federal candidates/committees (2026 cycle).source →
• 2026-04-23regulatoryAction1005 SEC filings on record (684 4, 87 8-K, 29 424B5, 24 10-Q, 21 3)source →
• 2026-04-21otherPeople's Union USA organized a seven-day Economic Blackout boycott of General Mills from April 21-28, 2026. The campaign targeted General Mills over ultra-processed food practices, spending millions lobbying against GMO transparency and food labeling reforms, exploiting farmers, soil depletion from industrial farming, and contributing to plastic pollution. The boycott covered all General Mills brands including Cheerios, Haagen-Dazs, Betty Crocker, Nature Valley, Yoplait, Annie's, Cascadian Farm, and Pillsbury. This was part of the rolling Economic Blackout Tour that has targeted major corporations throughout 2025-2026.source →
• 2026-04-21otherPeople's Union USA launched a seven-day boycott of General Mills products from April 21-28, 2026, as part of its rolling Economic Blackout Tour. The campaign targets General Mills over toxic ingredients in ultra-processed foods, millions spent lobbying against GMO transparency and food labeling, exploitative farming practices, plastic pollution, and executive compensation while factory workers struggle. Targeted brands include Cheerios, Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, Nature Valley, Old El Paso, Annie's, Yoplait, Totino's, and Blue Buffalo pet food. The boycott follows earlier campaigns against Amazon (March 7-14), Nestle (March 21-28), and Walmart (April 7-14) in the same series.source →
• 2026-04-16regulatoryActionSEC 8-K material event filing: 8-Ksource →
• 2026-03-18regulatoryActionSEC 8-K material event filing: 8-Ksource →
• 2026-01-27regulatoryActionSEC 8-K material event filing: 8-Ksource →
• 2026-01-10lobbyingUnion leaders criticized Telus for receiving lucrative federal and provincial government contracts and subsidies while cutting thousands of jobs; USW and CUPE lobbied the federal government to attach job-preservation conditions to telecom subsidiessource →
• 2026-01-09laborRelationsTelus offered voluntary severance packages to approximately 700 more employees across Canada in January 2026, totaling nearly 1,400 severance offers in under a year; customer complaints to the CCTS rose 62% in 2025 compared to 2024source →
• 2025-12-31lobbyingReported ~$490,000 in US federal lobbying activity (2025) on Agriculture, Animals, Environment/Superfund, Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)…; lobbied 7 government entities.source →
• 2025-12-17regulatoryActionSEC 8-K material event filing: 8-Ksource →
• 2025-10-03regulatoryActionSEC 8-K material event filing: 8-Ksource →
• 2025-10-01regulatoryActionSEC 8-K material event filing: 8-Ksource →
• 2025-09-17regulatoryActionSEC 8-K material event filing: 8-Ksource →
• 2025-08-01regulatoryActionVanguard was ordered to pay a $19.5 million civil penalty by the SEC for disclosure failures related to adviser compensation. Between August 2020 and December 2023, Vanguard tied parts of advisers' performance evaluations and bonuses to client enrollment and retention metrics in its Personal Advisor Services program, while marketing content downplayed or misstated these conflicts of interest.source →
• 2025-02-01laborRelationsTelus offered voluntary severance packages to approximately 700 employees nationwide across network operations, engineering, and business solutions, continuing a restructuring that has eliminated roughly 3,300 jobs since 2023source →
• 2025-01-17regulatoryActionVanguard agreed to pay $106.41 million to settle SEC charges for misleading statements about capital gains distributions and tax consequences for retail investors holding Vanguard Investor Target Retirement Funds in taxable accounts. The SEC found Vanguard lowered minimum investment for Institutional TRFs from $100 million to $5 million in December 2020, triggering mass redemptions that generated unexpected taxable capital gains for remaining Investor TRF holders.source →
• 2025-01-09environmentalBlackRock withdrew from the Net Zero Asset Managers (NZAM) initiative on January 9, 2025, causing NZAM to temporarily suspend its activities pending a review. BlackRock stated that its participation in climate-focused groups had caused confusion about its investment practices and subjected the firm to legal inquiries from state officials. BlackRock had been among the founding members of NZAM and managed over $11 trillion in assets at the time of withdrawal.source →
• 2024-12-31lobbyingVanguard Group spent $2,650,000 on federal lobbying in 2024. The company's PAC made $502,046 in political contributions during the 2024 election cycle, including $382,500 to federal candidates.source →
• 2024-12-31lobbyingReported ~$130,000 in US federal lobbying activity (2024) on Agriculture, Animals, Environment/Superfund, Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)…; lobbied 3 government entities.source →
• 2024-12-31lobbyingBlackRock Inc. spent $2.88 million on US federal lobbying in 2024 and made approximately $2.6 million in political contributions during the 2024 election cycle, according to disclosure data filed with the US Senate and recorded by OpenSecrets.source →
• 2024-12-31politicalDonationCorporate PAC contributed ~$124,500 to federal candidates/committees (2024 cycle).source →
• 2024-11-01legalProceedingTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit in November 2024 against Vanguard Group, BlackRock Inc., and State Street Corporation, alleging the three asset managers conspired through ESG-aligned investment practices and climate coalitions to restrict coal production in violation of federal antitrust law.source →
• 2024-11-01legalProceedingTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit in November 2024 against BlackRock Inc., Vanguard Group, and State Street Corporation, alleging that the three asset managers conspired through ESG-aligned investment practices and climate coalitions to restrict coal production in violation of federal antitrust law.source →
• 2024-09-01environmentalVanguard supported zero environmental and social shareholder proposals during the 2024 proxy season, including declining to support any of the resolutions flagged by Climate Action 100+ investors. Vanguard also supported none of ten votes against company directors flagged by the initiative. Vanguard stated proposals were either financially immaterial, overly prescriptive, or that the companies receiving them already had adequate governance practices.source →
• 2024-06-01environmentalAccording to urgewald's 2024 'Investing in Climate Chaos' report, BlackRock held approximately $263 billion in fossil fuel company bonds and shares, making it one of the two largest institutional fossil fuel investors worldwide. BlackRock's holdings included over $75 billion in tar sands producers, over $11 billion in companies building new coal power capacity, and approximately $37 billion in ExxonMobil alone.source →
• 2024-06-01environmentalUrgewald's 2024 'Investing in Climate Chaos' report identified Vanguard as the world's single largest institutional investor in fossil fuels, with approximately $413 billion in fossil fuel company bonds and shares. Vanguard declined to adopt any fossil fuel exclusion policy and consistently voted against climate-related resolutions at portfolio companies.source →
• 2024-02-13environmentalIn February 2024, BlackRock transferred its Climate Action 100+ membership from its US arm to BlackRock International, significantly reducing its participation in the investor initiative targeting major greenhouse gas emitters. During the 2024 proxy season, BlackRock voted in favour of only 2 of 20 shareholder resolutions flagged by Climate Action 100+ members.source →
• 2023-06-01regulatoryActionVanguard was fined $800,000 by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) for problems with account statements related to money market funds in 2019 and 2020.source →
• 2022-12-31politicalDonationCorporate PAC contributed ~$118,000 to federal candidates/committees (2022 cycle).source →
• 2022-12-07environmentalVanguard announced its withdrawal from the Net Zero Asset Managers (NZAM) initiative in December 2022, stating that membership had caused 'confusion about the views of individual investment firms.' Vanguard cited its index fund model — in which approximately 80% of client assets are invested passively in benchmark indices — as a key factor, and stated it would pursue its climate disclosure positions independently.source →
• 2011-01-17lobbying1 federal lobbying registration on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2011); subjects: Agriculture, Consumer Issues, Health, International Trade.source →
• 2010-08-16lobbying2 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2010); subjects: Agriculture, Consumer Issues, Health, International Trade.source →
• 2009-01-27lobbying3 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2009); subjects: Agriculture, Broadcasting, Consumer Issues, Health, International Trade….source →
• 2008-06-13lobbying3 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2008); subjects: Agriculture, Broadcasting, Consumer Issues, Health, Industry….source →
• 2007-05-07lobbying1 federal lobbying registration on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2007); subjects: Agriculture, Broadcasting, Consumer Issues, Health, International Trade….source →
• 2006-11-14lobbying3 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2006); subjects: Agriculture, Broadcasting, Consumer Issues, Health, International Trade….source →
• 2005-07-28lobbying1 federal lobbying registration on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2005); subjects: Consumer Issues, Health, International Trade.source →
• 2003-01-09lobbying1 federal lobbying registration on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2003); subjects: Consumer Issues, Health, International Trade.source →
• 2001-05-14lobbying2 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2001); subjects: Consumer Issues, Health, International Trade.source →

What we’ve classified so far

• environmental damage8
• political influence5
• worker exploitation2
• monopoly abuse2

25 further documented actions have not been classified yet. These counts show what we have got to, not a total.