Overall impact
D (37)

Commentary

Griffon is a below-average overall performer. With a 'D' rating of 36.5 for overall impact (bottom 25% of all companies), Griffon ranks 78th out of 109 industry peers, behind Owens Corning, Masco, Aspen Aerogels and 74 others, and ahead of Louisiana-Pacific, United States Lime and Minerals, Brickworks and 28 others. On top material causes for Griffon's industry (Materials & Construction), Griffon performs poorly in Decent, Safe Work Opportunities (12.4 score), Fair Labor Practices (31.2), Lgbtq Equality (39.9) and 10 other causes where it received a 'D' or 'F' score. Griffon did not receive an 'A' rating on any cause.
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Company
Employees
5,100
Sector
Industrials
Industry
Building Products
Sub-industry
Building Products
SASB industry
Construction Materials
Headquarters
Ny, United States
Share classes
GFF
Description
Griffon Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides consumer and professional, and home and building products in the United States, Europe, Canada, Australia, and internationally. The company operates through two segments: Home and Building Products, and Consumer and Professional Products. The Home and Building Products segment manufactures and markets residential and commercial sectional garage doors, rolling steel service doors, fire doors, shutters, steel security grilles, and room dividers for use in commercial construction and repair, and home remodeling applications. The segment also sells related products, such as garage door openers. The Consumer and Professional Products segment manufactures and markets long-handled engineered tools, including spades, shovels, scoops, rakes, hoes, cultivators, weeders, post hole diggers, scrapers, edgers, and forks; wheelbarrows and lawn carts; snow tools comprising shovels, pushers, roof rakes, sled sleigh shovels, scoops, and ice scrapers; and pruning products, such as pruners, loppers, shears, and other tools. The segment also offers striking tools, including axes, picks, mattocks, mauls, wood splitters, sledgehammers, pry bars, and repair handles; hand tools comprising hammers, screwdrivers, pliers, adjustable wrenches, handsaws, tape measures, levels, clamps, trowels, cultivators, weeders, and other hand tools; indoor and outdoor planters and lawn accessories; and garden hoses and hose reels. In addition, the segment provides home organization products, including wire and wood shelving, containers, storage cabinets, and other closet and home organization accessories; residential, industrial, and commercial fans; and cleaning products, such as brooms, brushes, squeegees, and other cleaning products. The company was formerly known as Instrument Systems Corporation and changed its name to Griffon Corporation in June 1992. Griffon Corporation was founded in 1774 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Material causes
Ethos considers the following causes material for Griffon, based on its industry sub-industry Building Products. Learn more about material causes in our methodology overview.
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