DBRS Morningstar Releases Updated Corporate Risk Assessment Scorecard for the Consumer Products Industry

DBRS Limited (DBRS Morningstar) released updated business and financial risk assessment scorecards for publicly rated entities in the consumer products industry, which reflect rating actions as of November 7, 2023.

ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, GOVERNANCE CONSIDERATIONS
A description of how DBRS Morningstar considers ESG factors within the DBRS Morningstar analytical framework can be found in the DBRS Morningstar Criteria: Approach to Environmental, Social, and Governance Risk Factors in Credit Ratings at https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/416784 (July 4, 2023).

Notes:
DBRS Morningstar applied the following principal methodology:
-- Global Methodology for Rating Companies in the Consumer Products Industry (https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/417460; July 21, 2023)

The credit rating methodologies used in the analysis of this transaction can be found at: https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/about/methodologies.

A description of how DBRS Morningstar analyzes corporate finance transactions and how the methodologies are collectively applied can be found at: https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/397223.

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