Scenario 3.4 Use the following to answer the questions.
WhiteWave Foods, producer of brands such as Silk Soymilk, specializes in manufacturing innovative and nutritious food products. Silk Soymilk was first launched in 1996, and is committed to the health of its customers, as well as the health of the planet. At Silk, they have offset all of their energy consumption with wind power, preventing over 16,000 tons of greenhouse gasses from entering the atmosphere each year. Silk Soymilk is made from a mixture of organic and natural, non-genetically modified soy beans, reducing the amount of pesticides in the air, soil, and water. Since 2002 they have been sponsoring the FarmAid concert, whose mission is to keep family farmers on their own land and ensure a safe, healthy food supply for all Americans.
Refer to Scenario 3.4. Silk Soymilk's parent company, WhiteWave Foods, is currently operating at the ____ level of the social responsibility pyramid.

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WhiteWave Foods is fulfilling philanthropic responsibilities by offsetting all of their energy consumption with wind power, using organic and natural, non-genetically modified soy beans, and sponsoring the FarmAid concert. These actions go beyond legal and ethical obligations and do not solely focus on economic benefits, therefore operating at the philanthropic level of the social responsibility pyramid.