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Working Conditions

Assessing Company Management and Performance on Safety, Labour and Human Rights Policies

KPI 

Protein Scope

Operational Scope 

Sub-KPIs and Best Practice Criteria

Human rights 

All proteins

Feed,

Farm,

Slaughter,

Processing

Strength of policy

The company has a comprehensive policy commitment to respect all internationally recognised human rights, covering its entire operations.

Due diligence process

The company describes its approach to assessing actual and potential human rights risks, and how these risks are monitored and mitigated.

Evidence of remediation

The company discloses details of cases where risks were identified and provides credible evidence of remediation.

Fair working conditions 

All proteins

Feed,

Farm,

Slaughter,

Processing

Policies for direct operations

The company has policies on key drivers of fair working conditions, including fair wages, prohibiting child labour, harassment, and discrimination, and promotes freely chosen employment.

Monitoring and disclosure

The company monitors compliance with policies through audits.

The company provides a description of grievance mechanisms in place for direct and indirect operations, including how grievances are investigated.

Safety and turnover data 

All proteins

Feed,

Farm,

Slaughter,

Processing

Committee representation of workers

The company holds a health and safety certification and discloses the percentage of facilities with a health and safety committee including worker representatives.

Disclosure of safety and turnover data

The company discloses injury and fatality rates and reports improvements in metrics between reporting periods.

The company discloses turnover rates.

Freedom of association 

All proteins

Feed,

Farm,

Slaughter,

Processing

Strength of policies

The company provides a statement on the right to freedom of association and describes measures taken to support these rights, covering direct and indirect operations.

Disclosure of collective bargaining metrics

The company discloses the distribution of work across existing contractual arrangements and the percentage covered by collective bargaining agreements.

Note: There were no changes between the 2023 and 2024 iterations of the methodology.

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