Constellation Brands

No leading practices were identified for the company in the governance and strategy measurement area.

No leading practices were identified for the company in the environment measurement area.

No leading practices were identified for the company in the nutrition measurement area.

No leading practices were identified for the company in the social inclusion measurement area.

Sustainable development strategy
The company does not disclose a sustainable development strategy that includes sustainable development objectives and targets, nor an identification and prioritisation process to determine the topics where it has the most impact.

Governance and accountability for sustainable development
The company does not disclose the governance structure for the implementation of its sustainable development strategy or targets, such as the person, team or committee that holds ultimate responsibility for its implementation.

Stakeholder engagement
The company does not disclose stakeholder engagement activities, including how it selects the stakeholders, nor an overview of the topics discussed or their outcomes.

Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions
Constellation Brands discloses qualitative evidence of its efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, along with quantitative reductions for scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions. The company also states it will attempt to achieve this by implementing energy efficiency improvements. However, it can strengthen its commitment around this matter by setting a time-bound target and reporting on progress against it.

Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions
While the company discloses that it is measuring scope 3 emissions by disclosing segments of these emissions, it has an opportunity to strengthen its commitment by setting targets and reporting against them.

Water use
While the company discloses its water consumption and reductions, it does not demonstrate quantitative reductions in water withdrawals across its own operations.

Plastic use and packaging waste
The company does not disclose that it is reducing its plastic use and transitioning to sustainable forms of packaging.

Availability of healthy foods
The company does not provide evidence of improving the nutritional quality of its products and of proportionally increasing the sales of healthy and nutritious foods.

Clear and transparent labelling
The company does not disclose that it provides nutritional information through clear, transparent and accurate labelling.

Responsible marketing
The company does not disclose a responsible marketing policy.

Food safety
The company does not disclose evidence of ensuring safe food for consumers through compliance with national regulations and/or the Codex General Principles of Food Hygiene, nor an effective food safety certification scheme.

Child labour
The company does not disclose a commitment to prohibit child labour in its operations.

Forced labour
While the company commits to prohibiting forced labour in its own operations and supply chain, it has an opportunity to disclose a requirement that prohibits its suppliers from retaining workers’ personal documents and restricting workers’ freedom of movement.

Living wage
The company does not disclose that it pays its workers a living wage or requires its suppliers to do the same. Neither has it set targets to do so in the future.

Farmer productivity and resilience
The company does not disclose a commitment or examples of activities to support the resilience, productivity and access to markets for farmers, fishers and/or small-scale producers in its supply chain.

Although Constellation Brands provides grievance mechanisms for workers, the company does not disclose a publicly available commitment on all other topics related to respect for human rights. This includes the absence of evidence of a human rights’ due diligence process, consistent with a lack of responsibility in protecting basic human rights in its operations and supply chain.

Constellation Brands discloses statements covering some aspects of health and safety as part of its Code of Conduct for both its workers and its supply chain. Nonetheless, no evidence of policies or commitments related to decent work were found in the public domain. Thus, it is not possible to assess that Constellation Brands is taking responsibility in providing secure, safe, and healthy workplaces, where workers are fairly renumerated and have a meaningful say in decision making.

Constellation Brands discloses statements covering some aspects of personal data protection, bribery and corruption, responsible tax fundamentals, and responsible lobbying and political engagement. However, many areas of opportunity for these to be further strengthened could be found, the need to formalize their policies and strategies, and for disclosures to be more comprehensive.