Copersucar

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 has begun the process of establishing a holistic and long-term sustainability strategy by conducting an identification and prioritisation process through which it has defined the sustainable development topics that are most relevant to its operations and its supply chain. However, the company has not yet set time-bound targets for most of these topics and moreover, the company has not included topics related to the nutrition measurement area. The company is therefore encouraged to set time-bound targets which cover all benchmark dimensions, as well as its value chain and to include a long-term perspective.

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, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas emissions
While the company discloses quantitative evidence to demonstrate that it is reducing its scope 1, 2 and 3 GHG emissions, it has an opportunity to strengthen its commitment by setting targets and reporting against them.

Soil health and agrobiodiversity, and fertiliser and pesticide use
While the company discloses qualitative evidence through its participation in the usage of by-products that are applied to the mills’ agricultural activities such as vinasse, filter cake and boiler ash, it has an opportunity to strengthen its commitment by setting targets to increase the percentage of production from sustainable practices that improve soil health and agrobiodiversity and practices that optimise use of fertilisers and pesticides, reporting progress against the targets and disclosing quantifiable data on its impact on soil health and agrobiodiversity.

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

Availability of healthy foods
The company does not disclose a commitment or activities to increase the availability of healthy and nutritious foods.

Accessibility and affordability of healthy foods
The company does not disclose a commitment to address food insecurity by improving the accessibility and affordability of healthy and nutritious foods.

Workforce nutrition
While the company discloses a programme to improve workforce nutrition through its Copervida program, which includes tackling sedentarism and overweight problems, it has an opportunity to develop this programme further to ensure the provision of healthy foods at work, nutrition education, nutrition-focused health checks and breastfeeding support throughout its operations.

Food safety
While the company discloses evidence that some sites of its own operations are certified to a GFSI-recognised food safety scheme, it does not demonstrate that all its own operations are certified to a GFSI-recognised food safety scheme.

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

Farmer and fisher 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.

Land rights
The company does not commit to recognising and respecting the legitimate tenure rights related to the ownership and use of land of local communities.

Copersucar has publicly committed to respecting the rights of workers in its supply chain, but not of those in its own operations. Furthermore, it has set a grievance mechanism that is accessible by both internal and external individuals. However, no sufficient overall commitment was disclosed regarding human rights and no evidence due diligence process to identify its human rights risks were found in the public domain.

Copersucar is committed to protecting the health and safety of both its own workers and those in its supply chain. While the company has disclosed some metrics regarding collective bargaining, workforce diversity and gender equality, no formal commitments could be found. Furthermore, the company disclosed no commitments around living wage or working hours.

Copersucar has committed to protecting data privacy by providing both a policy and a statement. Its Code of Ethics discloses anti-bribery and anti-corruption practices for its own operations and its supply chain. However, no relevant commitment regarding responsible tax practices or lobbying and political engagement could be found in the public domain.