ECOM Agroindustrial

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.

Farmer and fisher productivity and resilience
Through its Sustainable Management Services division, ECOM Agroindustrial is committed to ensuring farmer productivity and resilience by providing technical assistance and access to farming technologies, new markets and credit. In particular, the company discloses the impact of its coffee training project in Mexico, reporting a 60% increase in coffee productivity.

Sustainable development strategy
ECOM Agroindustrial discloses several global sustainability indicators covering social and environmental topics and reports progress against them. The company can further improve by publicly disclosing how it identifies and prioritises its most relevant sustainability topics.

Governance and accountability for sustainable development
The company does not disclose the governance structure for the implementation of its sustainable development strategy, such as the person, team or committee that holds ultimate responsibility for its implementation. Neither does it disclose related targets.

Stakeholder engagement
The company does not disclose stakeholder engagement activities, including how it selects the stakeholders. Neither does it provide an overview of the topics discussed or the outcomes of the discussions.

Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions
ECOM Agroindustrial is yet to set scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction targets aligned with a 1.5-degree scenario. As such, it does not provide sufficient evidence of reducing its GHG emissions.

Protection of terrestrial natural ecosystems
The company is committed to achieving net-zero deforestation in its supply chain and discloses the share of sustainable sales volumes for its high-risk commodities, cocoa and coffee. However, ECOM Agroindustrial can further strengthen its commitment by setting time-bound targets to achieve deforestation and conversion-free supply chains for its high-risk commodities.

Soil health and agrobiodiversity
ECOM Agroindustrial is part of the Agroforestry Cluster (AFS-Cluster) that encourages the use of agroforestry cropping systems in coffee production. However, given its role as a leading global trader of agricultural commodities, ECOM Agroindustrial can go further by setting targets to increase the percentage of production from sustainable practices that improve soil health and increase agrobiodiversity and disclosing quantifiable data on its impact.

Fertiliser and pesticide use
As part of its environmental and social policy, ECOM Agroindustrial is committed to optimising the use of pesticides by encourage farmers to use alternative methods to reduce pests and diseases. There is an opportunity for the company to further strengthen its commitment by extending it to the use of fertilisers as well as setting targets to increase the percentage of production from sustainable practices that optimise both fertiliser and pesticide use.

Water use
While the company discloses its water consumption levels, it is unclear if there is an annual reduction in water consumption. No evidence of reduction targets for its operations or water-stress assessments were found in the public domain.

Food loss and waste
The company provides some evidence of addressing food loss and waste in its own operations, notably by encouraging the re-use of organic waste. However, ECOM Agroindustrial could increase its reporting by providing quantitative evidence of reducing food loss and waste across its operations.

Availability, accessibility and affordability of healthy foods
Given its role as an agricultural trader, ECOM Agroindustrial has less impact on nutrition issues than companies involved in the manufacturing of consumer products. However, it is yet to disclose commitments to address food insecurity by supporting the production of healthy and nutritious foods and improving the accessibility of such foods.

Workforce nutrition
The company does not disclose a workforce nutrition programme that prioritises making healthy foods the standard in the workplace.

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 and forced labour
ECOM Agroindustrial participates in the International Cocoa Initiative to implement the Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation System across its cocoa supply chains. While the company discloses a supplier code of conduct, no sufficient evidence was found of commitments to prohibit child labour across its operations and supply chain. Similarly, no sufficient level of commitment or evidence was found regarding eliminating and preventing forced labour in its own operations and supply chain.

Living wage
The company does not disclose that it pays its workers a living wage, nor that it requires its suppliers to do so. Neither has it set targets to do so in the future.

Health and safety of vulnerable groups
The company does not disclose that it specifically recognises the health and safety risks to vulnerable groups, such as migrant and temporary labourers, women and young farmers.

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.

ECOM Agroindustrial provides grievance mechanisms to workers and third parties and commits to respecting ILO core labour rights in its operations and supply chain. However, no publicly available policy statement committing it to respect human rights was found. Moreover, the company does not provide sufficient evidence of a human rights due diligence process and does not disclose how it engages with affected and potentially affected stakeholders.

ECOM Agroindustrial commits to respecting the health and safety of its workers and places health and safety expectations on its supply chain partners. However, it can strengthen its monitoring and quantitative reporting. No sufficient commitments or reporting on the other decent work topics – living wage, working hours, collective bargaining, gender equality and workforce diversity – were found in the public domain.

ECOM Agroindustrial publicly commits to protecting personal data and has a privacy statement on the use of personal data. The company prohibits bribery and corruption in its operations, includes clauses in its contracts with supply chain partners relating to these issues and provides a grievance mechanism. However, it can improve disclosure on bribery and corruption identification processes. Moreover, the company has a publicly available global tax policy but does not report on income tax payments per jurisdiction. No relevant policies or commitments relating to lobbying and political engagement were found in the public domain.