Ezaki Glico

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
Ezaki Glico discloses objectives covering sustainability topics across the benchmark’s three measurement areas. The company also discloses its process for identifying and prioritising its most relevant sustainability topics through a materiality matrix, as well as the outcome of this process in relation to its wider sustainability strategy. However, the company does not report against time-bound targets across its most relevant issues, presenting an opportunity for the company for future reporting.

Governance and accountability for sustainable development
Ezaki Glico discloses that it has CSR committees within the company who are responsible for the implementation of its sustainable development strategy. Moreover, the company confirms that accountability and oversight for its sustainability strategy lies with the highest governance body. However, no relevant information was found on its highest governance body’s remuneration policy regarding sustainability.

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
Ezaki Glico discloses quantitative reductions for segments of its scope 1 and scope 2 emissions in its annual reporting. Moreover, the company reports that it aims to achieve a reduction of at least 1% per year in CO2 emissions intensity. However, the company does not disclose a time bound target to reduce its GHG emissions, nor does it report against it regularly, presenting a risk for the company going forward.

Food loss and waste
While Ezaki Glico is tackling food loss and waste in its own operations through addressing the labelling system for best-before dates, it has an opportunity to disclose a commitment by setting targets to reduce food loss and waste across its own operations and supply chain and report against this target.

Plastic use and packaging waste
While Ezaki Glico provides examples of reducing its plastic use and packaging, it has an opportunity to strengthen its commitment by setting targets to reduce plastic use and transition to more sustainable forms of packaging and reporting against these targets.

Availability of healthy foods
Ezaki Glico 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
Ezaki Glico discloses a commitment of compliance with national regulations regarding labelling and commits to providing nutritional information on key relevant nutrients through back-of-pack (BOP) labels. However, it has an opportunity to make nutritional information more visible to consumers through the adoption of front-of-pack (FOP) labels and other consumer-facing nutrition labels.

Food safety
While the company discloses compliance with national regulations and the Codex General Principles of Food Hygiene, it has an opportunity to strengthen its commitment by disclosing the percentages of its own operations that are certified to a food safety scheme or programme which is recognised by the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), or other widely recognised certifications.

Child Labour
While Ezaki Glico commits to prohibiting child labour in its own operations and requires its suppliers to adhere to the same standard, it has an opportunity to disclose a policy requiring its suppliers to have an age-verification system in place.

Forced Labour
While Ezaki Glico 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 or restricting workers’ freedom of movement.

Living Wage
Ezaki Glico 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.

The company publicly commits to respect both human rights and rights of workers in its operations and supply chain and provides a grievance mechanism for workers. However, there is a lack of sufficient information across all other indicators regarding respecting human rights and is an area the company can increase its disclosure in order to improve its performance.

No evidence of policies or commitments related to decent work were found in the public domain. As such, Ezaki Glico does not demonstrate that it provides secure, safe and healthy workplaces, where workers are fairly renumerated and have a meaningful say in decision making.

Ezaki Glico discloses statements on anti-bribery and corruption issues through a Code of Conduct but could increase the level of disclosure in this area by extending anti-bribery and anti-corruption clauses in its contracts with its supply chain. In addition, the company does not demonstrate commitments to other areas of acting ethically in the public domain, including around responsible lobbying, its global tax approach and personal data protection.