Fuji Oil Holdings

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

Protein diversification
Fuji Oil demonstrates commitment to protein diversification through the growth of its plant-based food solutions. The company’s objectives include commercialising meat-alternative products and plant-based seasonings and expanding its line of plant-based cheese-like food products. The company also discloses the growth in sales volume percentage of plant-based food ingredients as an alternative to animal protein and dairy products.

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
Fuji Oil discloses its priority areas and the process for identifying them. It also reports on each of its these themes. The company can strengthen its reporting by disclosing targets covering sustainability topics across the three benchmark dimensions of environment, nutrition and social inclusion in relation to both its own operations and its value chain.

Governance and accountability for sustainable development
Fuji Oil discloses the responsibilities of its sustainability committee, which include reporting to the board of directors. However, no evidence was found regarding the inclusion of sustainability metrics in the remuneration policy of its highest governance body.

Stakeholder engagement
Fuji Oil discloses the outcomes of its stakeholder engagement activities and the integration of these outcomes into its sustainability strategy. It also ensures that its engagement covers sustainability topics across all three benchmark dimensions across its value chain. The company can further strengthen its commitment by disclosing its process for identifying its stakeholders.

Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions
The company has a 40% reduction target for its scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and reports progress against the target. However, the reduction target is not aligned with a 1.5-degree trajectory.

Protection of terrestrial natural ecosystems
Fuji Oil provides evidence of achieving deforestation and conversion-free (DCF) supply chains for its high-risk commodities through responsible sourcing policies for its palm oil and cocoa supply chains. While the company discloses the proportion of certified volumes for palm oil, it is yet to set DCF targets for all of its relevant high-risk commodities.

Water use
The company reports progress against its target to reduce base-unit water use by 20% by 2030. However, no evidence was found regarding engaging with suppliers to reduce water withdrawals in its supply chain.

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 provides qualitative evidence of improving the nutritional quality of foods by increasing the sales of sugar-free chocolates, expanding sugar-reduced foods and limiting the use of fats and oils. Fuji Oil can strengthen its disclosure by providing quantitative evidence of improving the nutritional quality of its products and setting targets to increase the percentage of such healthy food products in its portfolio.

Accessibility and affordability of healthy foods
The company does not disclose a commitment and activities to improve the accessibility and affordability of healthy foods for vulnerable groups.

Workforce nutrition
Fuji Oil discloses evidence of nutrition education for its employees and providing healthy food at work. However, the company can further strengthen its commitment towards workforce nutrition by disclosing quantitative evidence of the percentage of food offerings with healthy options.

Food safety
Fuji Oil ensures safe food for consumers by achieving certification standards recognised by the Global Food Safety Initiative such as FSSC 22000, SQF and BRC for its own operations. However, the company has room for improvement by disclosing the percentage of food suppliers certified to similar standards.

Child labour
Fuji Oil requires its suppliers not to use child labour and discloses specific targets to decrease the number of cases of the worst forms of child labour to zero by 2025, with the aim of eliminating all forms of child labour across the cacao bean and cacao product supply chain by 2030. However, no such commitment was found for its own operations.

Forced labour
The company prohibits the use of forced labour in its supply chain and requires its suppliers to secure freedom of movement for all workers. However, similar commitments for its own operations are not disclosed.

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.

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.

Farmer and fisher productivity and resilience
Fuji Oil discloses its commitment to support farmers through programmes that include providing farm management support and education to farmers in Ecuador, supporting shea farmers in Ghana through pre-financing, providing farming guidance to cacao farmers in Ivory Coast as well as smallholder support projects to help palm oil farmers. While the company discloses the impact of some of its support activities, it has an opportunity to demonstrate that it systematically measures the outcomes and impact of all its support activities, as part of a holistic strategic approach.

Land rights
Fuji Oil requires that its suppliers recognise and respect legitimate tenure rights related to the ownership and use of land, and it requires its suppliers to have a grievance mechanism. The company can improve its score by describing its process for providing prompt and adequate remediation that includes access to justice when legitimate rights holders are negatively affected.

Fuji Oil commits to respecting human rights and the ILO core labour rights. The company demonstrates a human rights due diligence process that includes the identification, assessment and action plan for the salient human rights risks in its operations and supply chain. The company can improve by strengthening its grievance mechanisms for employees and external stakeholders such as communities.

While Fuji Oil commits to respecting the health and safety of its workers in its own operations and supply chain, there is scope for improvement in terms of disclosing quantitative information on health and safety and how it monitors the health and safety performance of its supply chain partners. Fuji Oil can also improve its score by strengthening its commitments and disclosure on working hours, workforce diversity, collective bargaining, gender equality and women’s empowerment. No evidence of a living wage commitment was found.

Fuji Oil commits to protecting personal data but can strengthen its commitment by disclosing statements regarding the collection, sharing of and access to personal data. In addition, the company has the opportunity to improve its disclosure on a global tax strategy and income tax payments on a country-by-country basis as well as its anti-bribery and anti-corruption commitments and processes. It can also strengthen its policies on lobbying and political engagement.