Greenyard

No relevant disclosure was found for the company in the governance and strategy measurement area.

No relevant disclosure was found for the company in the environment measurement area.

Food safety
The company demonstrates that all its sites comply with international food safety and Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI)- recognised standards such as IFS, BRC, QS, FSSC 22000 or Primus GFS. Moreover, Greenyard stipulates in its contractual agreements that all its growers and suppliers are required to adopt GlobalG.A.P. certification or equivalent.

No relevant disclosure was found for the company in social inclusion measurement area.

Sustainable development strategy
Through its materiality assessment process, Greenyard demonstrates that it has identified and prioritised its most material sustainability topics. While the company has set time-bound targets for some key environmental topics, it is yet to outline time-bound commitments on relevant topics across the nutrition and social inclusion dimensions.

Governance and accountability for sustainable development
The company has a Sustainability Committee, and it discloses that the co-CEOs are ultimately responsible for the sustainability strategy. Moreover, while the company mentions that the co-CEOs update the board of directors on sustainability priorities and performance, it fails to demonstrate that the board of directors is accountable for the approval and oversight of the sustainability strategy.

Stakeholder engagement
Although the company discloses that it engages with stakeholders and provides a list of stakeholder categories and engagement methods, it can improve by also providing an overview of the issues raised and the outcomes of the engagement activities.

Scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas emissions
Greenyard has set a time-bound target to reduce its scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 50% by 2025. Moreover, it has signed a commitment letter to the Science Based Targets initiative and is thus planning to set a target aligned with 1.5-degree trajectory by 2022. However, the company is yet to report progress against its target. Regarding scope 3 emissions, the company has conducted an initial analysis of its indirect emissions, taking into account agricultural production, packaging, transport and waste.

Soil health and agrobiodiversity
The company does not disclose that it is adopting sustainable production practices that improve soil health and increase agrobiodiversity.

Fertiliser and pesticide use
The company provides evidence of initiatives to optimise the use of pesticides through integrated pest management practices and biological crop protection. Moreover, Greenyard discloses the percentage of organic certified products across two of its business segments, Greenyard Fresh and Long Fresh. The company has an opportunity to improve its performance by setting a time-bound target for the percentage of products to be sourced from growers that optimise the use of fertilisers and pesticides.

Water use
While Greenyard provides quantitative data on reductions in its freshwater consumption, it is yet to set a target to reduce water withdrawals across its operations. At the same time, the company demonstrates that it has assessed its water-related risks using the WWF’s Water Risk Filter. The results show that about 73% of its processed volumes originate from sites located in an area with very limited depletion risk, whereas 24% come from areas with limited risk and 2% from areas with moderate risk.

Food loss and waste
While the company discloses that it is addressing food loss and waste in its own operations through donations of surplus food, it has an opportunity to improve its business approach and to set targets to reduce food loss and waste across its operations and supply chain.

Availability of healthy foods
In addition to its Fresh segment, Greenyard sells frozen and prepared meals through its Long Fresh segment. The company demonstrates efforts to improve the nutritional quality of its prepared food by reducing the level of sugar and salt. While the company provides quantitative evidence of its reformulation efforts, it has an opportunity to improve its performance by adopting nutritional criteria and setting a target to increase the proportion of healthy options.

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
While the company discloses a programme to improve workforce nutrition by providing healthy foods in the workplace, it has an opportunity to further develop this programme to encompass the provision of nutrition education, nutrition-focused health checks and breastfeeding support throughout its operations.

Child labour and forced labour
While the company commits to following laws and regulations related to child and forced labour in its own operations, it lacks a commitment requiring all its suppliers to adhere to the same standards. The company requires suppliers in high-risk countries to ensure social compliance using assessment tools and certifications, including SMETA audits. However, it has an opportunity to improve its performance by extending its commitments to its non-risk suppliers and by providing evidence of an age-verification system to prevent child labour across its supply chain.

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 productivity and resilience
Greenyard provides evidence of two major initiatives to support small-scale farmers’ productivity and resilience. In Ecuador, Greenyard Fresh collaborates with Fruta Rica to support farming practices in banana plantations. In Mali, Greenyard Fresh Germany has established a partnership with GIZ and Bayer to provide training to mango growers. The company discloses data on the impact of this initiative in terms of increased productivity, improved quality and improved gross margins for smallholders. Greenyard has an opportunity to improve its performance by reporting impact data regarding all its smallholder support activities

Although Greenyard provides grievance mechanisms for workers, it does not disclose commitments or evidence regarding all other topics related to respect for human rights. This includes a human rights due diligence process. As such, Greenyard does not demonstrate it has in place the necessary policies and systems to protect basic human rights in its operations and supply chain.

Greenyard publicly commits to health and safety and discloses quantitative information on, for example, accident frequency and severity rates. However, it does not disclose an expectation for its suppliers to adhere to the same standards and lacks disclosure on the main types of injuries and rate of high-consequence injuries in the workplace. Moreover, the company discloses information on the collective bargaining agreements covering its workforce, but no evidence on how it supports the practices of its suppliers in relation to freedom of association and collective bargaining. While the company discloses some information related to gender equality and workforce diversity, there remains an opportunity to increase the disclosure on these topics and formulate a policy commitment towards them. Moreover, Greenyard has not made publicly available commitments regarding the payment of a living wage and regulating working hours for its workers.

Greenyard has a publicly available commitment to protect personal data. Furthermore, the company has a policy prohibiting bribery and corruption, but it can strengthen its commitment by expecting its suppliers to have clauses for these issues in their contractual agreements and describing the process(es) for identifying its bribery and corruption risks. Additionally, the company specifies that it does not make political contributions, but it does not disclose its approach to lobbying and political engagement and any related expenditures. Further, no global tax strategy was found.