Gruma

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 does not disclose a sustainable development strategy that includes sustainable development objectives and targets, nor an identification and prioritisation process to determine the topics where it has the most impact.

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
The company does not disclose quantitative evidence to demonstrate that it is reducing its scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Water use
The company does not disclose that it is reducing water withdrawals across its operations and supply chain.

Food loss and waste
The company does not disclose that it is addressing food loss and waste in its operations. The company has an opportunity to disclose a commitment by demonstrating policies and/or activities that tackle food loss and waste.

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 does not provide evidence of improving the nutritional quality of its products and of proportionally increasing the sales of healthy and nutritious foods.

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.

Clear and transparent labelling
The company does not disclose that it provides nutritional information through clear, transparent and accurate labelling.

Food safety
While the company discloses evidence that some sites of its own operations are certified to a Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI)-recognised food safety scheme and HACCP certification, it does not demonstrate that all its own operations are certified to a GFSI-recognised food safety scheme or other widely recognised industry.

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

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.

Farmer and fisher productivity and resilience
GRUMA supports the development of poor agricultural regions in Mexico through training programmes, promotion of the development and integration of farmers in projects of corn and wheat. The company can improve its performance by disclosing the impact of a proportion of its support activities.

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.

Gruma provides grievance mechanisms for both workers and third parties, which are open for anyone to make report and there is choice for the complainant to either remain anonymous or identify themselves. However, there is room for the company to identify and engage with the stakeholders whose human rights are potentially or actually impacted by its operations. Additionally, the company does not provide a sufficient policy commitment to respect human rights, and its modern slavery statement is only limited to UK operations of the company.

Although Gruma publicly commits to respecting the health and safety of workers, it can improve its performance by disclosing how it places health and safety expectations on its supply chain partners and monitors health and safety performance in its and its supply chain partners’ operations. Additionally, no strong commitment and disclosure on key metrics in relation to decent work topics – living wage, collective bargaining, workforce diversity, gender equality – were found in the public domain.

Gruma publicly commits to protecting personal data and has a privacy statement on the use of personal data. In relation to bribery and corruption, the company has a policy prohibiting them and it has both a reporting system and clauses in contracts with supply chain partners for bribery and corruption. However, it fails to disclosure publicly available information on the process to identify its bribery and corruption risks and impacts in specific locations or activities covering its operations. To conclude, no relevant commitments and disclosure on other key ethical business topics – tax and lobbying and political engagement – were found in the public domain.