Gruppo Cremonini

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 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions
While the company discloses quantitative evidence to demonstrate that it is reducing its scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emission (GHG) emissions, it has an opportunity to strengthen its commitment by setting targets and reporting against them.

Protein diversification
The company does not disclose that it is diversifying its protein portfolio, for instance, by increasing the proportion of plant-based proteins and other alternatives such as cell-based meat analogues and plant-based dairy options.

Food loss and waste
While the company is addressing food loss and waste in its own operations through recycling produced compost in agriculture as fertiliser, it has an opportunity to disclose a commitment by setting targets to reduce food loss and waste across its own operations and supply chain.

Animal welfare
While the company has a commitment on animal welfare which addresses animal welfare issues at the subsidiary level, it does not disclose that it addresses specific animal welfare issues for its relevant key species.

Plastic use and packaging waste
While the company discloses that it is reducing its plastic use and transitioning to sustainable forms of 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 at the group level.

Food safety
While the company discloses evidence that some sites of its own operations are certified to ISO 22000 certification, it has an opportunity to disclose if all of its production sites are certified to a similar standard.

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.

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.

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

Child and forced labour
The company does not disclose a commitment to prohibit child and 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.

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.

No sufficient policies or commitments related to respect for human rights were found in the public domain. As such, Gruppo Cremonini demonstrates a lack of responsibility in protecting basic human rights in its operations and supply chains.

While Gruppo Cremonini publicly commits to respecting the health and safety of workers, the company can improve its performance by increasing its policies and disclosure on this topic. Moreover, no sufficient evidence of policies or commitments related to other key decent work issues were found in the public domain. As such, Gruppo Cremonini does not demonstrate that it provides workplaces where workers are fairly renumerated and have a meaningful say in decision making.

Gruppo Cremonini publicly commits to protecting personal data and has a privacy statement on the use of personal data. There is room for the company to strengthen its policies on its anti-bribery and anti-corruption.  On tax, the company only discloses little information and no publicly available tax strategy was found. In addition, no relevant policies on lobbying and political engagement were found in the public domain and Gruppo Cremonini does not report on key metrics under this topic.