JCB

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
While JCB has identified sustainability focus areas, covering topics within the Food and Agriculture Benchmark’s three dimensions of environment, nutrition and social inclusion, it has an opportunity to disclose a sustainable development strategy and how it identifies and prioritises the topics where it has the most impact.

Governance and accountability for sustainable development
JCB 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
JCB 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
JCB does not disclose quantitative evidence to demonstrate that it is reducing its scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions

Scope 3 greenhouse emissions
JCB demonstrates it is improving the energy efficiency of its agricultural machinery products, achieving a 43% reduction in CO2 emissions since 2010. However, the company has an opportunity to strengthen its commitment by also demonstrating reductions on other scope 3 GHG emissions segments, as well as by setting targets to reduce these emissions and reporting against them.

Soil health and agrobiodiversity
JCB does not disclose that it offers or is developing agricultural machinery solutions that can improve soil health.

Water use
JCB does not disclose that it is reducing water withdrawals across its operations.

Food loss and waste
JCB does not disclose that it is contributing to reduced food loss in agriculture. The company has an opportunity to disclose a commitment by demonstrating it is undertaking activities, such as product development, that tackle food loss and reporting on their impact.

Availability, accessibility and affordability of healthy foods
JCB does not disclose a commitment or evidence of activities to improve food security and increase the availability of healthy and nutritious foods.

Workforce nutrition
JCB does not disclose a workforce nutrition programme that prioritises making healthy foods the standard in the workplace.

Child labour
While JCB requires suppliers to prohibit child labour through its supplier code of conduct, no policy statement committing to prohibit child labour in the company’s own operations was found. JCB also has an opportunity to disclose a policy requiring its suppliers to have an age-verification system in place.

Forced labour
While JCB 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 and restricting workers’ freedom of movement.

Living wage
JCB 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
JCB does not disclose a commitment or examples of activities to support the resilience, productivity and access to markets for farmers.

Health and safety of vulnerable groups
JCB 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.

JBC has a public policy statement expecting its suppliers to commit to respecting the ILO core labour rights. While the company addresses human rights and some labour rights for its workers in a Modern Slavery Statement, the company does not provide a formal policy statement of commitment to these rights. The due diligence process described by JCB is limited to modern slavery risks and as such does not cover the process to identify, assess and integrate all salient human rights risks and impacts in its operations and supply chain. Lastly, while JCB refers to a whistleblowing policy, the latter is not publicly available.

JCB commits to respecting the health and safety of workers, places health and safety expectations on its business relationships and monitors their performance. However, quantitative reporting on, for example, fatality and injury rates was not found. No further policies or commitments related to providing and promoting decent work were found in the public domain. As such, the company does not demonstrate that it provides workplaces where workers are fairly remunerated, free from discrimination, and have a meaningful say in decision making.

JCB commits to protecting personal data and has a privacy statement on its use. The company discloses a global tax strategy, but does not disclose which governance body is accountable for its tax strategy nor report on income tax payments jurisdiction. While JCB includes bribery and corruption clauses in contracts with suppliers, it does not disclose its policy prohibiting bribery and corruption in its operations, its process to identify related risks and impacts, and its grievance mechanism to raise concerns. No policies related to lobbying and political engagement were found.