Les Mousquetaires (Intermarche)

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 the company has set time-bound targets 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
While responsibility for the company’s sustainable development strategy lies with the Sustainable Development Department, Les Mousquetaires (Intermarche) has an opportunity to strengthen accountability by assigning this responsibility to its highest governance body and disclosing further information on its decision-making processes and oversight responsibilities, as well as linking sustainability objectives and targets to roles and remuneration.

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. It should enhance its reporting on its stakeholder engagement.

 Scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas emissions
While the company states it launched to improve its energy efficiency, it does not disclose quantitative evidence to demonstrate that it is reducing its scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The company has an opportunity to set targets, aligned with a 1.5-degrees warming trajectory, and report against them.

Protection and restoration of terrestrial natural habitat
The company does not disclose activities aimed at achieving deforestation and conversion-free (DCF) supply chains for its relevant high-risk commodities. It has an opportunity to increase its disclosure on commitments to source its high-risk commodities through recognised certification programmes and by disclosing targets for achieving DCF supply chains.

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.

Soil health and fertiliser use
While the company discloses its participation in agroecology and organic farming with its suppliers, it has an opportunity to set a requirement for suppliers to adopt sustainable practices that improve soil health and increase agrobiodiversity through its sourcing or procurement policies. Furthermore, the company can set targets to increase the percentage of food sourced from sustainable practices that improve soil health and agrobiodiversity, and report progress against the targets.

Food loss and waste
The company has a target of ‘Zero waste, zero waste’ by 2025 which includes the reduction of waste, its recovery and the fight against food waste. However, it does not report against it. There is an opportunity for Les Mousquetaires (Intermarche) to enhance its disclosure on reducing food loss and waste. The company could notably provide quantitative data to demonstrate that it is reducing food loss and waste in its own operations and supply chain.

Animal welfare
The company disclose several 2025 targets for its sustainable livestock divisions. However, there is an opportunity for Les Mousquetaires (Intermarche) to report on the targets. The company can also explicit its auditing system and address more specific topics relative to animal welfare for each key species.

Availability of healthy foods
While Les Mousquetaires states it reformulates the recipes of its “Essential” range of products, it 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 in English that it provides nutritional information through clear, transparent and accurate labelling.

Responsible marketing
The company does not disclose a responsible marketing policy, nor guidelines specific to marketing to children.

Child labour 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.

Health and safety of vulnerable groups
The company does not specifically recognise the health and safety risks to vulnerable groups, such as migrant and temporary labourers, women, and young farmers.

Farmer productivity and resilience
The company does not disclose a commitment or examples of activities to support the resilience, productivity and access to markets for farmers in its supply chain.

Land rights
The company does not commit to recognising and respecting the legitimate tenure rights related to the ownership and use of land of local communities.

No policies or commitments related to respect for human rights were found in the public domain. This includes the necessary policies and systems to respect basic human rights in its operations and supply chain.

While Les Mousquetaires 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 evidence of policies or commitments related to other key decent work issues were found in the public domain. As such, Les Mousquetaires does not demonstrate that it provides workplaces where workers are fairly renumerated and have a meaningful say in decision making.

Les Mousquetaires discloses statements on personal data protection, but there remains an opportunity for these to be strengthened. Moreover, no relevant policies or commitments on other key ethical business topics – tax, bribery and corruption, and lobbying and political engagement – were found in the public domain.