Mosaic

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
Mosaic has a sustainability strategy focused around five SDGs covering the three benchmark measurement areas: Zero Hunger, Clean Water and Sanitation, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Climate Action, and Life Below Water. Mosaic discloses sustainability targets for 2025 but does not report results consistently against all of them.

Governance and accountability for sustainable development strategy
Mosaic’s board of directors leads and oversees the company’s sustainability strategy via its environmental, health, safety and sustainable development committee. However, it had an opportunity to disclose whether executive level remuneration is linked to the achievement or progress against key sustainability objectives.

Stakeholder engagement
Mosaic discloses engagement with stakeholders, channels of communication, and topics covered. However, the link between this engagement and the company’s sustainability strategy is not explained, nor is their method for identifying and prioritising key stakeholder groups.

Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions
Mosaic has a target to reduce intensity of its scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 20% by 2025 and reports against that target. However, this target is not aligned with a 1.5-degree scenario.

Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions
The company demonstrates that it is measuring scope 3 emissions by disclosing segments of its scope 3 emissions. However, no reduction target is disclosed.

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
Mosaic promotes the 4R Nutrient Stewardship framework to reduce nutrient loss to the environment during the fertilisation process. The company set a target to take the implementation of 4R Nutrient Stewardship to 25 million acres in North America by 2025, and reports that in 2019, 11 million acres had been reached, with over five million receiving 4R Nutrient Stewardship Certification. Mosaic has an opportunity to improve by setting sales targets or research and development targets specifically for products that enable fertiliser use optimization.

Water use
Mosaic discloses a target to reduce freshwater use by 20% per tonne of product by 2025 against a 2015 baseline. However, it reports progress of 0.01% per year so far.

Plastic use and packaging waste
Mosaic provides qualitative evidence of efforts to reduce plastic use. The company promotes the use of bulk transportation of its raw materials and final products, which minimises packaging needs throughout the supply chain. Yearly, approximately 75 percent of its sales volumes (tonnes) is sold in bulk. However, no related targets are disclosed.

Availability of healthy foods
Mosaic discloses a commitment related to food security. The company supports organizations related to nutrient deficiency, soil testing, and hunger relief, mostly in India. Mosaic has an opportunity to increase its commitment and transparency by setting targets and disclosing impact.

Accessibility and affordability of healthy foods
Mosaic has a commitment to “helping feed the world”. The company partners with Field to Market, The Nature Conservancy and other organizations on initiatives aimed at increasing agricultural productivity, sustainability and food security while reducing environmental impact. However, the company does not disclose quantitative evidence on the impact of its activities that address increasing the accessibility or affordability of healthy and nutritious food.

Workforce nutrition
The company does not disclose sufficient evidence of having any workforce nutrition programmes.

Farmer and fisher productivity and resilience
While the company has a commitment to support productivity and access to markets for farmers, it has an opportunity to disclose evidence of related activities.

Child labour
In its human rights policy Commitment to Human Rights declaration, the company states that child labour prohibition in its supply chain is an expectation, not a requirement. This statement does not translate to a commitment by the company to prohibit the use of child labour.

Forced labour
While the company 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 or by restricting workers’ freedom of movement.

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.

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.

Mosaic commits to human rights and the relevant ILO Conventions, but have an opportunity to take that commitment further by requiring its supply chain partners to do the same. The company provides grievance mechanisms for its workers and external parties alike, but does not disclose an assessment of human rights risks.

Mosaic commits to the health and safety of its workers, but would benefit from a policy requiring its supply chain partners to do the same. The company’s leadership is over 30% female, but a company-wide commitment to gender equality is lacking. Importantly, the absence of living wage and working hours commitments show a lack of concern for the wellbeing of workers along the supply chain.

Mosaic has an anti-bribery and anti-corruption policy that is supplemented by relevant clauses in its contracts with its supply chain partners, a confidential or anonymous whistleblower system, and a disclosure its process for identifying this type of incident and its impact in certain locations. The company also makes a full commitment to personal data protection. On the other hand, responsible tax and a responsible political engagement policies are lacking, showing a lack of transparency regarding these topics.