Muyuan Foods

No leading practices were identified for the company in the overnance and strategy measurement area.

No leading practices were identified for the company in the environment measurement area.

Food safety
Muyuan Foods states it has realised standardised management of the whole pig breeding process based on the food safety management plan approved by the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI). As a result, it reports it has passed the Global Good Agricultural Practices (Global GAP) certification in February 2020. Furthermore, all of its feed raw materials is FSSC22000 certified.

No leading practices were identified for the company in the social inclusion measurement area.

Sustainable development strategy
Muyuan Foods identified material issues significant for both the company and stakeholders. However, there is an opportunity for the company to disclose time-bound targets for its most relevant sustainability topics and reports progress against them.

Governance and accountability for sustainable development strategy
The company states its board of directors is responsible for reviewing, adjusting, and determining the company’s major sustainable development goals and plans. However, it does not disclose its highest governance body’s remuneration policy regarding sustainability. There is room for Muyuan Foods to enhance its governance and accountability mechanisms by linking its reward system to sustainability performance across environment, nutrition and social inclusion topics.

Stakeholder engagement
While the company has conducted stakeholder engagement activities and discloses an overview of the issues raised via these activities, it has an opportunity to disclose how it identifies its most relevant stakeholders, along with information on how the outcomes of the engagement process are integrated into the company’s sustainable development strategy.

Fertiliser and pesticide use
The company states through its biodiversity and land use indicator that its fertilizer application decreased by 18.12kg per unit while production increased by 90.8kg per unit. However, there is room for Muyuan Foods to improve by disclosing a time-bound target to optimise use of fertiliser or pesticides and is reporting progress against the target.

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

Scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas emissions
While Muyuan Foods wants to promote clean production without heating and coal burning, the company does not disclose quantitative evidence to demonstrate that it is reducing its scope 1, 2 and 3 GHG emissions.

Protection of terrestrial natural ecosystems
While the company has commitments to deforestation and conversion-free (DCF) supply chains, it has an opportunity to strengthen its commitment by setting targets for achieving DCF supply chains for its relevant high-risk commodities or disclosing the proportion of its relevant high-risk commodities which are currently DCF.

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.

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

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.

Farmer productivity and resilience
The company provides evidence of activities supporting farmer productivity and resilience, notably through its training to small and medium farmers in overcoming African Swine Fever (ASF). However, there is an opportunity for Muyuan Foods to disclose the impact of its support activities.

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

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.

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.

No policies or commitments related to providing and promoting decent work were found in the public domain. This includes the provision of secure, safe and healthy workplaces, where workers are fairly remunerated and have a meaningful say in decision making.

No policies or commitments related to key ethical business topics – personal data protection, tax, bribery and corruption, and lobbying and political engagement – were found in the public domain. This includes ensuring ethical business conduct throughout its operations and in its relationships with business partners.