Nufarm

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 discloses a materiality assessment and prioritises five sustainability objectives which cover the three dimensions of the Food and Agriculture Benchmark. Nufarm has the opportunity to improve by disclosing time-bound targets for its most relevant sustainability topics and reports against them.

Governance and accountability for sustainable development strategy
The company has a board risk and compliance committee which reviews key safety metrics and health, safety and environment compliance performance. Furthermore, the board and the CEO approve Nufarm’s 2020 Annual Sustainability Review, its 2020 GRI Content and Index, and its Modern Slavery Statement. However, Nufarm can strengthen its performance by disclosing its highest governance body’s remuneration policy regarding sustainability.

Stakeholder engagement
The company has updated its materiality study to identify its most relevant sustainability issues, and it provides evidence of stakeholder engagement. However, Nufarm does not provide sufficient evidence of the outcomes of its stakeholder engagement and of the integration of that into its sustainability strategy.

Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions
In 2020, Nufarm reduced its scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2.5 percent compared to the previous year. However, the company can strengthen its performance by disclosing a target to reduce its scope 1 and 2 (GHG) emissions.

Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions
The company does not disclose quantitative evidence to demonstrate that it is reducing its scope 3 GHG emissions.

Soil health and agrobiodiversity, and fertiliser and pesticide use
Nufarm discloses qualitative evidence of improving soil health and reducing fertilizer and pesticides use respectively by means of its cover crop seed Carinata and through its collaboration with insecticide, fungicide and herbicide resistance action committees, and research institutes. However, Nufarm has an opportunity to strengthen its commitment by setting targets to increase the percentage of production from sustainable practices that improve soil health and agrobiodiversity and that optimise use of fertilisers and pesticides, reporting progress against the targets.

Water use
While the company discloses its water consumption, it does not demonstrate quantitative reductions in water withdrawals across its own operations.

Availability of healthy foods
The company does not disclose a commitment or activities to increase the availability of healthy and nutritious foods.

Accessibility and affordability of healthy foods
The company does not disclose a commitment to address food insecurity by improving the accessibility and affordability of healthy and nutritious foods.

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

Child and forced labour
While the company commits to prohibiting child and forced labour in its own operations and requires its suppliers to adhere to the same standard, it has an opportunity to disclose a policy requiring its suppliers to have an age-verification system in place and to disclose a requirement that prohibits them from retaining workers’ personal documents and restricting workers’ freedom of movement.

Farmer and fisherman 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, fishers and/or small-scale producers in its supply chain.

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.

The company commits to respect human rights and the ILO core labour rights and has a publicly available statement of policy that expects its supply chain partners to commit to respecting the ILO core labour rights. The company also has a grievance mechanism for employees and contractors to report unethical behaviour, though it is unknown whether it is accessible for external individuals. While the company mentions its assessments on its suppliers, there is no mention of whether the assessment considers specific factors such as geography or economy.

Nufarm has made commitments to health and safety for its own operations as well as for suppliers and discloses collective bargaining metrics for its own operations. The company has not made commitments towards paying a living wage, nor regarding working hours in its own operations or supply chain.

The company publicly commits to protecting personal data and has a privacy statement on the use of personal data. The company discloses its policy prohibiting bribery and corruption, as well as its process in identifying and assessing related risks, but does not mention a grievance mechanism accessible to all stakeholders for raising corruption concerns. Finally, there remain opportunities for Nufarm to increase disclosure on taxes paid in different jurisdictions.