Reliance Retail

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 does not disclose a sustainable development strategy that includes sustainable development objectives and targets, nor an identification and prioritisation process to determine the topics where it has the most impact.

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.

Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions
The company does not disclose quantitative evidence to demonstrate that it is reducing its scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions.

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

Food loss and waste
The company does not disclose that it is addressing food loss and waste in its own operations. The company has an opportunity to disclose a commitment by demonstrating policies and activities that tackle food loss and waste.

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.

Food safety
The company does not disclose evidence of ensuring safe food for consumers through the compliance with national regulations and the Codex Alimentarius Guidelines on General Principles of Food Hygiene , nor an effective food safety certification scheme.

Child labour
The company does not disclose a commitment to prohibit child 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.

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.

Reliance Retail is committed to respecting human rights in its code of conduct and providing grievance mechanism for workers. However, the company does not disclose sufficient commitment to respecting ILO core labour rights in its operations. Moreover, no sufficient evidence was found in the public domain on human rights due diligence process nor disclose how it engages with affected and potentially affected stakeholders.

Reliance Retail commits to ensuring health and safety of its workers and discloses data on gender equality and women’s empowerment. However, the company can improve its disclosure on health and safety metrics for Reliance Retail and commits to supporting gender equality and women’s empowerment. The company lacks commitments and policies on living wage, working hours, collective bargaining and workforce diversity.

The company discloses its policy on protecting personal data and anti-bribery and anti-corruption. However, there remains an opportunity to strengthen the anti-bribery and anti-corruption policy. The company does not demonstrate a sufficient commitment nor policy on responsible tax and responsible lobbying and political engagement.