Sunkist Growers

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.

Governance and accountability for sustainable development
The company does not disclose the governance structure for the implementation of its sustainable development strategy or targets, such as the person, team or committee that holds ultimate responsibility for its implementation.

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, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas emissions
The company does not disclose quantitative evidence to demonstrate that it is reducing its scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Soil health and agrobiodiversity, and fertiliser and pesticides use
The company does not disclose that it is adopting sustainable production practices that improve soil health nor that optimise the use of fertilisers and pesticides.

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/or activities that tackle food loss and waste.

Availability, accessibility and affordability of healthy foods
Although Sunkist Growers primarily produces and distributes fresh and minimally processed fruit and vegetables, it does not commit to addressing food insecurity nor provides evidence of value chain partnerships or projects designed to address the accessibility and affordability of healthy and nutritious foods.

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

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

Child 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.

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

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.

Sunkist Growers has a compliance hotline in place for confidential reporting by employees, vendors, customers, or other third parties of actual or suspected human rights violations. Also, the hotline can be used to report discrimination, harassment, code of conduct violations, company policy violations, etc. However, no policies or commitments related to respect for human rights were found in the public domain nor disclosure on the categories of stakeholders whose human rights have been or may be affected by its activities.

No evidence of policies or commitments and disclosure on key metrics related to key decent work issues were found in the public domain. As such, the company does not demonstrate that it provides secure, safe and healthy workplaces, where workers are fairly remunerated and have a meaningful say in decision making.

Although the above-mentioned hotline can be used to report complaints against corruption and bribery, Sunkist Growers can improve its performance by publicly disclosing an anti-corruption and anti-bribery policy, to which its supply chain partners have to abide as well; and by describing describes the process to identify related risks and impacts in specific locations or activities covering its operations. To conclude, no relevant commitments and disclosure on key metrics on data protection, tax, and lobbying and political engagement were found in the public domain.