Thai Roong Ruang

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
Thai Roong Ruang 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
Thai Roong Ruang 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
Thai Roong Ruang 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
Thai Roong Ruang does not disclose quantitative evidence to demonstrate that it is reducing its scope 1, 2 and 3 GHG emissions

Soil health and agrobiodiversity
Thai Roong Ruang discloses qualitative evidence to improve soil health through its clean cane policy, which aims to reduce cane burning. However, the company 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, reporting progress against the targets, and disclosing quantifiable data on its impact on soil health and agrobiodiversity.

Water use
Thai Roong Ruang 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.

Plastic use and packaging waste
Thai Roong Ruang does not disclose that it is reducing its plastic use and transitioning to sustainable forms of packaging.

Availability of healthy foods
Thai Roong Ruang does not disclose a commitment or activities to increase the availability of healthy and nutritious foods.

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

Workforce nutrition
While the company lists yoga as an activity to promote employee’s health, it does not disclose a workforce nutrition programme that prioritises making healthy foods the standard in the workplace.

Food safety
While the company discloses compliance with national regulations regarding food safety, it has an opportunity to strengthen its commitment by disclosing the percentages of its own operations that are certified to a food safety scheme recognised by the Global Food Safety Initiative or other widely recognised (industry-specific) certification.

Child labour
While Thai Roon Ruang commits to prohibiting child labour in its supply chain, it does not disclose a policy committing to prohibit child labour in its own operations. Moreover, the company has an opportunity to disclose a policy requiring its suppliers to have an age- verification system in place.

Forced labour
While the company commits to prohibiting forced labour in its supply chain, it does not disclose a policy committing to prohibit forced labour in its own operations. In addition, the company has an opportunity to disclose a policy that prohibits its suppliers from retaining workers’ personal documents and restricting workers’ freedom of movement.

Living wage
Thai Roong Ruang 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
Thai Roong Ruang discloses a commitment to support the resilience, productivity and access to markets for farmers and provides evidence of related activities, such as offering workshops to teach cane farmers how to use machinery to increase their profitability. However, the company has an opportunity to demonstrate that it is measuring the impact of its activities and report these externally.

Health and safety of vulnerable groups
While Thai Roong Ruang recognises the health and safety risks to female workers, it does not provide evidence of support activities that improve the health and safety of vulnerable groups.

Thai Roong Ruang commits to respecting the human rights of its workers. However, no policy commitment to respecting all ILO core labour rights in its operations and supply chain was found. Moreover, the company does not provide evidence of a human rights due diligence process or grievance mechanism, nor disclose how it engages with affected and potentially affected stakeholders.

Thai Roong Ruang commits to respecting the health and safety of its workers and places similar expectations on its supply chain partners but can strengthen its monitoring and quantitative reporting. No commitments related to living wage, working hours, collective bargaining were found and the company does not disclose quantitative information related to workforce diversity and gender equality.

Thai Roong Ruang commits to prohibiting bribery and corruption in its operations and includes clauses in its contracts with business relationships. However, the company lacks to disclose its process for identifying bribery and corruptions risks and impacts. No relevant policies or commitments on the other ethical business topics – personal data protection, tax and lobbying and political engagement – were found.