Yonghui Superstores

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
While the company has objectives covering topics within the Food and Agriculture Benchmark’s three dimensions of environment, nutrition and social inclusion, it has an opportunity to disclose a sustainable development strategy and how it identifies and prioritises the topics where it has the most impact.

Governance and accountability for sustainable development
While responsibility for the company’s sustainable development strategy lies with the Board of Directors, it has an opportunity to strengthen accountability by disclosing further information on its decision-making processes and oversight responsibilities, as well as linking sustainability objectives and targets to roles and remuneration of the highest governance body.

Stakeholder engagement
Yonghui Superstore lists its stakeholder engagement activities and provides an overview of the issue raised. It also shares how it responds to the issues with stakeholders. However, it does not share the process to identify the stakeholders, nor doe the topics raised by stakeholders cover all three benchmark measurement areas, presenting an opportunity for the company going forward.

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

Food loss and waste
Yonghui Superstore 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 or activities that tackle food loss and waste.

Plastic use and packaging waste
While the company discloses that it is reducing its plastic use and transitioning to sustainable forms of packaging, it has an opportunity to strengthen its commitment by setting targets to reduce plastic use, or transition to more sustainable forms of packaging and reporting against these targets.

Availability of healthy foods
Yonghui Superstores 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
Yonghui Superstores provides that it actively guarantees sufficient supply, stable price and food safety on festivals and continuously supply affordable commodities such as meat, vegetables, melons, fruits, eggs, poultry, grain and oil to ensure stable price during festivals. However, no sufficient evidence of addressing food security and further information was found.

Food safety
Yonghui Superstores states that it has passed the ISO 9001 Quality Management System Certification and ISO 22000 Food Safety Management System Certification and reports that all of the six Fresh Food Central Factories have passed ISO9001 certification. Five Fresh Food Central Factories have passed ISO22000 certification, accounting for 83.3%, and four have passed HACCP certification. However, there remains an opportunity for the company to certify that 100% of its own operations by GFSI-recognised or other widely recognised scheme.

Child labour
Yonghui Superstores states that it respects each employee’s right to equal employment, career choice, remuneration for work, and rest & vacation, and observe the national special labor protection policy for female and child labour. And it has never employed child labour. However, no requirement for its suppliers were found in the public domain.

Living wage
Yonghui Superstores 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
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.

The Food and Agriculture Benchmark only evaluated corporate policies and reporting publicly disclosed in English and available during the February – May 2021 research period or supplied by the company during the April – May 2021 data collection phase. No relevant disclosure was found or submitted for this company.

The Food and Agriculture Benchmark only evaluated corporate policies and reporting publicly disclosed in English and available during the February – May 2021 research period or supplied by the company during the April – May 2021 data collection phase. No relevant disclosure was found or submitted for this company.

The Food and Agriculture Benchmark only evaluated corporate policies and reporting publicly disclosed in English and available during the February – May 2021 research period or supplied by the company during the April – May 2021 data collection phase. No relevant disclosure was found or submitted for this company.