Albertsons Companies

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
While the company discloses the roles and responsibilities of its Governance, Compliance and ESG Committee, which includes oversight of its board members, no evidence of sustainability metrics was found in the remuneration policy of its highest governance body.

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 emissions.

Protection of terrestrial natural ecosystems
While the company provides qualitative evidence towards achieving deforestation and conversion-free palm oil supply chains , no evidence of policies or targets was found regarding its other high-risk commodities.

Sustainable fishing and aquaculture
The company has a 2022 target to source 100% of its top 20 wild-caught farm-raised fresh fish, and its private label frozen seafood in compliance with its responsible seafood policy. While the company discloses progress against some its product ranges, it has an opportunity to strengthen its commitment by setting targets covering 100% of its portfolio, and reporting progress against them.

Protein diversification
The company provides qualitative evidence of its protein diversification activities by increasing its plant-based and meatless proteins products. However, the company is yet to provide any quantitative evidence or set targets to increase alternative proteins.

Fertiliser and pesticide use
The company provides qualitative evidence regarding its organic products range that are USDA certified organic and produced without the use of synthetic pesticides and fertilisers. However, the company can further improve by setting targets to increase its sourcing from sustainable practices that optimise the use of both fertilisers and pesticides.

Animal welfare
The company provides qualitative evidence of ensuring animal welfare standard for some species such as dairy, beef and pork. The company also discloses the proportion of its liquid and shell eggs that are cage-free. However, the company has an opportunity to expand the scope of its animal welfare guidelines across all of its species, and set targets to address key welfare issues across all of its species.

Availability, accessibility and affordability of healthy foods
The company does not provide evidence of improving the nutritional quality of its products or of proportionally increasing the sales of healthy and nutritious foods. Furthermore, it does not disclose a commitment or activities to improve the accessibility and affordability of healthy foods for vulnerable groups.

Clear and transparent labelling
The company does not disclose that it provides nutritional information through clear, transparent and accurate labelling.

Responsible marketing
The company does not disclose a responsible marketing policy, nor guidelines specific to marketing to children.

Food safety
The company states that its food manufacturing facilities are certified according to a standard recognised by the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI). However, it is yet to provide evidence that 100% of its own operations are certified to a GFSI-recognised food safety scheme.

Child and forced labour
While the company discloses some expectations on child and forced labour through its Vendor Code of Conduct and Supplier Sustainability Expectations, the company does not prohibit child and forced labour in its own operations. Moreover, no evidence was found requiring the company’s suppliers to not retain workers’ personal documents or restrict workers’ freedom of movement.

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.

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.

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 or small-scale producers in its supply chain.

Land rights
While the company expects suppliers in its palm oil supply chain to respect land rights , it does not disclose a requirement for all suppliers to recognise and respect land rights.

While Albertsons Companies commits to respecting human rights in its seafood operations, no sufficient commitments to respect human rights and the ILO core labour rights across its operations and supply chain was found in the public domain. Albertsons provides a grievance mechanism for workers. However, no evidence of a grievance mechanism accessible for third parties was found in the public domain. Moreover, the company does not provide sufficient evidence of a human rights due diligence process and does not disclose how it engages with affected and potentially affected stakeholders.

Albertsons Companies commits to respecting the health and safety of its workers and places health and safety expectations on its supply chain partners but could strengthen its monitoring and quantitative reporting. The company also discloses collective bargaining agreement coverage in its operations but could improve by disclosing how it supports collective bargaining in its supply chain. No sufficient commitments or reporting on other decent work topics – living wages, working hours, gender equality, and workforce diversity – were found in the public domain.

Albertsons Companies commits to protecting personal data but does not provide a publicly available privacy policy on the use of personal data. The company prohibits bribery and corruption in its operations and includes anti-bribery and anti-corruption clauses in its contracts with supply chain partners, but could improve its bribery and corruption identification process. No global tax policy or documents setting out the company’s lobbying and political engagement strategy were found in the public domain and the company does not report on tax and lobbying expenses.