Bachoco

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
Bachoco has identified sustainability objectives covering topics in the environment, nutrition and social inclusion dimensions. While the company discloses evidence of a materiality assessment involving one of its subsidiaries in the United States, it does not demonstrate that it undertook a materiality assessment covering the full scope of its operations, which includes Mexico.

Governance and accountability for sustainable development
While the company indicates that it manages environmental and social issues throughout its corporate governance structure, it does not disclose further information related to the governance of its sustainability strategy, such as the person, team or committee that holds ultimate responsibility for its implementation.

Stakeholder engagement
Bachoco 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
While Bachoco has not disclosed targets to reduce scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, it does provide qualitative evidence of activities aimed at reducing scope 2 GHG emissions in its operations. However, the company has an opportunity to set targets and provide annual reporting on its scope 1, 2 and 3 GHG emissions.

Animal welfare
While Bachoco addresses animal welfare in its sustainability report, it does not disclose an animal welfare policy addressing main welfare issues for its relevant key species in its own operations and supply chain. Considering the importance of this issue to the company, Bachoco has an opportunity to disclose a commitment or policy that addresses key issues for animal welfare across its relevant species, geographies and products.

Protein diversification
The company does not disclose that it is diversifying its protein portfolio, for instance, by increasing the proportion of plant-based proteins and other alternatives such as cell-based meat analogues.

Protection of terrestrial natural ecosystems
Bachoco is not transparent about the location from which it sources its soya, which is a high-risk commodity for deforestation. Moreover, the company does not disclose activities aimed at achieving deforestation and conversion-free (DCF) supply chains for its relevant high-risk commodities. It has an opportunity to increase its disclosure on commitments to source its high-risk commodities through recognised certification programmes or by disclosing targets for achieving DCF supply chains.

Availability of healthy foods
Bachoco does not provide evidence of improving the nutritional quality of its products or of proportionally increasing the sales of healthy and nutritious foods.

Accessibility and affordability of healthy foods
While the company provides evidence of philanthropic programmes such as the Nourishing Together Program to address food insecurity in Mexico, no commitment or evidence of commercial activities to improve the accessibility and affordability of healthy foods for vulnerable groups was found.

Food safety
Bachoco commits to providing safe food to consumers and demonstrates that 100% of its operations are certified to a food safety scheme recognised by the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI). However, there is an opportunity for Bachoco to disclose the percentage of its food suppliers certified to a GFSI-recognised food safety scheme.

Workforce nutrition
Bachoco has a workforce wellness campaign in Mexico that includes nutritional education and nutrition-focused health check-ups. However, the company could further improve by setting a target to make healthy foods the majority of all food offerings or disclosing quantitative evidence on the percentage of food offerings in the workplace that are healthy.

Child and forced labour
While Bachoco refers to a code of ethics in its reporting, this document was not found in the public domain. As such, Bachoco does not provide evidence of eliminating child labour and forced labour in its operations and supply chain.

Living wage
Bachoco does not disclose that it pays its workers a living wage nor requires its suppliers to do so. Moreover, the company has not set time-bound targets to pay a living wage across all its operations and supply chain

Farmer 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.

Land rights
While Bachoco refers to a code of ethics in its reporting, this document was not found in the public domain. As such, Bachoco does not provide evidence that it recognises and respects the legitimate tenure rights related to the ownership and land use of local communities.

Bachoco provides grievance mechanisms for workers and third parties. While the company refers to a code of ethics in its reporting, this document is not publicly available and no commitment to respect human rights and the 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 nor demonstrate how it engages with affected and potentially affected stakeholders.

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

Bachoco commits to protecting personal data and provides a reporting mechanism for bribery and corruption concerns that is accessible to all parties. However, the company does not provide a policy statement on the collection, access to and sharing of personal data nor publicly commit to prohibiting bribery and corruption in its operations and supply chain. No relevant policies and commitments on tax and lobbying and political engagement were found in the public domain.