Child labour
The company has an opportunity to disclose examples of remediation programmes when a case of child labour is found in its operations and to indicate how it is building the capacity of its suppliers to prevent child labour impacts. While the company prohibits its suppliers from using child labour, it could require them to have an age-verification system in place.
Farmer and fisher livelihoods
The company has set up initiatives to improve the sustainability and productivity of the soybean farms but it has an opportunity to demonstrate how it improves farmers’ income resilience through its procurement practices and supply chain relationships. Also, it could demonstrate how it identifies living income benchmarks and assesses living income gaps for some regions or commodities.
Forced labour
In its palm oil supply chain, the company does not charge recruitment-related fees and does not retain the workers’ passports or identity documents. However, it has an opportunity to disclose similar commitments for all its suppliers and its operations. By means of its Labour Transformation Program (LTP) in its supply chain in Malaysia, it focuses on recruitment practices and freedom of movement. However, it could provide further details on how it works with its suppliers on those topics.
Health and safety of vulnerable groups
The company has an opportunity to recognise and assess the health and safety risks to vulnerable groups, such as migrant and temporary labourers, women and young farmers. Furthermore, it could provide evidence of support activities that improve the health and safety of vulnerable groups.
Land rights
The company does not disclose a commitment to respect ownership and use of land and natural resources and related legitimate tenure rightsas set out in the relevant part(s) of the VGGT’s or the IFC Performance Standards. Even though the company discloses that it respects the land tenure rights of indigenous and local communities, and applies Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC), it does not require its business relationships to have a process to identify legitimate tenure rights holders and to negotiate with them to provide adequate compensation.
Living wage
The company has an opportunity to set a target for paying a living wage across its direct suppliers and describe how it determines a living wage for the regions where it sources. Also, it could disclose the percentage of workers across its own operations or suppliers that are paid a living wage.