Danish Agro

No leading practices were identified in the governance and strategy area.

Scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
The company discloses that it has targets to reduce its scope 1 and 2 emissions i.e., 30% reduction by 2026 and 50% reduction by 2030.

Soil health and agrobiodiversity
The company discloses activities to improve soil health and agrobiodiversity in its production or sourcing practices. For instance, it has partnered with Agreena, a carbon certificate trading facilitator, to jointly promote climate-friendly cultivation practices and the issuance of carbon certificates to farmers.

Food safety
The company demonstrates that all its feed production and processing activities are certified under good manufacturing practice (GMP+). It also discloses that Vilomix is certified according to FAMI-QS in order to manage the feed safety of vitamins, minerals and additives.

No leading practices were identified in the social inclusion area.

Act ethically
The company has a policy prohibiting bribery and corruption, along with a grievance mechanism for stakeholders to raise concerns and file complaints related to such instances. Additionally, it has a Whistleblowing Policy that sets a framework for the company’s whistleblowing system, allowing for reporting of any serious concerns through additional channels.

Provide and promote decent work
The company has a publicly available policy statement wherein it commits to respect the health and safety of its workers. Furthermore, the company discloses its time-bound target to increase women representation by at least 25% in the board of directors by 2024 and to raise women’s representation at C-level to 30% by 2030.

Respect human rights
The company has a publicly available policy statement committing it to respect human rights along with a grievance mechanism accessible to all workers and all external stakeholders who may be adversely impacted by the company.

Governance and accountability for sustainable development
The company has an opportunity to strengthen its sustainability governance and accountability by designating an individual or body to implement its sustainability strategy and by assigning decision-making and oversight to its highest governance body. It could link senior executives’ compensation to sustainability targets/objectives. Additionally, it could disclose if the highest governance body has expertise in its most material sustainability topics.

Lobbying and advocacy
While the company discloses some trade associations, it has an opportunity disclose a list of trade associations of which it is a member for all jurisdictions in which it operates. Furthermore, the company can provide a clear and detailed framework for assessing the alignment of these trade associations with its sustainability targets. Additionally, the company has the opportunity to report any potential misalignments between the lobbying activities of its trade associations and its sustainability targets.

Stakeholder engagement
The company has an opportunity to disclose how it engages with stakeholders, the issues raised during such activities, and the outcomes of its stakeholder engagement.

Sustainable development strategy
The company has an opportunity to disclose its process for identifying and prioritising its most relevant sustainability topics and impacts. Furthermore, even though it discloses some sustainability objectives including those related to climate, there is room to establish group-wide targets for the most critical parts of its value chain. Additionally, it has an opportunity to report consistently against all its targets.

Scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
The company has an opportunity to report progress on its scope 1 and 2 emissions targets. These targets could be aligned with a 1.5-degree trajectory. Although the company discloses its scope 1 and 2 reduction target in general, no evidence was found of quantitative reductions for these emissions. Furthermore, the company has an opportunity to reduce its scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions. The company acknowledges that data collected will be used to set a concrete target for reducing scope 3 emissions; however, no evidence was found of specific targets in place. In addition, the company is encouraged to report progress on its scope 3 targets, which have the potential to be aligned with a 1.5-degree trajectory.

Ecosystem conversion
The company has an opportunity to disclose activities and time-bound targets to achieve conversion-free supply chains.

Plastic use and packaging waste
The company has an opportunity to disclose quantitative evidence regarding plastic use reduction and use of sustainable packaging.

Soil health and agrobiodiversity
The company has an opportunity to disclose a target to improve soil health in its production or sourcing practices and report progress against it.

Water withdrawal
The company has an opportunity to enhance its disclosures relating to water use and withdrawal.

Availability of nutritious foods
The company has an opportunity to disclose its commitment and activities to address malnutrition and food insecurity.

Food safety
The company has an opportinity to disclose the percentage of food suppliers certified to a GFSI-recognised food safety scheme.

Workforce nutrition
The company has an opportunity to disclose evidence of workforce nutrition programmes.

Child labour
The company has an opportunity to disclose a commitment to prohibit child labour in its supply chain and establish an age-verification system for its value chain. Further, it could provide evidence of how it builds the capacity of its suppliers to prevent child labour impacts.

Forced labour
The company has the opportunity to disclose forced labour requirements for its operations and supply chain. Specifically, it could prohibit the payment of recruitment fees, the retention of workers’ personal documents, and the restriction of workers’ freedom of movement. Furthermore, it could provide evidence of how it builds the capacity of its suppliers to prevent forced labour impacts.

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 direct suppliers that are paid a living wage.

Act ethically
The company has an opportunity to strengthen its commitment against bribery and corruption by including anti-bribery and anti-corruption clauses in its contracts with business relationships, and establishing a process to address these issues.

Moreover, the company can demonstrate ethical practices by disclosing its approach to lobbying and political engagement clarifying its non-participation in political contributions, and transparently disclosing lobbying expenditures.

Provide and promote decent work
The company has an opportunity to strengthen its commitment to workers’ health and safety by extending the expectation to its business relationships and providing evidence for monitoring their compliance. Additionally, it could set a time-bound target for ensuring all workers receive a living wage, describe the living wage determination methodology, and disclose strategies to support suppliers in paying a living wage.

Furthermore, it has an opportunity to translate its commitment on gender equality and women’s empowerment into a public policy document and disclose the ratio of the basic salary and remuneration of women to men.

Respect human rights
The company has an opportunity to strengthen its commitment to human rights by disclosing a policy statement that respects the ILO fundamental rights at work in its operations and supply chain. Additionally, the company could describe the process for identifying human rights risks and impacts across all its activities and supply chain, as well as the process for assessing and identifying its salient human rights issues. Moreover, the company could establish a global system to address these salient human rights issues by implementing preventive, mitigative, or remedial measures.