Dongwon Enterprise

No leading practices were found for the company in the governance and strategy measurement area.

No leading practices were found for the company in the environment measurement area.

No leading practices were found for the company in the nutrition measurement area.

No leading practices were found for the company in the social inclusion measurement area.

Sustainable development strategy
Dongwon has published a corporate social responsibility report that contains some broad information, such as long-term tasks and action plan, but no time-bound targets or specific objectives have been found. As such, although the company refers to establishing a sustainable supply chain and some safety issues, there is clear room for improvement for it to set an ambitious strategy with time-bound targets across all benchmark measurement areas.

Governance and accountability for sustainable development
Dongwon does not disclose the governance structure for implementing its sustainable development strategy or targets, such as the person, team or committee that holds ultimate responsibility for implementation.

Stakeholder engagement
Dongwon conducts stakeholder engagement activities and discloses an overview of the issues raised through these activities. However, it has an opportunity to disclose how it identifies its most relevant stakeholders, along with information on how the outcomes of the engagement process are integrated into the company’s sustainable development strategy.

Scope 1, 2, 3 greenhouse gas emissions (GHG)
Dongwon does not disclose quantitative evidence to demonstrate that it is reducing its scope 1, 2, 3 GHG emissions.

Commitment to sustainable fisheries and aquaculture
Dongwon reports working on Fishery Improvement Projects and sourcing from Marine Stewardship Council-certified fisheries. However, the extent of this certified sourcing and the long-term objective and commitment to sustainable fisheries and aquaculture was not disclosed. Dongwon can improve its performance by setting specific, ambitious, time-bound objectives.

Protection of terrestrial natural ecosystems
Dongwon 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.

Protein diversification
Dongwon 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.

Water use
Dongwon does not disclose that it is reducing water withdrawals across its operations and supply chain.

Food loss and waste
Dongwon 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 and/or activities that tackle food loss and waste

Availability of healthy foods
Dongwon does not disclose a commitment or activities to increase the availability of healthy and nutritious foods.

Accessibility and affordability of healthy foods
Dongwon does not disclose a commitment to address food insecurity by improving the accessibility and affordability of healthy and nutritious foods.

Food safety
While Dongwon discloses compliance with Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points system, it has an opportunity to strengthen its commitment by disclosing the percentages of its own operations that are certified to a food safety scheme/certification programme recognised by the Global Food Safety Initiative.

Child and forced labour
Dongwon’s corporate social responsibility report states that the company abides by International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions on child and forced labour. However, no company policies or code of conduct on the topics was found, and there is no evidence for how the company guarantees that child and forced labour are not in its supply chain.

Living wage
Dongwon does not disclose that it pays its workers a living wage or requires its suppliers to do the same. Nor has it set targets to do so in the future.

Health and safety of vulnerable groups
Dongwon 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 productivity and resilience
Dongwon 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.

Dongwon provides a grievance mechanism for both its workers and external individuals and communities, and it is committed to respecting ILO-defined rights at work. However, no other sufficient information regarding the company’s approach and commitment to respect human rights has been found in the public domain, including how it identifies, assesses and acts on human rights risks and impacts and engages with affected and potentially affected stakeholders.

Dongwon monitors the health and safety performance of its suppliers. However, no sufficient commitment or disclosures on health and safety of workers have been found in the public domain, nor any information on living wage, working hours conditions, or sufficient information on collective bargaining and gender equality.

Dongwon has a global, publicly available privacy statement in relation to collecting, sharing and accessing personal data but no public commitment to protecting personal data. Regarding anti-bribery and anti-corruption, the company has a confidential and anonymous channel accessible to all stakeholders, but no policy statement or risk assessment has been found. No details on its public global tax approach or responsible lobbying and political engagement have been found in the public domain.