Groupe Bigard

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

No leading practices were identified in the environment area.

No leading practices were identified in the nutrition area.

No leading practices were identified in the social inclusion area.

No leading practices were identified in the core social indicators area.

Governance and accountability for sustainable development
The company has an opportunity to report on sustainability accountability within its governance structure.

Lobbying and advocacy
The company has an opportunity to disclose a list of trade associations of which it is a member. 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 can 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 sustainability strategy with nature and social-related targets.

Scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
The company has an opportunity to disclose reductions in scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas emissions, and set time-bound targets aligned with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5 degree pathway.

Animal welfare
The company has an opportunity to disclose a commitment and targets that address key animal welfare issues in its supply chain.

Ecosystem conversion
The company has an opportunity to disclose its efforts to avoid ecosystem conversion, including deforestation or restoration. The company could develop a strategy and publicly report on specific, time-bound targets.

Food loss and waste
The company has the opportunity to disclose its food loss and waste (FLW) reduction targets and report progress against them. Additionally, the company can align its FLW reduction goal with SDG12.3, which aims for a 50% reduction by 2030.

Plastic use and packaging waste
The company has an opportunity to enhance its disclosures relating to plastic use reduction and its transition towards sustainable packaging.

Protein diversification
The company has an opportunity to set a sales-based target to increase alternative proteins across its portfolio, as well as report progress against this target.

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

Accessibility and affordability of nutritious foods
The company has an opportunity to disclose its commitment and commercial activities to improve the accessibility and affordability of nutritious foods.

Availability of nutritious foods
The company has an opportunity to demonstrate how it is improving the nutritional quality of its products and to set targets to increase the share of more nutritious products in its portfolio.

Clear and transparent labelling
The company has an opportunity to disclose how it provides nutritional information on its products and how it supports consumers with making healthy food choices through its labelling schemes.

Food safety
While the company discloses that its 19 group sites certified to a GFSI-recognised food safety scheme, it has an opportunity to extend the certifications to 100% of its own operations. Additionally, the company has an opportunity to disclose the percentage of food suppliers certified to a GFSI-recognised food safety scheme.

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.

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 has an opportunity to disclose a commitment to respect ownership and use of land and natural resources and related legitimate tenure rights. Furthermore, it could describe a process at its operations and supply chain level to identify legitimate tenure rightsholders when acquiring, leasing or making other arrangements to use land 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.

Act ethically
The company has an opportunity to reveal a policy that prohibits bribery and corruption, while also incorporating anti-bribery and anti-corruption clauses into contracts involving business relationships. Additionally, it could outline its process for identifying risks and impacts associated with bribery and corruption, and disclose the presence of a grievance mechanism through which stakeholders can submit complaints related to these matters.

Furthermore, the company could choose to disclose a policy that outlines its approach towards lobbying and political engagement. It should explicitly state that it refrains from making any political contributions and provide insight into the amount it allocates to lobbying activities.

Provide and promote decent work
The company has an opportunity to disclose a policy commitment to respecting the health and safety of workers across both its operations and supply chain. Moreover, it could strengthen this by presenting evidence of its monitoring of suppliers’ adherence to health and safety standards.

Furthermore, the company could reveal a time-bound target for paying a living wage for all employees, and disclose the process of determining the living wage in various operational regions. Additionally, it could illuminate its collaboration with suppliers to ensure the implementation of living wage practices.

Moreover, the company could commit to gender equality and women’s empowerment. To reinforce this commitment, it could disclose related targets while showcasing the representation of women on its highest governance body.

Respect human rights
The company has an opportunity to disclose a policy statement that commits to respecting the ILO fundamental rights at work, and extend this expectation to its suppliers. In terms of risk identification, it has the chance to describe the process for identifying its human rights risks and impacts, covering both its own operations and its supply chain. Furthermore, it can outline a process for assessing and identifying its salient human rights issues. Finally, it could establish a global system to address its salient human rights issues.