Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative

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

Soil health and agrobiodiversity
The company discloses activities to improve soil health or agrobiodiversity in its production or sourcing practices.

No leading practices were identified in the nutrition area.

Farmer and fisher livelihoods
The company collaborates with a vast network of cooperatives to support farmers in boosting their farm income. It achieves this by showcasing farming system models, offering advisory services, and conducting training programs. Additionally, it provides financial assistance to facilitate the implementation of these changes on the farmers’ farms. Moreover, IFFCO Kisan ensures that farmers have access to an extensive pan-India distribution network and a mobile application that includes features like a buyer-seller module.

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, it could provide a clear and detailed framework for assessing the alignment of these trade associations with its sustainability targets and 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 an overview of the issues raised by each stakeholder group during its stakeholder engagement activities and to describe its process, including frequencies and channels, for engaging with stakeholder groups beyond its materiality assessment.

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 and 2 and Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions, and set time-bound targets aligned with the Paris agreement’s 1.5 degree pathway.

Fertiliser and pesticide use
The company has an opportunity to disclose a target to optimise the use of fertilisers in its production and/or sourcing practices, and report progress against it.

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.

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 an age-verification system. Further, it could provide evidence of how it builds the capacity of its suppliers to prevent child labour impacts.

Farmer and fisher livelihoods
While the company discloses it sold around 40% of the material directly to the cooperative societies, it could provide more details on how it improves farmers’ income resilience through its procurement practices. Also, it has an opportunity to demonstrate how it identifies living income benchmarks and assesses living income gaps for some regions or commodities.

Forced labour
The company has an opportunity to disclose forced labour requirements for its operations and supply chain such as a prohibition to pay recruitment fees, to retain workers’ personal documents or to restrict workers’ freedom of movement. Further, 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.

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 could 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
While the company emphasizes worker health and safety, it could formalise this commitment in a public policy document. This could also be extended to its business relationships, accompanied by evidence of how it monitors their health and safety performance.

Furthermore, the company has an opportunity to set a time-bound target for paying all workers a living wage, or confirm the achievement of such goal. The company could also explain its method for determining a living wage in each region and how it supports suppliers in ensuring their workers receive a living wage.

In addition to its ongoing initiatives concerning gender equality and women’s empowerment, the company could consider solidifying its commitment to these objective through inclusion in a public policy document. It could further disclose related time-bound targets, along with information on the representation of women on the highest governance body, and ratio of basic salary and remuneration of women to men.

Respect human rights
The company has an opportunity to disclose a policy statement that commits to respecting human rights and the ILO fundamental rights at work within its operations and supply chain. Furthermore, the company could articulate a comprehensive process for identifying risks and impacts related to human rights throughout all its activities and the supply chain. It could also elaborate on how it evaluates and identifies its salient human rights issues, and provide insight into how it considers relevant factors such as geographic, economic, and social aspects. Moreover, the company could unveil a global system designed to prevent, mitigate, or address its salient human rights issues.