Kyokuyo

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

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

No leading practices were identified 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
Kyokuyo does not disclose a sustainable development strategy that includes sustainable development objectives and targets, nor an identification and prioritisation process to determine the topics where it has the most impact.

Governance and accountability for sustainability
While responsibility for the company’s sustainable development strategy lies with its environmental conservation committee, the company has an opportunity to strengthen accountability by assigning this responsibility to its highest governance body and disclosing further information on its decision-making processes and oversight responsibilities, as well as linking sustainability objectives and targets to roles and remuneration.

Stakeholder engagement
The company does not disclose stakeholder engagement activities, including how it selects the stakeholders, nor an overview of the topics discussed or their outcomes.

Scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas emissions
While Kyokuyo discloses a GHG reduction target of 2% reduction compared to 2017 baseline, it is unclear which scope this belongs. The company has an opportunity to specify the scope of the reductions and further disclose quantitative evidence to demonstrate progress against.

Protein diversification
The company 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 and plant-based dairy options.

Sustainable fishing and aquaculture
The company does not disclose that it undertakes sustainable fishing and aquaculture operations and sustainable sourcing of seafood and aquaculture feed ingredients.

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

Food Loss and Waste
Kyokuyo The company 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.

Plastic use and packaging waste
Kyokuyo does not disclose that it is reducing its plastic use and transitioning to sustainable forms of packaging.

Animal Welfare
The company does not disclose that it is addressing key animal and aquatic welfare issues for its relevant key species in its own operations and supply chain. It has an opportunity to disclose a commitment that addresses key issues for animal and aquatic welfare across its relevant species, geographies and products.

Antibiotics use and growth-promoting substances
The company does not disclose that it is reducing or prohibiting the prophylactic use of antibiotics and growth-promoting substances for aquatic animals relevant to the company. It has an opportunity to disclose a commitment on antibiotics which addresses the topic across its relevant species, geographies and products.

Availability of healthy foods
While Kyokuyo has a commitment to increase the availability of healthy and nutritious foods, it has an opportunity to undertake activities that contribute to increasing the production, quality and variety of healthy and nutritious foods.

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

Workforce nutrition
While the company demonstrates that it offers health examinations, it is not clear that these include a focus on workforce nutrition which prioritises making healthy foods the standard in the workplace.

Food safety
While the company discloses compliance with national regulations such as the Food Sanitation Law, it has an opportunity to strengthen its commitment by disclosing the percentages of its own operations that are certified to a food safety scheme and certification programme recognised by the Global Food Safety Initiative.

Forced labour
While the company prohibits forced labour in its operations and supply chain, it has an opportunity to disclose a requirement that prohibits its suppliers from retaining workers’ personal documents and restricting workers’ freedom of movement.

Living wage
Kyokuyo does not disclose that it pays its workers a living wage or requires its suppliers to do the same. Neither has it set targets to do so in the future.

Farmer productivity and resilience
Kyokuyo does not disclose a commitment or examples of activities to support the resilience, productivity and access to markets for fishers and/or small-scale producers in its supply chain.

Health and safety of vulnerable groups
Kyokuyo 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.

Kyokuyo commits to respecting human rights but does not refer to a policy statement that expects its suppliers to commit to respecting the ILO core labour rights including the rights to freedom of association and collective bargaining. The company lacks disclosure on how it identifies, assesses and takes action to address its human rights salient risks in its operations and supply chain. Its grievance mechanism does not indicate if the mechanism is anonymous and whether external individuals and communities can report incidents.

Kyokuyo publicly commits to respecting the health and safety of workers both for own operations and its supply chain. However the company does not commit to providing a living wage, fair working hours, gender equality & empowerment and support to collective bargaining for workers at own operations as well as in the supply chain.

No relevant policies or commitments on other key ethical business topics – personal data protection, tax, bribery and corruption, and lobbying and political engagement – were found in the public domain.