MHP

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 identified for the company in the social inclusion measurement area.

Sustainable development strategy
While MHP has identified some sustainability focus areas, it has an opportunity to disclose a sustainable development strategy that includes targets as well as how it identifies and prioritises the topics where it has the most impact.

Governance and accountability for sustainable development
MHP discloses that the board of directors is ultimately responsible for the sustainability strategy and its execution. The company has an opportunity to link remuneration for the board of directors or executives to sustainability performance.

Stakeholder engagement
MHP demonstrates that it engages with stakeholders on sustainability topics and discloses an overview of key stakeholder groups and issues raised with them. In addition, the company discloses its process for identifying stakeholders with whom to engage. However, MHP does not demonstrate how it integrates stakeholder engagement outcomes into its sustainability strategy and has an opportunity to engage stakeholders on nutrition-related topics.

Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions
MHP reports annually on its scope 1 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Ukraine and Europe, and scope 2 GHG emissions in Ukraine. While its reporting demonstrates a reduction in scope 1 GHG emissions, scope 2 GHG emissions rose over the same period. Although MHP has set a 2020 target to reduce GHG emissions by 1% per kilo of farmed and transported poultry meat, it is not clear whether this target covers all scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions.

Protection of terrestrial and natural ecosystems
While MHP expresses its intention to reduce or eliminate deforestation in its land-use policy, the company does not commit to achieving deforestation and conversion-free (DCF) supply chains for its relevant commodities. MHP has an opportunity to demonstrate that its high-risk commodities are DCF or set a target for achieving DCF supply chains.

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.

Water use
MHP discloses its aims to reduce water use and reports on water use annually. However, the company’s reporting demonstrates an increase in water use over time. In addition, MHP has an opportunity to disclose a target to reduce water use in its operations.

Food loss and waste
MHP 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 activities that tackle food loss and waste.

Animal welfare
MHP has an animal welfare policy that commits to the five freedoms and addresses several key welfare issues for broiler chickens. However, no animal welfare-related targets or evidence of animal welfare certifications were found, highlighting key opportunities for MHP to further improve.

Availability of healthy foods
The company does not provide evidence of improving the nutritional quality of its products and of proportionally increasing the sales of healthy and nutritious foods.

Accessibility and affordability of healthy foods
The company does not disclose a commitment and activities to improve the accessibility and affordability of healthy foods for vulnerable groups.

Clear and transparent labelling
While the company discloses a commitment of compliance with national regulations regarding labelling and commits to providing nutritional information on key relevant nutrients through back-of-pack labels, it has an opportunity to make nutritional information more visible to consumers through the adoption of front-of-pack labels or any other consumer-facing nutrition label.

Responsible marketing
While the company has a commitment to market its products responsibly, particularly to children, it has an opportunity to disclose evidence of activities promoting healthy foods.

Food safety
MHP demonstrates it complies with national regulations regarding food safety and that all of its operations are certified to a food safety scheme recognised by the Global Food Safety Initiative. The company has an opportunity to also disclose information on food safety certifications in its supply chain.

Child labour
While the company commits to prohibiting child labour in its own operations and requires its suppliers to adhere to the same standard, it has an opportunity to disclose a policy requiring its suppliers to have an age-verification system in place.

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

Living wage
The company 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.

Health and safety of vulnerable groups
The company 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.

Land rights
While the company commits to recognising and respecting the legitimate tenure rights related to the ownership and use of land of local communities, it has an opportunity to disclose a policy that requires the same of its suppliers.

MHP provides grievance mechanisms for workers and third parties and has a public policy statement committing to respect the human rights of workers. The company also commits to respecting the ILO core labour rights of its workers, but no statement expecting its supply chain partners to respect the right to collective bargaining was found. Moreover, MHP does not provide evidence of a human rights due diligence process or substantial engagement with affected and potentially affected stakeholders.

MHP commits to respecting the health and safety of its workers and places health and safety expectations on its suppliers but can strengthen its monitoring and quantitative reporting. The company prohibits excessive working hours and overtime in its operations, but no public statement requiring overtime to be consensual was found in the public domain. No commitments or policies on the other decent work topics – living wage, collective bargaining, workforce diversity, and gender equality – were found.

MHP commits to protecting personal data and provides a privacy statement on its uses. The company has policies prohibiting bribery and corruption in its operations and supply chains, and discloses the steps it takes to identify and address related risks. On lobbying and political engagement, MHP states it refrains from making political contributions but does not disclose a policy setting out its approach to lobbying. Neither does the company disclose its lobbying expenses. MHP has an opportunity to improve its disclosure around tax as no global tax strategy or reporting on taxes paid per jurisdiction was found.