OSI Group

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
The company discloses a materiality process through which it identified its most material sustainability topics under three priority groups: social responsibility, sustainable supply chain and environmental stewardship. OSI Group sets targets for these topics but has an opportunity to recognise its responsibilities relating to topics in the nutrition measurement area.

Governance and accountability for sustainable development strategy
OSI Group reports that accountability for its sustainable development strategy lies with the group’s highest governance body, who meet quarterly. However, it has an opportunity to strengthen its accountability by linking remuneration to progress against its sustainability targets.

Stakeholder engagement
The company discloses that it undertakes stakeholder engagement activities and provides an overview of the issues raised via these activities, with these issues covering topics across all three benchmark measurement areas. However, it has an opportunity to disclose how it identifies its key stakeholders, and how the outcomes of its activities are integrated into its sustainability strategy.

Protection of natural terrestrial ecosystems
OSI Group sources high-risk commodities including beef, palm oil and soy. While the company discloses qualitative evidence of achieving deforestation and conversion free (DCF) supply chains, it could improve its performance by setting targets, reporting progress against them and disclosing the proportion of commodities it currently sources which are DCF.

Scope 1, 2 and 3 GHG emissions
The company has a time-bound target to reduce its scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 20% by 2025, reporting progress towards this target over the reporting period.  It also demonstrates that it is measuring scope 3 emissions but has an opportunity to align its emissions targets with a 1.5 degrees warming trajectory.

Animal welfare
OSI Group has a policy aligned to the five freedoms of animal welfare. The company also reports that is has tracked key welfare indicators for its cattle since 2018 and plans to roll out similar indicator for its poultry in 2021, but lacks further disclosure on the nature of these indicators. Furthermore, OSI Group could improve its performance by disclosing additional information on its third party auditing processes.

Antibiotic use and growth promoting substances
The company reports that it is committed to preserving antibiotic effectiveness for human and animal health by prioritising healthy animals and the reduction of critically important antimicrobials from use in its supply chain. It also discloses its approach to implement its policy but could strengthen its commitment by setting targets to track its progress.

Water use
The company has a target to reduce water usage intensity by 15% by 2025, but fails to demonstrate progress against this target with an 18% increase in intensity over the last reporting period. OSI Group also has an opportunity to demonstrate that it is identifying water stressed regions in its own operations and supply chain.

Soil health and agrobiodiversity
OSI Group discloses its involvement in the Montana Grazing Project, which aims to support farmers to adopt a grazing practice shown to improve the health of their soil. However, it does not disclose quantitative evidence of an increased proportion of production from such sustainable soil health practices and could also set targets to further track its progress.

Food safety
The company reports that all of its facilities maintain Global Food Safety Initiative Certification or other globally recognized certifications for their food safety and quality systems. It also sets expectations that its suppliers meet Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) standards, but could further strengthen its performance by disclosing the percentage of its suppliers which are meeting such criteria.

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

Availability of healthy food
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.

Clear and transparent labelling
The company does not disclose that it provides nutritional information through clear, transparent and accurate labelling.

Farmer productivity and resilience
The company’s 365 farmer recognition programme aims to increase the productivity and sustainability of its supply chain partners. However, it has an opportunity to disclose supporting quantitative data to demonstrate the impact of its programme.

Child labour
The company ‘strives’ to eliminate child labour but could strengthen its commitment to prevent it within its own operations and supply chain. Furthermore, OSI Group has an opportunity to disclose a policy requiring its suppliers to have an age-verification system in place..

Forced labour
Similarly, the company also ‘strives’ to eliminate forced labour but could strengthen its commitment to prohibit it within its operations and supply chain, and also has an opportunity to disclose a requirement that prohibits its suppliers from retaining workers’ personal documents and restricting workers’ freedom of movement.

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.

While OSI Group commits to respecting human rights through its human rights policy, it lacks disclosure on all other indicators related to respecting human rights. Within its own operations, this relates to outlining a clear process for identifying, assessing, and taking action to address its human rights salient risks, identifying and engaging with stakeholders whose human rights are potentially or actually impacted, and having a grievance mechanism which is accessible to all external stakeholders.

While the company commits to respecting health and safety of its employees through its code of conduct, it lacks disclosure on all other indicators related to providing and promoting decent work. This includes commitments and targets towards achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment and supporting practices in relation to freedom of association and collective bargaining.

The company publicly commits to protecting personal data and as a privacy statement on the use of personal data. The company discloses details on its UK tax strategy but its global approach is unclear, and it lacks a publicly available policy statement that prohibits bribery and corruption. Similarly, OSI Group does not disclose its approach towards lobbying and political engagement, including details on its lobbying expenditures.