Perfetti van Melle

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 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 sustainable development
The company does not disclose the governance structure for the implementation of its sustainable development strategy or targets, such as the person, team or committee that holds ultimate responsibility for its implementation.

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.

Protection of terrestrial natural ecosystems
The company does not disclose activities aimed at achieving deforestation and conversion-free (DCF) supply chains for its relevant high-risk commodities. It has an opportunity to increase its disclosure on commitments to source its high-risk commodities through recognised certification programmes or by disclosing targets for achieving deforestation and conversion free (DCF) supply chains.

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

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

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.

Responsible marketing
The company does not disclose a responsible marketing policy, nor guidelines specific when to marketing to children.

Food safety
The company does not disclose evidence of ensuring safe food for consumers through the compliance with national regulations and the Codex Alimentarius Guidelines on General Principles of Food Hygiene, nor an effective food safety certification scheme.

Child labour
Perfetti van Melle discloses that it severely forbids any form of child labour in the code of conduct, and it states that third party who entertain business relations with the Group is subject to the code of conduct. However, no further information regarding monitoring and verification process were found in the public domain.

Forced labour
The company does not disclose a commitment to prohibit forced labour in its operations and supply chain.

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.

Although Perfetti van Melle provides grievance mechanisms for both workers and third parties, the company does not disclose a publicly available commitment on all other topics related to respect for human rights and labour rights. This includes an absence of evidence of a human rights risks and impact assessment in its operations and supply chain. To conclude, the company fails to disclose the categories of stakeholders whose human rights have been or may be affected by its activities.

The company has in a place a publicly commitment to respecting health and safety of its workers, and it expects its business relationship to provide the same standards. It can improve its disclosure on health and safety by updating its CSR Report 2016, since it falls outside our 3-year document rule. Because of the latter, Perfetti van Melle scores poorly on decent work topics.

The company publicly commits to protecting personal data and has a privacy statement on the use of personal data. Although the company has a grievance mechanism to raise bribery and corruption concerns as well as publicly available policy statement against political contributions., there is room for improvement. Indeed, Perfetti van Melle does not provide publicly available information on its lobbying and political engagement approach and its third-party lobbyists’ compliance. In relation to anti bribery and corruption, it can improve its disclosure by updating its CSR Report 2016. No relevant information on responsible tax were found in the public domain.