Post Holdings

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 the company lists prioritised ESG topics, which have been determined through a materiality assessment, it does not disclose a sustainable development strategy that includes sustainable development objectives and targets.

Governance and accountability for sustainable development
While responsibility for the company’s sustainable development strategy lies with decentralized unit handling sustainability, Post Holdings 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
Post Holdings 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
Post Holdings does not disclose quantitative evidence to demonstrate that it is reducing its scope 1, 2 and3 GHG emissions

Protection of terrestrial natural ecosystems
Post Holdings has commitments to deforestation and conversion-free (DCF) supply chains through its membership to the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) where it complete annual third-party audits to ensure compliance with RSPO standards. However, the company has an opportunity to strengthen its commitment by setting targets for achieving DCF supply chains for its relevant high-risk commodities.

Food loss and waste
Post Holdings discloses examples of its subsidiaries reducing food loss and waste through reusing as animal feed. The company has an opportunity to strengthen its commitment providing quantitative information on food loss and waste reductions or setting targets to reduce food loss and waste.

Plastic use and packaging waste
Post Holdings discloses examples of its subsidiaries reducing their plastic use and transitioning to sustainable forms of packaging. While the company’s subsidiary Weetabix has set a plastic use reduction target, the company has an opportunity to strengthen its commitment by setting group-wide targets to reduce plastic use and transition to more sustainable forms of packaging and reporting against these targets.

Animal welfare
While Post Holdings addresses animal welfare in its reporting, it does not disclose a policy 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.

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
Post Holdings does not disclose that it provides nutritional information through clear, transparent and accurate labelling.

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

Food safety
While the company discloses compliance with national regulations on food safety, it has an opportunity to strengthen its commitment by disclosing the percentage of its own operations that are certified to a food safety scheme recognised by the Global Food Safety Initiative.

Child labour
While Post Holdings 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 Post Holdings 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 and restricting workers’ freedom of movement.

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

Health and safety of vulnerable groups
Post Holdings 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.

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.

Post Holdings provides grievance mechanisms for workers and third parties, commits to respecting human rights of its workers and expects its suppliers to respect the ILO core labour rights. However, the company does not commit to ensuring freedom of association and respecting the right to collective bargaining in its operations. Moreover, the company does not provide evidence of a human rights due diligence process nor disclose how it engages with affected and potentially affected stakeholders.

Post Holdings commits to respecting the health and safety of its workers and places similar expectations on its supply chain partners. However, it does not disclose how it monitors its suppliers and lacks disclosure of quantitative information regarding the health and safety of its workers. No sufficient commitments or policies on living wage, working hours and collective bargaining were found and Post Holdings does not report on key metrics related to gender equality and workforce diversity.

Post Holdings commits to protecting personal data and has a privacy statement on its use. The company prohibits bribery and corruption its code of conduct and includes clauses in its contracts with supply chain partners, but can improve disclosure on its processes to identify bribery and corruption risks. No publicly available policies setting out the company’s global tax strategy and approach to lobbying and political engagement were found and the company does not disclose tax and lobbying expenses.