RCL Foods

Stakeholder engagement
The company discloses an overview of the issues raised during its stakeholder engagement activities and the channels it uses to engage with its stakeholder groups. Furthermore, it discloses the specific outcomes from these engagement activities.

Sustainable development strategy
The company discloses its process for identifying and prioritising its most relevant sustainability impacts as well as the outcome of this process, in relation to its sustainability strategy.

Scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
The company reduces its scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions. Its scope 1 and 2 emissions for 2022 were 1,045,842 tons, a decline of 1% against 2021.

Food safety
The company provides evidence that 100% of its own operations are certified to a Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI)-recognised food safety scheme.

No leading practices were identified in the social inclusion area.

Act ethically
The company discloses a public commitment to protect personal data and a privacy statement on the use of personal data. Furthermore, it has a policy against bribery and corruption and specifies that it does not make political contributions.

Provide and promote decent work
The company discloses that 72% of its total direct operations workforce are covered by collective bargaining agreements. Furthermore, it discloses the proportion of women in its total direct operations workforce for each employee category. It has targets for increasing women’s representation in various employee categories by 2025.

Governance and accountability for sustainable development
The company has an opportunity to link performance criteria in senior executives’ remuneration policies to targets and objectives that cover environmental and social issues. Furthermore, it could disclose whether its highest governance body has expertise with respect to the company’s most material sustainability topics.

Lobbying and advocacy
The company has an opportunity to disclose a list of trade associations of which it is a member. Furthermore, it could provide a clear and detailed framework for assessing the alignment of these trade associations with its sustainability targets and report any (potential) misalignments between the lobbying activities of its trade associations and its sustainability targets.

Sustainable development strategy
While the company discloses some sustainability objectives or targets, including water, it has an opportunity to establish group-wide targets for the most material parts of its value chain. Furthermore, it could report consistently against all its targets.

Scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
The company has the opportunity to set time-bound targets for reducing its scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions. It could also track progress towards these targets. Additionally, the company can align its scope 1 and 2 emissions targets with a 1.5-degree trajectory.

Moreover, there is an opportunity for the company to decrease its scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions. It can do this by setting a time-bound target and reporting progress on scope 3 targets. Lastly, the company has the potential to align its scope 3 emissions targets with a 1.5-degree trajectory.

Food loss and waste
The company has the chance to disclose its food loss and waste (FLW) reduction targets and to report on the progress made towards these targets. Additionally, the company has the opportunity to align its FLW reduction goal with SDG12.3, which aims for a 50% reduction by 2030.

Water withdrawal
The company has an opportunity to enhance its disclosures relating to water use and withdrawal.

Availability of nutritious foods
The company has an opportunity to demonstrate how it is improving the nutritional quality of its products and to set targets to increase the share of more nutritious products in its portfolio.

Clear and transparent labelling
The company has an opportunity to disclose how it provides nutritional information on its products and how it supports consumers with making healthy food choices through its labelling schemes.

Food safety
The company has an opportunity to disclose the percentage of food suppliers certified to a GFSI-recognised food safety scheme.

Child labour
The company has an opportunity to disclose a commitment to prohibit child labour in its supply chain and to require an age-verification system in its value chain. Furthermore, it could provide evidence of how it builds the capacity of its suppliers to prevent child labour impacts.

Forced labour
The company has an opportunity to disclose forced labour requirements for its operations and supply chain such as a prohibition to pay recruitment fees, to retain workers’ personal documents or to restrict workers’ freedom of movement. Further, it could provide evidence of how it builds the capacity of its suppliers to prevent forced labour impacts.

Living wage
The company has an opportunity to set a target for paying a living wage across its direct suppliers and to describe how it determines a living wage for the regions where it sources. Additionally, it could disclose the percentage of workers across its own operations or suppliers that are paid a living wage.

Act ethically
The company can strengthen its commitment against bribery and corruption by incorporating anti-bribery and anti-corruption clauses in its business contracts. Additionally, it can establish a process to identify risks and impacts related to bribery and corruption, along with a grievance mechanism for stakeholder complaints.

Furthermore, the company can demonstrate ethical conduct by publishing a policy statement that outlines its approach to lobbying and political engagement and transparently discloses lobbying expenditures.

Provide and promote decent work
The company has an opportunity to strengthen its commitment to its operations and supply chain workers’ health and safety by disclosing a public policy document and providing evidence of monitoring suppliers’ compliance. Additionally, it could set a time-bound target for ensuring all workers receive a living wage, describe the living wage determination methodology, and disclose strategies to support suppliers in paying a living wage.

While the company has a statement on gender equality and women’s empowerment, it has an opportunity to translate it into a public policy document. Furthermore, it could disclose that it has at least 30% female representation on the board of directors.

Respect human rights
The company has an opportunity to demonstrate its commitment to human rights by disclosing a policy statement that respects fundamental human rights and the International Labour Organization (ILO) fundamental rights at work, in its operations and supply chain.

Additionally, the company could describe the process for identifying human rights risks and impacts in specific activities or locations, covering its operations and supply chain, as well as the process for assessing and identifying its salient human rights issues. Moreover, the company could establish a global system to address these salient human rights issues by implementing preventive, mitigative, or remedial measures.