Shoprite

Governance and accountability for sustainable development
The company provides evidence of linking performance criteria in senior executives’ remuneration policies to targets and objectives which cover nature, including biodiversity, and social issues.

Stakeholder engagement
The company discloses how it engages with stakeholders, the issues raised during such activities, and the outcomes of its stakeholder engagement. Moreover, its stakeholder engagement activities cover nature, nutrition, and social areas.

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 has set a target to reduce its scope 1 and 2 emissions by 42% from the baseline year of 2020 by 2030. It reports on its progress towards meeting these targets. The company’s emissions reduction goals for scope 1 and 2 are in line with a 1.5-degree trajectory. Furthermore, the company actively works on reducing its scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions.

Food loss and waste
The company aims to reduce food loss and waste (FLW) in alignment with SDG goal 12.3, which targets a 50% reduction by 2030. To achieve this, the company actively collaborates with partners throughout its value chain to prevent the generation of FLW.

Plastic use and packaging waste
The company demonstrates commitment, has policies or partakes in activities related to plastic use reduction and transitioning towards sustainable packaging. Additionally, it discloses quantitative data with regards to plastic use reduction and use of sustainable packaging.

Water withdrawal
The company has taken steps to reduce water withdrawal in its own operations. It also reports how much water is withdrawn for its own operations in water-stressed areas.

No leading practices were identified in the nutrition area.

No leading practices were identified in the social inclusion area.

Provide and promote decent work
The company discloses the proportion of its total direct operations workforce for each employee category by gender and race. Moreover, 42% of its Board members are women.

Respect human rights
The company has a publicly available policy statement committing it to respect human rights, and the International Labour Organization (ILO) fundamental rights at work, in its operations and supply chain. Furthermore, it has a human rights grievance mechanism accessible to all workers.

Governance and accountability for sustainable development
The company has an opportunity to 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
The company has an opportunity to disclose group wide targets on key sustainability topics for the most material parts of its value chain and to report consistently against all targets.

Scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
The company has the opportunity to decrease its scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions. Moreover, it can disclose a time-bound target to reduce these emissions and report on its progress towards achieving these targets. The company can also consider aligning its scope 3 emissions targets with a 1.5-degree trajectory.

Ecosystem conversion
The company has an opportunity to disclose its efforts to avoid ecosystem conversion, including deforestation or restoration. The company could develop a strategy and publicly report on specific, time-bound targets.

Food loss and waste
The company publicly shares its FLW reduction target(s), but it does not track progress towards achieving those targets.

Soil health and agrobiodiversity
The company has an opportunity to disclose activities and targets to improve soil health or agrobiodiversity in its production or sourcing practices, and report progress against them.

Water withdrawal
The company has an opportunity to improve its disclosure of reduction targets, specifically regarding water consumption, absolute water use, and water intensity. Additionally, it can take steps to disclose a target for reducing water withdrawal in its own operations and provide regular progress updates. The company can also explore opportunities to collaborate with suppliers in order to minimize water withdrawal.

Accessibility and affordability of nutritious foods
The company has an opportunity to implement commercial activities to improve the accessibility and affordability of nutritious foods, especially for vulnerable groups. Additionally, it can seize the chance to set targets aimed at enhancing the accessibility and affordability of nutritious foods, specifically for vulnerable groups, through its commercial activities.

Availability of nutritious foods
The company provides examples of reformulated products. However, there is potential for improvement in reporting its overall efforts to reduce sugar, salt, and fat, and/or increase the presence of fruits, vegetables, nuts, and whole grains in its entire portfolio. Additionally, there is an opportunity for the company to adopt a nutrient profiling system and to set a sales-based target to increase the proportion of more nutritious products.

Responsible marketing
The company has an opportunity to provide evidence of marketing activities to promote heathier and more nutritious food options (in accordance with a government-endorsed or externally validated nutritional guidelines). Moreover, it can disclose a responsible marketing policy specifically tailored to children that is aligned with international codes and guidelines and applicable across all media channels.

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

Farmer and fisher livelihoods
The company has an opportunity to identify living income benchmarks and assess living income gaps for some commodities and regions. Also, it could adopt procurement practices and develop supply chain relationships that improve farmers’ income resilience.

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

Act ethically
The company has an opportunity to disclose a policy on prohibiting bribery and corruption and to include anti-bribery and anti-corruption clauses in its business relationships’ contracts. Additionally, it can establish a process to identify risks and impacts related to bribery and corruption, along with a grievance mechanism for complaints that is accessible to all stakeholders.

Furthermore, the company could demonstrate ethical conduct by publishing a policy statement that outlines its approach to lobbying and political engagement, emphasises its non-participation in political contributions, and transparently discloses lobbying expenditures.

Provide and promote decent work
The company has an opportunity to demonstrate its commitment to its operations and supply chain workers’ health and safety by disclosing a policy statement 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. Furthermore, the company could translate its commitments to gender equality and women’s empowerment into a policy statement and disclose related time-bound targets.

Respect human rights
The company could describe the process for identifying human rights risks and impacts across all its activities, including its suppliers, 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.