Danish Agro

No leading practices were identified in the governance and strategy area.

GHG emissions
The company discloses that it has targets to reduce its scope 1 and 2 emissions i.e., 30% reduction by 2026 and 50% reduction by 2030.

Resource exploitation and circularity performance
The company actively shares information about its efforts to enhance soil health and promote agrobiodiversity within its production and sourcing practices.

No leading practices were identified in the social inclusion and community impact area.

Act ethically
The company has a policy prohibiting bribery and corruption along with a grievance mechanism for stakeholders to rise concerns and file complaints related to instances of bribery and corruption.

Provide and promote decent work
The company has a publicly available policy statement wherein it commits to respect the health and safety of its workers. Furthermore, the company discloses its time-bound target to increase women representation by at least 25% in the board of directors by 2024 and to raise women’s representation at C-level to 30% by 2030.

Respect human rights
The company has a publicly available policy statement committing it to respect human rights along with a grievance mechanism accessible to all workers and all external stakeholders who may be adversely impacted by the company.

Lobbying
While the company discloses some trade associations, it has an opportunity disclose a list of trade associations of which it is a member for all jurisdictions in which it operates. Additionally, it has an opportunity to disclose a clear and detailed framework for assessing alignment of its trade associations with its sustainability targets and to report (potential) misalignments.

Stakeholder engagement
The company does not disclose how it engages with stakeholders, nor the issues it raises during such activities.

Sustainability strategy and accountability
The company has an opportunity to disclose its process for identifying and prioritising its most relevant sustainability topics and impacts. Also, while it discloses some sustainability objectives/targets including climate, it could establish group-wide targets for the most material parts of its value chain and report consistently against all its targets. Furthermore, the company could improve its performance by reporting on sustainability accountability within its governance structure.

Ecosystem conversion and restoration
The company has not revealed any measures taken to reduce ecosystem conversion. Furthermore, it has not disclosed any steps towards achieving conversion-free supply chains. Additionally, there are no time-bound targets set for creating conversion-free supply chains. Although the company has made a commitment to deforestation-free soy, it remains unclear if this commitment extends to all high-risk commodities. Unfortunately, the company has not displayed any dedication towards ecosystem restoration. Moreover, details and outcomes of any ecosystem restoration projects, either in areas affected by their own operations or those of their suppliers, remain undisclosed.

GHG emissions
The company should set time-bound targets to reduce its 3 greenhouse gas emissions as well as it needs to report progress against all of its scope 1, 2 and 3 targets. Crucially, the company needs to reduce its scope 1,2 and 3 emissions and its targets need to align with a 1.5-degree trajectory.

Impact and dependencies assessment
The company has an opportunity to disclose assessments of its impacts on nature, including biodiversity, within its own operations and in its supply chain. It also has the opportunity to disclose its dependencies on nature within its own operations and upstream business relationships.

Invasive species
The company has not identified any activities that could lead to the introduction of invasive alien species in its own operations.

Key areas and species
The company has an opportunity to disclose locations within or adjacent to areas important for biodiversity, both in its own operations and its supplier locations. It could also disclose existing species populations existing in or adjacent to both its own and its suppliers’ locations, as well as the conservation status of species identified at its own sites according to national and international lists.

Resource exploitation and circularity performance
The company has an opportunity to disclose its inputs according to an international standard, and to report quantitatively on its group-wide circularity performance. The company also has an opportunity to disclose a target to improve soil health in its production or sourcing practices and to report progress against it.

Solid and air pollution
The company does not disclose relevant information related to pollution in its operations or supply chains.

Water
The company does not disclose relevant information related to water, in its operations or supply chains.

Indigenous Peoples’ and land rights
The company does not show if it is committed to respecting Indigenous Peoples’ rights or land rights of local communities.

Safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment
The company has an opportunity to commit to respecting local communities’ right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment, and to zero tolerance for acts of violence, threats, intimidation or judicial harassment committed against land and environmental rights defenders. Moreover, it should track its actual or potential negative impacts on the health of local communities.

Act ethically
The company has an opportunity to strengthen its commitment against bribery and corruption by including anti-bribery and anti-corruption clauses in its contracts with business relationships, and establishing a process to address these issues. Moreover, the company can demonstrate ethical practices by disclosing its approach to lobbying and political engagement clarifying its non-participation in political contributions, and transparently disclosing lobbying expenditures.

Provide and promote decent work
The company has an opportunity to strengthen its commitment to workers’ health and safety by extending the expectation to its business relationships and providing evidence for monitoring their 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, it has an opportunity to translate its commitment on gender equality and women’s empowerment into a public policy document and disclose the ratio of the basic salary and remuneration of women to men.

Respect human rights
The company has an opportunity to strengthen its commitment to human rights by disclosing a policy statement that respects 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 across all its activities and supply chain, as well as the process for assessing and identifying its salient human right issues. Moreover, the company could establish a global system to address these salient human rights issues by implementing preventive, mitigative, or remedial measures.