Migros

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

No leading practices were identified in the ecosystems and biodiversity area.

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

Act ethically
The company has a public commitment to protecting personal data and prohibiting bribery and corruption.

Provide and promote decent work
The company has a publicly available policy statement in which it commits to respecting the health and safety of workers. To enhance transparency, it also discloses the proportion of its total direct operations workforce for each employee category by age group. Furthermore, it discloses the proportion of women in its total direct operations workforce for each employee category.

Respect human rights
The company states that it has internal reporting office (M-Concern), accessible to all employees to raise complaints or concerns related to the company. Also, it is accessible to all external stakeholders who may be adversely impacted by the company.

Lobbying
The company does not report on its lobbying and advocacy practices on nature-related issues, nor whether these activities align with its sustainability strategy.

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, the company discloses some sustainability objectives/targets including social inclusion. However, there is an opportunity to establish group-wide targets for the most material parts of its value chain. Additionally, the company reports consistently against some targets including climate and social inclusion, it could report consistently against all its targets. Lastly, the company does not report on sustainability accountability within its governance structure.

Ecosystem conversion and restoration
No evidence was found regarding the company’s efforts to avoid ecosystem conversion, including deforestation, or promote restoration. The company has an opportunity to develop a strategy and publicly report on specific, time-bound targets.

GHG emissions
The company discloses its ambitious climate target of achieving net zero by 2050. Further, it discloses it is aiming for a 70% reduction in the Group’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 in comparison with 2019, however, no evidence found that the company discloses its targets by scope. The company should set time-bound targets to reduce its scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas emissions as well as report progress against them. 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
While the company has launched the M-Check initiative for increased sustainability transparency of its brands, focusing on criteria for climate compatibility, it still has an opportunity to assess and disclose its impacts and dependencies on nature, including biodiversity, within its own operations and its 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
No evidence was found regarding the company’s efforts to work towards a circular economy or which organisms it exploits. The company has an opportunity to develop a strategy and publicly report on specific, time-bound targets.

Solid and air pollution
The company should commit to avoid developing or marketing new chemicals or products with SVHC (substance of very high concern) properties, as well as work on reducing the production of hazardous substances and waste. It has an opportunity to report on air quality parameters of emissions of harmful air pollutants and disclose time-bound targets to reduce air pollutants across the most material parts of its value chain. While the company describes its activities to reduce plastic use and transition towards sustainable packaging, it has an opportunity to disclose the associated quantitative data., including the amount of plastic waste generated and proportions directed from or to disposal.

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 could provide insights into its process of identifying bribery and corruption risks and impacts in specific areas or activities, covering its own operations. Additionally, there’s potential to enhance business relationships by including anti-bribery and anti-corruption clauses in contracts. While the company offers a mechanism for stakeholders to raise concerns about bribery and corruption, clarifying their ability to do so without fear of retaliation would strengthen this mechanism.

Moreover, introducing a policy outlining the company’s approach to lobbying and political engagement would enhance transparency. The company could also consider releasing a public policy statement that explicitly confirms its non-participation in political contributions. In terms of transparency, disclosing lobbying expenditures, both globally and locally, would add clarity. Lastly, revealing that the company requires third-party lobbyists to adhere to its established lobbying and political engagement policy would reinforce accountability.

Provide and promote decent work
The company can consider disclosing a policy statement that outlines its expectation for suppliers to uphold the health and safety of their workers. It also has the chance to share details on how it monitors the health and safety performance of its suppliers. Additionally, the company could disclose a time-bound goal related to achieving a living wage for all workers, or alternatively, confirming the accomplishment of this objective. It also has an opportunity to reveal its methodology for determining a living wage in the regions it operates. The company could further disclose its initiatives to support the implementation of a living wage among its suppliers.

While the company acknowledges gender equality and women’s empowerment, it has the potential to formalize these commitments within a dedicated public policy document. Moreover, the company could disclose specific time-bound targets for gender equality and women’s empowerment. Although the company currently states that 26.08% of its board of directors are women, it could explore ways to increase this percentage further. Lastly, the company has the opportunity to disclose the gender-based ratio of basic salary and remuneration in its total direct operations workforce for various employee categories, categorized by significant operational locations.

Respect human rights
The company could demonstrate its commitment to human rights by disclosing a comprehensive policy statement. While the company has a policy statement outlining specific workers’ rights, there’s an opportunity to align with all ILO fundamental rights at work. Additionally, the company could enhance its supplier relationships by revealing a policy statement that requires them to uphold the ILO-declared fundamental rights at work.

To provide clarity, the company could describe the process it follows to identify human rights risks and impacts within its operations, as well as across its supply chain. Furthermore, outlining the methodology for assessing and identifying significant human rights concerns could add transparency. The company could choose to disclose the outcomes of its human rights risk assessment and establish a global system to address, prevent, or mitigate these identified significant human rights issues.