Bright Food Group

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

No leading practices were identified in the ecosystems area.

No leading practices were identified in the traceability area.

No leading practices were identified in the social responsibility area.

No leading practices were identified in the core social indicators area.

Sustainability strategy
Bright Food Group has an opportunity to disclose sustainability strategy with ecosystems, traceability and social issues.

Accountability for sustainability strategy
Bright Food Group has an opportunity to report on sustainability accountability within its governance structure.

Stakeholder engagement
Bright Food Group has an opportunity to disclose how it engages with stakeholders, the issues raised during such activities, and the outcomes of its stakeholder engagement.

Lobbying and advocacy
Bright Food Group has an opportunity to report on its lobbying and advocacy practices on sustainability-related issues, and whether these activities align with its sustainability strategy.

Sustainable fisheries and aquaculture
Bright Food Group has an opportunity to provide evidence of a commitment to sustainable fishing and aquaculture.

Ecosystem impacts of fisheries
Bright Food Group lacks public disclosure about its activities to manage the ecosystem of the fisheries it sources from. As such, Bright Food Group can significantly improve by disclosing how it assesses the ecosystem impacts of its wild-catch operations and how it mitigates any negative impacts.

Ecosystem impacts of aquaculture
Bright Food Group does not disclose information about how it promotes sustainable aquaculture practices in its operations and supply chains. The company can improve its performance by disclosing how it addresses important issues in aquaculture, such as antibiotics use, aquaculture feed use and animal welfare.

Traceability systems and commitments for seafood products and aquaculture feed ingredients
Bright Food Group does not disclose information about how it traces and verifies the origins of seafood products. The company therefore can improve in this area by disclosing information about the traceability system(s) in place for its seafood products, including key data elements that are collected and the mechanisms used to verify the information along the supply chain.

Risk-based approach to illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing
Bright Food Group does not disclose a risk-based approach towards illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. Bright Food Group can improve its performance by demonstrating it has an IUU risk tool and assesses IUU risks in its operations and supply chain.

Disclosure of the source of seafood products and marine feed ingredients
Bright Food Group does not publicly disclose information about the source of its seafood products. The company can improve its performance by disclosing an overview of its seafood sourcing, including information about species, geographic location, and management status.

Forced Labour
Bright Food Group 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.

Farmer and fisher livelihoods
Bright Food Group 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.

Working and living conditions on board fishing vessels
No evidence was found of a group-level approach to verify decent working and living conditions on fishing vessels. Bright Food Group can improve its performance by ensuring that working and living conditions on vessels in its supply chain are monitored, disclosing monitoring results and demonstrating how risks are mitigated and improvements are implemented, where needed.

Respect human rights
Bright Food Group 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 across all its activities, including its suppliers, 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.

Provide and promote decent work
Bright Food Group 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, describes the living wage determination methodology, and discloses strategies to support suppliers in paying a living wage. Furthermore, the company could commit to gender equality and women’s empowerment and disclose related targets. It could also disclose the representation of women on the highest governance body and the ratio of the basic salary and remuneration of women to men.

Act ethically
Bright Food Group 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 stakeholder complaints. Furthermore, the company can demonstrate ethical conduct by publishing a policy statement that outlines its approach to lobbying and political engagement and emphasizes its non-participation in political contributions, or alternatively, states the criteria of exceptions. It could also transparently disclose all lobbying expenditures.