Yokohama Reito (Yokorei)

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

No leading practices were identified for the company in the ecosystems measurement area.

No leading practices were identified for the company in the traceability measurement area.

No leading practices were identified for the company in the social responsibility measurement area.

Sustainable development strategy
While the company has key performance indicators covering sustainability topics in the seafood industry, it has an opportunity to disclose a sustainable development strategy and how it identifies and prioritises the topics where it has the most impact.

Governance and accountability
The company does not disclose the governance structure for the implementation of its sustainable development strategy or targets, such as the person, team or committee that holds ultimate responsibility for its implementation.

Stakeholder engagement
The company does not disclose stakeholder engagement activities, including how it selects the stakeholders, nor an overview of the topics discussed or their outcomes.

Engagement in policy advocacy
No information was found about specific advocacy activities Yokorei undertakes, individually and/or collectively, to improve public policies and strengthen legislation, nor was any reporting on results or impacts of policy advocacy activities.

Commitment to sustainable fishing and aquaculture
While the company has a commitment to sustainable fishing and aquaculture operations, it has an opportunity to strengthen its commitment by setting targets and reporting against them and by disclosing quantitative data that demonstrates progress in its sustainable fishing and aquaculture activities.

Ecosystem impacts of fisheries
Yokorei lacks public disclosure about its activities to manage fishing impacts on target and by-catch species. Also, it does not provide information about its impacts on endangered species and sensitive habitats. As such, Yokorei 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
Yokorei 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, animal welfare, and impacts on endangered species and sensitive habitats. Furthermore, Yokorei could disclose information about outbreaks, medicine use, and disease management plans in its aquaculture operations.

Commitment to traceability
The company does not disclose a commitment on fully traceable operations and supply chain.

Traceability system for seafood products and aquaculture feed ingredients
Yokorei does not disclose information about how it traces and verifies the origins of seafood products. Robust traceability systems contribute to reducing social and environmental risks in a company’s operations and supply chains, and. The company therefore can improve in this area by to presenting its traceability system, including key data elements that are collected and the mechanisms used to verify the information along the supply chain.

Risk-based approach to IUU fishing
Yokorei does not disclose a risk-based approach towards IUU fishing.

Disclosure of the origin of its seafood and marine feed ingredients
Yokorei does not publicly disclose information about the source of its seafood products. By being transparent in this area, the company could demonstrate responsibility and accountability for its operations and supply chain. Yokorei can improve its performance by disclosing an overview of its fishing and aquaculture operations and the seafood products it sources, including information about species, geographic location, and management status.

Child and forced labour
The company does not disclose a commitment to prohibit child or forced labour in its operations and supply chain.

Living wage
The company does not disclose that it pays its workers a living wage or requires its suppliers to do the same. Neither has it set targets to do so in the future.

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. Yokorei 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.

Respecting customary and indigenous rights and support for local communities
Yokorei does not disclose examples about how it supports local communities, nor has it committed to respecting customary and indigenous rights. The company can improve by disclosing a systematic process for engaging with local communities in its own operations and supply chains, track progress of the results and impacts of its engagement with local communities and commit to respecting customary and indigenous rights.

No policies or commitments related to respect for human rights were found in the public domain. As such, Yokorei does not demonstrate it has in place the necessary policies and systems to respect basic human rights in its operations and supply chain.

No evidence of policies or commitments related to decent work were found in the public domain. As such, Yokorei does not demonstrate that it provides secure, safe and healthy workplaces, where workers are fairly renumerated and have a meaningful say in decision making.

Yokorei publicly commits to protect personal data and discloses a privacy policy on its use. However, this policy does not disclose the types of user information collected, the third parties this is shared with and whether it allows users to retrieve a copy of collected information. No relevant policies or commitments on the other ethical business topics – tax, bribery and corruption, and lobbying and political engagement – were found in the public domain.