The Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare: 2013 Report
76 Pages Posted: 15 Feb 2014
Date Written: December 2013
Abstract
The Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare: 2013 Report assesses how 70 of the world’s largest food companies in the food retailer and wholesaler, restaurant and bar, and food producer and manufacturer sectors are managing farm animal welfare. The report concludes that farm animal welfare is rising up the business agenda with an increasing number of companies having established policies and set objectives and targets. Seven companies - Co-operative Food (UK), Coop Group (Switzerland), J Sainsbury, Marfrig, Marks and Spencer, Noble Foods and Unilever - have carved out clear leadership positions on this issue, and almost one third of the 70 companies have made notable improvements in their farm animal welfare-related management and/or reporting over the past year. Despite this progress, farm animal welfare continues to receive much less attention than other corporate responsibility issues, with almost 30% of the companies covered by the benchmark yet to even acknowledge farm animal welfare as a business issue.
Keywords: farm animal welfare, companies, benchmark
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