Deforestation/conversion-free target – soy for animal feed 

Feed,

Farm,

Slaughter,

Processing

We assess whether a company understands and is managing exposure to deforestation risks linked to soy for animal feed and whether the company has set a target and discloses progress against it.  

• Risk assessment to identify high-risk locations. 

• Strength of deforestation commitment.

• Regional and operational coverage of commitment.

• Transparency – progress against commitment. 

Best practice is awarded when a company sources soy from 100% deforestation free feed suppliers OR only sources soy from low-risk deforestation areas. Alternatively, best practice is awarded if the company understands and manages its exposure to the deforestation risks linked to soy for animal feed. It indicates that it has set a time-bound target (2025 or earlier, cut-off date of 2020 or earlier) for all regions a company operates in to mitigate this risk and discloses progress against it. 

Deforestation/conversion-free target – cattle 

Feed,

Farm,

Slaughter,

Processing

We assess whether a beef company understands and is managing exposure to deforestation risks linked to cattle and whether the company has set a target and discloses progress against it. 

• Risk assessment to identify high-risk locations. 

• Strength of deforestation commitment.

• Regional and operational coverage. 

• Transparency – progress against commitment. 

Best practice is awarded when a company provides a zero illegal deforestation commitment and sources cattle from areas with no risk of deforestation. Or the company understands and manages its exposure to the deforestation risks linked to cattle. It indicates that a company has set a time-bound target (2025 or earlier, cut-off date of 2020 or earlier) for all regions a company operates in to mitigate this risk and discloses progress against it. 

Engagement, monitoring, traceability – soy for animal feed 

Feed,

Farm,

Slaughter,

Processing

We assess the measures taken to monitor compliance and engage soy suppliers in support of the DCF target. We assess the extent to which companies have traceability of soy sourced. 

• Supplier engagement. 

• Compliance monitoring and Traceability.

• Feed Innovation. 

All – cumulative KPI. 

Engagement, monitoring, traceability – cattle 

Feed,

Farm,

Slaughter,

Processing

We assess the measures taken to monitor compliance and engage cattle suppliers in support of the DCF target. We assess the extent to which companies have traceability of cattle sourced. 

• Supplier engagement.

• Compliance monitoring. 

• Traceability and performance (web screen for links to cattle-related deforestation). 

All – cumulative KPI. 

Aquaculture certification (ASC, BAP, GlobalGAP, SSP) 

Feed,

Hatcheries,

Farm,

Slaughter,

Processing

We assess the extent to which companies have ASC/GlobalGAP/ BAP/SSP certification. 

• Proportion of farms certified. 

All – cumulative KPI. 

Feed ingredients & conversion ratios 

Feed,

Hatcheries,

Farm,

Slaughter,

Processing

We assess disclosure of feed ingredients by percentage, percentage of certified feed, conversion ratios, FFDRm and FFDRo, and absolute volumes of FMFO sourced. 

• Feed disclosure.

• Performance of feed metrics.

All – cumulative KPI. 

Feed innovation 

Feed,

Hatcheries,

Farm,

Slaughter,

Processing

We assess whether companies have done risk assessments of how marine and soy ingredient availability will impact production, and strategies to diversify into novel ingredients and using seafood trimmings in feed. 

• Strategy.

• Performance .

All – cumulative KPI.

Sea lice management – Salmon (fish at sea only) 

Feed,

Hatcheries,

Farm,

Slaughter,

Processing

We assess whether companies are disclosing information on sea lice performance, non-chemical approaches to prevent sea lice infestation, and disclosure of cleaner fish mortality and management. 

• Sea lice disclosure and management.

• Cleaner fish.    

All – cumulative KPI.

Ecosystem impacts 

Feed,

Hatcheries,

Farm,

Slaughter,

Processing

We assess commitments to reduce escapes, performance on escapes, approach to reducing biodiversity impacts and targets to eliminate human-wildlife conflict. 

• Escapes.

• Reducing biodiversity impacts.     

All – cumulative KPI. 

DCF target – soy for animal feed 

•  Companies where soy is >2% of feed ingredients for both owned farms AND animals sourced will be assessed on this KPI.  

• Companies will now be awarded partial points for zero illegal deforestation targets. 

DCF target – beef cattle 

• Companies will now be awarded partial points for zero illegal deforestation targets. Dairy companies will no longer be assessed on this KPI. 

Disease management – all fish 

• This KPI has been moved to the Animal Welfare Risk Factor. 

Disease management – shrimp aquaculture 

• This KPI has been moved to the Animal Welfare Risk Factor. 

Sea lice management – salmon (fish at sea only) 

• Added option to designate companies as “Not Applicable” for regions where sea lice are not present. 

Ecosystem impacts 

• Added questions on algal blooms (previously in disease management).