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The Food Processing Sector Supplement is currently being developed. Like all Sector Supplements, it will be designed to be used in conjunction with the Guidelines. |
Current Project Status
Between July and September 2008, a survey was conducted concerning the draft Performance Indicators for the GRI Food Processing Sector Supplement. The Working Group will review the responses in the following months, along with the draft Indicator Protocols which support the Performance Indicators by providing information on the relevance, compilation, definitions, documentation and references for each Food specific indicator.
The final opportunity for public feedback on the final draft supplement will be
open in mid-2009. Announcements will be made through the GRI newsletter
and the Practitioners' Network for this sector.
Downloads
Press Release (PDF)
Press Release 2 (PDF)
Sustainability Reporting in the Food Processing Sector (PDF)
About the project
Why produce a Sector Supplement for the Food Processing Sector?
The future GRI Food Processing Sector Supplement will cover reporting indicators common to the general food processing sector including supply chain management of different types of products - like agricultural crops, seafood, meat, poultry, beverages and ingredients - while similarly addressing more specific indicators by food type. GRI will work with food processors and other stakeholders on how to best define these indicators and sector specific guidance.
A Working Group of 20 experts is currently developing sector specific reporting indicators for the Food Processing sector, but the opportunity to have a say during the public comment periods is open for everyone concerned with the sustainability performance of the Food Processing Sector.
Half of the Working Group is drawn from the Food Processing sector, who produce a variety of products in diverse regions, and the other half consists of a range of different stakeholder groups, also from a cross-section of geographic regions.
The Working Group is in the process of discussing and refining the input and will eventually propose a draft Sector Supplement. Feedback will be sought through public comment and, as a last step, the GRI Technical Advisory Committee and Board will need to approve the sector guidance before it is released as a Sector Supplement.
The following companies are participating in the development of these sector specific guidelines:
Archer Daniels Midland (USA), Bunge (Brazil), Danisco (Denmark), Findus Group (UK), General Mills (USA), Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (USA), Interface Trading (Senegal), Nestlé (Switzerland), Tyson Foods (USA) and Wilmar (Singapore).
And the following stakeholder organisations:
Allianz Global Investors (France), CIWF (Compassion in World Farming), FNV Bondgenoten (labor), Health and nutrition specialist New York University, IFAT (International Fair Trade Organization), IFAP (International Federation of Agricultural Producers), IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), SGS (Société Générale de Surveillance) and WWF, children advocacy (Pakistan).
Get involved
Practitioner’s Network
Contact GRI to join the Food Processing Practitioners' Network or for more information on guidelines@globalreporting.org
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