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2008 2009 3.7 4.1 2008 2009 Social responsibility Own-brand fresh fish sales as proportion of total fresh Household 42 – Sales of BUAV-accredited products (£m) 43 Toiletries 40 – Sales of BUAV-accredited products (£m) 41 Management (TCAM) sent letters to 12 FTSE 350 companies 0 100 0 10 20 30 40 50 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 most affected 0 by the 20 legislation. 40 Investor communication 60 80 100 emphasised CFS’ advocacy of an end to animal testing for Shell eggs 2004 2.4 non-medical consumer products and requested details of how 2006 74 16 10 2005 3.6 companies were responding to regulatory changes, as well as fish sales 37 0 3 6 9 12 15 % of sales 2006 2007 2008 2009 2004 6.0 Fish 3% 25% 69% 87% 2005 8.4 2006 10.2 2007 10.2 Fish sales (own-brand, fresh) (%) 2008 10.4 2009 14.5 0 20 40 60 80 100 0 10 20 30 40 50 2006 16 2007 11 2007 13 2 2008 21 CFS and ethical finance 2008 5
The Co-operative Asset Management overseas shareholder resolutions In 2009, TCAM was presented with nine overseas shareholder resolutions relating to animal welfare, all of which were supported. Company Resolution Vote registered Abbot Laboratories, Alergan Inc, Baxter International Inc Kroger Co, McDonald’s Corp Coach Inc DeVry Inc Smithfield Foods Inc Yum! Brands Inc Read more in this Report • Local sourcing of protein and dairy products (page 96). • Marine stewardship and sustainable sourcing of fish (pages 75–76). • Own-brand product sales and ranges (page 36). • Plan Bee: campaign to highlight decline of the honeybee (page 80). Accompanying notes 1 www.ciwf.org.uk/includes/documents/cm_ docs/2010/f/factsheet_meat_chickens.pdf (CIWF factsheet Meat Chickens revised March 2010. 2 Defra (2009) Pig Statistics. www.defra. gov.uk/evidence/statistics/foodfarm/food/ slaughter/index.htm 3 www.rspca.org.uk/allaboutanimals/ farm/poultry/layinghens According to the RSPCA, 58% of egg-laying hens are reared in caged systems. The proportion of hens reared in these systems has been decreasing over the last 10 years. 4 www.ciwf.org.uk 5 www.rspcagoodbusinessawards.com 6 Fresh and frozen meat and poultry is defined as meat and poultry that has been maintained in a chilled environment in its raw condition and which will require full cooking. Products classified as fresh and frozen meat and poultry include beef, lamb and pork joints, steaks, chops, mince, burgers, sausages, bacon and gammon, whole chickens, turkeys and ducks, and chicken, turkey and duck steaks, fillets and portions. 7 Compliance with UK farm assurance standards, or national equivalents, is assured for all own-brand fresh and frozen meat and poultry products. Outside the UK, suppliers are required to ensure, through independent third-party audits, that non-UK producers apply equivalent standards. To report on animal-testing policies or practice. To increase the proportion of cage-free eggs used or sold. To report on the feasibility of ending use of animal fur. To enact a policy to prohibit all medically unnecessary surgeries at company’s medical school. To phase out use of gestation crates in pig farming 46 . To implement previous recommendations relating to poultry welfare. Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported 8 Meat and dairy assurance schemes covered by the Red Tractor Mark include: Assured British Meat, Assured Chicken Production, Farm Assured Welsh Livestock, Northern Ireland Farm Quality Assurance Scheme, Quality Meat Scotland, Genesis Quality Assurance, Joint Pig Assurance Scheme, Soil Association Farm Assured, Quality British Turkey and National Dairy Farm Assured Scheme. Not all assured produce bears a logo, and two further standards cover cereals, and fruit and vegetables. 9 Quality Standard Marks are specifically applied to beef, lamb and pork products. 10 Egg sales accounted for 63% of all Freedom Food sales in 2006. 11 Egg sales accounted for 51% of all Freedom Food sales in 2007. 12 Egg sales accounted for 55% of all Freedom Food sales in 2008. 13 Egg sales accounted for 53% of all Freedom Food sales in 2009. 14 www.hsa.org.uk 15 Compliance with UK farm assurance standards or national equivalents was assured for all own-brand, UK-sourced fresh shell eggs, milk, turkey, duck, beef, lamb, chicken, pork, pig meat for sausages and, from February 2009, bacon and farmed salmon and trout. Whilst compliance with farm assurance standards is similarly stipulated for other meat and poultry products (eg, cooked meats), and products that contain meat or poultry ingredients (eg, ready meals), evidence of application is much more difficult to secure. 16 Data from The Co-operative Food sales team between January 2009 and December 2009 inclusive, including former Lothian Borders & Angus Co-operative Society sales and excluding Somerfield and Plymouth & South West Co-operative Society sales. Chart does not include duck sales, which accounted for less than 1% of total own-brand sales. 17 Excludes further prepared products (eg, breaded chicken products). 18 Includes wild caught fish, crustaceans (eg, prawns) and further prepared products (eg, fishcakes). 19 Co-operative own-brand egg production was transferred to free-range in October 2006. 20 EU egg and poultry meat marketing standards stipulate minimum requirements for products to be labelled as free-range. These contain animal-welfare provisions, which include: birds’ daytime access to open-air runs; fixed indoor stocking densities; and, for birds produced for meat, minimum slaughter ages. 21 Sales data from The Co-operative Food Finance, Buying and Marketing Analysis team, January 2010. Welfare data from The Co-operative Food Technical team December 2009 – January 2010. Origin data from The Co-operative Dairy Category team January 2010. 22 Both Elmwood standards and Freedom Food standards stipulate a maximum stocking density of 30kg/m 2 and access to bales, perches and pecking objects. Conventional systems permit a maximum stocking density of 38kg/m 2 and are not required to provide any environmental enrichment. Elmwood standards stipulate a minimum average slaughter age of 42 days. This exceeds conventional standards (average 38 days) but is lower than Freedom Food standards. 23 The use of artificial light is permitted by Freedom Food standards until 2010. 24 Freedom Food standards stipulate a minimum slaughter age of 56 days. 25 The use of artificial light is permitted by Freedom Food standards until 2012. 26 Free-range standards stipulate a maximum stocking density of 25kg/m 2 . Conventional systems permit a maximum stocking density of 59kg/m 2 . Free-range standards stipulate a minimum slaughter age of 56 days. 27 Sales and welfare data: see footnote 21; origin data from The Co-operative Protein Category team, January 2010. 28 Excludes further prepared products (eg, breaded chicken products). 29 Sales and welfare data: see footnote 21; origin data from The Co-operative Frozen Category team January 2010. 30 Excludes further prepared products (eg, breaded chicken products). 31 UK-only sourcing has been in effect for fresh pork and premium products since 2006, sausages since October 2007 and bacon since February 2009. UK legislation and UK farm assurance standards currently exceed EU legislation; for example, sow stalls and tethers have been illegal in the UK since 1999. 32 Piglets are born and reared outdoors until around 40kg (approx. 3 months of age), without the use of farrowing crates. 33 Freedom Food standards stipulate that pigs are housed on solid floors with straw litter and materials that encourage natural behaviours, such as rooting, pawing, mouthing and chewing. Conventional standards permit pigs to be housed on barren, slatted floors with only basic environmental enrichment. Freedom Food standards stipulate pigs are weaned at a minimum of 28 days; conventional UK standards permit weaning at 21 days. 34 Sheep are born and reared on open hills throughout the year. There are no boundaries or fences to keep different farm flocks apart. 35 See footnote 27. 36 See footnote 29. 37 Sales and welfare data: see footnote 27. 38 Soil Association standards stipulate stocking densities approximately half of those for conventional fish farms. 39 Sales and welfare data: see footnote 29. 40 Toiletries are classified as cosmetics under the EU Cosmetic Directive 76/768. This defines a cosmetic product as any substance or preparation intended for placing in contact with the various external parts of the human body with a view exclusively or principally to cleaning them, perfuming them or protecting them in order to keep them in good condition, change their appearance or correct body odours. 41 Sales data from The Co-operative Food Finance, Buying and Marketing Analysis team, January 2010. 42 Humane Household Product Standards define household products as: disinfectant, bleach, dishwasher products, floor and furniture polish, cleanser and cleaner, toilet products, washing-up liquid, air freshener, washing powder, laundry tablets, liquid detergent and fabric conditioner. 43 Sales data from The Co-operative Food Finance, Buying and Marketing Analysis team, January 2010. 44 GlaxoSmithKline, Home Retail Group, J Sainsbury, Johnson Matthey, Next, PZ Cussons, Reckitt Benckiser, Rentorol, SSL International, Tesco, Unilever, Wm Morrison. 45 No responses were received from PZ Cussons, Reckitt Benckiser and SSL International. 46 The proponent states that gestation crates are used to confine pregnant sows and are generally too small for sows to turn around or lie down. Social responsibility Community investment International development and human rights Animal welfare Diet and health Ethical finance Social inclusion Diversity The Co-operative Group Sustainability Report 2009 35
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