Reporting with Purpose
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The Food Retail ESG Reporting Standard
What’s Inside
Our ESG Reporting Standard defines key aspects of a high quality ESG report, including scoping materiality, defining targets, and covering topics such as:
- Governance & Risk Management
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Food Safety
- Occupational Health & Safety
- Labor, Human Rights, & DEI
- Sustainable Supply Chain/Sourcing
- And more…
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ESG State of the Industry Report
Learn reporting trends and get insights on how ESG reporting can benefit your business.
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FMI members are focused on making sure that the same transparency and rigor they bring to financial reporting are brought to bear in their ESG reporting. Ratio Institute has created a food retail-focused tool that can help with that process by offering a standardized framework for communicating the metrics, best practices, commitments, and progress on ESG goals that are increasingly important to grocery’s business model.
Andrew Harig
Vice President, Tax, Trade, Sustainability & Policy Development, at FMI, The Food Industry Association
This is a great first step in defining sustainability reporting in the grocery industry. It enables companies to demonstrate their ESG commitment to their team members and customers and improve the industry overall.
Mark Koppang
Director of Sustainability, Raley’s Supermarkets
Ratio Institute's practical sustainability tools directly correlate to store profitability—they make it simple for retailers to save money while being more sustainable. This is the win-win the industry has been seeking.
Leading the Way
By supporting Ratio Institute’s Food Retail ESG Reporting Standard these organizations have committed to the highest standards of transparency in the industry.