Responsible Sourcing

Promoting higher animal welfare standards

• In Australia in 2022, 92% of the fresh/frozen raw and value-added chicken we purchased was certified to meet RSPA approved farming scheme standards. We are also raising awareness with consumers of our commitments and achievements through educational campaigns on posters, table-talkers, stickers, bulletins and social media posts.
• In the US, we will transition to, at a minimum, group housed pork (pigs crated 5-7 days) by Summer 2023 with our priority being to source gestation crate free pork.
• We use consumer-facing print and digital materials to educate and guide guests on our higher welfare policies. Materials include the promotion of cage-free eggs, reduced antibiotic poultry, Certified Humane proteins and our annual celebration of National Seafood Month. 

APAC progress towards cage-free egg commitments

At Compass Group we're committed to sourcing only cage-free eggs globally by 2025. In more challenging regions like Asia-Pacific, we are working with experts at Global Food Partners (GFP) to ensure we meet our commitment. GFP is helping us achieve this by providing localised subject matter expertise, helping us to develop cage-free implementation roadmaps, facilitating engagement with our egg suppliers, and providing training to our internal procurement and sustainability teams.

Partnering for sustainable seafood across LATAM

The Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative, better known as GSSI, supports buyers with understanding which solutions can support their company to source and procure seafood more sustainably. Compass Group has been a GSSI Partner since 2020, joining a global partnership bringing together the complete seafood supply chain as well as the UN FAO, NGOs and research institutes. As part of our collaboration, GSSI’s partnerships manager presented to our LATAM procurement team in October 2022, sharing their experiences of working with global seafood supply chain companies.