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Policy on Animal Welfare
The company publishes a specific, comprehensive and updated Policy on Animal Welfare based on specific actions and objectives.
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About the data

This sub-metric is used to evaluate the metric : ""6.1 Animal welfare policies and management""
With this metric we aim to show and compare the management of the main distributors in Spain with regard to the treatment of animals, focusing mainly on the following aspects:

- The communication of a specific and comprehensive policy on Animal Welfare.
- The requirements to their own brand suppliers
- Responsible use of antibiotics
- Their requirements on the animal treatment of their non-food products.
- Their offer of eggs not from caged hens
- its policy on common malpractice (premature death of male chickens)
- Its initiatives to encourage the reduction of meat consumption
- Their offer of products free of animal abuse (vegetarian, organic).
We will assign a" "YES" "when the company communicates a comprehensive and accessible policy on Animal Welfare in an individual document or within some of its reports, respecting the following terms:

The company must communicate a clearly differentiated and developed policy around Animal Welfare (BA) measures applied to the supply of its products of animal origin at least of its own brand.
This must be based on concrete, quantifiable and temporary actions and objectives, beyond the minimum legal requirements in BA matters.

We value that this policy includes the adoption of BA certifications, a description of the importance of animal treatment in the livestock industry, recognition of the impact of the large-scale distribution sector in this matter, as well as the demands on its suppliers regarding:

- Food
- Antibiotics
- Accommodation
- Physical and mental health
- Good deal
- Behavior


This information can be found in any of the following reports published on the companies' website:

- Animal Welfare Policy
- Responsible purchasing policy
- Annual memory
- Corporate Social Responsibility Report
- Sustainability Report
- Non-Financial Information Statement (EINF)
Value Type
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Research Policy
Community Assessed
Report Type
Annual Report
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Sustainability Report
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Code of Conduct
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Integrated Report
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Company Website