Ahold Delhaize N.V. (Ahold Delhaize), one of the world’s largest food retail groups, with presence in Europe and the United States, ranks 30 out of 60 companies.
Since 2020, the company improved by disclosing a risk assessment process and providing some information on the risks identified, as well as disclosing an engagement, as part of a sector initiative in the Netherlands, with a union in the context of an impact assessment on a tomato supply chain. However, the company did not improve across other themes. The company scored higher than average on the theme of Worker Voice, based on a disclosure of a one-off union engagement for a single commodity and a grievance mechanism available to workers in the first tier of its supply chain. The company is encouraged to improve its performance and disclosure on the themes of Commitment & Governance, Traceability & Risk Assessment, and Recruitment