Loblaw Companies Limited (Loblaw), Canada’s biggest food retailer, ranks 43 out of 60. Since 2020, the company improved by disclosing a strengthened supplier code and disclosing a risk assessment process. However, the company did not improve across other themes; as such, its score has dropped by 5 points. The company’s score is based on its disclosure of a supplier code of conduct that covers four out of the five ILO core labour standards, including forced labour, some information on a risk assessment process, a policy preventing worker-paid fees, and a grievance mechanism available to workers in the first tier of its supply chain.
Additional steps the company could take to address forced labor risks in its supply chains, include disclosing policies and practices/strengthening its disclosure and practices on the themes of Commitment & Governance, Traceability & Risk Assessment, and Monitoring.