Bright Food
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Large food conglomerate
State-owned Bright Food was established in 2006 amid a series of mergers and consolidations of Chinese state-owned assets, and today is China's largest food company. Shanghai's municipal government is the company's controlling stakeholder. Acquired 75% of Manassen Foods in Nov 2011.
Company Ownership
Bright Food (Group) Co Ltd | CHN | website | ||||
Government of the People's Republic of China ![]() owns 100% of Bright Food (Group) Co Ltd |
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Communist government All power within the government of the People's Republic of China is divided among three bodies: the Chinese Communist Party, State Council, and the People's Liberation Army. In recent years China has been consolidating it's state-owned assets and inviting private investors to invest (often family members of high ranking government officials), however in most cases the government retains control and majority ownership. We have listed State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) simply as subsidiaries of China's government, although in reality company ownership is often more complex. |
Company Assessment
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This company received a score of 6.1/100 (retrieved 10-Oct-2020) in the Corporate Information Transparency Index (CITI), a system for evaluating supply chain practices in China, particularly in regards to environmental management and water pollution. Scores are calculated using government compliance data, online monitoring data, and third-party environmental audits, as well as trends in the environmental performance of factories in the company's supply chains.
Source: IPE (2020)
Forest 500 identifies the 350 companies and 150 financial institutions with the greatest exposure to tropical deforestation risk, and annually assesses them on the strength and implementation of their deforestation and human rights commitments. This company received a score of 0%.
Source: Forest 500 (2022)
The 2021 Food and Agriculture Benchmark assessed 350 keystone companies across the entirety of the food system, from farm to fork. It covers three dimensions where transformation is needed: nutrition, environment and social inclusion. This company ranked #322/350, with a total score of 0/100.
Source: World Benchmarking Alliance (2021) |
The registered capital of Bright Group is 3.43 billion RMB, in which State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of Shanghai Municipal Government (Shanghai SASAC) accounts for 50.43%, Shanghai DaSheng Holdings Co., Ltd. invests 20.41%, and each of Shanghai State-owned Assets Operation Co., Ltd., SHENERGY Group, Shanghai International Group, Shanghai industrial Investment Holdings Co., Ltd. and Shanghai JiuShi holds 5.832% respectively.
Source: company website (2012) |
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This company is the world's 2th largest equity owner of companies producing single-use plastic waste, according to Minderoo Foundation's 2021 Plastic Waste Makers Index. Institutional asset managers and global banks are providing billions of dollars to companies that produce polymers from fossil fuels, as much as 100 times more than they provide to companies trying to shift to a circular economy. Plastic pollution is one of the biggest, most urgent threats facing our planet and our health.
Source: Minderoo Foundation (2021)
According to Human Rights Watch: "China's one-party authoritarian state under the Chinese Communist Party systemically curbs fundamental rights. Under President Xi Jinping, in power since 2013, the government has deepened repression at home and sought to muzzle critics abroad. It has arbitrarily detained human rights defenders and lawyers, tightened control over civil society, media, and the internet, and deployed invasive mass surveillance technology. The government imposes particularly heavy-handed control in the ethnic minority regions of Xinjiang and Tibet. The government's cultural persecution and arbitrary detention of a million Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims since 2017 constitute crimes against humanity. In Hong Kong, the government imposed draconian national security legislation in 2020 and systematically curbed the city's freedoms. The government initially covered up the Covid-19 outbreak and later hindered international efforts to investigate the virus's origin."
Source: Human Rights Watch (2021)
Amnesty International's 2020 report on China states "The year was marked by harsh crackdowns on human rights defenders and people perceived to be dissidents, as well as the systematic repression of ethnic minorities. The beginning of the year saw the start of the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, which killed more than 4,600 people in China. People demanded freedom of expression and transparency after authorities reprimanded health professionals for warning about the virus. At the UN, China was strongly criticized and urged to allow immediate, meaningful and unfettered access to Xinjiang. Stringent restrictions on freedom of expression continued unabated. Foreign journalists faced detention and expulsion, as well as systematic delays to and refusals of visa renewals. Chinese and other tech firms operating outside China blocked what the government deemed politically sensitive content, extending its censorship standards internationally. China enacted its first Civil Code, which received thousands of submissions by the public calling for legalization of same-sex marriage. Hong Kongâs National Security Law led to a clampdown on freedom of expression." Follow the link for further details.
Source: Amnesty Intl (2021)
Amnesty International's 2021 report 'Like We Were Enemies in a War', outlines how Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region face systematic state-organized mass imprisonment, torture and persecution amounting to crimes against humanity. Muslim ethnic groups are being forced to abandon their religious traditions, cultural practices and local languages.
Source: Amnesty Intl (2021) |
Follow the link to see Wikipedia's article on the government of the People's Republic of China.
Source: Wikipedia (2021) |
Company Details
Type | State-owned enterprise |
Subsidiaries | Manassen Foods Australia Pty Ltd (75% owned) ![]() Food importer and marketer Manassen Foods markets many leading consumer brands including Trident. In April 2006 Manassen Foods acquired The Great Southern Foods group, King Oscar and Hutchinsons (NZ), and turned the business into a new company with CHAMP Pty Ltd having a 51 per cent stake. Bought Sunbeam Foods in 2007. China's Bright Food bought 75% of the company in late 2011. - Sunbeam Foods Pty Ltd ![]() Dried fruit processors Established in 1926. Acquired Angus Park Fruit company in 2004. Bought by Manassen Foods in 2007, which was bought by China's Bright Food in 2011. - Mundella Foods Pty Ltd ![]() Dairy company Founded in 1974. Acquired by Chinese state-owned enterprise Bright Foods through its Australian subsidiary Manassen Foods in Jan 2014. Synlait Ltd (39% owned) ![]() Dairy Established in 2000. China's Bright Dairy bought a 51% stake in 2010, which has since been diluted to 39%. Acquired fellow New Zealand dairy company Dairyworks in 2019. - Dairyworks Ltd ![]() Dairy Established in New Zealand in 2001. A family-owned company until it was acquired by fellow New Zealand dairy company Synlait in 2019. |
Contact Details
Address | Shanghai, China |
Website | www.brightfood.com/en/about |
Products / Brands
Manassen Foods (75% owned)
Angas Park Dried Fruit & Nuts Chrystal Fresh Cheese Diet Rite Herbs & Spices Globus Pickles, Chutney & Relish Golden Days Health Bars King Oscar Canned Fish Margaret River Cheese Margaret River Yoghurt Marion's Kitchen Asian Mundella Yoghurt Mundella Cheese S & W Salad Dressing/Mayonnaise |
S & W Topping & Syrup Sunbeam Dried Fruit & Nuts Trident Dried Fruit & Nuts Trident Noodles Trident Canned Vegies/Beans Trident Soup Trident Asian Trident Chilli/Hot Sauce Wokka Noodles Wokka Packet Meals |
Dairyworks
Dairyworks Cheese
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