Botanical Food Co

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Herbs and spices

Launched in 1999, the company now exports to 15 countries. Acquired by McCormick for $150 million in 2016.

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Botanical Food Company Pty Ltd	AUS	website	email
McCormick & Co. Inc owns 100% of Botanical Food Company Pty Ltd	USA	website	email
Herbs & spices maker World's #1 spice maker.

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Botanical Food Company Pty Ltd

Organic products

Some of the products this company sells are certified organic by Organic Food Chain Australia
Source: OFC Australia (2018)

ecoBiz Partner (QLD)

With the assistance of an ecoBiz rebate, Gourmet Gardens installed a carbon dioxide over ammonia cascade refrigeration plant, which significantly reduced the amount of energy required to refrigerate their products. They also began capturing rain water to clean their facilities and installed a water efficient herb washer. To reduce the amount of waste going to landfill Gourmet Garden began reusing the outer packaging cartons from their suppliers for approximately 50% of their sales.
Source: ecoBiz (2011)

McCormick & Co. Inc

67.8% in Newsweek Green Rankings 2016

This company received a score of 67.8/100 in the Newsweek Green Rankings 2016, which ranks the world's largest publicly traded companies on eight indicators covering energy, greenhouse gases, water, waste, fines and penalties, linking executive pay to sustainability targets, board-level committee oversight of environmental issues and third-party audits. Ranking methodology by Corporate Knights and HIP Investor.
Source: Newsweek (2016)

Global 100

The 2020 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World list is an extensive data-driven corporate sustainability assessment. The ranked companies are leaders in the field of a sustainable business approach. The efficiency of a company's energy, water, CO2 and waste management is measured in relation to its total sales volume. The disclosure of that information is a pre-condition for the assessment. Of the 295 companies in its peer group, this company ranked #1.
Source: Corporate Knights (2020)

59% at JUST Capital

JUST Capital polls Americans every year to identify the issues that matter most in defining just business behaviour. For their 2021 rankings the public identified 19 issues, which are organised under the headings Workers, Communities, Customers, Shareholders and Environment. JUST Capital then define metrics that map to those issues and track and analyse the largest, publicly traded U.S. companies. This analysis powers their rankings, in which this company ranked 182th of 928 companies, and 7th of 35 Food, Beverage & Tobacco companies.
Source: JUST Capital (2020)

Human Rights Benchmark

The 2019 Corporate Human Rights Benchmark assessed 200 of the largest publicly traded companies in the world from the Agricultural Products, Apparel, Extractives and ICT Manufacturing sectors on 100 human rights indicators. This company's score was in the 0-10 band range. The overall average score was a disappointing 24%.
Source: CHRB (2019)

CDP Forests Score of D

In 2019, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) asked companies to provide data about their efforts towards removing commodity-driven deforestation and forest degradation from its direct operations and supply chains. Responding companies are scored across four key areas: disclosure; awareness; management; and leadership. This company received a CDP Forests Score of D.
Source: CDP (2019)

24/100 S&P Global ESG Score

This company received an S&P Global ESG Score of 24/100 in the Banks category of the 2019 SAM Corporate Sustainability Assessment, an annual evaluation of companies' sustainability practices. The rankings are based on an analysis of corporate economic, environmental and social performance, assessing issues such as corporate governance, risk management, environmental reporting, climate strategy, human rights and labour practices.
Source: S&P Global (2019)

CEO Pay Ratio of 404:1

In 2019 the median pay for a worker at this company was US$31,603. The CEO was paid 404 times this amount. Exorbitant CEO pay is a major contributor to rising inequality. CEOs are getting more because of their power to set pay, not because they are increasing productivity or possess specific, high-demand skills. The economy would suffer no harm if CEOs were paid less (or taxed more). In contrast, the CEO-to-typical-worker compensation ratio was 20-to-1 in 1965 and 58-to-1 in 1989.
Source: AFL-CIO (2020)

BPA use

EWG's 2015 report "BPA in Canned Food" analyzed 252 canned food brands to find out which ones are still using BPA (bisphenol A), a synthetic estrogen found in the epoxy coatings of food cans which has been linked to many health problems. This company was amongst the 'Worst Players' for exclusively using cans with BPA.
Source: EWG (2015)

Plastics Commitment signatory

This company is a signatory to the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment, whose goal is to eliminate plastic pollution at its source.
Source: New Plastics Economy (2019)

Sustainable Agriculture Initiative member

This company is a member of the Sustainable Agriculture Initiative (SAI) Platform, the main food industry initiative supporting the development of sustainable agriculture worldwide. Created by Nestle, Unilever and Danone in 2002, the SAI Platform is a non-profit organization to facilitate sharing, at precompetitive level, of knowledge and initiatives to support the development and implementation of sustainable agriculture practices involving the different stakeholders of the food chain.
Source: SAI Platform (2019)

Sedex member

This company is a member of the Supplier Ethical Data Exchange (Sedex), a not-for-profit, membership organisation that leads work with buyers and suppliers to deliver improvements in responsible and ethical business practices in global supply chains. Tens of thousands of companies use Sedex to manage their performance around labour rights, health & safety, the environment and business ethics.
Source: Sedex (2018)

CDP Climate Change Score of C

In 2019, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) asked companies to provide data about their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate climate change risk. Responding companies are scored across four key areas: disclosure; awareness; management; and leadership. This company received a CDP Climate Change Score of C.
Source: CDP (2019)

Modern Slavery statement

California, the UK and Australia have all enacted legislation requiring companies operating within their borders to disclose their efforts to eradicate modern slavery from their operations and supply chains. Follow the link to see this company's disclosure statement.
Source: Modern Slavery Registry (2016)

CDP Water Security Score of C

In 2019, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) asked companies to provide data about their efforts to manage and govern freshwater resources. Responding companies are scored on six key metrics: transparency; governance & strategy; measuring & monitoring; risk assessment; targets & goals; and value chain engagement. This company received a CDP Water Security Score of C.
Source: CDP (2019)

57/100 S&P Global ESG Score

This company received an S&P Global ESG Score of 57/100 in the Food Products category of the 2019 SAM Corporate Sustainability Assessment, an annual evaluation of companies' sustainability practices. The rankings are based on an analysis of corporate economic, environmental and social performance, assessing issues such as corporate governance, risk management, environmental reporting, climate strategy, human rights and labour practices.
Source: S&P Global (2019)

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Type	Wholly-owned subsidiary
Employees	150 in 2016
Aus Manufacturing	Yes

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Address	80 Palmwoods-Montville Rd, Palmwoods, QLD, 4555, Australia
Phone	07 5453 2500
Fax	07 5445 0961
Freecall	1800 007 488
Website	www.gourmetgarden.com

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