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Inghams

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Poultry processing

Australia's second largest poultry producer (after Baiada). It was wholly-owned by Bob Ingham, son of the company's founder Walter Ingham, until March 2013, when it was sold to TPG Capital. Floated on the ASX in Nov 2016.

Company Ownership

Inghams Group Ltd   AUS     website   email   facebook   
  TPG Capital LP   
   owns 10% of Inghams Group Ltd  
USA     website   email      

Private equity firm

Formerly known as Texas Pacific Group. One of the world's largest private equity firms, with $54.5 billion of capital under management. Acquired Australian poultry processor Inghams in 2013 for $900m.

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Company Assessment

PRAISE CRITICISM INFORMATION
Inghams Group Ltd
Environment Australian Packaging Covenant signatory
Signatory to the Australian Packaging Covenant, a voluntary agreement to encourage waste minimisation.
Source: Australian Packaging Covenant (2020)
Environment FAIRR Protein Producer Index
The Coller FAIRR Protein Producer Index is a comprehensive assessment of how this sector is managing critical sustainability risks factors: GHGs; deforestation and biodiversity; water scarcity; water pollution; antibiotics; animal welfare; working conditions; food safety. This company was rated as high risk.
Source: FAIRR (2019)
Business Ethics 10/100 S&P Global ESG Score
This company received an S&P Global ESG Score of 10/100 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)
Animals Factory Farming
This company produces factory farmed chicken meat. Broiler chickens can legally be confined at a density that gives each bird less space than an single A4 sheet of paper. Every year in Australia 550 million chickens endure short and unnatural lives inside factory farms. This approach is fundamentally at odds with chicken welfare.
Source: Animals Australia (2019)
Environment Water pollution in NSW
This company entered into an enforceable undertaking with the NSW Environment Protection Authority in March 2015 to provide $79,800 to a Lake Macquarie City Council initiative to improve water quality in MacNamarra Creek. The enforceable undertaking is in response to a pollution incident that occurred in May 2014, where poultry blood from the Inghams poultry abattoir at Cardiff was accidently discharged into a stormwater drain and impacted on the nearby Winding Creek.
Source: NSW Environment Protection Authority (2015)
Social Breaching advertising codes
Inghams has been criticised for trivialising an important public health issue. In 2007 the Advertising Standards Bureau upheld complaints with regards to a billboard ad for chicken during Breast Awareness Week on the grounds it was in poor taste and breached advertising codes. Inghams subsequently discontinued the ads.
Source: Advertising Standards Bureau (2007)
Animals Animal cruelty
In March 2013 ABC's Lateline showed video footage obtained by Animal Liberation of workers apparently bashing and kicking turkeys at an Inghams poultry processing plant on the outskirts of Sydney.
Source: ABC Lateline (2013)
Business Ethics Political donations
According to the democracyforsale.net website, this company donated $500,000 to Australia's major political parties between 2012 and 2018, as disclosed to the Australian Electoral Commision (AEC).
Source: Democracy For Sale (2018)
Environment Organic products
This company manufactures or distributes products that are certified organic under the Australian Certified Organic label.
Source: ACO (2018)
Animals FREPA accreditation
Inghams' Marion Bay free range chicken is certified by Free Range Egg and Poultry Australia (FREPA). However this only represents a small percentage of this company's total chicken meat production.
Source: FREPA (2020)
Business Ethics Sustainability claims
This company has a number of sustainability claims on its website in the areas of water stewardship, environmental management, reductions in waste and energy usage, and community support.
Source: company website (2015)
Business Ethics Sustainable Agriculture Initiative member
This company is a member of the Australian chapter 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 Australia (2019)
Social 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 (2019)

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Company Details

Type Public company
Revenue $2.5 billion in 2019
Employees 6,800 in 2019
Aus Manufacturing Yes

Contact Details

Address 1 Julius Ave, North Ryde, NSW, 2113, Australia
Phone 02 9826 4444
Website www.inghams.com.au

Products / Brands

Inghams
Chickadee Poultry
Ingham Poultry
Marion Bay free range free range  Poultry


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