Griffin's Foods

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Snack food makers

Founded in New Zealand in 1864, today they are New Zealand's largest snack foods company. Owned by Kraft for 30 years and Danone for 16. Acquired by Pacific Equity Partners in 2006, who sold the business to Universal Robina Corp in 2014. Products sold in more than 20 countries.

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Griffin's Foods Ltd	NZL	website	email
Universal Robina Corporation       owns 100% of Griffin's Foods Ltd	PHL	website	email
Food and beverages Acquired Griffin's in 2014.
JG Summit Holdings Inc           owns 56% of Universal Robina Corporation	PHL	website
Conglomerate One of the Philippines' largest conglomerates. JG Summit has seven core businesses: branded consumer, agro-industrial and commodity food products; real estate and property development; air transportation services; petrochemicals; banking and financial services; telecommunications; and Power.

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PRAISE	CRITICISM	INFORMATION
Griffin's Foods Ltd
		Worker injuries This company has had two prosecutions for workplace injuries in recent years (2009 and 2011). A worker lost a finger as he tried to clear a cookie dough cutter and another worker injured his fingers when they became stuck in a conveyor. [Source 2013][More on Workers Rights] GM-Free brands Brands owned by this company were rated 'green' in Greenpeace's 2011 Truefood Guide, signifying a clear policy on excluding GM-derived ingredients, including oils derived from GM crops, and animal products from animals fed on GM crops. [Source 2011][More on Genetic Engineering]
Universal Robina Corporation
	Plastic pollution In 2018 volunteers collected and catalogued more than 187,000 pieces of trash from beach cleanups around the world to find out which corporations are contributing the most to the global plastic pollution problem. While not in the top 10, this company ranked as one of the world's worst plastic polluters. [Source 2018][More on Oceans] Fined for food safety violations In 2016 the Vietnamese branch of this company was fined US$259,119 for food safety violations after producing and selling products with excessive lead content. This was the highest fine ever issued by the Ministry of Health. [Source 2016][More on Product Safety]	Fined for water pollution The Philippine Supreme Court upheld a P.1.25 million fine (about AU$31,000) by the Laguna Lake Development Authority and the Court of Appeals after Universal Robina Corporation's corn refinery plant was found to have polluted the Pasig River with its wastewater. [Source 2011][More on Habitats] CSR claims This company has Corporate Social Responsibility claims on its website, mainly in the area of philanthropy. [Source 2014][More on Sustainability Reporting]
JG Summit Holdings Inc
		Gokongwei Brothers Foundation Born from JG Summit's commitment to social responsibility, the Gokongwei Brothers Foundation (GBF) was set up in 1992 to help uplift the socio-economic condition of Filipinos through the funding of educational projects. [Source 2014][More on Finance]

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