McDonald's Corp.

"UN Declaration of Human Rights: We expect our suppliers to conduct their activities in a manner that respects human rights as set out in The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In addition, suppliers shall uphold the following labor practices: Freedom of Association...Employment Status: Suppliers shall employ workers who are legally authorized to work in their location and facility and are responsible for validating employees’ eligibility to work status through appropriate documentation... Employment Practices: Suppliers shall not use any form of slave, forced, bonded, indentured, or involuntary prison labor...Anti-Discrimination and Fair Treatment: Suppliers shall promote and maintain a workplace free from discrimination and treat their employees with fairness, dignity and respect...Working Hours and Rest Days: Employees shall be allowed at least one day off every seven days, and any overtime worked shall be voluntary...Underage Labor: Suppliers shall ensure that no underage labor has been used in the production or distribution of their goods or services...Wages and Benefits: Suppliers shall ensure that their workers are paid lawful wages, including overtime, premium pay, and equal pay for equal work without discrimination."

"By working in partnership with suppliers throughout our supply chain, we want to achieve the following...Respect the right of all affected communities to give or withhold their free, prior and informed consent for plantation developments on land they own legally, communally or by custom."

In Mcdonald's 2020 CDP report they state the cut off for soy as being - 2018, in line with their deforestation commitment. 

"Since 2011, we have worked closely with industry leaders as a founding member of the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (GRSB), which brings together stakeholders from across the supply chain – from farmer and rancher to packer-processer, retailer and the consumer, as well as non-governmental organizations. This diverse representation builds constructive dialogue and mutual understanding."; "In partnership and collaboration with farmers, suppliers, industry groups, academia, civil society and GRSB, we have helped established multi-stakeholder groups in our top ten sourcing countries which represent approximately 85% of our global beef volumes, including: The US Roundtable for Sustainable BeefThe Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (CRSB)The European Roundtable for Beef Sustainability (ERSB) involving Germany, France Ireland, Italy Poland and the UK The Brazilian Roundtable of Sustainable Livestock (GTPS)The Australia Beef Sustainability FrameworkThe New Zealand Roundtable for Sustainable Beef"

"An important step in our journey was to understand exactly where our sourcing was driving deforestation, and where we could take action to drive the greatest positive impact. We partnered with the WWF and our suppliers to identify product origins and assess the potential for deforestation across five priority commodity supply chains. This assessment helped us determine priority geographies by pairing McDonald’s supply chain data with that of the 11 world regions projected by WWF to contribute to the majority of deforestation by 2030, based on WWF’s Living Forests Report (...) McDonald’s assesses this risk annually with third parties, including WWF, to take into account the latest supply chain data and trends."; For beef: "In 2013, we started working with Agrotools, a certified B-Corp, to track the origin of all the beef exported from Brazil and sold in McDonald’s restaurants around the world. We then developed a strategy in partnership with Proforest in 2017 to define deforestation risk across the vast landscape of the Cerrado, prioritize specific locations, and assess whether deforestation and noncompliance with the additional social and environmental aspects of our Commitment on Forests were actually happening at the farm level."

"Suppliers’ business activities shall comply with applicable laws and regulations in the countries and jurisdictions in which they operate. This Code applies to activities in the locations where suppliers’ goods are produced, where any related services are performed, and where the goods enter the supply chain"

Mcdonalds report a total of 863,269.15 Metric tons  of beef in their 2020 CDP report. 

Mcdonalds report a total of 863,269.15 Metric tons  of beef in their 2020 CDP report but it's unclear what percentage this is of the total sourced from all regions [...] "Our strategy to achieve our goal states that 100% of beef sourced from high risk regions for deforestation (Argentina, Australia, Brazil and Paraguay) is expected to have a system in place by 2020 to verify compliance with McDonald’s Commitment on Forests

"Human rights due diligence is incorporated into the SWA program through on-site announced and unannounced audits conducted by third-party auditing firms that assess compliance with our Code. As part of the onboarding process to become a McDonald’s supplier, suppliers must complete the required steps of the SWA program (outlined below) to verify that they can meet our expectations."

"We monitor compliance with our Commitment on Forests to drive continuous improvement through internal and external audits of our direct suppliers, validating the volumes produced for each commodity."; "Using the best available data in each country, Agrotools runs a detailed assessment, using satellite imagery of the area along with data analysis, to determine whether supplying farms comply with our Deforestation-Free Beef Procurement Policy."; "McDonald’s assesses this risk annually with third parties, including WWF, to take into account the latest supply chain data and trends", "We work with our direct suppliers to engage with slaughterhouses, prioritizing those with the greatest levels of supply to the McDonald’s System and the level of risk, based on their location. Facilities must identify the location of each supplying farm, and we prioritize these locations using the Agrotools location score."

"Procedures to address and resolve non-compliance with suppliers - Developing time-bound targets and milestones to bring suppliers back into compliance. Providing information on appropriate actions that can be taken to address non-compliance. Assessing the efficacy and efforts of non-compliant supplier actions through consistent and quantified metrics. Re-integrating suppliers back into supply chain based on the successful and verifiable completion of activities [...] This means engaging our suppliers to ensure that they are capable and have plans in place to meet our commitments. As outlined in our Commitment on Forests, we will move to suspend or eliminate purchases from a supplier if an audit or other credible source reveals or confirms that the supplier is seriously violating McDonald’s requirements, and if that supplier does not acknowledge and immediately move to acceptably remediate the concern"

"UN Declaration of Human Rights: We expect our suppliers to conduct their activities in a manner that respects human rights as set out in The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In addition, suppliers shall uphold the following labor practices: Freedom of Association...Employment Status: Suppliers shall employ workers who are legally authorized to work in their location and facility and are responsible for validating employees’ eligibility to work status through appropriate documentation... Employment Practices: Suppliers shall not use any form of slave, forced, bonded, indentured, or involuntary prison labor...Anti-Discrimination and Fair Treatment: Suppliers shall promote and maintain a workplace free from discrimination and treat their employees with fairness, dignity and respect...Working Hours and Rest Days: Employees shall be allowed at least one day off every seven days, and any overtime worked shall be voluntary...Underage Labor: Suppliers shall ensure that no underage labor has been used in the production or distribution of their goods or services...Wages and Benefits: Suppliers shall ensure that their workers are paid lawful wages, including overtime, premium pay, and equal pay for equal work without discrimination."

"By working in partnership with suppliers throughout our supply chain, we want to achieve the following...Respect the right of all affected communities to give or withhold their free, prior and informed consent for plantation developments on land they own legally, communally or by custom."

In Mcdonald's 2020 CDP report they state the cut off for soy as being 2015, in line with their deforestation commitment

"Tropical Forests Alliance (TFA) and its Latin America Working Group – A global public-private partnership in which McDonald’s is taking voluntary actions to reduce the tropical deforestation associated with the sourcing of commodities such as palm oil" [...] "McDonald's is an active member of the Tropical Forest Alliance (TFA), a platform hosted by the World Economic Forum that brings together governments, civil society and the private sector to address the critical issues of deforestation and forest degradation. McDonald's leadership within the TFA demonstrates a growing commitment to driving transformational change not only in their own supply chain, but also more broadly across industries and jurisdictions."

"An important step in our journey was to understand exactly where our sourcing was driving deforestation, and where we could take action to drive the greatest positive impact. We partnered with the WWF and our suppliers to identify product origins and assess the potential for deforestation across five priority commodity supply chains. This assessment helped us determine priority geographies by pairing McDonald’s supply chain data with that of the 11 world regions projected by WWF to contribute to the majority of deforestation by 2030, based on WWF’s Living Forests Report (...) McDonald’s assesses this risk annually with third parties, including WWF, to take into account the latest supply chain data and trends."

"Suppliers’ business activities shall comply with applicable laws and regulations in the countries and jurisdictions in which they operate. This Code applies to activities in the locations where suppliers’ goods are produced, where any related services are performed, and where the goods enter the supply chain"

In the 2020 RSPO ACOP, McDonald's reported their total palm oil consumption as 79350.0 tonnes

In the 2020 RSPO ACOP, McDonald's reported their total volume of RSPO-certified palm oil, palm kernel oil and related products purchased for use in the company's own-brand products to be 79350.0 tonnes

"Human rights due diligence is incorporated into the SWA program through on-site announced and unannounced audits conducted by third-party auditing firms that assess compliance with our Code. As part of the onboarding process to become a McDonald’s supplier, suppliers must complete the required steps of the SWA program (outlined below) to verify that they can meet our expectations."

"McDonald’s commitments and expectations are formed based on the definitions of deforestation set out below...“Low-deforestation priority regions” refers to countries, biomes, municipalities, postcodes or farms/ plantations that are classified as no or low risk of deforestation, as determined through regular assessments that rely on the latest supply chain data and trends. McDonald’s assesses this risk annually with third parties, including WWF, to take into account the latest supply chain data and trends...“Supporting deforestation-free supply chains” refers to commodities in our supply chains that are either sourced sustainably from high-deforestation priority regions and comply with the certification or verification schemes as set out below; or are sourced from low-deforestation priority regions as above...Palm oil sourced for McDonald’s restaurants or as ingredients in McDonald’s products must meet the requirements of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) certification. All countries are considered high-deforestation priority regions for palm oil and all volumes are required to be covered by RSPO certification or credits. McDonald’s is committed to increasing traceability by requiring physical certification for the palm oil used in the McDonald’s System in the greatest volumes."

"Procedures to address and resolve non-compliance with suppliers - Developing time-bound targets and milestones to bring suppliers back into compliance. Providing information on appropriate actions that can be taken to address non-compliance. Assessing the efficacy and efforts of non-compliant supplier actions through consistent and quantified metrics. Re-integrating suppliers back into supply chain based on the successful and verifiable completion of activities [...] This means engaging our suppliers to ensure that they are capable and have plans in place to meet our commitments. As outlined in our Commitment on Forests, we will move to suspend or eliminate purchases from a supplier if an audit or other credible source reveals or confirms that the supplier is seriously violating McDonald’s requirements, and if that supplier does not acknowledge and immediately move to acceptably remediate the concern"

"UN Declaration of Human Rights: We expect our suppliers to conduct their activities in a manner that respects human rights as set out in The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In addition, suppliers shall uphold the following labor practices: Freedom of Association...Employment Status: Suppliers shall employ workers who are legally authorized to work in their location and facility and are responsible for validating employees’ eligibility to work status through appropriate documentation... Employment Practices: Suppliers shall not use any form of slave, forced, bonded, indentured, or involuntary prison labor...Anti-Discrimination and Fair Treatment: Suppliers shall promote and maintain a workplace free from discrimination and treat their employees with fairness, dignity and respect...Working Hours and Rest Days: Employees shall be allowed at least one day off every seven days, and any overtime worked shall be voluntary...Underage Labor: Suppliers shall ensure that no underage labor has been used in the production or distribution of their goods or services...Wages and Benefits: Suppliers shall ensure that their workers are paid lawful wages, including overtime, premium pay, and equal pay for equal work without discrimination."

"By working in partnership with suppliers throughout our supply chain, we want to achieve the following...Respect the right of all affected communities to give or withhold their free, prior and informed consent for plantation developments on land they own legally, communally or by custom."

 In Mcdonald's 2020 CDP report they state the cut off for paper as being - 1993-1997  in line with their deforestation commitment. 

"The Tropical Forest Alliance (TFA), and its Latin America Working Group, is another critical partnership that enables us to develop and implement locally tailored approaches."; "We are also members of the Foodservice Packaging Institute’s (FPI) Paper Recovery Alliance and Plastics Recovery Group (PRA/PRG), along with supply chain partners and other industry brands. These groups work collaboratively to increase the amount of foodservice packaging that is composted and recycled."

"An important step in our journey was to understand exactly where our sourcing was driving deforestation, and where we could take action to drive the greatest positive impact. We partnered with the WWF and our suppliers to identify product origins and assess the potential for deforestation across five priority commodity supply chains. This assessment helped us determine priority geographies by pairing McDonald’s supply chain data with that of the 11 world regions projected by WWF to contribute to the majority of deforestation by 2030, based on WWF’s Living Forests Report (...) McDonald’s assesses this risk annually with third parties, including WWF, to take into account the latest supply chain data and trends."

"Suppliers’ business activities shall comply with applicable laws and regulations in the countries and jurisdictions in which they operate. This Code applies to activities in the locations where suppliers’ goods are produced, where any related services are performed, and where the goods enter the supply chain"

 Mcdonalds report a total of 774,783.68 Metric tons of paper in their 2020 CDP report. 

Mcdonalds report a total of  774,783.68 Metric tons of paper in their 2020 CDP report [...]"As of 2019, 92% of McDonald’s fiber-based packaging comes from third-party verified recycled or certified fiber (FSC, PEFC™ or PEFC-endorsed) sources. Note: We estimate that we collected data for 93% of our global volumes of primary fiber-based packaging. Of this volume, 99% was compliant with the goal. For volumes that we are unable to collect, we assume these volumes are not compliant with the goal, and are therefore reporting 92% compliance. We are working to improve the completeness of our our data collection systems."

"Human rights due diligence is incorporated into the SWA program through on-site announced and unannounced audits conducted by third-party auditing firms that assess compliance with our Code. As part of the onboarding process to become a McDonald’s supplier, suppliers must complete the required steps of the SWA program (outlined below) to verify that they can meet our expectations."

"All primary guest packaging made from paper/ board sold to McDonald’s globally must be certified by Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) or a PEFC-endorsed national program (e.g., SFI), or made from 100% recycled content as verified by a third-party by 2020. McDonald’s requires all wood and wood fiber sourced from high risk regions (Russia, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Argentina) and used for fiber-based packaging, to be either FSC certified or FSC Controlled Wood at mill level. All suppliers are expected to report raw material data twice per year to enable McDonald’s to manage end-to-end sustainability and compliance elements in our supply chain"

"Procedures to address and resolve non-compliance with suppliers - Developing time-bound targets and milestones to bring suppliers back into compliance. Providing information on appropriate actions that can be taken to address non-compliance. Assessing the efficacy and efforts of non-compliant supplier actions through consistent and quantified metrics. Re-integrating suppliers back into supply chain based on the successful and verifiable completion of activities [...] This means engaging our suppliers to ensure that they are capable and have plans in place to meet our commitments. As outlined in our Commitment on Forests, we will move to suspend or eliminate purchases from a supplier if an audit or other credible source reveals or confirms that the supplier is seriously violating McDonald’s requirements, and if that supplier does not acknowledge and immediately move to acceptably remediate the concern"

"UN Declaration of Human Rights: We expect our suppliers to conduct their activities in a manner that respects human rights as set out in The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In addition, suppliers shall uphold the following labor practices: Freedom of Association...Employment Status: Suppliers shall employ workers who are legally authorized to work in their location and facility and are responsible for validating employees’ eligibility to work status through appropriate documentation... Employment Practices: Suppliers shall not use any form of slave, forced, bonded, indentured, or involuntary prison labor...Anti-Discrimination and Fair Treatment: Suppliers shall promote and maintain a workplace free from discrimination and treat their employees with fairness, dignity and respect...Working Hours and Rest Days: Employees shall be allowed at least one day off every seven days, and any overtime worked shall be voluntary...Underage Labor: Suppliers shall ensure that no underage labor has been used in the production or distribution of their goods or services...Wages and Benefits: Suppliers shall ensure that their workers are paid lawful wages, including overtime, premium pay, and equal pay for equal work without discrimination."

"By working in partnership with suppliers throughout our supply chain, we want to achieve the following...Respect the right of all affected communities to give or withhold their free, prior and informed consent for plantation developments on land they own legally, communally or by custom."

In Mcdonald's 2020 CDP report they state the cut off for soy as being - 2018, in line with their deforestation commitment. 

"We also partner with the Collaboration on Forests and Agriculture (CFA), whose focus on beef and soy in the Brazilian Amazon and Cerrado, and in the Gran Chaco in Argentina and Paraguay aligns closely with our own sourcing regions and products. Alongside our Latin American Franchisee Arcos Dorados, we provide continuous feedback to the CFA’s framework and support solutions that help protect forests and native vegetation in the Amazon, Cerrado and Chaco. In 2020, we conducted a gap analysis against CFA’s operational guidance. The Tropical Forest Alliance (TFA), and its Latin America Working Group, is another critical partnership that enables us to develop and implement locally tailored approaches."

"An important step in our journey was to understand exactly where our sourcing was driving deforestation, and where we could take action to drive the greatest positive impact. We partnered with the WWF and our suppliers to identify product origins and assess the potential for deforestation across five priority commodity supply chains. This assessment helped us determine priority geographies by pairing McDonald’s supply chain data with that of the 11 world regions projected by WWF to contribute to the majority of deforestation by 2030, based on WWF’s Living Forests Report (...) McDonald’s assesses this risk annually with third parties, including WWF, to take into account the latest supply chain data and trends."

"Suppliers’ business activities shall comply with applicable laws and regulations in the countries and jurisdictions in which they operate. This Code applies to activities in the locations where suppliers’ goods are produced, where any related services are performed, and where the goods enter the supply chain"

Mcdonalds report a total of 845,391 metric tons of soy in their 2020 CDP report. This soy is used for chicken feed.  

Mcdonalds report a total of 845,391 metric tons of soy in their 2020 CDP report. This soy is used for chicken feed. "In 2019, approximately 71% of the soy sourced for feed of chicken in McDonald’s products did not contribute to deforestation. The procurement spend above is an estimate because the majority of soy used in our supply chain is for animal feed and is not procured by the Company"

"Human rights due diligence is incorporated into the SWA program through on-site announced and unannounced audits conducted by third-party auditing firms that assess compliance with our Code. As part of the onboarding process to become a McDonald’s supplier, suppliers must complete the required steps of the SWA program (outlined below) to verify that they can meet our expectations."

"At a minimum, Roundtable on Responsible Soy Book & Claim certificates will cover all soy volumes used in poultry feed where the soy is produced in Argentina, Brazil or Paraguay. We are also reviewing alternative programs to determine if they can verify that soy being produced under the Soy Moratorium in the Amazon is not being produced in the Cerrado or Chaco, or is produced under conditions that meet all of our Commitment on Forests criteria. All suppliers are expected to report raw material data twice per year to enable McDonald’s to manage end-to-end sustainability and compliance elements in our supply chain"

"Procedures to address and resolve non-compliance with suppliers - Developing time-bound targets and milestones to bring suppliers back into compliance. Providing information on appropriate actions that can be taken to address non-compliance. Assessing the efficacy and efforts of non-compliant supplier actions through consistent and quantified metrics. Re-integrating suppliers back into supply chain based on the successful and verifiable completion of activities [...] This means engaging our suppliers to ensure that they are capable and have plans in place to meet our commitments. As outlined in our Commitment on Forests, we will move to suspend or eliminate purchases from a supplier if an audit or other credible source reveals or confirms that the supplier is seriously violating McDonald’s requirements, and if that supplier does not acknowledge and immediately move to acceptably remediate the concern"