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The 2012 Benchmark

1. The Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare 2012 Report [PDF]
2. Methodology Report
3. Press release on first benchmark [PDF]
4. Investor briefing on report [PDF]

Core Reference Documents

1. 2012 criteria [PDF]
2. Summary of consultation [PDF]
3. Consultation Paper [PDF]
4. Glossary [PDF]
5. Company List 2012 [PDF]
6. Selection of companies for evaluation [PDF]

Media Coverage

• Environmental Finance April 2013: “Animal welfare raises ESG (environmental, social and governance) issues” [PDF]
• Organisation for Responsible Businesses: “Farm animal welfare: the business agenda for SMEs” [external link]
• Ethical Corporation: “Farm animal welfare’s cleaner reporting framework” (August 2012) [external link]
• Ethical Corporation: “Animal welfare: food company benchmark proposed” (July 2012) [external link]
• Press release June 2012: “Consultation on Farm Animal Welfare Criteria for Food Companies” [PDF]
• Ethical Investor: “Phasing out intensive animal husbandry” (April 2012) [PDF]
• Ethical Corporation: “Animal welfare: how investors can engage on the farm” (February 2012) [external link]

Presentations

• Unilever UKSIF Seminar (11 October 2011) [PowerPoint]
• Farm animal welfare: Regulatory & Policy Landscape [PowerPoint]

Events

• PRI Webinar Synopsis: Farm Animal Welfare as an Investment Issue – 15th March 2012 [PDF]
• UKSIF Seminar for Responsible Investors on Farm Animal Welfare – 11th October 2011 [PDF]