Food companies need to be held to account for .
Fortunately, we've got a recipe for repair: restore land, rivers and forests so our wildlife, farms and communities thrive.
Aldi came 14th out of 20 food companies that we assessed.
What they’re doing well: Aldi is the only supermarket which has set a best-practice deforestation and conversion target.
What they’re lagging on: Aldi has not evidenced any action towards tracing its agricultural value chain or assessing nature risks. It also hasn’t evidenced any board or executive level accountability for nature.
By speaking out today, you will help farmers under pressure to push nature to the limit. And it's already in crisis!
Food companies can change this. They have relationships with their suppliers that they leverage daily to meet requirements for quality, taste and aesthetics for the food they sell.
In the same way, they must now turn their attentions to ensuring their ingredients and fresh produce are farmed in a sustainable way.
Just as the supermarkets reject products that are cosmetically the wrong shape, it's time reject deforestation and other practices that harm nature. It's not fit for Australia.
Learn more about how food companies are currently performing on nature here. You can also choose other food companies to write to from that page!