Cage Free Tracker
ABOUT THE METHODOLOGY OF THE PROJECT
How we selected the companies for this report
Companies featured
in the report
Have published a cage-free policy before 2021; and have a
presence in at least one of the five countries assessed (Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, India, and Japan)
Criteria for Tiers Ranking
A
Level
Companies that fully transitioned to
100% cage-free in Asia or nationally in Asian countries
Companies featured have already
transitioned to 100% cage-free supply chain nationally or in Asia.
D
Level
Companies with commitments but not reporting at all
Companies featured have cage-free egg commitments, but they lack any form of reporting about their progress globally, regionally, and nationally.
B
Level
Companies with commitments and
proper reporting in Asia or nationally in Asian countries
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Companies featured have a
commitment with a clear timeline and have shared sufficient details about their cage-free progress in Asia or nationally.
E
Level
Companies that are not committed
Companies featured have insufficient
commitments that don’t cover Asia or
don’t have any commitment at all.
C
Level
Companies with commitments and some reporting details, but insufficient reporting in Asia or nationally
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Companies featured have made
cage-free egg commitments, on our
questionnaire or somewhere else
publicly. They lack progress information regionally and nationally.
How did we get the information?
We have given companies three options to share information about their regional progress.
Using WelfareProgress
platform
Using our questionnaire
Having public information
on their own websites
or reports