The Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare: 2018 Report

Amos, Nicky; Sullivan, Rory

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“…Tools such as the Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare (BBFAW, an annual evaluation of the management of farm animal welfare in the world’s largest food companies) have helped investors to differentiate between those companies that manage farm animal welfare well and those that do not, as the BBFAW encourages improved reporting on farm animal welfare by companies and it provides a robust framework for assessing companies’ approaches to this issue [118]. There is evidence that companies respond to signals sent to them via responsible investors, as there has been a year on year increase in the overall BBFAW score for most of the businesses assessed, despite tightening of the Benchmark criteria and the increased emphasis on performance reporting and impact [11,120].…”

Section: Main Barriers (Globally) and How To Overcome Thesementioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, there is no room for complacency as about 47% of companies benchmarked in 2018 provided little or no information on their approach to farm animal welfare and this suggests that there is more to do, both in terms of encouraging improvements in policies, management systems and processes, and in ensuring that improvements are institutionalised and maintained over time [120].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The proportion of companies that published policies in this area broadly increased over the benchmarked years (2012–2018). However, in 2018, only 24% of companies (with pigs in their supply) had made current (or future) public commitments specifically prohibiting the routine use of tail docking in pigs (data from [120] analysed). Furthermore, none of the companies accompanied commitments on tail docking with requirements for the provision of enrichment which is imperative if tail docking is not performed.…”

Section: Main Barriers (Globally) and How To Overcome Thesementioning

confidence: 99%

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Providing Effective Environmental Enrichment to Pigs: How Far Have We Come?

Weerd¹,

Ison

2019

Animals

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Science has defined the characteristics of effective environmental enrichment for pigs. We provide an overview of progress towards the provision of pig enrichment in the three largest global pork producing regions. In the USA, enrichment has not yet featured on the policy agenda, nor appeared on farms, except when required by certain farm assurance schemes. China has very limited legal animal welfare provisions and public awareness of animal welfare is very low. Food safety concerns severely restrict the use of substrates (as enrichment) on farms. Providing enrichment to pigs is a legal requirement in the EU. In practice, enrichment is not present, or simple (point-source) objects are provided which have no enduring value. Other common issues are the provision of non-effective or hazardous objects, inadequate presentation, location, quantity and size or inadequate maintenance of enrichment. Improvements can be made by applying principles from the field of experimental analysis of behaviour to evaluate the effectiveness of enrichment; providing welfare knowledge transfer, including training and advisory services; highlighting the economic benefits of effective enrichment and focusing on return on investment; increasing pressure from the financial sector; using novel drivers of change, such as public business benchmarking. The poor implementation of scientific knowledge on farms suggests that the pig industry has not fully embraced the benefits of effective enrichment and is still a long way off achieving an enriched pig population.

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Section: Main Barriers (Globally) and How To Overcome Thesementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Main Barriers (Globally) and How To Overcome Thesementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Main Barriers (Globally) and How To Overcome Thesementioning

confidence: 99%

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Providing Effective Environmental Enrichment to Pigs: How Far Have We Come?

Weerd¹,

Ison

2019

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“…Tools such as the Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare (BBFAW, an annual evaluation of the management of farm animal welfare in the world's largest food companies) have helped investors to differentiate between those companies that manage farm animal welfare well and those that do not, as the BBFAW encourages improved reporting on farm animal welfare by companies and it provides a robust framework for assessing companies' approaches to this issue [118]. There is evidence that companies respond to signals sent to them via responsible investors, as there has been a year on year increase in the overall BBFAW score for most of the businesses assessed, despite tightening of the Benchmark criteria and the increased emphasis on performance reporting and impact [11,120].…”

Section: Novel Drivers Of Changementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The proportion of companies that published policies in this area broadly increased over the benchmarked years (2012)(2013)(2014)(2015)(2016)(2017)(2018). However, in 2018, only 24% of companies (with pigs in their supply) had made current (or future) public commitments specifically prohibiting the routine use of tail docking in pigs (data from [120] analysed). Furthermore, none of the companies accompanied commitments on tail docking with requirements for the provision of enrichment which is imperative if tail docking is not performed.…”

Section: Novel Drivers Of Changementioning

confidence: 99%

Environmental Enrichment of Pigs

2020

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Emma Fàbrega i Romans (Ph.D) holds a degree in veterinarian sciences (1995), a master's degree (2000) and Ph.D. (2002) in animal production and a MSc degree in applied animal behaviour and animal welfare (Welfare 1997(Welfare -1998. Since 2011, she has been a diplomate of the European College of Animal Welfare and Behaviour Medicine. She has worked with the Animal Welfare group since 2003 and has been involved in EU projects (Welfare Quality R , Q-PorkChains, SABRE, Alcasde, IMPRO, ALL-SMART-PIGS, ECO-FCE, FEED-a-GENE and EU PIG). She has coordinated four nationally funded projects on animal welfare: one on alternatives to piglet castration, two on welfare implications of livestock precision farming and welfare implications of livestock precision farming and one on new strategies to improve welfare (free farrowing and environmental enrichment for pigs). Her research topics include assessment of animal welfare on farms, use of precision farming to improve animal welfare, animal welfare in sustainable production systems and alternatives to painful procedures. She is a member of IRTA's Ethical Committee and is the Mediterranean Secretary of the International Society of Applied Ethology (ISAE).vii Preface to "Environmental Enrichment of Pigs"The limitation to fulfil ethological and physiological needs can negatively affect animal welfare and cause the development of abnormal behaviour. Pigs have a strong motivation to perform exploratory and foraging behaviour from a very young age, even if they are provided with enough feed to satisfy their dietary needs. Tail-biting is a redirected behaviour said to be a response to insufficient stimulation and frustration in association with other negative environmental and management factors. Although the exact triggering mechanisms remain unclear, tail-biting has a multifactorial origin, and the scientific evidence has identified a wide range of environmental, dietary and husbandry risk factors. The lack of adequate enrichment material appears to be an initial risk factor that may trigger stress and has been considered a major cause for the most common type of tail biting, the so-called two-stage tail biting, which starts with gentle manipulation of another pig's tail and proceeds to more intensive manipulation with the teeth, causing bleeding and damage. Therefore, tail biting becomes not only an important welfare concern, but it also has serious economic consequences for pig producers, because it lowers weight gains and increases susceptibility to secondary infections, antibiotic use and carcass condemnations. Up to now, tail docking is the most widely preventive measure against tail biting adopted by farmers, although it is considered to cause acute pain, and it does not totally prevent tail biting, because it does not address the underlying causes. The EU legislation of pig welfare does not allow routine tail docking unless other measures such as environmental and management conditions have been tackled. Moreover, EU legislation specifically states that "pigs must have pe...

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Social movements, identity and disruption in organizational fields: Accounting for farm animal welfare

McLaren

Appleyard

2022

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The Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare: 2018 Report

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Providing Effective Environmental Enrichment to Pigs: How Far Have We Come?

Providing Effective Environmental Enrichment to Pigs: How Far Have We Come?

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Social movements, identity and disruption in organizational fields: Accounting for farm animal welfare

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