GRI Content Index - Sustainability Report 2019
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Disclosure

Location/Description
ORGANIZATIONAL PROFILE

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Name of the organization

McCain Foods Limited (‘McCain Foods’)

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Organisation’s activities,
brands, products, and services

McCain Foods is the world’s largest French fry production company, and produces
a number of prepared foods and desserts sold in over 160 countries.
McCain Foods and its subsidiaries operate within the prepared potato industry as
well as appetizer, entree, vegetable, dessert and pizza segments, in potato seedcultivation, and transportation.
See Our business at a glance (Sustainability Report page 2)
See Our Business & Brands

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Location of headquarters

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Contact Us

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Number of countries where
the organization operates, andthe names of countries where
it has significant operations
and/or that are relevant to thetopics covered in the report

McCain Foods is a global business with operations in 14 countries, including;
Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Colombia, France, India, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom and the United States.

Nature of ownership and legalform

McCain Foods is a family-owned, private corporation existing under the laws of
New Brunswick, Canada.

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See Our Business & Brands

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Disclosure

Location/Description

Markets served, including
geographic locations whereproducts and services areoffered, sectors served andtypes of customers andbeneficiaries

McCain Foods’ products are sold in more than 160 countries via• Retail• Food Service• Quick service restaurants• Sit down restaurants

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Scale of the organization

See Our business at a glance (Sustainability Report page 2)

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Information on employees andother workers

McCain Foods employs over 22,000 people worldwide, of which 63% are male and37% female.

See Our Business & Brands and Our business at a glance (Sustainability Reportpage 2)

Further breakdown by contract type, employment type and gender is not reported
at this time.
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Describe the organization’s
supply chain

See Our business at a glance (Sustainability Report page 2)102-10Significant changes to the organization and its supply chain

During 2019, the following changes took place in our operations:• Large capital expansion projects underway at Scarborough (UK), Othello andBurley (USA) and Lutosa (Belgium)• Acquisition of Sérya (Brazil) - 70% shareholding• Acqusition of Forno de Minas (Brazil) - 49% shareholding• Closure of Colton plant (US)• Closure of Oostzaan plant (Belgium, under Van Geloven acquisition)

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Disclosure

Location/Description

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Whether and how the organiza- See Our values & strategy (Sustainability Report page 4)tion applies the Precautionary
Principle or approach
The precautionary principle is also applied via McCain Foods’ Global Environmental Management System. Our global ISO 14001 Certificate is available publicly

102-12Externally-developed economic, environmental and social
charters, principles, or otherinitiatives to which the organization subscribes, or which itendorsesSee Partnerships & Collaborations (Sustainability Report page 64)

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Memberships of industry orother associations, and national or international advocacy
organizations.

See Partnerships & Collaborations (Sustainability Report page 64)

STRATEGY & ANALYSIS
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Statement from the most senior See A message from our President & CEO (Sustainability Report page 1)
decision-maker of the organization

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General Standard Disclosures102-15Disclosure

Location/Description

Key impacts, risks, and opportunities.

See A message from our President & CEO (Sustainability Report page 1)
See Current context & strategic priorities (Sustainability Report page 3-4)
See Our stakeholders & materiality and Identifying Our Key Issues (Sustainability
Report page 60)
ETHICS & INTEGRITY

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Values, principles, standards,and norms of behaviour.

See Our Purpose & Values
See McCain Foods Code of Conduct
See A message from our President & CEO (Sustainability Report page 1)

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Internal and external mechanisms for:i. seeking advice about ethicaland unlawful behaviour, andorganizational integrity;

i. See McCain Foods Code of Conduct
ii. We utilize the services of a third-party hotline and web-mail reports, which arereviewed internally and escalated to our Senior Leadership Team as appropriate.
This is in addition to other reporting channels, including a dedicated internal e-mailfor employees.

ii. reporting concerns about unethical or unlawful behaviour,and organizational integrity.

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Disclosure

Location/Description
GOVERNANCE

102-18Governance structure of theorganization

See Our Leadership > Our Business Structure
See Our governance (Sustainability Report page 59)

102-19Process for delegating authori- See Our governance (Sustainability Report page 59)
ty for economic, environmental,
and social topics

102-20Executive-level responsibility
for economic, environmental,
and social topics

See Our governance (Sustainability Report page 59)

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Processes for consultation
between stakeholders and thehighest governance body on
economic, environmental, andsocial topics.

See Our governance (Sustainability Report page 59)

102-22Composition of the highest
governance body and its committees

The directors of McCain Foods include independent directors, members of theMcCain family, and the President and Chief Executive Officer of McCain Foods.
See Our Leadership > Our Business Structure

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General Standard Disclosures102-23Disclosure

Location/Description

Indicate whether the chair ofThe Chairman of the board of directors of McCain Foods is not an executive officer
the highest governance body is of McCain Foods.
also an executive officer in theorganization.

STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
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List of stakeholder groups engaged by the organization.

See Our stakeholders & materiality (Sustainability Report page 60)

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Percentage of total employees
covered by collective bargaining agreements.

Data not available

102-42Basis for identifying and select- See Our stakeholders & materiality (Sustainability Report page 60)
ing stakeholders with whom toengage.

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Approach to stakeholder engagement

See Our stakeholders & materiality (Sustainability Report page 60)

Key topics and concerns thathave been raised throughstakeholder engagement andresponse

See Our stakeholders & materiality (Sustainability Report page 60-61)

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See Partnerships & Collaborations (Sustainability Report page 64)

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Disclosure

Location/Description
REPORTING PRACTICE

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Entities included in the organization’s consolidated financialstatements

McCain Foods is a private entity, with no external financial statements.

Process for defining the reportcontent and the topic boundaries.

See Our stakeholders & materiality (Sustainability Report page 60-61)

For information regarding the scope of matters addressed in the Sustainability
Report, see About this report (Sustainability Report page 65)

See About this report (Sustainability Report page 65)

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List of the material topics iden- See Our stakeholders & materiality (Sustainability Report page 60-61)
tified in the process for defining
report content

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Restatements of information

Not applicable - this is McCain Foods’ first global Sustainability Report.

102-49Changes in reporting

Not applicable - this is McCain Foods' first global Sustainability Report.

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Reporting Period

McCain Foods’ reporting period is its fiscal year (01 July – 30 June). This first Sustainability Report 2019 is for the period 01 July 2018 to 30 June 2019 and provides
an overview of performance in in fiscal years 2017-2019 or earlier where relevant.

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Disclosure

Location/Description

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Date of most recent report

Sustainability Report 2019 (this report), published July 2020

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Reporting cycle

McCain Foods global Sustainability Report will be published on a bi-annual basis,covering the prior two fiscal years.

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Contact point for questions
regarding the reportsustainability@mccain.com

102-54Claim made by the organization, if it has prepared a reportin accordance with the GRIStandards

See About this Report (Sustainability Report page 65)

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Description of the organization’s policy and current practice with regard to seeking
external assurance for thereport

For this first report, McCain has sought Limited Assurance of our CO2 emissions
data (scope 1, 2 and 3) by BSI (see our BSI assurance statement)
See About this report > External Assurance (Sustainability Report page 65)

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Disclosure/Location/Description
DISCLOSURES ON MANAGEMENT APPROACH

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See Materiality matrix Sustainability Report page 61 for the prioritisation and classification of McCain Foods’
material issues
See About this Report (Sustainability Report page 65) for information on Boundaries
McCain Foods management approach for each material issue is addressed throughout the Sustainability Report asfollows:
Smart & Sustainable Farming section (page 5-15)• Climate Change Adaptation - page 8• Emissions Reduction - page 8• Water - page 9-10
• Sustainable Sourcing - page 11• Biodiversity and Soil Health - page 12-14

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Resource Efficient Operations (page 16-27)• Renewable Electricity - page 19-20• Emissions Reduction - page 19-20• Water - page 21• Waste - page 22-23• Sustainable Packaging - page 24
Good Food (page 28-39):• Health and Nutrition - page 28-39

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Disclosure/Location/Description
Thriving Communities section (page 40-50)• Community Development - page 43-47• Employee Development - page 48-49
Strong Foundations section (page 51-57):• Safety – see Safety - page 53• Inclusion – see Inclusion - page 54-55• Business Integrity – see Ethics - page 56• Human Rights – see Ethics - page 56• Sustainable Sourcing – see Ethics - page 56• Fair Compensation – see Security - page 57

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