We want our Upfielders to ‘Come As They Are’, perform at their best, enjoy the adventure and help deliver our vision for the future of food.
Our goal is to enhance 150,000 livelihoods. We are making people’s lives better - the farmers and suppliers we work with, the local communities we work in and the global plant-based food community we are part of. We are proud of our progress in building a diverse and inclusive team, strengthening Upfielders’ engagement, logging thousands of hours of volunteering, enabling more plant-based chefs and strengthening farmers’ livelihoods.
- 1Champion diversity and equityChampion social mobility and equity by having an inclusive business, including a 50:50 gender balance.
- 2Engage UpfieldersUpfielders are advocates for our purpose in our communities - top 25% eNPS.
- 3Support our communitiesGrow the future of food in our communities through Upfielders volunteering 15,000 hours.
- 4Enhance livelihoodsSupport the livelihoods of 100,000 farming families and plant-based entrepreneurs.
- 5Enable plant-based chefsEnable 50,000 plant-based chefs and food professionals to be plat-based ambassadors.
What we're doing
Engagement
Our Upfielders are a team of dedicated and curious food lovers who are committed to a more sustainable future, delivering this through our values for Performance, Care and Passion. We regularly engage with them through work councils, surveys, our daily Upfielder news, campaigns and our Young Advisory Board. We want Upfielders to ‘Come As They Are’, and to perform at their best, to enjoy the adventure of Upfield Life and to deliver our vision for the future of food.
Livelihoods
We work carefully with thousands of farmers to ensure our key ingredients - soybean oil from the heart of the US, rapeseed, sunflower, olive oil from European farmers and coconut and palm oil from Asia - are responsibly sourced and traceable, whilst ensuring resilient and flexible supply chains.
Diversity
We have made great progress in gender diversity at the management level, with the percentage of women now 43%. We are focussed on identifying actions to drive greater gender diversity across our functions and locations. In our new factory site in Brantford, Canada, we are actively attracting more highly skilled women into the workforce, with gender representation well above the Upfield average.
Our other pillars
Plant based
GOAL: 1 billion people choose our delicious plant-based products.
Healthier lives
Goal: 200 million lives positively impacted with access to affordable and healthy nutrition.
Better planet
GOAL: Pioneer food that's better for the planet. Showcase our plant-based benefits while reducing our own footprint.