Advancing Animal Welfare
Aramark, Compass Group, Elior Group, IKEA Food Services, Nestlé, Sodexo, and Unilever have joined forces to co-found the Global Coalition for Animal Welfare (GCAW) , an initiative that unites major companies and animal welfare experts in improving animal welfare standards at scale and in meeting consumer demand for food products from animals reared in systems that promote good welfare.
(b) Prioritizing welfare issues and developing roadmaps for industry change while supporting producers in implementing strong animal welfare practices; and
(c) Advancing animal welfare knowledge globally through industry insights, bespoke research and partnerships for action.
Today, more than 70 billion land animals are farmed for food annually, and, by 2050, livestock production is expected to double what it was in 2000.
GCAW will advance animal welfare through:
(a) Providing a platform for food companies to work more closely with farm animal welfare experts to identify common objectives and drive improvements;
(b) Prioritizing welfare issues and developing roadmaps for industry change while supporting producers in implementing strong animal welfare practices; and
(c) Advancing animal welfare knowledge globally through industry insights, bespoke research and partnerships for action.
GCAW members have identified five priority work streams: cage-free policies, improved broiler chicken welfare, farmed fish welfare, antimicrobial resistance, and global standards for transportation and slaughter. Working with a group of multi-disciplinary experts from academia, industry and civil society, GCAW aims to publish an agenda for change during 2019.
For further information, please visit http://www.gc-animalwelfare.org.
