FARMWISE Impact 2026 Questionnaire

Farm Animal Welfare Impact Evaluation 2026
Farm Animal Welfare Impact & Sustainability Evaluation

FARMWISE Impact 2026

FARMWISE Impact 2026 is an NGO-led corporate assessment of major Japanese companies to evaluate the degree to which their farm animal welfare initiatives have an “impact” on actual welfare improvements. Impact” in this evaluation refers not only to the existence of a philosophy or declaration, but also to the establishment of a system that leads to improvements in the breeding environment and management through the specificity of policies, implementation status, scope of application to the supply chain, risk management, and level of information disclosure. Animal welfare responses are also connected to social sustainability, and this assessment is also a framework for identifying their social impact.
FARMWISE Impact 2026 is not intended to be a simple ranking. It is intended to visualize the achievement, challenges, and structural gaps of Japanese companies in comparison to internationally required animal welfare standards.

questionnaire

FARMWISE Impact 2026 16 Questions

1	Overall policy on animal welfare for livestock and fishery products	1	Is animal welfare included in the key issues?	1	unknown
				2	Designate animal welfare as one item
				3	Designated as part of items such as sustainable procurement
		2	Do you designate the transition to or increase in vegetable or alternative proteins as a key issue?	1	unknown
				2	Designated as a single item
				3	Designated as part of items such as sustainable procurement
		3	Do you have an animal welfare policy?	1	unknown
				2	There is a stand-alone policy.
				3	There is reference to another part of the policy.
		4	Is in-house training on animal welfare provided?	1	unknown
				2	Some departments do.
				3	We do this for all of our employees.
		5	Do you ensure traceability of livestock and marine products used by your company so that the animal welfare status of animals can be traced back to the farm or slaughterhouse?	1	unknown
				2	Efforts are made to ensure traceability of animal materials utilized.
				3	Partial traceability of livestock and marine products to be procured is ensured.
				4	100% traceability of livestock and marine products procured
2	Procurement policies and practices to switch animal materials coming from closed confinement and intensive systems	6	Are there any initiatives related to AW-conscious pork sourcing?	1	Position is not clear or unknown.
				2	Percentage of pork procured or produced that is gestation stall free
				3	There are initiatives related to pregnancy stall-free
				4	Aiming to switch to gestation stall-free pork procured or produced in the future
				5	Announces target year to switch to gestation stall-free pork procured or produced
				6	Reporting Progress Toward Pregnancy Stall Free
				7	All pork procured and produced is gestation stall-eliminated
		7	Are there any initiatives related to sourcing AW-conscious eggs?	1	Position is not clear or unknown.
				2	Percentage of eggs procured are cage-free.
				3	There are initiatives related to cage-free
				4	Have a goal of increasing the percentage of cage-free eggs
				5	Aiming to abolish cage keeping
				6	Target year for elimination of cage keeping has been announced.
				7	Reporting progress toward elimination of cage keeping.
				8	Cage-keeping has been abolished.
		8	Are there any initiatives related to sourcing AW-conscious chicken?	1	Position is not clear or unknown.
				2	Knowing the stocking density of the chicken to be procured and the percentage of chicken with or without prior loss of consciousness at the time of slaughter
				3	There are efforts to reduce stocking densities.
				4	Have a goal of reducing stocking density below current levels.
				5	Chicken meat to be procured now has a stocking density of 33 kg/m2 or less
				6	There are initiatives regarding the implementation of prior loss of awareness at the time of slaughter
				7	Have a goal of 100% implementation of pre-slaughter loss of consciousness
				8	100% of the chicken meat currently procured is pre-slaughter awareness loss at the time of slaughter
				9	There are cases of pre-consciousness loss by gas stunting at slaughter.
		9	Are there any initiatives related to sourcing AW-conscious shrimp?	1	Position is not clear or unknown.
				2	Knowing if ocular resection is practiced in the breeding grounds of the shrimp to be procured
				3	There are efforts related to the abolition of shrimp ocular resection.
				4	Has a goal to procure breeding shrimp in the future from farms that do not perform ocelliectomies.
				5	obsolescent
		10	Are there any initiatives related to the procurement of AW-conscious milk and dairy products?	1	Position is not clear or unknown.
				2	Have a goal to ensure traceability to the farm
				3	Pasture-raised milk and dairy products are handled (including organic JAS)
				4	We are trying to be tether-free.
				5	Aiming for pasture-raising.
				6	All dairy products handled are pastured.
		11	Are there any initiatives related to sourcing AW-conscious fish? *ASC or higher certifications for high animal welfare https://www.ali.fish/certifier-campaign-resources/benchmark-2025	1	Position is not clear or unknown.
				2	ASC certified or sourced from farms in ASC-certifiable environments
				3	Aiming for 100% sourcing from ASC-certified or ASC-certifiable aquaculture farms in the environment
				4	Have a goal of 100% implementation of pre-slaughter loss of consciousness (percussion or electric shock)
		12	Do you procure and sell foie gras? Or do you have a procurement policy for foie gras?	1	They procure foie gras.
				2	Position is not clear or unknown.
				3	They are deciding to repeal it.
				4	obsolescent
		13	Are there any initiatives related to AW for animal products other than pork, eggs, chicken, shrimp, milk/dairy products, fish, and foie gras?	1	not (verb-negating suffix; may indicate question or invitation with rising intonation)
		13		2	be (usu. of inanimate objects)
3	Policies and Practices Concerning Conversion from Animal Materials	14	Are there any initiatives regarding alternative proteins?	1	Position is not clear or unknown.
				2	Selling products with alternative proteins.
				3	Have a goal to increase replacement protein
				4	Developing alternative proteins.
		15	Are there any initiatives regarding alternative dairy products?	1	Position is not clear or unknown.
				2	They sell alternative dairy products.
				3	Have a goal to increase alternative dairy products
4	governance	16	Do you engage with animal welfare stakeholders?	1	not (verb-negating suffix; may indicate question or invitation with rising intonation)
4	governance	16	Do you engage with animal welfare stakeholders?	2	be (usu. of inanimate objects)

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