Asia Left Behind: Ten international companies have yet to report delivering on their cage-free egg pledges across the region
Administrator Kamis, 05 November 2026 17:55 WIB
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Company |
2025 commitment |
West, latest |
Asia, latest |
Change since |
Sources |
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Aramark |
Worldwide by 2025, shell and liquid (March
2017); covers "controlled spend", excludes ingredient eggs |
Europe 83%, US 77% of
eggs (2025) |
No Asia figure; Asia and Latin America are
under 15% of egg purchases |
September 2026 update gives no date; April
2026 version mentioned "enriched cages and credits" |
Sept
2026 update, April
2026 version, p.3, 2017 release, policy |
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Grupo Bimbo |
100% cage-free supply by 2025 from suppliers
"around the world" (December 2015) |
North America 46% (2025) |
Only a combined "Europe, Asia &
Africa" figure: 57% (2025) |
Cites "the operational feasibility of
completing the transition within the original timeline"; no new date |
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IHG Hotels & Resorts |
Goal: only cage-free "across our entire
global estate by 2025" (December 2016) |
US 99.2%, Europe 79.9% of hotels aligned
(2025) |
EAPAC 8.9%, Greater China 0% of hotels
aligned (2025) |
2025 reporting gives no target date.
"Aligned" includes hotels in regulated markets and hotels that
serve no eggs |
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Inspire Brands |
"each brand that currently serves eggs
has committed globally to 100% sourcing of cage-free eggs by 2025" (Good
Citizens Report, 2022 edition) |
Dunkin' US: approximately 30% of eggs on
breakfast sandwiches (2022 report). Arby's met its commitment in 2020, with a
footnote that supply shortages have limited availability |
None published |
Current website no longer states the global
goal; it says Arby's met its commitment and SONIC and Dunkin' "continue
to make positive progress" |
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Kraft Heinz |
Eggs globally from cage-free or better hens
by 2025 (December 2017) |
North America 66% (2024) |
Asia Pacific 15% (2024) |
Policy issued 16 September 2026: only
cage-free eggs (directly sourced) in North America and Europe, "our
biggest markets" (US, Canada, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and
the UK); no deadline. Outside these regions it "will continue to monitor
the availability and affordability of cage-free eggs" |
Global
Animal Welfare Policy v2.0, ?3.7, 2025
ESG Report, p.12 |
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Marriott International |
All owned, managed and franchised hotels
globally by end-2025; shell, liquid and egg products |
US managed properties 90.84% of egg spend
(2025) |
Managed egg spend: APAC excl. China 74.91%,
Greater China 59.13% (2025). Managed properties in Bhutan and Nepal at 100% |
Report states no change. The 70.03% global
figure covers managed and franchised hotels, so it isn't comparable with the
regional figures |
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Mondelēz International |
2016: US and Canada by 2020, Europe by 2025;
later global by 2025 excluding Russia and Ukraine |
US and Canada 100% by end-2020 |
No Asia figure found; China and Vietnam
excluded from the 2027 goal |
Now 2027, excluding China, Morocco, Russia,
Ukraine and Vietnam; 82% in 2025 on that basis |
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Radisson Hotel Group |
Globally by 2025, shell, liquid and egg
products (November 2019) |
Europe 79% of reporting hotels (2025) |
South Asia 47%, Southeast Asia Pacific 71%,
China 45% of reporting hotels (2025; China excludes franchised). Only 11 of
18 China hotels reported |
April 2026 status report sets no new date:
no "additional time-bound public targets where credible pathways are not
yet clear". Global: 72% of reporting hotels, 40% of all hotels |
April
2026 status report, February
2026 update, 2019
release |
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Sodexo |
Worldwide by 2025, shell and liquid (July
2016) |
FY2025: 100% shell and liquid in 13 European
countries; UK 98%; US shell 77%, liquid 89% |
FY2025 shell eggs: China 0.4%, India 2.6%,
Malaysia 0.6%, Philippines 0%, Singapore 1.5%, Thailand 3.8%; liquid 0% or
not reported |
2025 goal now described as covering
countries making up 88% of revenue; 15 markets, including China, Hong Kong,
India, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand, moved to roadmaps
ending 2030 or 2035 |
FY2025
Animal Welfare Performance Report, pp.3, 6?8, FY2024
report, p.4, URD
FY2025, p.150 |
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Unilever |
"100% global 2025 target" (2018) |
100% in Europe and North America; 68%
globally (end-2024) |
Asia and Oceania 7% (2023 actual, in the
2024 report); the 2025 Annual Report gives no cage-free egg figures |
Says it "will end our commitment to
reach 100% cage free eggs globally" and will "maintain 100%
cage-free eggs in North America and Europe, which are our biggest
markets" (page undated; news dates the change to late 2025) |
Position page, 2024
report, 2025
Annual Report, Food
Manufacture (news) |
Companies credited in the release
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Company |
West, latest |
Asia, latest |
Cited in the release for |
Source |
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Hilton |
Americas 93%, EMEA 96% (managed) |
APAC 42% (managed); Philippines 100%,
Malaysia and Thailand over 95% (managed) |
Country results in the Philippines, Malaysia
and Thailand |
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Accor |
Europe 80% of all hotels (end-2025) |
Asia Pacific 73%, South Korea 91%,
Philippines 88%, Thailand 80%, Greater China 17% of all hotels (end-2025,
self-reported) |
Country results in South Korea, the
Philippines and Thailand |
