SUPERMARKET chain Woolworths has decided to end its alignment with a controversial animal welfare benchmark, which proposed ranking companies with a commitment to reducing reliance on animal protein.
The United Kingdom-based Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare ranks food companies against each other on a series of animal welfare markers – with both Coles and Woolworths aspiring to increase their rankings.
However, those aspirations came under scrutiny from farmers when BBFAW’s animal rights-centric partners, Compassion in World Farming and FourPaws International, proposed the…
