Monitor de Iniciativas Corporativas por los Animales (MICA) analyzes the animal welfare performance of Latin America’s most influential food and hospitality companies. We focused on laying hen confinement across food industry segments in Latin America, ranking them according to their stance and progress on this matter.
In addition to numerous animal welfare deficiencies, conditions in cage production systems affect other relevant issues, such as public health, environmental degradation, and human rights violations. Animal welfare policies can drive strategies to meet the sustainable development goals adopted by the United Nations.
Companies must start making considerable progress on their cage-free transitions and publicly report this progress annually to show consumers and stakeholders transparency in their operations, as well as accountability in terms of social responsibility.
What is MICA?
Monitor de Iniciativas Corporativas por los Animales (MICA) analyzes the animal welfare performance of Latin America’s most influential food and hospitality companies. We focused on laying hen confinement across food industry segments in Latin America, ranking them according to their stance and progress on this matter.
Besides entailing numerous animal welfare deficiencies, conditions in this production system also affect other relevant issues, such as public health, environmental degradation, and human rights violations. Animal welfare policies can drive strategies to meet the sustainable development goals adopted by the United Nations.
Companies must start making considerable progress on their transitions and publicly report this progress on an annual basis to show consumers and stakeholders transparency in their operations, as well as accountability in terms of social responsibility.
Company Ranking by Level
New 
Level Up 
Same Level 
Level Down 
Gold Level: 100% Cage-Free
- BRF
- Danone
Silver Level: Close to Fulfillment
- Costco
Bronze Level: Significant Progress, Public Reporting
- Arcos Dorados
- GPA
- JBS
- Subway
•
Green Level: Some Progress, Demonstrated Transparency
- Carrefour
•
Yellow Level: Little or No Progress, Some Transparency
- Accor
- Aramark
- Barceló
- Bimbo
- BFFC
- Compass
- Crepes & Waffles
- Ferrero
- Kraft Heinz
- Marriott International
- Pif Paf
- Puratos
- Sodexo
- Unilever
- Walmart Brasil (Big)
•
Orange Level: Not Transparent or Not Committed
- Alsea
- Arcor
- Best Western
- Cargill
- Cencosud
- Colombina
- DIA
- Grupo Herdez
- HEB
- Hershey
- Hilton
- InterContinental Hotels
- Kellogg’s
- Mondelēz
- Nestlé
- PepsiCo
- RBI
- Royal Caribbean
•
Red Level: No Commitment and No Transparency
- Alicorp
- Camil
- Carozzi
- Chedraui
- Falabella
- FEMSA
- Grupo Éxito
- Jeronimo Martins
- Mars
- Soriana
- Walmart México y
Centroamérica
Company Ranking by Level
New
Level
up
Same
level
Level
down
Gold Level: 100% Cage-Free
- BRF
- Danone
Silver Level: Close to Fulfillment
- Costco
Bronze Level: Significant Progress, Public Reporting
- Arcos Dorados
- GPA
- JBS
- Subway
•
Green Level: Some Progress, Demonstrated Transparency
Carrefour
•
Yellow Level: Little or No Progress, Some Transparency
Accor
Aramark
Barceló
Bimbo
BFFC
Compass
Crepes & Waffles
Ferrero
Kraft Heinz
Marriott International
Pif Paf
Puratos
Sodexo
Unilever
Walmart Brasil (Big)
•
Orange Level: Not Transparent or Not Committed
Alsea
Arcor
Best Western
Cargill
Cencosud
Colombina
DIA
Grupo Herdez
HEB
Hershey
Hilton
InterContinental Hotels
Kellogg’s
Mondelēz
Nestlé
PepsiCo
RBI
Royal Caribbean
•
Red Level: No Commitment and No Transparency
Alicorp
Camil
Carozzi
Chedraui
Falabella
FEMSA
Grupo Éxito
Jeronimo Martins
Mars
Soriana
Walmart México y
Centroamérica
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