Tag: Compassion in World Farming

Animal Welfare ‘goliaths’ join forces – and the results could be ‘game changing’

Stuart Mitchell

A leading academic and self-proclaimed animal lover has been named as the head of a new Animal Welfare Evidence Centre – and making the economic case to governments for better animal welfare will be top of her in-tray. Dr Jennifer Maher has been named Chief of Research for the new body, which will be focused on researching the human behaviours and societal systems that currently drive harm to animals.  She has started in post on 6 July, and says the formation of the Evidence Centre has been a “long time…

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Eggtrack 2025: Strong Cage‑Free Momentum, But Urgent Action Needed From Companies Falling Behind

Stuart Mitchell

Compassion in World Farming’s latest EggTrack report reveals that forward-thinking companies are driving the shift toward cage-free production, proving that higher welfare standards are both achievable and commercially viable. However, it’s increasingly clear that voluntary action alone will only take the industry so far. As the UK and Europe move toward major reforms to phase out cages for laying hens, strong legislation is now needed to level the playing field and ensure the entire industry—not just the leaders—delivers a cage-free future. More than 2,800 companies worldwide have already pledged to…

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Welfare groups demand action to end 20 year-old pig welfare crisis

Stuart Mitchell

The UK Government must deliver a promised consultation on pig slaughter methods, in a move which could improve the welfare of millions of pigs and end a 20 year-old welfare crisis.   That is the message from the RSPCA – who handed in a petition of more than 22,000 signatures to Downing Street in July last year, urging the UK Government to phase out high-concentration carbon dioxide (CO₂) gas for stunning and killing pigs in slaughterhouses. The RSPCA is joined by welfare organisation Compassion in World Farming, to demand that the…

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New Report Shows Food Companies Struggle To Match Ambition With Action On Farm Animal Welfare

Stuart Mitchell

The latest Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare (BBFAW), released recently, shows strong levels of commitment to higher farm animal welfare standards are in place across the world’s largest food companies, but the pace of implementation remains slow across global supply chains. BBFAW is the world’s leading annual assessment of the food industry’s farm animal welfare policies, practices and performance, assessing 149 global food companies. The programme is supported by partners Compassion in World Farming and FOUR PAWS. The food companies with the highest overall ranking this year (achieving ‘Tier…

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ChickenTrack 2025 Shows Steady Progress on Broiler Welfare—But Calls for Continued Industry Commitment

Stuart Mitchell

Compassion in World Farming has today (12 March) published its latest European ChickenTrack report, evaluating how leading food companies are progressing toward meeting the higher welfare criteria of the Better Chicken Commitment (BCC). The BCC is a comprehensive, science-based framework designed to improve the lives of millions of chickens raised for meat each year.  Across Europe, over 410 companies have signed up to the BCC.  ChickenTrack 2025 evaluates the progress of the 107 most influential signatories—with the potential to improve the lives of more than 794 million chickens each year—by…

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