Farm Animals

Farmed Pig Welfare and Sector Leadership

How sector-level leadership and coordination can accelerate pig welfare improvement across industries.

Key Facts

Sector-wide welfare initiatives coordinate improvement across competing companies
Pre-competitive welfare collaboration avoids race-to-the-bottom dynamics
Industry welfare codes provide baseline expectations for all sector participants
Sector targets with public reporting create accountability beyond individual firms
International sector coordination prevents welfare-based competitive disadvantages in trade

Welfare Considerations

Sector-level welfare leadership and coordination creates the conditions for industry-wide improvement that individual company action alone cannot achieve.

What You Can Do

Support organisations facilitating sector-level pig welfare coordination
Advocate for sector welfare commitments with public reporting requirements
Engage food companies directly about participation in sector welfare improvement