LES VERGERS DU MEKONG JSC
Hậu Giang, Vietnam
June 2019
Agricultural Processing
Agriculture/Growers
Vietnam
Les Vergers Du Mékong was founded in 2000 in Vietnam by the eco-entrepreneur and alpinist Jean-Luc VOISIN. From the beginning, he made a clear choice for a long-term sustainable development by promoting sustainable farming, local sourcing and producing natural products. Les Vergers Du Mékong has a unique business model 'from the farm to the fork' which helped them creating a Sustainable Value Chain. Real sustainability can only be achieved when all parts of the food supply chain work together and integrate small farmers in the food value chains. Sourcing for shared value reinforces the company’s contribution to preserving the environment; revitalizing rural communities; improving the living standards of family farmers and help the company produce healthy and traceable products. Les Vergers Du Mékong creates the most luscious juices, exotic jams, finest Vietnamese coffee and organic tea. They work on the complete traceability to control the quality of the farm, the crop and the ingredients. They seek to create and promote great-tasting, healthier food & drinks under their ‘farm fresh’ brands LE FRUIT and FOLLIET. LE FRUIT juices and jams and FOLLIET coffee and tea are distributed in Vietnam and Cambodia and in selected foreign countries in gourmet shops, hotels, resorts and cafes.
Overall B Impact Score
Governance 9.6
Governance evaluates a company's overall mission, engagement around its social/environmental impact, ethics, and transparency. This section also evaluates the ability of a company to protect their mission and formally consider stakeholders in decision making through their corporate structure (e.g. benefit corporation) or corporate governing documents.
What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.
Governance 9.6
Governance evaluates a company's overall mission, engagement around its social/environmental impact, ethics, and transparency. This section also evaluates the ability of a company to protect their mission and formally consider stakeholders in decision making through their corporate structure (e.g. benefit corporation) or corporate governing documents.
What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.
Workers 25.3
Workers evaluates a company’s contributions to its employees’ financial security, health & safety, wellness, career development, and engagement & satisfaction. In addition, this section recognizes business models designed to benefit workers, such as companies that are at least 40% owned by non-executive employees and those that have workforce development programs to support individuals with barriers to employment.
Community 20.6
Community evaluates a company ’s engagement with and impact on the communities in which it operates, hires from, and sources from. Topics include diversity, equity & inclusion, economic impact, civic engagement, charitable giving, and supply chain management. In addition, this section recognizes business models that are designed to address specific community-oriented problems, such as poverty alleviation through fair trade sourcing or distribution via microenterprises, producer cooperative models, locally focused economic development, and formal charitable giving commitments.
Environment 24.0
Environment evaluates a company’s overall environmental management practices as well as its impact on the air, climate, water, land, and biodiversity. This includes the direct impact of a company’s operations and, when applicable its supply chain and distribution channels. This section also recognizes companies with environmentally innovative production processes and those that sell products or services that have a positive environmental impact. Some examples might include products and services that create renewable energy, reduce consumption or waste, conserve land or wildlife, provide less toxic alternatives to the market, or educate people about environmental problems.
Customers 2.5
Customers evaluates a company’s stewardship of its customers through the quality of its products and services, ethical marketing, data privacy and security, and feedback channels. In addition, this section recognizes products or services that are designed to address a particular social problem for or through its customers, such as health or educational products, arts & media products, serving underserved customers/clients, and services that improve the social impact of other businesses or organizations.