Fair Money & Economic Opportunity

Mission Produce, Inc. is primarily an agricultural company focused on cultivating, sourcing, packing, and distributing avocados. The provided articles detail its operations, expansion, sustainability initiatives, and community giving programs, such as supporting employee education and training avocado growers.

However, there is no evidence that Mission Produce offers any financial services or products to consumers, such as lending, deposit services, or insurance. Therefore, all KPIs related to financial services, including underserved client share, pricing fairness, exploitative fee exposure, inclusion initiatives, data accessibility, fair lending compliance, wealth building outcome, profit reinvestment, financial literacy initiatives, debt burden ratio, geographic inclusion, and product simplicity, are not applicable to the company's core business and no relevant data was found to score them against the rubric's specific thresholds for financial institutions.

Fair Pay & Worker Respect

In fiscal year 2024, the CEO to median employee pay ratio was 533:1.

A fatality accident occurred at the Laredo, Texas distribution center on March 27, 2025. Employee reviews on Glassdoor indicate an overall rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, with 54% of employees recommending working at the company. The compensation and benefits rating is 3.3 out of 5 stars, decreasing by 5% in the last 12 months, and the work/life balance rating is 2.9 out of 5 stars. The company had approximately 3,100 employees as of October 31, 2024, with 1,500 in Peru and 700 in Mexico, and hires temporary and seasonal workers on farms and in packing houses. Two class action lawsuits were filed in California in April and June 2020, alleging wage and labor law violations, including failure to pay overtime and minimum wages, and meal and rest period violations. These were settled in May 2021 for a total of $1.5 million. A third class action lawsuit was filed in October 2024 by a former temporary worker, alleging wage and hour law violations, which is ongoing. Employee reviews indicate that seasonal workers often lack benefits, suggesting less than 10% of staff are covered by employer health plans.

Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing

No specific, quantitative evidence was found in the provided articles for any of the KPIs related to Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing. There is no data on fair-trade certification share, audit frequency for tier-1 suppliers, substantiated forced or child labor incidents, traceability coverage, remediation speed, ethical clause coverage in supplier contracts, materials risk index, or supplier diversity spend.

While the company states it is assessed against the SEDEX Members Ethical Trade Audit (SMETA) standard and its UK facility received an AA score from the BRCGS Global Food Safety Standard, these do not provide the specific quantitative data required for the defined KPIs, such as the frequency of supplier audits or the percentage of certified spend.

Honest & Fair Business

Mission Produce settled two class action lawsuits related to wage and labor laws for a total of $1.56 million within the last three years, with the most recent final approval in June 2024.

The company has a Code of Ethics and Conduct, adopted in September 2020, which applies to all directors, officers, and employees, encouraging reporting of suspected violations, allowing anonymous reporting, guaranteeing confidentiality, and prohibiting retaliation for good-faith reporting. The effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of October 31, 2024, was audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP. Mission Produce has an ESG Risk Rating of 44.4 (Severe) from Sustainalytics, ranking 482 out of 547 in the food products industry. The company is facing multiple lawsuits regarding alleged deceptive 'sustainability' claims and sourcing from deforested land. A class action lawsuit for labor law violations, filed before April 23, 2016, received preliminary settlement approval on October 17, 2022, indicating a resolution time of over 6 years. The company states it has devised, maintained, and enforced internal controls and procedures designed to ensure compliance with Anti-Bribery Laws, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, but training frequency and effectiveness metrics are not specified.

No War, No Weapons

The company's core business is the cultivation, sourcing, packing, and distribution of fresh avocados and mangos.

The provided articles do not contain any information related to arms manufacturing, defense contracts, dual-use technologies, sales to embargoed regimes, or any other activities directly associated with war or weapons. Therefore, no KPIs under the 'No War, No Weapons' value can be scored based on the evidence provided.

Respect for Cultures & Communities

The company has no reported cultural appropriation incidents.

As of October 31, 2025, approximately 86.8% of the company's 3,800 employees worldwide are located in Peru, Mexico, Guatemala, the U.K., and Europe. The company states it is actively involved in supporting surrounding communities and contributes to causes focused on children, families, and agriculture education, but no specific percentage of revenue donated to cultural heritage organizations is provided.

Zero Waste & Sustainable Products

Mission Produce implemented shelf-life extension technology for over 34 million pounds of avocados in FY 2021, exceeding its waste reduction goal by 55%.

The company has no mentioned waste disposal violations in the past three years. Precision farming practices resulted in 40% less water usage per avocado produced compared to the industry average in California. Mission Produce has a company-wide target to reduce plastic in 50% of its bags by FY 2025, having achieved 53% of plastic film purchased for packaging being reduced plastic in 2023. The company provided shelf-life extension technology to 23.5 million pounds of avocados in FY 2022.