Frontier Co-op has been dedicated to 'doing good' in the world for decades; from investing in development activities in our sourcing communities to breaking down barriers to employment within our walls. However, over the nearly fifty years that our cooperative has been operating, our world and our industry have changed substantially. In the last few years as we continued to grow, it became clear that we needed to formalize internal policies, practices, goals and governance around our impact-driven work to fortify and protect it into the future. 

 

ImpaktIQ has been a wonderful partner in this endeavor. Through their evaluation process, we were able to distill information from across our complex supply and value chains down to a simple and accessible scorecard. This approach has helped ensure that our leadership teams are able to better assess our gaps and areas for improvement, while also recognizing and celebrating the significant contributions our co-op has brought to our industry's expectations for what a responsible company looks like. It's also helped better illustrate that every person and every department at Frontier Co-op has a hand in and is responsible for ensuring our company's positive impact in the world.

 

The varying regulatory changes and requirements for ESG reporting across industries can prove daunting, especially for small to medium-sized companies with a broad array of products and a complex supply chain. However, ImpaktIQ's process has provided some much-needed clarity and a better perspective of where our co-op falls in the bigger picture reporting landscape. Their team has done a great job of balancing candor with encouragement throughout the assessment, guiding us toward a clear path for short- and long-term ESG goalsetting, governance, and reporting based on the topics deemed material to our business, all while celebrating what has always made our co-op special.