Caux Round Table Reviews Flying Food Group Facility
All Nippon Airways' supplier partner's Los Angeles site was assessed for human rights impacts through employee questionnaires, inspections and interviews.
Updated on Nov. 11, 2026 in Business Travel
Nonprofit Caux Round Table Japan conducted a human rights impact assessment of Flying Food Group's Los Angeles facility, an inflight catering supplier engaged by All Nippon Airways. The assessment used anonymous employee questionnaires, on-site inspections and direct employee interviews, and included workers in shared facilities and common processes, not only those on ANA flight operations.
Why it matters
The review was conducted as part of All Nippon Airways' human rights due diligence under the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. It shows how airlines may extend oversight of labor conditions beyond their own staff to the suppliers that serve their flights.
The assessment combined anonymous employee questionnaires, on-site facility inspections and direct employee interviews at a single Los Angeles site. Its findings and any resulting changes to working conditions have not been publicly detailed.
The players
All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.
All Nippon Airways is Japan's largest airline and the commissioning company whose supplier-engagement program covers the inflight catering partner assessed in this review.
Flying Food Group
Flying Food Group is an inflight catering company that prepares meals for airlines, and its Los Angeles facility was the subject of the human rights assessment.
Caux Round Table Japan
Caux Round Table Japan is a nonprofit organization that promotes ethical business practices and conducted the independent human rights impact assessment.
The details
Caux Round Table Japan selected participants to include workers in shared facilities and common processes, not only staff on All Nippon Airways flight operations. The on-site inspections and employee interviews have been completed, and All Nippon Airways will continue its dialogue with Flying Food Group on matters identified in the assessment.
Timeline
November 11, 2026: All Nippon Airways published its disclosure on the assessment.
Business Travel Context
The review follows the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, which call on companies to assess impacts across their value chains rather than only in their direct operations. For business travelers, airline supply chains such as inflight catering sit behind the service they experience on every flight.
Travelers flying All Nippon Airways may see continued engagement with its catering suppliers, though the extraction does not state any change to meals or service. The assessment does not alter ticket prices, booking procedures or onboard offerings.
The takeaway
Companies that rely on outside suppliers are increasingly expected to examine conditions well beyond their own payrolls. For business travelers, the quality of a flight often depends on workers in facilities the airline does not directly operate.
Further reading
For more on how airlines and their partners handle corporate responsibility, see Business Travel coverage for Los Angeles.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Business & Human Rights.
