In just two years, Lever Foundation turned a single cage-free retail commitment in Asia into 21, winning historic firsts in mainland China, Japan, India, Malaysia and beyond, with commitments expected to spare over six million hens from cages every single day.

Lever Foundation pushed METRO Group, the world's second-largest cash and carry chain, to make a landmark pledge to go 100% cage-free across all 23 countries it operates in, marking the first such retail commitment in Japan, India, Pakistan and Kazakhstan.

Costa Coffee, China's third largest cafe chain with nearly 500 locations and growing, is extending its cage-free commitment to all 31 countries it operates in by 2025, joining Caffè Nero, illy and Peet's in a global coffee industry cage-free shift.

Lever Foundation secured a historic double first for Southeast Asia, convincing Tesco to become the first retailer in both Malaysia and Thailand to commit to cage-free eggs, covering over 2,000 Lotus stores across both countries by 2028.