The Open Wing Alliance (OWA), a coalition of animal protection groups founded by The Humane League, has published its annual scorecard of corporate cage-free egg commitments. The Fair and Fowl 2026 report, released in New York on 29 September, evaluates 171 companies with global commitments across hospitality, manufacturing, restaurants, foodservice and retail. OWA says 118 of them have either fulfilled their commitments or are making positive progress.

For hotel groups the report matters because it names names. Egg sourcing is one of the few hotel procurement pledges that is tracked publicly, company by company, by an outside body.

Who is named in hospitality

OWA’s release names two hospitality sector leaders for 2026, Best Western Hotels & Resorts and Royal Caribbean Group, and two sector laggards, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts and Norwegian Cruise Line.

The report says Melco Resorts, Capella Hotel Group and Aman Resorts have eliminated cages from their egg supply worldwide. Royal Caribbean is rated as having fulfilled its commitment across fresh, frozen and liquid egg products.

Wyndham is described as lagging its peers. The report’s complaint is about method as much as volume: it says Wyndham reports only on properties that have the option to buy cage-free eggs, not on whether properties source them exclusively. Norwegian Cruise Line is criticised for narrowing its original commitment to shell eggs only.

THD has not seen responses from the companies named.

The numbers behind the report

OWA says more than 2,800 companies worldwide have pledged to remove cages from their egg supply chains, and that 2025 was the largest deadline year for such commitments. As of July 2025, 92% of commitments due in 2024 or earlier had been fulfilled, up from 89%. By region, across all sectors, the report gives fulfilment rates of 96% in Europe, 94% in Oceania, 90% in Latin America, 88% in Africa and 86% in Asia.

The report also identifies what it calls a growing transparency gap. Some companies let deadlines pass without publishing results, removed timelines from their websites or stopped reporting.

Credits where supply is thin

Best Western is singled out for buying cage-free egg credits to cover regions where cage-free supply is limited. The credits are a book-and-claim system developed by Global Food Partners: a company buys credits that fund cage-free producers directly, without the physical eggs reaching its own kitchens. The report says the model helps offset the cost of converting farms in emerging markets and gives buyers verifiable progress. Best Western is the only hospitality company the report shows using it. Compass Group, Lagardère and Pizza Express are also listed as users.

OWA’s advice to companies that are behind is to publish a roadmap, report progress publicly and use credits where physical supply is not available.

THD’s reading

  • THD analysis, for franchised brands: the Wyndham criticism shows the weak point of a franchise model. A brand standard that makes cage-free eggs available is not the same as one that requires them, and campaigners now score the difference. Brands should decide which they are promising and report on that basis.
  • THD analysis, for operators in Asia, Africa and Latin America: credits offer a route to a compliant claim where local supply is short, but they are a paid offset, not a change in what reaches the kitchen. Any guest-facing wording needs to reflect that, particularly in markets with green-claims rules.
  • THD analysis, for owners: this is an advocacy report built on public disclosures and the group’s own tracking. It carries reputational weight, not regulatory force, but brand-level laggard status can reach properties through campaigns aimed at individual hotels.
  • THD analysis, for egg and food suppliers: the stated regional fulfilment gap, 86% in Asia against 96% in Europe, marks where hotel buyers will be looking for documented cage-free supply.