Impact and dependencies assessment
The company conducts an assessment of impacts, using the Japan Business Initiative for Biodiversity’s Methodology, and discloses a map of corporate activities and biodiversity. Furthermore, the company discloses it assesses its ecological footprint jointly with the NGO Global Footprint Network. Although the company discloses an overview of both exercises, no further evidence of more specific outcomes was found in the public domain. The company does not disclose any assessment of its impacts on nature, including biodiversity, in its supply chain. The company does not disclose any assessment of its dependencies on nature within its own operations or those of its upstream business relationships.
Key areas and species
The company does not disclose key species or areas important for biodiversity affected by its operations or suppliers. It has an opportunity to increase its transparency.
Ecosystem conversion and restoration
No evidence was found regarding the company’s efforts to avoid ecosystem conversion, including deforestation, or promote restoration. The company has an opportunity to develop a strategy and publicly report on specific, time-bound targets.
Resource exploitation and circularity
No evidence was found regarding the company’s efforts to work towards a circular economy or which organisms it exploits. The company has an opportunity to develop a strategy and publicly report on specific, time-bound targets. The company discloses activities to improve soil health or agrobiodiversity in its production or sourcing practices. The company does not disclose a target to improve soil health in its production or sourcing practices.
Water
The company demonstrates it is reducing water withdrawal in its own operations. The company commits to reduce 10% its water consumption intensity (based on sales) from a FY2020 baseline, however it does not have a target to reduce total withdrawal. The company reports how much water is withdrawn for its own operations in water-stressed areas. The company does not engage with suppliers to reduce water withdrawal. The company reports a decrease in water pollution. The company does not disclose its processes for managing and monitoring discharge water quality. The company regularly reports on water pollution. The company does not disclose targets to reduce water pollution. The company does not disclose a commitment to respect the right to water. The company does not disclose its processes for implementing preventive and corrective action plans for identified specific risks to the right to water and sanitation in its own operations.
Solid and air pollution
No evidence that the company reduces the production of hazardous substances was found. The company does not disclose a commitment to avoid developing or marketing new chemicals or products with SVHC (substance of very high concern) properties. No evidence that the company is reducing the production of hazardous waste was found. No evidence that the company reduces plastic use and waste in its own operations was found. The company does not report on the amount of plastic waste generated and proportions directed from or to disposal. Although the company discloses NOx and SOx parameters regarding its own operations, no evidence regarding these parameters in its value chain was found in the public domain. The company does not report time-bound targets to reduce air pollutants across the most material parts of its value chain.
GHG emissions
The company is reducing its scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions. The company has a time-bound target to reduce its scope 1 and 2 emissions. The company reports progress against its scope 1 and 2 emissions target. While the company has a reduction target for scope 1 & 2 emissions, it is not aligned with a 1.5-degree-trajectory. The company’s Scope 3 emissions in Japan have increased, while its ‘Scope 3 – Category 1’ emissions, which only include some of its business units, have decreased. The company has a time-bound target to reduce its scope 3 emissions. While the company has a reduction target for scope 3 emissions, it is not aligned with a 1.5-degree-trajectory.
Invasive species
The company has not identified any activities that could lead to the introduction of invasive alien species in its own operations.