Impact and dependencies assessment
The company has reported they regularly use the Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool (IBAT) to assess the potential implications of new regulatory developments. However, the usage of this tool is focused on assessing potential implications of new regulatory developments and not for assessing its impacts on nature, including biodiversity, within its own operations. Further, no evidence that they disclose the results after using the IBAT could be 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. The company does not disclose any assessment of dependencies on nature of its upstream business relationships.
Key areas and species
The company has reported that they do not disclose details of all their extraction sites that are in or adjacent to areas important to biodiversity due to the large number of extraction sites involved. The company does not disclose the locations of its suppliers that are in or adjacent to areas important for biodiversity. The company does not disclose species populations existing in or adjacent to its own locations. The company does not disclose species populations existing in or adjacent to the locations of its suppliers. The company does not disclose the status according to national and international conservation lists of species identified in its own locations.
Ecosystem conversion and restoration
The company does not disclose a commitment to ensure zero conversion. The company does not disclose activities to achieve conversion-free supply chains. The company does not disclose time-bound targets to achieve conversion-free supply chains. The company does not disclose a commitment to minimise ecosystem conversion. The company does not disclose activities to minimise ecosystem conversion. The company does not disclose a commitment to restore ecosystems. The company has reported that they do not report the details of each protected or restored habitat, as this is not possible given the large number.
Resource exploitation and circularity
The company has reported that they do not report on the weight or volume of the materials used. They further report that this information is relevant to competition and subject to confidentiality. The company does not report quantitatively on its group-wide circularity performance. The company does not disclose 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 has reported an increase in water withdrawal (million m3) from its cement operations from 60. 2 in 2020 to 60.3 in 2021. While the company has reported some targets to reduce water consumption, it does not report baseline year for any of these targets. 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 does not provide adequate qualitative evidence of reducing water quality pressures. The company does not disclose its processes for managing and monitoring discharge water quality. The company does not regularly report on water pollution. The company does not disclose targets to reduce water pollution. 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
The company only reports the hazardous waste it has produced in 2021. Therefore, it cannot be determined whether they reduced the production of hazardous waste. 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. The company reports regularly on air quality parameters of emissions of harmful air pollutants.
GHG emissions
The company has reported an increase in its scope 1 and 2 emissions from 2020 to 2021. The company has a time-bound target to reduce its scope 1 and 2 emissions. The company does not report progress against its scope 1 and 2 emissions target. No evidence that the company’s scope 1 and 2 emissions target is aligned with a 1.5-degree trajectory was found. The company is reducing its scope 3 emissions. The company does not disclose a time-bound target to reduce its scope 3 emissions. The company does not report progress against its scope 3 emissions target. No evidence that the company’s scope 3 emissions target is aligned with a 1.5-degree trajectory was found.
Invasive species
No evidence was found that the company identifies the activities that could lead to the introduction of invasive species in its value chain.