Impact and dependencies assessment
Hugo Boss has not holistically assessed its impacts or how it depends on nature, including biodiversity. It has an opportunity to start such an assessment across its value chains, focused on quantification of its impacts or dependencies.
Key areas and species
Hugo Boss 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
Hugo Boss does not report quantitatively on its group-wide circularity performance. The company does not disclose efforts to improve soil health.
Water
Hugo Boss does not disclose a commitment to respect the right to water. The company reports an increase in water consumption, does not disclose a time-bound target to reduce water withdrawal across its own operations and does not engage with suppliers to reduce water withdrawal. Moreover, the company does not report a decrease in water pollution or a processes for managing and monitoring discharge water quality. It does not regularly report on water pollution or 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
Hugo Boss does not disclose relevant information related to pollution in its operations or supply chains.
GHG emissions
While the company is reducing its scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions and has a time-bound targets to reduce these emissions which it reports progress against, there is no evidence that the target is aligned with a 1.5-degree trajectory. Additionally, the company’s scope 3 emissions increased in 2021. The company has a time-bound target to reduce its scope 3 emissions.
Invasive species
Hugo Boss has not identified any activities that could lead to the introduction of invasive alien species in its own operations.