Impact and dependencies assessment
The company 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
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
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 discloses some activities to minimise ecosystem conversion. The company is committed to restoring ecosystems. The company does not disclose details and outcomes of ecosystem restoration projects in areas affected by its own operations or by its suppliers.
Resource exploitation and circularity
The company does not report quantitatively on its group-wide circularity performance. Tapestry has committed to a partnership with the Savory Institute’s Land to Market Program, a verified sourcing solution for regenerative agriculture, which focuses on improving soil health. The company does not disclose a target to improve soil health in its production or sourcing practices.
Water
In FY2021, Tapestry exceeded a 10% reduction in water usage at its owned North America operations, a 15.2% reduction from its 2018 baseline. The company does not report how much water is withdrawn for its own operations in water-stressed areas. The company reports a decrease in water pollution. The company discloses its processes for managing and monitoring discharge water quality. The company uses the Higg FEM wastewater module to manage and monitor water discharge quality across its supply chain. The company does not regularly report 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
The company does not disclose a commitment to avoid developing or marketing new chemicals or products with SVHC (substance of very high concern) properties. The company is reducing 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 does not report on air quality parameters of emissions of harmful air pollutants. The company does not report time-bound targets to reduce air pollutants across the most material parts of its value chain.
GHG emissions
Whilst Tapestry reduced its scope 1 emissions from FY2020-21, its scope 2 emissions increased substantially. 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. Tapestry’s Scope 3 emissions increased from FY2020 to FY2021. The company has a time-bound target to reduce its scope 3 emissions. The company does not report progress against its scope 3 emissions target.
Invasive species
The company has not identified any activities that could lead to the introduction of invasive species in its own operations.