Impact and dependencies assessment
ACS Group 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
ACS Group 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 ACS Group’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 ACS Group’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 does not disclose efforts to improve soil health.
Water
ACS Group’s total water withdrawn has increased in 2021 (12,632,963 m3) compared to 2020 (9,867,471 m3). The company does not disclose a time-bound target to reduce water withdrawal across its own operations. The company does not engage with suppliers to reduce water withdrawal. Cimic, one of the group’s subsidiaries and responsible for 85% of the group’s water consumption, has a series of control measures in place to minimize water consumption and the impact on water quality. The company discloses its processes for managing and monitoring discharge water quality. 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
ACS Group increased the production of hazardous waste in 2021 (400,895 t) compared to 2020 (358,311 t). No evidence that the company reduces plastic use and waste in its own operations was found. The company reports regularly 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
No evidence that ACS Group’s scope 1 and 2 emissions target is aligned with a 1.5-degree trajectory was found. No evidence that the company reduces its scope 3 emissions was found. The company does not disclose a time-bound target to reduce its scope 3 emissions. No evidence that the company’s scope 3 emissions target is aligned with a 1.5-degree trajectory was found.
Invasive species
ACS Group has not identified any activities that could lead to the introduction of invasive alien species in its own operations.