ANTA International Group Holdings

Stakeholder engagement
ANTA International Group Holdings discloses how often and through which channels it engages with various stakeholder groups.

Solid and air pollution
ANTA International Group Holdings is reducing the production of hazardous substances.

No leading practices were identified in the social inclusion and community impact area.

Sustainability strategy and accountability
ANTA International Group Holdings discloses its process for identifying and prioritising its most relevant sustainability impacts as well as the outcome of this process, in relation to its sustainability strategy. The company does not disclose group-wide targets on key sustainability topics for the most material parts of its value chain. The company does not report consistently against all its targets. No evidence was found that the company links performance criteria in senior executives’ remuneration policies to targets and objectives which cover nature, including biodiversity, and social issues. The company does not disclose whether its highest governance body has expertise regarding nature-related topics.

Stakeholder engagement
ANTA International Group Holdings discloses an overview of the issues raised during its stakeholder engagement activities.

Lobbying
ANTA International Group Holdings does not report on its lobbying and advocacy practices on nature-related issues, nor whether these activities align with its sustainability strategy.

Impact and dependencies assessment
No evidence could be found that ANTA International Group Holdings has 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
ANTA International Group Holdings 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
ANTA International Group Holdings does not disclose a commitment to ensure zero conversion. The company does not disclose some 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. While the company discloses details and outcomes of ecosystem restoration projects, no evidence could be found that these projects are undertaken in areas affected by its own operations or upstream business relationships.

Resource exploitation and circularity
No evidence was found regarding ANTA International Group Holdings’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
ANTA International Group Holdings demonstrates it is reducing water withdrawal in its own operations. The company does not disclose a time-bound target to reduce water withdrawal across its own operations. The company does not report 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 report a decrease in water pollution. 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 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
ANTA International Group Holdings 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. 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
ANTA International Group Holdings does not disclose any greenhouse gas emissions, nor has it set a time-bound reduction target. The company must immediately set a reduction target aligned with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5-degree trajectory.

Invasive species
ANTA International Group Holdings has not identified any activities that could lead to the introduction of invasive species in its own operations.

Safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment
ANTA International Group Holdings does not disclose a commitment to respecting local communities’ right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment or to zero tolerance for acts of violence, threats, intimidation or judicial harassment committed against land and environmental rights defenders.

Indigenous Peoples’ and land rights
ANTA International Group Holdings does not disclose a commitment to respecting Indigenous Peoples’ rights or land rights of local communities.

While ANTA International Group Holdings conducts a materiality/risk assessment to identify the main risks to the business and it has identified human rights broadly as a risk, there is no evidence it has a process to identify which human rights are at risk of being impacted by it own operations, in specific locations or through specific activities, as part of a human rights due diligence process. While the company conducts a materiality/risk assessment to assess the main risks to the business and includes human rights in this assessment, there is no evidence it has a process assess the human rights that are at risk of being impacted by its activities or those of its business relationships, in specific locations or through specific activities, as part of a human rights due diligence process. The company discloses its global approach to provide remediation to prohibit child labor, however, it does not describe its global system to take action to prevent, mitigate or remediate its salient human rights issues, including supply chain. No evidence that the company provides an example of the conclusions reached and actions taken or to be taken on at least one of its salient human rights issues as a result of assessment processes was found. While the company discloses the categories of stakeholders it engages with generally on sustainability issues, it is not clear if these stakeholders are those whose human rights have been or may be affected by its activities. No evidence that the company provides examples of its engagement with stakeholders whose human rights have been or may be affected by its activities was found.

There is no evidence that ANTA International Group Holdings has a publicly available formal policy statement committing it to respect the health and safety of workers. The company has an opportunity to disclose a time-bound target for paying all workers a living wage or that it has achieved paying all workers a living wage. The company has an opportunity to describe how it determines a living wage for the regions where it operates. The company has an opportunity to disclose the coverage of collective bargaining agreements. The company has an opportunity to describe how it works to support the practices of its suppliers in relation to freedom of association and collective bargaining.

ANTA International Group Holdings has an opportunity to publish a global tax strategy and should assign responsibility for this strategy to an executive-level individual or body. The company suggests supervision of anticorruption and takes measures to raise awareness regarding corruption, however, the company does not describe the process to identify these risks and impacts. The company includes anti-bribery and anti-corruption clauses in its contracts with direct business relationships. The company does not disclose its approach to lobbying and political engagement in a public policy document.