Impact and dependencies assessment
Asia Cement 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
Asia Cement 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
Asia Cement does not disclose a commitment to ensure zero conversion, any activities to achieve conversion-free supply chains or any time-bound targets to achieve conversion-free supply chains. Moreover, the company does not disclose a commitment to minimise ecosystem conversion, any activities to minimise ecosystem conversion or a commitment to restore ecosystems.
Resource exploitation and circularity
Asia Cement does not report quantitatively on its group-wide circularity performance. Moreover, it does not disclose a target to improve soil health in its production or sourcing practices.
Water
Asia Cement does not disclose a commitment to respect the right to water. Moreover, it does not regularly report on water pollution or disclose any targets to reduce water pollution. The company does not report a decrease in water pollution or its processes for managing and monitoring discharge water quality. Furthermore, 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. The company also does not engage with suppliers to reduce water withdrawal.
Solid and air pollution
No evidence that Asia Cement is reducing the production of hazardous waste was found. Moreover, 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.
GHG emissions
While Asia Cement has decreased its scope 1 and 2 emissions and has a time-bound target to reduce its scope 1 and 2 emissions, which it reports against, there is no evidence that this target is aligned with a 1.5-degree trajectory. Moreover, no evidence that the company reduces its scope 3 emissions was found. The company has an opportunity to disclose a time-bound target, aligned with a 1.5-degree, to reduce its scope 3 emissions.
Invasive species
The company has not identified any activities that could lead to the introduction of invasive alien species in its own operations.