Avery Dennison Corporation

No leading practices were identified in the governance and strategy area for this company.

Water
The company engages with suppliers to reduce water withdrawal, by providing onboarding on water-related issues as well as EcoVadis certifications.

Greenhouse gas emissions
The company’s GHG emissions reduction targets for all three scopes are aligned with a 1.5-degree trajectory.

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

Sustainability strategy and accountability
The company 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. Avery Dennison has set targets on topics like circularity, GHG emissions, waste and water efficiency, however it does not disclose group-wide targets on key sustainability topics for the most material parts of its value chain. The company reports 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
The company does not disclose how it engages with stakeholders, nor the issues it raises during such activities.

Lobbying
The company 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
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
While Avery Dennison has committed to achieve 100% certified paper, no evidence that the company has a commitment to ensure zero conversion across its relevant high-risk commodities Whilethe company states it commits to use only paper and packaging materials made of wood fiber harvested under conditions that promote social and environmental responsibility and stewardship, it does not disclose activities to achieve conversion-free supply chains. While the company has a timebound certification target, this does not translate into a time-bound targets to achieve conversion-free supply chains. Avery Dennison commits to sourcing 100% of paper fiber from certified sources, thus committing to minimising conversion. The company discloses some activities to minimise ecosystem conversion. The company does not disclose a commitment to restore 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
No evidence was found regarding the company’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
The company demonstrates it is reducing water withdrawal in its own operations. While Avery Dennison has water efficiency timebount targets, it does not disclose a time-bound target to reduce water withdrawal across its own operations. The company reports how much water is withdrawn for its own operations in water-stressed areas. 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
The company is reducing the production of hazardous waste. While the company set a new target regarding the circularity of plastics, it does not disclose quantitative evidence that it is reducing plastic use and waste in its own operations The company does not report on the amount of plastic waste generated and proportions directed from or to disposal. Avery Dennison discloses some of its facilities track non- GHG emissions parameters but does not disclose corporate-level data 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.

Greenhouse gas emissions
Through its corporate reporting as well as its CDP Climate Change survey, Avery Dennison reports it is reducing its GHG emissions across all three scopes. The company commits to reducing its Scope 1 & 2 GHG emissions by 70% and its Scope 3 GHG emissions by 30% by 2030, along with a long term ambition of net-zero by 2050 across all scopes. The company reports progress against its time-bound targets across all three scopes.

Invasive species
The company has not identified any activities that could lead to the introduction of invasive alien species in its own operations.

Safe, healthy, clean, and sustainable environment
The company 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
The company does not disclose a commitment to respecting Indigenous Peoples’ rights or land rights of local communities.

While the company discloses that it conducts due diligence in general, it has an opportunity to specify that it conducts human rights due diligence that includes a process for identifying human rights risks and impacts through its business relationships. The company has an opportunity to describe a process for assessing the human rights risks it has identified and to disclose what it considers to be its salient human rights issues. A description of this process would include how relevant factors are considered, such as geographical, economic and social factors. While the company discloses that it conducts routine human rights risk assessments and that it remediates in locations with the highest risk, no evidence was found that it has a global system to act on all its salient human rights issues. 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.

The company has a publicly available policy statement, in its Human Rights Policy, which shows it is committed to respecting the health and safety of workers. The company also discloses this for suppliers and subcontractors. The company has a publicly available policy statement which shows it expects its suppliers to commit to respecting the health and safety of their workers. While Avery Dennison discloses requirements around legal minimum wage, no evidence it discloses a time-bound target for paying all workers a living wage or that it has achieved paying all workers a living wage was found. No evidence that the company describes how it determines a living wage for the regions where it operates was found. No evidence that the company describes how it works to support the payment of a living wage by its suppliers was found. 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.

The company discloses a tax strategy, but it is not applicable to all its operations. No evidence that the company describes the process for identifying its bribery and corruption risks and impacts in specific locations or activities covering its own operations was found. The company includes anti-bribery and anti-corruption clauses in its contracts with direct business relationships. No evidence that the company has a publicly available policy statement or policy setting out its lobbying and political engagement approach was found. The company states that it does not make political contributions but does not formalise this commitment in a public policy document.