Ecosystem conversion and restoration
No evidence was found regarding the company’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.
GHG emissions
The company discloses that its scope 1 and 2 targets are SBTi validated. However, the targets are only aligned with a well-below 2ºC. Crucially, its targets need to align with a 1.5-degree trajectory.
Impact and dependencies assessment
The company states that it evaluates the environmental impacts of its products and packaging, but there is no disclosure regarding its assessment of impacts on nature, including biodiversity, within its operations. Similarly, there is no disclosure about assessments of impacts on nature in its supply chain. Although the company acknowledges its dependency on natural ecosystems for more than just food production, it has not assessed or disclosed these dependencies either within its own operations or in its upstream business relationships.
Invasive species
The company has not identified any activities that could lead to the introduction of invasive alien species in its own operations.
Key areas and species
The company has an opportunity to disclose locations within or adjacent to areas important for biodiversity, both in its own operations and its supplier locations. It could also disclose existing species populations existing in or adjacent to both its own and its suppliers’ locations, as well as the conservation status of species identified at its own sites according to national and international lists.
Resource exploitation and circularity performance
The company provides information on its packaging but does not disclose all of its inputs according to an international standard. Additionally, the company does not report quantitatively on its group-wide circularity performance. However, the company has an opportunity to disclose a target to improve soil health in its production or sourcing practices and report progress against it.
Solid and air pollution
The company does not disclose relevant information related to air pollution and hazardous waste in its operations or supply chains.
Water
The company has an opportunity to further improve water withdrawal by setting a time-bound target, disclosing water withdrawals in water-stressed areas, and engaging with suppliers. It has an opportunity to improve on its disclosure on water pollution by disclosing water pollutant metrics and setting time-bound targets to reduce them. The company does not disclose relevant information on rights to water in its operations or supply chains.
