Ecosystem conversion and restoration
The company does not disclose a commitment to minimise ecosystem conversion or to ensure zero conversion, nor does it have time-bound targets to achieve conversion-free supply chains. While the company discloses some evidence of addressing conversion, this does not guarantee DCF-aligned practices. Furthermore, the company is not committed to restoring ecosystems and it does not disclose details and outcomes of ecosystem restoration projects in areas affected by its own operations or by its suppliers.
GHG emissions
The company should set time-bound targets to reduce its scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas emissions as well as report progress against them. Crucially, the company needs to reduce its scope 1,2 and 3 emissions and its targets need to align with a 1.5-degree trajectory.
Impact and dependencies assessment
While the company states its facilities are in urban areas and believes it has minimal impact on biodiversity, it acknowledges a responsibility for environmental sustainability. Nevertheless, it has an opportunity to assess and disclose its impacts on nature, including biodiversity, within its own operations. The company also has the chance to evaluate its impacts and dependencies on nature 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
While the company commits to avoiding new facilities in World Heritage or protected areas, there is still room for more comprehensive disclosure. Specifically, the company could benefit from revealing its existing locations that are in or near areas crucial for biodiversity. Similarly, increased transparency regarding supplier locations adjacent to biodiversity-sensitive areas would be beneficial. Finally, the company has an opportunity to disclose the conservation status of species found in or near both its own and its suppliers’ locations, aligning this information with national and international conservation lists.
Resource exploitation and circularity performance
The company has an opportunity to disclose its inputs according to an international standard, and to report quantitatively on its group-wide circularity performance. The company also has an opportunity to disclose activities to improve soil health or agrobiodiversity in its production or sourcing practices, to disclose a target to improve soil health in its production or sourcing practices and to report progress against it.
Solid and air pollution
The company does not disclose relevant information related to pollution in its operations or supply chains.
Water
The company has an opportunity to set targets, engage with suppliers, and reduce water withdrawal in its own operation. It does not disclose relevant information on 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.
