China International Marine Containers (Group)

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

Solid and air pollution 
CIMC has time-bound targets to reduce air pollutants across the most material parts of its value chain and reports regularly against these targets. The company also reports regularly on air quality parameters of emissions of harmful air pollutan

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

Sustainability strategy and accountability
While CIMC discloses some sustainability targets, no evidence that the company has group wide targets on key sustainability topics for the most material parts of its value chain based on the SBTN Sectoral Materiality Tool could be found in the public domain. The company also has an opportunity to link performance criteria in senior executives’ remuneration policies to targets and objectives which cover nature, including biodiversity, and social issues. Furthermore, the company does not disclose whether its highest governance body has expertise regarding nature-related topics.

Stakeholder engagement
While CIMC discloses how often and through which channels it engages with various stakeholder groups as well as an overview of the issues raised during its stakeholder engagement activities, it does not disclose the outcomes of its stakeholder engagement.

Lobbying
While CIMC discloses a list of trade associations of which it is a member, the company does not disclose a clear and detailed framework for assessing alignment of its trade associations with nature-positive policies nor does it report (potential) misalignment between the lobbying activities of its trade associations and nature-positive policies.

Impact and dependencies assessment
CIMC 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
No evidence was found regarding CIMC’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.

Resource exploitation and circularity
No evidence was found regarding CIMC ‘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 activities to improve soil health or agrobiodiversity in its production or sourcing practices and has an opportunity to disclose a target to improve soil health in its production or sourcing practices.

Water
While CIMC has decreased its consumption intensity, it has increased its water consumption between 2020 and 2021. While the company has a water intensity target and reports progress against it but it does not translate into a time-bound target to reduce water withdrawal across its own operations. The company also does not report how much water is withdrawn for its own operations in water-stressed areas nor does it engage with suppliers to reduce water withdrawal. Furthermore, CIMC does not disclose its processes for managing and monitoring discharge water quality nor does it regularly report on water pollution. While CIMC has an intensity target to reduce the sewage discharge and reports progress against it, it reports an increase in the total amount of sewage discharged. The company also 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
CIMC is reducing the production of hazardous waste but does not reduce 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
CIMC does not disclose a time-bound target to reduce its scope 1 and 2 emissions nor does it report progress against its scope 1 and 2 emissions target. It has an opportunity to set a scope 1 and 2 emissions target as well as a scope 3 target aligned with a 1.5-degree trajectory was found.

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

Safe, clean, healthy 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
CIMC does not disclose a commitment to respecting Indigenous Peoples’ rights or land rights of local communities.

The company has an opportunity to describe a comprehensive process for identifying its human rights risks and impacts across all its activities, especially 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. No evidence was found that the company has a global system to act on its salient human rights issues. 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 states that it will strive to create a safe and healthy working environment, however, the statement in corporate social responsibility & environmental, social and governance report is not considered to be the part of formal policy commitment. No evidence that the company has a publicly available statement of policy that expects its suppliers to commit to respecting the health and safety of their workers was found. 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.

No evidence that the company has a publicly available global tax strategy was found. The company indicates that it has implemented ‘negation by one vote” for any identified serious violations of discipline and regulations, also, it indicates that it provides training to the directors and employees for the risks related to corruption and bribery. However, it does not describe the process(es) to identify its bribery and corruption risks and impacts in specific locations or activities covering its own operations. No evidence that the company includes anti-bribery and anti-corruption clauses in its contracts with business relationships was found. The company does not disclose its approach to lobbying and political engagement in a public policy document.