Continental

Stakeholder engagement
Continental discloses the groups of stakeholders (including employees and customers, the capital market, public policymakers, actors in civil society, and suppliers) it has engaged and the means of engaging them, through various channels depending on the stakeholder group.

Ecosystem conversion and restoration
Continental has a commitment to ensure zero conversion. The company discloses some activities to achieve conversion-free supply chains.

GHG emissions
Continentaly’s scope 1 and 2 emissions target is aligned with a 1.5-degree trajectory.

Indigenous Peoples’ and land rights
Continental is committed to respecting Indigenous Peoples’ rights. The company requires its business relationships to identify and recognise affected Indigenous Peoples and to obtain their free, prior and informed consent regarding whether and how to carry out projects. The company has a commitment to respect ownership and use of land and natural resources and related legitimate tenure rights. The company requires its business relationships to have a process for identifying legitimate tenure rightsholders, paying particular attention to vulnerable or marginalised tenure rightsholders, and negotiating with them to provide adequate compensation.

Sustainability strategy and accountability
Continental discloses no sustainability strategy with nature-related targets and does not report on sustainability accountability within its governance structure. Although the company discloses a remuneration system for its executives which aligns with the sustainability goals of the company’s strategy and the company’s impact on nature and social, it is unclear with the specific KPIs and metrics of these sustainability goals.

Stakeholder engagement
Continental does not disclose an overview of the issues raised during its stakeholder engagement activities.

Lobbying
While Continental discloses some trade associations of which it is a member, this is not a complete list covering all geographies. The company does not disclose a clear and detailed framework for assessing alignment of its trade associations with nature-positive policies. The company does not report (potential) misalignment between the lobbying activities of its trade associations and nature-positive policies.

Impact and dependencies assessment
Continental 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
Continental 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
Continental does not disclose time-bound targets to achieve conversion-free supply chains. 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 Continental’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
Continental demonstrates it is reducing water withdrawal in its own operations. The company does not disclose a time-bound target to reduce water withdrawal across its own operations. The company does not report how much water is withdrawn for its own operations in water-stressed areas. The company does not engage with suppliers to reduce water withdrawal. 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
Continental does not disclose relevant information related to pollution in its operations or supply chains.

GHG emissions
No evidence that Continental reduces its scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions was found. The company has a time-bound target to reduce its scope 1 and 2 emissions. The company does not report progress against its scope 1 and 2 emissions target. No evidence that the company reduces its scope 3 emissions was found. The company does not disclose a time-bound target to reduce its scope 3 emissions. The company does not report progress against its scope 3 emissions target. No evidence that the company’s scope 3 emissions target is aligned with a 1.5-degree trajectory was found.

Invasive species
No evidence was found that Continental identifies the activities that could lead to the introduction of invasive species in its own operations. No evidence was found that the company identifies the activities that could lead to the introduction of IAS in its value chain.

Safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment
Continental 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
Continental does not disclose its processes for identifying and recognising the rights of Indigenous Peoples when activities in its own operations may impact their rights, nor does it describe how it obtains Indigenous Peoples’ free, prior and informed consent.

While Continental 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 describes the process for identifying human rights risks and impacts in its business relationships. The company describes its processes for assessing its human rights risks. However, it has an opportunity to disclose what it considers to be its salient human rights issues. There is no evidence the company discloses the result of its assessments, which may be aggregated across its operations and locations. 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.

Continental has a publicly available policy statement which shows it is committed to respecting the health and safety of workers. 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.

Continental discloses a global tax strategy. The company takes steps to identify and address bribery and corruption. The company includes anti-bribery and anti-corruption clauses in its contracts with direct business relationships. The company outlines its approach to lobbying and political engagement but does not formalise this approach in a public policy document. The company specifies that it does not make political contributions.