Daiichi Sankyo 

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

Solid and air pollution
Daiichi Sankyo has targets to reduce total amounts of hazardous waste and reports progress against them. It reports some activities to reduce plastic use and waste in its own operations. The company reports on the proportion of reused or recycled products, or proportion of virgin polymer use, or proportion of single-use plastics.

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

Sustainability strategy and accountability
Daiichi Sankyo discloses its process for identifying and prioritising its most relevant sustainability impacts as well as the outcome of this process and has set targets for all of its material topics, including one long-term goal with interim 2025 targets. However, while it has several targets covering the downstream value chain, no evidence of targets related to its upstream business operations was found in the public domain. The company discloses its progress against some of its targets. However, no evidence of previous reporting related to its targets was found in the public domain. 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
Daiichi Sankyo discloses specific initiatives related to each of its stakeholder groups, but these do not include an overview of the issues raised by stakeholders. It does not disclose its process for engaging with stakeholder groups beyond its materiality assessment.

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 conducts an assessment of impacts, using the Japan Business Initiative for Biodiversity’s Methodology, and discloses a map of corporate activities and biodiversity. Furthermore, the company discloses it assesses its ecological footprint jointly with the NGO Global Footprint Network. Although the company discloses an overview of both exercises, no further evidence of more specific outcomes was found in the public domain. The company does not disclose any assessment of its impacts on nature, including biodiversity, in its supply chain. The company does not disclose any assessment of its dependencies on nature within its own operations or those of its upstream business relationships.

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 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.

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 discloses activities to improve soil health or agrobiodiversity in its production or sourcing practices. The company does not disclose a target to improve soil health in its production or sourcing practices.

Water
The company demonstrates it is reducing water withdrawal in its own operations. The company commits to reduce 10% its water consumption intensity (based on sales) from a FY2020 baseline, however it does not have a target to reduce total withdrawal. The company reports 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 reports a decrease in water pollution. The company does not disclose its processes for managing and monitoring discharge water quality. The company regularly reports 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
No evidence that the company reduces the production of hazardous substances was found. The company does not disclose a commitment to avoid developing or marketing new chemicals or products with SVHC (substance of very high concern) properties. No evidence that the company is reducing the production of hazardous waste was found. No evidence that the company reduces 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. Although the company discloses NOx and SOx parameters regarding its own operations, no evidence regarding these parameters in its value chain was found in the public domain. The company does not report time-bound targets to reduce air pollutants across the most material parts of its value chain.

GHG emissions
The company is reducing its scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions. The company has a time-bound target to reduce its scope 1 and 2 emissions. The company reports progress against its scope 1 and 2 emissions target. While the company has a reduction target for scope 1 & 2 emissions, it is not aligned with a 1.5-degree-trajectory. The company’s Scope 3 emissions in Japan have increased, while its ‘Scope 3 – Category 1’ emissions, which only include some of its business units, have decreased. The company has a time-bound target to reduce its scope 3 emissions. While the company has a reduction target for scope 3 emissions, it is not aligned with a 1.5-degree-trajectory.

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.

The company provides statement that it conducts human rights due diligence to assess, identify, prevent, and mitigate any actual or potential human rights risks arising from its business activities. Further, the company discloses that it has setup an internal team to address human rights issues and also it has created a questionnaire, which was sent to all group companies, which will help the company to identify the issues from the survey results. However, it does not disclose the process to identify its human rights risks and impacts in specific locations or activities covering its own operations. The company provides statement that it conducts human rights due diligence to assess, identify, prevent, and mitigate any actual or potential human rights risks arising from its business activities. However, there is no evidence the company describes the process for assessing its human rights risks and it has identified what human rights are at risk of being impacted as a result of its operations, supply chains and financing activities and therefore there is no evidence of a process for assessing the saliency of these risks. 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 which shows it is committed to respecting the health and safety of workers. 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. 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 discloses the proportion of its total direct operations workforce covered by collective bargaining agreements. While the company states that it encourages its suppliers to respect employees’ right to freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining, it has an opportunity to describe how it works to support the practices of its suppliers in relation to those.

The company has a publicly available policy statement which shows it is committed to respecting the health and safety of workers. 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. 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 discloses the proportion of its total direct operations workforce covered by collective bargaining agreements. While the company states that it encourages its suppliers to respect employees’ right to freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining, it has an opportunity to describe how it works to support the practices of its suppliers in relation to those.