Impact and dependencies assessment
The company 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 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 does not disclose efforts to improve soil health.
Water
No evidence that the company reduces water withdrawal across the company’s own or that it has a time-bound target to reduce water withdrawal across its own operations. The company reports how much water is withdrawn for its own operations in water-stressed areas. Also, it does not engage with suppliers to reduce water withdrawal. Dr Reddy reports a decrease in water pollution and discloses its processes for managing and monitoring discharge water quality. However, it does not regularly report on water pollution nor does it 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
The company does not disclose a commitment to avoid developing or marketing new chemicals or products with SVHC (substance of very high concern) properties, however it is reducing the production of hazardous waste. No evidence that the company reduces plastic use and waste or the amount of plastic waste generated and proportions directed from or to disposal in its own operations was found. Finally, the company reports regularly on air quality parameters of emissions of harmful air pollutants, still it does not report time-bound targets to reduce air pollutants across the most material parts of its value chain.
GHG emissions
No evidence that the company 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’s scope 1 and 2 emissions target is aligned with a 1.5-degree trajectory was found. 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
The company has not identified any activities that could lead to the introduction of invasive alien species in its own operations.