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. The company does not disclose activities to minimise ecosystem conversion or to achieve conversion-free supply chains. Finally, the company is not committed to restoring ecosystems.
GHG emissions
The company should report progress against all of its scope 1, 2 and 3 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
The company acknowledges the close proximity of cocoa communities to important natural ecosystems and aims to create sustainable agricultural ecosystems that benefit both people and biodiversity. It also plans to complete biodiversity risk assessments for all origin-sourced upstream business relationships by 2023. While the company is piloting biodiversity mapping and monitoring agroforestry benefits, it has the opportunity to disclose the methodology and full results of these assessments. The company also aspires to integrate agroforestry initiatives to improve soil and water health in cocoa and coffee, but it has an opportunity to assess and disclose its dependencies on nature, both within its own operations and 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 acknowledges the importance of 46 wild cotton species and their risk of extinction, and also collaborates with the OFIR cocoa agroforestry plantation near the biodiverse Gola Rainforest National Park, it still has an opportunity to disclose specific species in or near its own locations and their status on national and international conservation lists. Despite asserting that its sites aren’t situated near protected or high biodiversity areas, further clarity is needed on the exact locations within its operations and those of its upstream business relations, including suppliers, that lie near essential biodiversity zones. Additionally, transparency would benefit from detailing species populations adjacent to supplier sites.
Resource exploitation and circularity performance
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.
Solid and air pollution
The company does not disclose relevant information related to pollution in its operations or supply chains.
Water
The company does not disclose relevant information related to water, in its operations or supply chains.
