Impact and dependencies assessment
EMCOR Group 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
EMCOR Group 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 EMCOR Group’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 EMCOR Group’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 EMCOR Group reduces water withdrawal across the company’s own operations was found. 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 The company does not report how much water is withdrawn for its own operations in water-stressed areas.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.
EMCOR Group reports 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
EMCOR Group does not disclose relevant information related to pollution in its operations or supply chains. Although the company discloses its management of hazardous waste, no evidence that the company reduces production of hazardous waste.
GHG emissions
While EMCOR Group discloses its amount of scope 1 and 2 emissions in 2020, it is unclear whether there is an absolute reduction. While the company plans to set a target to reduce scope 1 and 2 emissions, the emission intensity target does not translate to an absolute reduction of emissions. No evidence that the company reports progress against these targets and that the target is aligned with 1.5°C trajectory.
EMCOR Group does not disclose any information on scope 3 emissions, nor has it set a time-bound reduction target. The company must immediately set a reduction target aligned with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5-degree trajectory.
Invasive species
EMCOR Group has not identified any activities that could lead to the introduction of invasive alien species in its own operations.