Impact and dependencies assessment
The company has reported that through their sourcing of fiber through the SFI Certified Wood Sourcing Standards and FSC Controlled Wood, they have minimal impact caused by our forest operations. However, this is not sufficient to translate into evidence that the company assesses its impacts on nature, including biodiversity, within its own operations. 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. The company does not disclose any assessment of dependencies on nature of its upstream business relationships.
Key areas and species
The company has reported that it has 90 facilities across 14 countries encompassing four continents. It has further reported that it owns approximately 6K acres where the Texarkana Mill is located and there are no known sensitive areas near it. However, no evidence that the company discloses all the locations that are in or adjacent to areas important to biodiversity across all its facilities could be found. The company does not disclose the locations of its suppliers that are in or adjacent to areas important for biodiversity. The company does not disclose species populations existing in or adjacent to its own locations. The company does not disclose species populations existing in or adjacent to the locations of its suppliers. The company does not disclose the status according to national and international conservation lists of species identified in its own locations.
Ecosystem conversion and restoration
While the company makes efforts to avoid deforestation, no specific commitment to eliminate deforestation from its value chain could be found. The company does not disclose activities to achieve conversion-free supply chains. The company does not disclose time-bound targets to achieve conversion-free supply chains. The company has a commitment to minimise ecosystem conversion. The company discloses some activities to minimise ecosystem conversion. 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
It is unclear whether the company discloses all its inputs, including its material footprint, according to an international standard. The company does not report quantitatively on its group-wide circularity performance. The company does not disclose 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 does not disclose 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. The company does not provide adequate evidence that it engages with upstream business partners to reduce water withdrawal. The company reports a decrease in water pollution. The company does not adequately disclose its processes for managing and monitoring discharge water quality. The company does not regularly report on water pollution. 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 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. The company reports regularly on air quality parameters of emissions of harmful air pollutants. 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 has reported a decrease in its scope 2 emissions (marked based) (Metric Tonnes CO2e) from 824,155 in 2019 to 680,468 in 2020. However, it has reported an increase in its scope 1 emissions (Metric Tonnes CO2e) from 1,318,746 in 2019 to 1,441,475 in 2020. The company has a time-bound target to reduce its scope 1 and 2 emissions. The company in its CDP Climate Change Report 2021 has reported that there was an increase in its scope 1 + 2 emissions in 2020 and as such 0% of the target is currently achieved. No evidence that the company’s scope 1 and 2 emissions target is aligned with a 1.5-degree trajectory was found. The company is reducing its scope 3 emissions. 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 the company 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 invasive species in its value chain.