Lojas Renner

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

Solid and air pollution 

Lojas Renner is reducing the production of hazardous substances. The company replaces toxic chemicals in its jeans chain in 2021. The company sets a target to eliminate potentially toxic chemicals from supply chain by 2030 and reports progress against the targets. The company commits not to develop toxic chemicals and provides guidelines and trainings to suppliers on the elimination. 

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

Sustainability strategy and accountability

While Lojas Renner discloses the result of the assessment, it is unclear with the process to identify and prioritize its most relevant sustainability impacts. While the company discloses some sustainability targets, such as GHG emissions and water use, and reports against the targets, no evidence that the company has group wide targets on key sustainability topics for the most material parts of its value chain based on the SBTN Sectoral Materiality Tool could be found in the public domain.

No evidence was found that Lojas Renner links performance criteria in senior executives’ remuneration policies to targets and objectives which cover nature, including biodiversity, and social issues. While the company discloses that two members of the board of directors have expertise in sustainability, it is unclear what exact background and experiences did these members possess.

Stakeholder engagement

Lojas Renner does not disclose how it engages with stakeholders, nor the issues it raises during such activities.

Lobbying

Lojas Renner discloses a list of trade associations of which it is a member wherever it operates. However, the company does not disclose a clear and detailed framework for assessing alignment of its trade associations with nature-positive policies. The company does not report (potential) misalignment between the lobbying activities of its trade associations and nature-positive policies.

Impact and dependencies assessment

Lojas Renner 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

Lojas Renner 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 Lojas Renner’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 Lojas Renner’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 Lojas Renner reduces water withdrawal across the company’s own operations was found. The company does not disclose relevant information related to water, in its operations or supply chains.

Solid and air pollution

No evidence that Lojas Renner 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 does not report 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

No evidence that Lojas Renner reduces its scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions compared to the previous year. The company sets a target to reduce 46% of its scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030 compared to its baseline year 2017 which is aligned with a 1.5-degree trajectory, but it is unclear whether the company reports progress against the target.

No evidence that Lojas Renner reduces its scope 3 emissions compared to the previous year. The company sets a target to reduce 75% of its scope 3 emissions of goods and services by 2030 compared to its baseline year 2017, but no evidence that the target is aligned with a 1.5-degree trajectory and that the company reports progress against the target.

Invasive species

Lojas Renner has not identified any activities that could lead to the introduction of invasive alien species in its own operations.

Safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment

Lojas Renner does not disclose a commitment to respecting local communities’ right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment. No evidence that the company tracks its actual or potential negative impacts on the health of local communities was found. While the company discloses it repels acts of violence in workplace, no evidence that this applies to land and environmental rights defenders.

Indigenous peoples’ and land rights

Lojas Renner does not disclose a commitment to respecting Indigenous Peoples’ rights or land rights of local communities.

While Lojas Renner states that it works intensively to identify risks of violation of human rights issues, it has an opportunity to specify that it conducts human rights due diligence that includes a process for identifying human rights risks and impacts through its business relationships. No evidence that the company describes its process for assessing its human rights risks and discloses what it considers to be its salient human rights issues was found. No evidence was found that the company has a global system to act on its salient human rights issues.

Lojas Renner discloses categories of stakeholders 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.

Lojas Renner has a publicly available policy statement which shows it is committed to respecting the health and safety of workers and that it expects its suppliers to commit as well. While the company discloses that it guarantees living wage and continually advancing in the promotion of the well-being of employees, it 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 reports the methodology that is being used to determine living wage in its supply chain; however, it has an opportunity to describe how it determines a living wage for the regions where it operates. While the company states that it expects its suppliers to pay wages that are sufficient for workers and their families to fulfil their basic needs, it has an opportunity to disclose how it works to support the payment of a living wage by its suppliers.

Lojas Renner 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.

Lojas Renner discloses a tax strategy, but no evidence this strategy is found in a formal document, approved by the highest governance body. The company takes steps to identify and address bribery and corruption. The company includes anti-bribery and anti-corruption clauses in its contracts with direct business relationships. The company outlines its approach to lobbying and political engagement but does not formalise this approach in a public policy document. The company states that it does not make political contributions but does not formalise this commitment in a public policy document.