LPP

Stakeholder engagement
LPP discloses how often and through which channels it engages with various stakeholder groups.

No leading practices were identified in this area.

No leading practices were identified in this area.

Sustainability strategy and accountability
The materiality analysis conducted by LPP to develop its ‘For People For Our Planet’ strategy could not be found in the public domain. Additionally, although the company discloses some sustainability targets, it has an opportunity to disclose group-wide targets on key sustainability topics for the most material parts of its value chain. LPP does not consistently provide historical data to assess the company’s progress on its sustainability goals, especially concerning environmental goals. Furthermore, no evidence was found that the company links performance criteria in senior executives’ remuneration policies to targets and objectives which cover nature, including biodiversity, and social issues. Finally, while experts regularly advise board members on ESG issues, there is no evidence that this leads to a general increase in board members’ knowledge of ESG issues.

Stakeholder engagement
While LPP conducts annual stakeholder mapping, no evidence could be found that it reports information on the issues addressed per stakeholder group.

Lobbying
LPP provides a short list of ESG associations to which it belongs, but it does not provide a comprehensive list of all trade associations it belongs to. For assessing the alignment of its trade associations with nature-positive policies, the company does not provide a detailed framework. It doesn’t report (potential) misalignment between its nature-positive policies and the lobbying activities of its trade associations.

Impact and dependencies assessment
LPP has not conducted a comprehensive analysis of its impacts and dependencies on nature, including biodiversity. It can start such an analysis by quantifying its impacts and dependencies across its value chains.

Key areas and species
LPP 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
Neither the company nor its subsidiaries disclose commitments to ensure zero conversion, nor time-bound targets to achieve conversion-free supply chains, nor activities to minimise ecosystem conversion. No information is available about the company’s commitment to restore ecosystems. No details are available about ecosystem restoration projects.

Resource exploitation and circularity
LPP does not disclose its inputs, including its material footprint. The company does not report quantitatively on its group-wide circularity performance. The company does not disclose efforts to improve soil health.

Water
Water-related information is not disclosed by LPP in its operations or supply chains.

Solid and air pollution
No evidence has been found that LPP reduces hazardous substance production. There is no mention of the company’s commitment to not create or market new chemicals or products with SVHC (substance of very high concern) properties. It was not found that the company is reducing the production of hazardous waste. Regarding plastic use, LPP does not provide group-level data on plastic usage. The company’s packaging data indicates, however, that plastic film use increased between 02/2021 and 01/2022 compared to the previous period. In regards to plastic waste, the company does not report how much plastic waste it generates and what proportion is directed to disposal or recycling. For air pollution, LPP does not provide any data on air quality parameters, nor does it provide time-bound targets to reduce air pollution across its most material value chains.

GHG emissions
In 2021/2022, LPP increased scope 1 emissions over 2020/2021. The company does not reveal a time-bound target to reduce scope 1 and 2 which is aligned with a 1.5-degree trajectory. There was no evidence that LPP reduces its scope 3 emissions. The company has not disclosed a time-bound target to reduce its scope 3 emissions aligned with a 1.5-degree trajectory.

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

Safe, healthy, clean environment
LPP does not disclose a commitment to respecting local communities’ right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment and to zero tolerance for acts of violence, threats, intimidation or judicial harassment committed against land and environmental rights defenders.

Indigenous peoples’ and land rights
LPP does not disclose a commitment to respecting Indigenous Peoples’ rights or land rights of local communities.

LPP has an opportunity to describe a comprehensive process for identifying its human rights risks and impacts across all its activities and for assessing the human rights risks it has identified; it is encouraged to disclose what it considers to be its salient human rights issues. A description of this process would include how relevant factors are considered, such as geographical, economic and social factors. There is no evidence that LPP has a global system to take action to prevent, mitigate or remediate its salient human rights risks within its own operations, supply chains and financing activities. A summary of the conclusions reached and actions taken or to be taken on at least one of its salient human rights issues is not provided. Furthermore, it is not clear whether the company engages with stakeholder categories who are affected by its activities or whose human rights are affected.

There is no evidence that LPP has a formal policy to ensure the health and safety of workers, approved by the highest governance body. Meanwhile, the company has a publicly available policy statement that shows it expects its suppliers to protect workers’ health and safety. 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, and to describe how it determines a living wage for the regions where it operates. LPP discloses the proportion of its total direct operations workforce covered by collective bargaining agreements. The company states that it encourages its suppliers to respect employees’ right to freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining, but it has an opportunity to describe how it works to support the practices of its suppliers in relation to those.

LPP has a publicly available tax strategy, but it isn’t global since it only applies to its UK subsidiaries. The company states that it monitors to identify its bribery and corruption risks and impacts activities covering its own operations and also provides the results of the process. However, the company does not describes the process to identify these risks and impacts. LPP monitors its supply chain to prevent anti-bribery and anti-corruption. Despite this, there is no evidence that the company’s contracts with business partners include anti-bribery and anti-corruption clauses. LPP outlines its approach to lobbying and political engagement, but does not formalise this approach in a public policy document. Finally, the company states that it does not make political contributions but does not formalise this commitment in a public policy document.