Impact and dependencies assessment
O-I does not disclose any assessment of its impacts on nature, including biodiversity, within its own operations or in its supply chain. The company does not disclose any assessment of its dependencies on nature within its own operations or its upstream business relationships.
Key areas and species
O-I does not disclose the locations that are in or adjacent to areas important for biodiversity within its own operations or the locations of its suppliers. The company also does not disclose species populations existing in or adjacent to its own locations or the locations of its suppliers. The company has an opportunity to disclose the status according to national and international conservation lists of species identified in its own locations.
Ecosystem conversion and restoration
No evidence was found regarding the company’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 the company’s efforts to work towards a circular economy or which organisms it exploits O-I has an opportunity to develop a strategy and publicly report on specific, time-bound targets. While the company discloses activities to improve soil health, the company does not disclose a target to improve soil health in its production or sourcing practices.
Water
While O-I states 35% of its plants are in water-stressed areas, no evidence that the company discloses the proportion of withdrawals from water-stressed areas across its own operations could be found in the public domain. The company also does not engage with suppliers to reduce water withdrawal. Furthermore, the company does not disclose its processes for managing and monitoring discharge water quality nor does it regularly report on water pollution. The company has an opportunity to disclose targets to reduce water pollution as well as a commitment to respect the right to water. Additionally, 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
While O-I reports some activities to reduce plastic use and waste in its own operations, no evidence that the company is reducing the production of hazardous waste was found. The company does not report on the amount of plastic waste generated and proportions directed from or to disposal. While the company states it reports air emissions for each facility, no evidence that the company reports regularly on air quality parameters on relevant pollutants identified in relevant regulations and as harmful air pollutants by international bodies could be found in the public domain. O-I has an opportunity to report time-bound targets to reduce air pollutants across the most material parts of its value chain.
GHG emissions
O-I has a time-bound target to reduce its scope 1 and 2 emissions and reports progress against it. The company’s target is aligned with a 2-degree trajectory. No evidence that the company reduces its scope 3 emissions was found. The company has an opportunity to disclose a time-bound target to reduce its scope 3 emissions and report progress against it.
Invasive species
The company has not identified any activities that could lead to the introduction of invasive species in its own operations.
