Ecosystem conversion and restoration
OSI Group has an opportunity to disclose its inputs according to an international standard, and to report quantitatively on its group-wide circularity performance. The company also has an opportunity to disclose activities to improve soil health or agrobiodiversity in its production or sourcing practices, to disclose a target to improve soil health in its production or sourcing practices and to report progress against it.
GHG emissions
OSI Group discloses that it is in the process of doing its due diligence in pursuit of setting its target aligned with the Paris Agreement, however, no evidence found that the company has targets to reduce its scope 1 and 2 emissions. The company should set time-bound targets to reduce its scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas emissions as well as report progress against them. Crucially, the company needs to reduce its scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions and its targets need to align with a 1.5-degree trajectory.
Impact and dependencies assessment
OSI Group is involved in projects in the UK, USA, and Australia to study the benefits of livestock rearing on soil health, carbon sequestration, and biodiversity. However, it has an opportunity to assess its impacts on nature, including biodiversity, and disclose the methodology and results of these assessments. The company has not evaluated or disclosed its nature-related impacts or dependencies in its own operations or upstream business relationships.
Invasive species
OSI Group has not identified any activities that could lead to the introduction of invasive alien species in its own operations.
Key areas and species
The company has an opportunity to disclose locations within or adjacent to areas important for biodiversity, both in its own operations and its supplier locations. It could also disclose existing species populations existing in or adjacent to both its own and its suppliers’ locations, as well as the conservation status of species identified at its own sites according to national and international lists.
Resource exploitation and circularity performance
The company does not disclose its inputs, including its material footprint, nor does it report quantitatively on its group-wide circularity performance. Additionally, the company has an opportunity to disclose activities aimed at improving soil health or agrobiodiversity in its production or sourcing practices. Furthermore, the company has the opportunity to disclose a target for improving soil health in its production or sourcing practices and subsequently report progress made towards that target.
Solid and air pollution
OSI Group does not disclose relevant information related to pollution in its operations or supply chains.
Water
OSI Group does not disclose its processes for managing and monitoring discharge water quality. It has an opportunity to disclose a time-bound target to reduce water withdrawal across its own operations and reports progress against the target. The company has an opportunity to report how much water is withdrawn for its own operations in water-stressed areas, and to engage with suppliers to reduce water withdrawal. The company has an opportunity to disclose quantitative evidence of reductions in water withdrawal across its own operations. Finally, OSI Group does not regularly report on water pollution and does not disclose targets to reduce water pollution.
