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.
GHG emissions
REWE Group should set time-bound targets to reduce its scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions as well as report progress against them. Crucially, all its scope 1, 2 and 3 targets need to align with a 1.5-degree trajectory.
Impact and dependencies assessment
While REWE Group acknowledges both its direct and indirect impacts on biodiversity, it has the opportunity to assess these impacts within its own operations and in its supply chain, disclosing both the methodology and results. Additionally, the company could benefit from evaluating its dependencies on nature in its operations and its upstream business relationships.
Invasive species
REWE Group has not identified any activities that could lead to the introduction of invasive alien species in its own operations.
Key areas and species
While REWE Group has undertaken monitoring efforts in the farming region of Lake Constance, identifying endangered wild bee species, there remains an opportunity to enhance disclosure on species adjacent to its operations. Additionally, detailing locations near biodiversity significant areas, both within its operations and its suppliers, would bolster transparency. The company can further improve by sharing the conservation status of identified species as per national and international standards.
Resource exploitation and circularity performance
REWE 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 a target to improve soil health in its production or sourcing practices and to report progress against it.
Solid and air pollution
REWE Group should work on reducing the production of hazardous substances and waste. It could also disclose time-bound targets to reduce air pollutants across the most material parts of its value chain. While the company discloses some data on waste and disposal, it has an opportunity to report on the amount of plastic waste generated and proportions directed from or to disposal.
Water
REWE Group has an opportunity to further improve water withdrawal by setting time-bound targets, disclosing withdrawals in water stressed areas, and engaging with suppliers. The company does not disclose relevant information on water pollutants, nor does it disclose a commitment to respect the right to water.
