Salzgitter

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

No leading practices were identified in the ecosystems and biodiversity area.

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

Sustainability strategy and accountability
While Salzgitter has done a materiality analysis, it was realised in 2018 and will not be renewed before 2022. The company also does not disclose group-wide targets on key sustainability topics for the most material parts of its value chain. While the company has a stakeholder target which cover GHG emissions, no evidence that the company links performance criteria in senior executives’ remuneration policies to targets and objectives which cover social issues beyond safety could be found in the public domain. The company does not disclose whether its highest governance body has expertise regarding nature-related topics.

Stakeholder engagement
Salzgitter does not disclose how it engages with stakeholders, nor the issues it raises during such activities.

Lobbying
Salzgitter does not report on its lobbying and advocacy practices on nature-related issues, nor whether these activities align with its sustainability strategy.

Impact and dependencies assessment
Salzgitter 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
The company 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
Salzgitter does not disclose a commitment to ensure zero conversion. While the company discloses some elements about minimising ecosystem conversion in the most material parts of its value chain, it does not translate into a commitment. Salzgitter does not disclose activities to minimise ecosystem conversion nor a commitment to restore ecosystems. The company also does not disclose details and outcomes of ecosystem restoration projects in areas affected by its own operations or by its suppliers.

Resource exploitation and circularity
While Salzgitter discloses the materials used, no evidence that it provides its material footprint was found in the public domain. The company does not report quantitatively on its group-wide circularity performance. The company does not disclose efforts to improve soil health.

Water
No evidence that Salzgitter reduces water withdrawal across the company’s own operations was found. The company does not disclose a time-bound target to reduce water withdrawal across its own operations nor does it report how much water is withdrawn for its own operations in water-stressed areas. The company does not engage with suppliers to reduce water withdrawal. Furthermore, Salzgitter does not disclose its processes for managing and monitoring discharge water quality nor regularly reports on water pollution. The company does not disclose targets to reduce water pollution. The company does not disclose a commitment to respect the right to water nor 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
No evidence that Salzgitter is reducing the production of hazardous waste was found. While the company reports regularly on air quality parameters of emissions of harmful air pollutants, it has an opportunity to report time-bound targets to reduce air pollutants across the most material parts of its value chain.

GHG emissions
No evidence that Salzgitter reduces its scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions was found. While the company has a time-bound target to reduce its scope 1 and 2 emissions., it does not report progress against it. Furthermore, no evidence that the company’s scope 1 and 2 emissions target is aligned with a 1.5-degree trajectory was found. No evidence that the company reduces its scope 3 emissions was found. Salzgitter has an opportunity to set 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, clean, healthy and sustainable environment
Salzgitter does not disclose a commitment to respecting local communities’ right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment or to zero tolerance for acts of violence, threats, intimidation or judicial harassment committed against land and environmental rights defenders.

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

The company has an opportunity to describe a comprehensive process for identifying its human rights risks and impacts across all its activities, especially through its business relationships. The company has an opportunity to describe a process for assessing the human rights risks it has identified and 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. No evidence was found that the company has a global system to act on its salient human rights issues. While the company discloses the categories of stakeholders it engages with generally on sustainability issues, it is not clear if these stakeholders are those 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.

The company has a publicly available policy statement which shows it is committed to respecting the health and safety of workers. No evidence that the company has a publicly available statement of policy that expects its suppliers to commit to respecting the health and safety of their workers was found. The company 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 has an opportunity to describe how it determines a living wage for the regions where it operates. The company indicates that in 2021, around 95% of their core workforce in Germany were working in companies subject to a collective agreement. However, it does not disclose the proportion of its total direct operations workforce covered by collective bargaining agreements. No evidence that the company describes how it works to support the practices of its suppliers in relation to freedom of association and collective bargaining was found.

The company has an opportunity to publish a global tax strategy and should assign responsibility for this strategy to an executive-level individual or body. The company has an opportunity to disclose a policy on bribery and corruption and its processes for identifying and addressing bribery and corruption. The company does not disclose its approach to lobbying and political engagement in a public policy document.