Ecosystem conversion and restoration
While the company has a target to achieve conversion-free supply chains, certification models are not specified so there is no guarantee that it is DCF-aligned. Similarly, the company discloses some evidence of addressing conversion, however, this does not guarantee DCF-aligned practices
Finally, the company is not committed to ecosystem restoration and does not disclose details and outcomes of ecosystem restoration projects in areas affected by its own operations or by its suppliers.
GHG emissions
The company 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 the company is committed to sustainability and protecting biodiversity, it has opportunities to assess and disclose its impacts on nature in its own operations and supply chain. The company could also evaluate its dependencies on nature within its operations and upstream business relationships, providing both methodologies and results.
Invasive species
The company 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 has an opportunity to disclose all its inputs according to an international standard and to report quantitatively on its group-wide circularity performance. It also has an opportunity to disclose a target to improve soil health in its production or sourcing practices and report progress against it.
Solid and air pollution
The company should commit to avoid developing or marketing new chemicals or products with SVHC (substance of very high concern) properties, as well as work on reducing the production of hazardous substances and waste. It has an opportunity to report on air quality parameters of emissions of harmful air pollutants and 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
The company has an opportunity to reduce water withdrawals across its own operations, as well as disclose time-bound targets and engage with suppliers. The company has an opportunity to disclose metrics on water pollution and targets to reduce them. The company does not disclose a commitment to respect the right to water. 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.
