Shenzhou International

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

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

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

Sustainability strategy and accountability 

Shenzhou International discloses no sustainability strategy with nature-related targets and does not report on sustainability accountability within its governance structure. 

Stakeholder engagement 

The company does not disclose an overview of the issues raised and channels communicated during its stakeholder engagement activities. Although the company mentions several issues, it is unclear with the linkage between the issues and each stakeholder group. 

Lobbying 

Shenzhou International 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 

Shenzhou International 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 

Shenzhou International 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 

No evidence was found regarding Shenzhou International’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 Shenzhou International’s efforts to work towards a circular economy or which organisms it exploits. The company has an opportunity to develop a strategy and publicly report on specific, time-bound targets. The company does not disclose efforts to improve soil health.

Water 

While Shenzhou International discloses its water use, the amount increases compared to ㄍ previous year. The company does not disclose a time-bound target to reduce water withdrawal across its own operations. The company does not report how much water is withdrawn for its own operations in water-stressed areas.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.  

Shenzhou International discloses its practice of implementing water treatment facilities to recycle polluted water during the dyeing process to reduce water quality pressures. The company does not disclose its processes for managing and monitoring discharge water quality. The company does not regularly report 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. 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 

Shenzhou International is reducing the production of hazardous waste. No evidence that the company reduces plastic use and waste in its own operations was found. The company does not report on the amount of plastic waste generated and proportions directed from or to disposal. The company reports regularly on its sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, and smoke and dust as air quality parameters of emissions of harmful air pollutants. The company does not report time-bound targets to reduce air pollutants across the most material parts of its value chain. 

GHG emissions 

No evidence that Shenzhou International reduces its scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions was found. The company sets a target to reduce 42% of scope 1 & 2 emissions by 2030 compared to the baseline year in 2020 which is aligned with the 1.5-degree trajectory, yet no evidence that the company reports progress against the target. The company’s scope 1 and 2 emissions target is aligned with a 1.5-degree trajectory.  

Shenzhou International does not disclose a time-bound target to reduce its scope 3 emissions. The company must immediately set a reduction target aligned with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5-degree trajectory. 

Invasive species 

Shenzhou International 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

Shenzhou International 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 

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

While Shenzhou International conducts a materiality/risk assessment to identify the main risks to the business, it has an opportunity to specify that it conducts human rights due diligence that includes a process for identifying human rights risks and impacts 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 Shenzhou International 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. 

There is no evidence that Shenzhou International has a publicly available policy statement committing it to respect the health and safety of workers. While the company discloses that it has complied with all relevant employment laws and regulations relating to compensation, it 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. No evidence that the company describes how it determines a living wage for the regions where it operates was found. No evidence that the company describes how it works to support the payment of a living wage by its suppliers was found.  

Shenzhou International has an opportunity to disclose the coverage of collective bargaining agreements. The company has an opportunity to describe how it works to support the practices of its suppliers in relation to freedom of association and collective bargaining. 

No evidence that Shenzhou International has a publicly available global tax strategy was found. 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.