Ecosystem conversion and restoration
The company does not have time-bound targets to achieve conversion-free supply chains. Furthermore, it is not committed to restoring ecosystems 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 discloses its target to reduce scope 3 emissions from purchased goods and services by 30%. However, no evidence found that it has a target to reduce overall scope 3 emissions. The company should set time-bound targets to reduce all of its scope 3 emissions and report progress against them.
Impact and dependencies assessment
While the company is engaged with initiatives like the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and Science Based Targets Network (SBTN) and aims to minimise negative biodiversity impact, it has an opportunity to assess and disclose the methodology and results of these assessments on nature within its own operations. The company also states that it assesses ecological stress factors in countries where its raw materials originate but could disclose the methodology for these upstream assessments. Although aware of its dependency on forests, the company could further evaluate and disclose its own dependencies on nature and those of its upstream business relationships.
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
While the company focuses on minimising adverse impacts on endangered species, there are areas where transparency could be improved. Specifically, it could disclose the species populations and their conservation statuses in proximity to its own locations and those of its suppliers. Further, identifying locations adjacent to biodiversity-rich areas within its own operations and its supply chain would add depth to its sustainability efforts.
Resource exploitation and circularity performance
No evidence was found regarding the company’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.
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. While the company states it replaces hazardous chemicals with alternatives wherever possible, it does not disclose consistent or sustained efforts. It has an opportunity to set and disclose time-bound targets to reduce air pollutants across the most material parts of its value chain. The company could also provide quantitative evidence regarding plastic use reduction and use of sustainable packaging, including the amount of plastic waste generated and proportions directed from or to disposal.
Water
The company has an opportunity to disclose a time-bound target to reduce water withdrawal across its own operations and reports progress against the target. Also, it does not report a decrease in water pollution. Furthermore, the company has an opportunity to disclose quantitative evidence of reductions in water withdrawal across its own operations. Lastly, it 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.
