Ecosystem conversion and restoration
Sysco does not disclose a commitment to ensure zero-conversion, or minimise conversion. The company does not disclose activities to minimise or achieve conversion-free supply chains. 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.
Furthermore, the company 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
Sysco discloses that 92.64 % of target achieved relative to base year. However, no evidence found that the company reports progress against its scope 1 and 2 emissions targets relative to previous year. The company should reduce its scope 1 and 2 emissions and report against these targets. Additionally, the company should set a time-bound target to reduce its scope 3 emissions and report progress against it. It should also align all of its scope 1, 2 and 3 targets with a 1.5-degree trajectory.
Impact and dependencies assessment
Sysco has an opportunity to disclose assessments of its impacts on nature, including biodiversity, within its own operations and in its supply chain. It also has the opportunity to disclose its dependencies on nature within its own operations and upstream business relationships.
Invasive species
Sysco has not identified any activities that could lead to the introduction of invasive alien species in its own operations.
Key areas and species
Sysco 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
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
Sysco should work on reducing the production of hazardous 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 describes its activities to reduce plastic use and transition towards sustainable packaging, it has an opportunity to disclose the associated quantitative data, including the amount of plastic waste generated and proportions directed from or to disposal.
Water
Sysco does not disclose relevant information related to water, in its operations or supply chains.
