Impact and dependencies assessment
While Taiheiyo Cement discloses it has conducted environmental assessments, it 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
No evidence was found regarding the company’s efforts to avoid ecosystem conversion, including deforestation, or promoting ecosystem restoration. The company has an opportunity to develop a strategy and publicly report on specific, time-bound targets.
Resource exploitation and circularity
Taiheiyo Cement does not report quantitatively on its group-wide circularity performance. The company does not disclose efforts to improve soil health.
Water
While Taiheiyo Cement discloses water withdrawal related information, the information disclosed shows an increasing trend. It 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 The company does not report how much water is withdrawn for its own operations in water-stressed areas. Moreover, it does not engage with suppliers to reduce water withdrawal. Taiheiyo Cement does not report a decrease in water pollution and discloses limited information regarding its water discharges. Furthermore it does not disclose its processes for managing and monitoring discharge water quality, report on water pollution, nor disclose targets to reduce water pollution. Taiheiyo Cement 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
No evidence that Taiheiyo Cement is reducing the production of hazardous waste and plastic use and waste in its own operations was found. It does not report on the amount of plastic waste generated and proportions directed from or to disposal. Taiheiyo Cement commits to limiting its emissions of nitrogen and sulfur oxides and dust levels per tonne of clinker to the levels achieved in 2011, however it does not report on air quality parameters of emissions of harmful air pollutants nor disclose targets to reduce air emissions across the most material parts of its value chain.
GHG emissions
While Taiheiyo Cement discloses its GHG emissions, it is unclear which scopes are covered by the disclosures and no further relevant evidence that the company discloses quantitative reductions in its emissions across all scopes was found. It has a specific emissions reduction target, but it is unclear what is comprised in the target and no further relevant information was found. The company has an opportunity to disclose a reduction target for its greenhouse gas emissions across all scopes, which is aligned with a 1.5-degree trajectory and disclose progress towards it.
Invasive species
The company has not identified any activities that could lead to the introduction of invasive alien species in its own operations.