Impact and dependencies assessment
Taisei Corporation does not disclose any assessment of its impacts on nature, including biodiversity, within its own operations or its supply chain. The company also does not disclose any assessment of its dependencies on nature within its own operations and its upstream business relationships.
Key areas and species
The company does not disclose the locations that are in or adjacent to areas important for biodiversity within its own operations or of its suppliers. While Taisei Corporation discloses some information on its long-term monitoring of the Sapporo Dome, no evidence that the company discloses species existing in or adjacent to its own locations could be found in the public domain. The company also does not disclose species populations existing in or adjacent to the locations of its suppliers. Furthermore, it has an opportunity to disclose the status according to national and international conservation lists of species identified in its own locations.
Ecosystem conversion and restoration
The company does not disclose a commitment to ensure zero conversion nor time-bound targets to achieve conversion-free supply chains. However, the company has a commitment to minimise ecosystem conversion. While the company is innovatively working on ways to bridge industry and ecosystems, this is not considered evidence that the company is working to minimize its global impact on the global ecosystems in which it operates. The company also does not disclose a commitment to restore ecosystems nor details and outcomes of ecosystem restoration projects in areas affected by its own operations or by its suppliers.
Resource exploitation and circularity
While Taisei Corporation discloses its inputs, including its material footprint, it does not report on its recycled input materials beyond the mention of green procurement items. The company also does not report quantitatively on its group-wide circularity performance. The company has an opportunity to disclose activities to improve soil health or agrobiodiversity in its production or sourcing practices as well as a target to improve soil health.
Water
While Taisei Corporation demonstrates it is reducing water withdrawal in its own operations, it has a strong opportunity to disclose a time-bound target to reduce water withdrawal across its own operations as well as to report how much water is withdrawn for its own operations in water-stressed areas. The company also does not engage with suppliers to reduce water withdrawal. Furthermore, Taisei Corporation does not disclose its processes for managing and monitoring discharge water quality nor does it regularly report on water pollution. The company has an opportunity to disclose targets to reduce water pollution. Additionally, the company does not disclose a commitment to respect the right to water nor does it 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
The company reports some activities to reduce plastic use and waste in its own operations but no evidence that the company is reducing the production of hazardous waste was found. While Taisei Corporation reports regularly on air quality parameters of emissions of harmful air pollutants, it has an opportunity to disclose a time-bound targets to reduce air pollutants across the most material parts of its value chain.
GHG emissions
The company is reducing its scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions. The company has a time-bound target to reduce its scope 1 and 2 emissions. The company reports progress against its scope 1 and 2 emissions target. The company has targets aligned with a 2°C scenario. The company is reducing its scope 3 emissions. The company has a time-bound target to reduce its scope 3 emissions. The company reports progress against its scope 3 emissions target.
Invasive species
The company has not identified any activities that could lead to the introduction of invasive alien species in its own operations.
