Target

Lobbying
The company discloses a list of industry associations that it engages with in public policy advocacy.

Stakeholder engagement
The company discloses an overview of the issues raised during stakeholder engagement, its channels of engagement, as well as how responses are integrated into its sustainability strategy.

Sustainability strategy and accountability
The company discloses its process for identifying and prioritising its most relevant sustainability impacts in relation to its sustainability strategy.

Ecosystem conversion and restoration
The company discloses the proportion of palm oil, coffee, cotton, and wood pulp which are conversion-free.

GHG emissions
The company has a time-bound target to reduce its scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions. The company’s scope 1 and 2 emissions targets are aligned with a 1.5-degree trajectory. The company reduces its scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions, and reports progress against these scope 3 targets.

Resource exploitation and circularity performance
The company discloses its inputs, including its material footprint. The company discloses activities to improve soil health or agrobiodiversity in its production or sourcing practices.

Solid and air pollution
The company discloses its approach to phasing out hazardous substances. The company is reducing the production of hazardous waste. The company reports on the proportion of hazardous waste treated to reduce pollution compared to total waste, hazardous waste diverted from disposal, and directed to disposal. The company demonstrates qualitative and quantitative evidence of plastic use reduction. The company has set a target of 100% recyclable, reusable, or compostable packaging by 2025, and reports progress against the target. The company discloses percentage of packaging made from recycled and/or renewable materials and percentage that is recyclable, reusable, and/or compostable.

Water
The company demonstrates it is reducing water withdrawal in its own operations. The company reports the proportion of water withdrawn for its own operations in water-stressed areas. The company engages with suppliers to reduce water withdrawal. The company reports a qualitative decrease in water pollution.

Safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment
The company discloses that it has zero tolerance for harassment, intimidation, criminalization or violence towards human rights, environmental and land defenders.

Act ethically
The company maintains a publicly available policy statement that prohibits bribery and corruption, emphasising ethical conduct in all business areas and compliance with anti-bribery laws. It requires business partners to adhere to anticorruption laws, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, with non-compliance potentially leading to termination of the relationship. Additionally, the company provides multiple channels, including email, phone, and a website, for reporting grievances related to bribery and corruption, offering options for anonymous reporting. These reporting mechanisms are accessible to all, ensuring there is no fear of reprisal for complainants.

Provide and promote decent work
The company has a policy requiring its business relationships to respect worker health and safety, ensuring a safe working environment. This includes assessing hazards, implementing safeguards, and providing training, covering exposure to toxic chemicals, life, and building safety, compliant with local laws. It conducts a risk-based audit program to evaluate supplier facilities on conditions, health and safety, and compliance with laws through industry-recognized audit standards such as BSCI and SEDEX. Additionally, it discloses corrective actions for health and safety violations, emphasizing fire safety, personal protective equipment, and chemical safety. The company reports that 33.33% of its board members are female.

Respect human rights
The company has a publicly available human rights policy, endorsed by its highest governance body, committing to the respect of human rights in line with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It extends this commitment across global operations, emphasising dignity and respect for all involved, including supply chain and community stakeholders. Partnering with Article One, the company has refreshed its Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA), identifying salient risks through stakeholder interviews and applying the UN Guiding Principles’ saliency methodology. Additionally, it collaborates with several certification bodies like RSPO and Fair Trade USA to address specific human rights issues within its supply chain, demonstrating ongoing due diligence and commitment to improving its human rights practices.

Lobbying
The company has an opportunity to disclose a clear and detailed framework for assessing alignment of its trade associations with its sustainability targets, as well as potential misalignments between the lobbying activities of its trade associations and its sustainability targets.

Sustainability strategy and accountability
While the company has set some targets, it does not disclose group-wide, time-bound targets on all key sustainability topics for the most material parts of its value chain, nor does it report against all of its targets. No evidence was found that the company links performance criteria in senior executives’ remuneration policies to targets and objectives which cover nature, including biodiversity, and social issues. The company does not disclose whether its highest governance body has expertise regarding nature-related topics.

Ecosystem conversion and restoration
The company does not have a commitment to ensure zero conversion and does not disclose activities nor time-bound targets to achieve conversion-free supply chains. It also does not disclose a commitment to restoring ecosystems. The company does not disclose details or outcomes of ecosystem restoration projects in areas affected by its own operations or those of its suppliers. While it mentions support for the Riau project in Indonesia, it does not provide details about the project’s progress.

GHG emissions
The company has an opportunity to reduce its scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions and to report progress against its scope 1 and 2 targets. The company’s scope 3 emissions targets have an opportunity to be aligned with a 1.5-degree trajectory.

Impact and dependencies assessment
The company 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.

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
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.

Resource exploitation and circularity performance
No evidence found that the company reports quantitatively on its group-wide circularity performance.

Solid and air pollution
The company does not commit to avoid developing or marketing new chemicals or products with SVHC (substance of very high concern) properties. The company has an opportunity to disclose quantitative evidence regarding plastic use reduction and use of sustainable packaging. The company does not report on the amount of plastic waste generated and proportions directed from or to disposal. The company does not report on 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.

Water
The company does not disclose a time-bound target to reduce water withdrawal across its own operations. The company does not report its processes for managing and monitoring discharge water quality. The company does not regularly report on water pollution metrics, nor targets to reduce water pollution. The company has an opportunity to publicly commit to the right to water and to provide its processes for implementing preventive and corrective action plans for identified specific risks to the right to water and sanitation in its own operations.

Indigenous Peoples’ and land rights
The company does not show if it is committed to respecting Indigenous Peoples’ rights or land rights of local communities.

Safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment
No evidence found that the company tracks its actual or potential negative impacts on the health of local communities, or that it has a commitment to respect the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment.

Act ethically
The company does not formally outline its processes for identifying bribery and corruption risks in its operations. It also lacks a publicly available policy on lobbying and political engagement, despite stating its involvement in lobbying activities. Additionally, there is no evidence that the company requires third-party lobbyists to adhere to its policies. The company has an opportunity to clarify its policy stance on political contributions and provide transparent disclosures on lobbying expenditures.

Provide and promote decent work
The company emphasizes a safe work environment but does not have a formal health and safety policy or disclose related quantitative data. It adheres to employment laws regarding wages but has not demonstrated commitments to paying or supporting a living wage. The company is involved in various gender equity initiatives but lacks publicly stated commitments to gender equality and empowerment. The company has an opportunity to formalise policies on health and safety and living wages and to establish clear, public commitments and targets for gender equality.

Respect human rights
The company has policies against forced labour, child labour, and discrimination and engages with multiple partners to identify human rights risks. However, it does not clearly articulate its commitment to collective bargaining and freedom of association universally, adhering instead to ‘applicable laws’. While it has conducted a refreshed human rights impact assessment and engages in various partnerships to enhance responsible sourcing, the company has an opportunity to clearly describe how it integrates geographical, economic, and social factors into determining its salient human rights issues and to develop a global system to act on these identified risks.