Ecosystem conversion and restoration
The company does not have a commitment to ensure zero conversion, and it does not disclose activities to minimise conversion or achieve conversion-free supply chains. The company does not have time-bound targets to achieve conversion-free supply chains.
Furthermore, the company is not committed to restoring ecosystems, and it 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 should set time-bound targets to reduce its scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas emissions as well as report progress against them. Crucially, the company needs to reduce its scope 1,2 and 3 emissions and its targets need to align with a 1.5-degree trajectory.
Impact and dependencies assessment
While the company has invested in environmental management in areas significantly affecting biodiversity, there’s an opportunity to further assess and disclose its impacts on nature, including biodiversity, within its own operations. The company could also assess and disclose its impacts on nature within the supply chain and its dependencies on nature within its own operations and upstream 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
The company 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
The company has an opportunity to disclose its inputs according to an international standard, and to report quantitatively on its group-wide circularity performance. The company also has an opportunity to disclose activities to improve soil health or agrobiodiversity in its production or sourcing practices, to disclose a target to improve soil health in its production or sourcing practices and to report progress against it.
Solid and air pollution
The company has an opportunity to reduce the production of hazardous substances and waste, as well as commit to the avoidance of developing or marketing new chemicals or products with SVHC (substance of very high concern) properties. The company could also report on the amount of plastic waste generated and proportions directed from or to disposal. Additionally, while the company has a target to reduce air pollutants, it should be time-bound and measurable.
Water
The company has an opportunity to further improve water withdrawal by setting a time-bound target, disclosing water withdrawals in water-stressed areas, and engaging with suppliers. It has an opportunity to set time-bound targets to reduce water pollution metrics. The company does not disclose relevant information on rights to water in its operations or supply chains.
