Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Environmental safety of manufactured nanomaterials

Environmental Achievements

• Not disclosed

Social Achievements

• Not disclosed

Governance Achievements

• Not disclosed

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Lack of scientific knowledge around the potential impacts of manufactured nanomaterials (MNMs)
• Difficulties in measuring and quantifying MNMs in real situations
• Difficulties in differentiating between naturally occurring nanomaterials and MNMs
• Lack of long-term exposure studies
• Challenges in grouping nanomaterials into classes with similar properties
• Data gaps in how processes in the environment may transform MNMs
• Challenges for effective regulation in ensuring sufficient robustness of studies and data for next-generation nanomaterials

Mitigation Strategies

• Development of new methods to assess exposure and hazard
• Attempts to group nanomaterials into classes with similar properties
• Pooling knowledge and resources and optimizing the application of existing data for hazard, exposure and risk assessments
• Growing interest in a ‘Safe-by-Design’ (SbD) approach
• Increased cooperation between researchers, designers, developers, distributors, potential end-users and regulators
• Development of reference methods for managing the risk of engineered nanoparticles and engineered nanomaterials
• Development of reference methods for hazard identification, risk assessment and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of engineered nanomaterials

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement

• Not disclosed

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Not disclosed

Transition Risks

• Not disclosed

Opportunities

• Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

• Not disclosed

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Energy and CO2 Emissions
• Freshwater
• Socio-economic benefits
• Waste and Circular Economy
• Workplace Health & Safety

Environmental Achievements

• Reduced carbon emissions from cement by 11% between 2005 and 2020 despite an 11% increase in production.
• Golden Bay EcoSure cement contains 27% less embodied carbon than standard Portland cement.
• 3.1 million waste tyres kept out of landfill every year by Golden Bay.

Social Achievements

• Wellbeing initiatives are being introduced and the industry is benchmarking health and safety data.
• 23.7% of employees are Māori (March 2021)
• 11.7% of employees are female (March 2021)

Governance Achievements

• Not disclosed

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• High carbon footprint of cement production.
• Low uptake of SCMs compared to other countries (2.5% of total binders in readymix concrete manufacture).
• Challenges in measuring water use, discharge, and recycling.

Mitigation Strategies

• Replacing coal with alternative fuels (biofuels, waste wood, waste tyres).
• Using supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) to replace some cement.
• Improving concrete technology.
• Water recycling.
• Trialling electric and hydrogen-powered vehicles.
• Using recycled materials.
• Improving employee wellbeing.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement

• Using SCMs from industrial by-products

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Not disclosed

Transition Risks

• Not disclosed

Opportunities

• Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: UN Sustainable Development Goals

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Goal 6
• Goal 7
• Goal 8
• Goal 11
• Goal 12
• Goal 13

Concrete contributes to many SDGs, including clean water, renewable energy, decent work, sustainable cities, responsible consumption, and climate action.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• EcoSure cement (Golden Bay)
• Eco-cem (HR Cement)

Awards & Recognition

• Not disclosed

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Environmental
• Social
• Governance

Environmental Achievements

• Not disclosed

Social Achievements

• Not disclosed

Governance Achievements

• Not disclosed

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Lack of transparency and standardized metrics
• Skills shortage of qualified sustainability experts
• Uncertainty around how, what, and when to report on ESG
• Hesitancy to report externally due to comparison with global peers

Mitigation Strategies

• Strengthening standardized methods of reporting
• Clear government regulations and policies
• Internal ESG strategy and development plan
• Focus on internal reporting before shifting to external reporting

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement

• Not disclosed

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Rising temperatures
• Drought
• Desertification

Transition Risks

• Not disclosed

Opportunities

• Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI, UN Sustainable Development Goals, ISO

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

• Not disclosed

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Climate Change
• Environmental Sustainability
• Food Security
• Social Equity
• Economic Growth

Environmental Achievements

• Not disclosed

Social Achievements

• Not disclosed

Governance Achievements

• Established a formal interagency agreement among EPA, USDA, and FDA for cooperation and coordination on food loss and waste reduction.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Limited outreach and education on food waste reduction.
• Limited research funding for food loss and waste.
• Need for collaboration across the food supply chain.
• Obstacles facing underserved communities in accessing healthy food and composting options.
• Insufficient infrastructure and planning for organics recycling.
• Limited market expansion for recycled organic products.
• Obstacles to accurately estimating food loss and waste and tracking progress toward goals.

Mitigation Strategies

• National consumer education and behavior change campaign.
• Increased research funding and investment in innovative technologies.
• Strengthened public-private partnerships and collaborations.
• Targeted support for underserved communities.
• Development of additional organics recycling infrastructure through grants and assistance.
• Market expansion for recycled organic products through education and outreach.
• Improved data collection and estimation methodologies for food loss and waste.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement

• Optimizing harvest and collection of raw commodities, improving handling, routing, and storage in food manufacturing/processing, distribution, and retail.

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Not disclosed

Transition Risks

• Not disclosed

Opportunities

• Reducing GHG emissions through food waste reduction and organics recycling.

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: UN Sustainable Development Goal Target 12.3

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• SDG Target 12.3

Reducing food loss and waste by 50% by 2030.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Compost, digestate, biochar, insect meal.

Awards & Recognition

• Not disclosed