Scope 1 Emissions
2022 Communication on Progress
Paper Force
Published date
June 23, 2022
No. of questions
66
Supplemental files
CEO Statement
Governance
Policies and Responsibilities
1. Does the Board / highest governance body or most senior executive of the company:
Optional commentAs part of our UNGC Report2. Does the company have a publicly stated commitment regarding the following sustainability topics?
Optional commentAs part of our UNGC Report3. Does the company have in place a code of conduct regarding each of the following sustainability topics?
Optional commentRequest Suppliers to supply BSCI Certification4. Has the company appointed an individual or group responsible for each of the following sustainability topics?
5. Does the company have a formal structure(s) (such as a cross-functional committee) to address each of the following sustainability topics?
Prevention
6. Does the company have a process or processes to assess risk?
Optional commentBSCI Certification for Most suppliers7. Does the company have a due diligence process through which it identifies, prevents, mitigates, and accounts for actual and potential negative impacts on sustainability topics?
Optional commentBSCI Certification for Most suppliersConcerns and grievance mechanisms
8. Are there any processes through which members of the company’s workforce can raise concerns about the company’s conduct related to human rights, labour rights, environment, or anti-corruption?
8.1. Please provide additional detail regarding the process(es) the company has through which members of the company’s workforce can raise concerns about the company’s conduct.
9. Does the company provide or enable access to effective remedy to right holders / stakeholders where it has caused or contributed to the adverse impact?
Lessons
10. How does the company capture lessons regarding each of the following sustainability topics?
Optional commentBSCI Certification for Most suppliers provides us with appropriate regulationExecutive Pay
11. Is executive pay linked to performance on one or more of the following sustainability topics?
Board Composition
12. Percentage of individuals within the company’s Board / highest governance body by:
Optional commentWe are an SME Privately owned Business13. Do you produce sustainability reporting according to:
Data Assurance
14. Is the information disclosed in this questionnaire assured by a third-party?
Human Rights
Materiality / Saliency
1. Which of the following has the company identified as material human rights issues connected with its operations and/or value chain, whether based on their salience (i.e., the most severe potential negative impacts on people) or another basis?
Commitment
2. Does the company have a policy commitment in relation to the following human rights issues?
2.1. For each human rights policy, is it:
Prevention
3. In the course of the reporting period, has the company engaged with affected stakeholders or their legitimate representatives in relation to the following human rights issues?
Optional commentAs part of the APP FCP program4. What type of action has the company taken in the reporting period with the aim of preventing/mitigating the risks/impacts associated with this human rights issue?
5. Who receives training for the following human rights issues?
Optional commentConducted by of Principal supplier APP6. How does the company assess progress in preventing/mitigating the risks/impacts associated with the following human rights issues?
Optional commentRefer APP ProgramResponse
7. During the reporting period, has the company been involved in providing or enabling remedy where it has caused or contributed to adverse impact associated with the following human rights issue(s)?
8. Briefly describe practical actions the company has taken during the reporting period and/or plans to take to implement the human rights principles, including any challenges faced and actions taken towards prevention and/or remediation.
Refer to our supplier APPLabour
Commitment
1. Does the company have a policy commitment in relation to the following labour rights principles?
1.1. For each labour rights policy, is it:
Optional commentWe comply with Australian Labor standardsPrevention
2. In the course of the reporting period, has the company engaged with affected stakeholders or their legitimate representatives in relation to the following labour rights issues?
Optional commentWe rely on BSCI audits3. What type of action has the company taken in the reporting period with the aim of preventing/mitigating the risks/impacts associated with this labour rights issue?
Optional commentBSCI Audits4. Who receives training for the following labour rights issues?
Optional commentRefre to APP FCP progress reports5. How does the company assess progress in preventing/mitigating the risks/impacts associated with the following labour rights issues?
Performance
6. What is the percentage of employees covered under collective bargaining agreements?
Optional commentWe are an SME7. What is the percentage of employees in a trade union or other workers' organization?
8. In the course of the reporting period, what was the percentage of women in:
9. What was the average ratio of the basic salary and remuneration of women to men (comparing jobs of equal value) during the reporting period?
Optional commentAll Female Staff are paid equally or better in "as like Positions"10. In the course of the reporting period, how frequently were workers injured (injuries per hour worked)?
11. In the course of the reporting period, what was the company’s incident rate?
Response and Reporting
12. In the course of the reporting period, has the company been involved in providing or enabling remedy where it has caused or contributed to the adverse impact associated with the following labour rights issues?
13. Briefly describe practical actions the company has taken during the reporting period and/or plans to take to implement the labour rights principles, including any challenges faced and actions taken towards prevention and/or remediation.
Our Principal Supplier APP has multiple programs in placeEnvironment
Commitment
1. Does the company have a formal policy on the following environmental topics?
1.1. For each environmental policy, is it:
Prevention
2. In the course of the reporting period, has the company engaged with affected stakeholders or their legitimate representatives in relation to the following environmental issues?
3. What type of action has the company taken in the reporting period with the aim of preventing/mitigating the risks/impacts associated with these environmental topics?
4. How does the company assess progress in preventing/mitigating the risks/impacts associated with the following environmental topics?
5. In the course of the reporting period, has the company been involved in providing or enabling remedy for any actual impacts associated with the following environmental issue(s)?
Climate Action
6. What were the company’s gross global greenhouse gas emissions for the reporting period?
Scope 2 Emissions
Scope 3 Emissions
7. What percentage of the company's revenue was invested in R&D of low-carbon products/services during this reporting period?
8. Has the organization acted to support climate change adaptation and resilience?
Energy / Resource Use
9. Please report the company's renewable energy consumption as a percentage of total energy consumption in the reporting period.
Technology
10. What percent of the company's revenue came from environmentally friendly products / services during this reporting period?
Sector-specific Questions
11. Which sector(s) does the company operate in? If diversified, choose top 3 by revenue.
Optional commentPaper and Carton BoardSector-specific: Water
12. Please provide details regarding the company's water withdrawal and consumption (own operations) during the reporting period.
Water withdrawal (volume of water in megaliters):
Water consumption (volume of water in megaliters):
13. Please provide details about the company’s water intensity of products in regions with high or extremely high water stress.
Sector-specific: Air pollution
17. Where applicable, please report the company's emissions of the following pollutants during the reporting period.
Sector-specific: Waste
18. Please report the company's total weight of waste generated in metric tonnes during the reporting period.
19. Please report the percentage of the company's waste that was hazardous waste (i.e., hazardous waste ratio) during the reporting period.
20. Please report the company's estimated metric tonnes of single-use plastic consumed wherever material along the value chain during the reporting period.
Overall Environment
21. Briefly describe practical actions the company has taken during the reporting period and/or plans to take to implement the environment principles, including any challenges faced and actions taken towards prevention and/or remediation.
Paper Force supports the three environmental principles of the UNGC and is committed to the sustainable development of our business. We place environmental and social responsibility at the heart of everything we do. Paperforce in conjunction our supplier PT Pabrik Kertas Tjiwi Kimia Tbk conducted a Life Cycle Assessment audited by The Carbon Reduction Institute and we are no able to supply a range of Carbon Neutral/Offset products under the NCOSS standard. Since 2019 we have offset approx..81,000 M/T (or the equivalent of 36,000 tons of coal being avoided burning) It is our environmental responsibility to ensure that the raw materials we use in our products come from sustainably managed sources. This is achieved through the implementation of best practices such as Chain of Custody systems and Sustainable Forest Management certification. Paper Force has PEFC Chain of Custody (CoC) certification which is the world’s largest forest certification system and ensures 100 percent of the raw material in our products is either PEFC certified or non-controversial under PEFC guidelines. In the last 12 months, Paper Force’s Chain of Custody was audited and its certification renewed as a result. Paper Force has met the due diligence requirements of the Australian Government’s Illegal Logging Prohibition Bill 2012 and to Jan 2021 has received zero non-compliance outcomes as a result of our first compliance assessment. As an importer of raw materials and paper products, Paper Force and many other importers of timber-based products in Australia, are asked to carry out reasonable due diligence to ensure our products do not originate from illegally logged timber. We continue to support our preferred supplier APP and its Forest Conservation Policy (FCP), which since February 2013 has seen the introduction of a moratorium on all-natural forest clearance, and assessments to identify High Carbon Stock (HCS) and High Conservation Value (HCV) areas within its supplier concessions. All of which will be protected as part of APP’s Integrated Sustainable Forest Management PlanAnti-corruption
Commitment
1. Does the company have an anti-corruption compliance programme?
2. Does your company have policies and recommendations for employees on how to act in case of doubt and/or in situations that may represent a conflict of interest, e.g. with regard to gifts and hospitality, donations, sponsorship, or interactions with public officials?
Prevention
3. Who receives training on anti-corruption and integrity?
3.1. How often is such training provided?
4. Does the company monitor its anti-corruption compliance programme?
Response and Reporting
5. Please report the company's total number and nature of incidents of corruption during the reporting year.
6. Within the reporting period, what measures has the company taken to address suspected incidents of corruption independently or in response to a dispute or investigation by a government regulator?
7. Does your company engage in Collective Action against corruption?
8. Briefly describe practical actions the company has taken during the reporting period and/or plans to take to implement the anti-corruption principle, including any challenges faced and actions taken towards prevention and/or remediation.
Paper Force considers the risk of corruption within its business as low, however we expect all Paper Force employees to achieve a high standard of personal, ethical and professional conduct. This is clearly explained in our Code of Conduct. As a signatory to the UNGC, we support the United Nations Convention against Corruption and are commit- ted to ensuring Paper Force is not involved in any corruption, extortion or bribery in its business dealings. Initiatives in place to combat corruption and extortion have included staff training by our Legal Advisors and our whistleblower line. Paper Force’s Code of Conduct is fully implemented within the business and includes all staff in an annual performance review. This ensures employees maintain ethical and professional standards within the business. Specific responsibility for monitoring the conduct of staff formally lies with senior management and informally with all staff at Paper Force.