Scope 1 Emissions
2022 Communication on Progress
EUROFRAGANCE S.L.
Published date
July 29, 2022
No. of questions
71
Supplemental files
2021_Sustainability Policy Eurofragance.pdfEurofragance-Sustainability-Report-2021.pdfISO-45001-2018-Occupational-Health-and-Safety-Management-System-Singapore-2023.pdfISO-9001-2015-Quality-Management-System-Certificate-UAE-2022.pdfISO-9001-2015-Certificado-del-Sistema-de-Gestion-de-Calidad-Espana-2024.pdfISO-9001-2015-Quality-Management-System-Certificate-Singapore-2024.pdfISO-14001-2015-Environmental-Management-System-Certificate-Spain-2024.pdfEurofragance-Responsible-Sourcing-Policy-2021.pdfEurofragance-Sustainability-Report-2021.pdfEurofragance-Sustainability-Policy-2021.pdfEurofragance-Health-and-Safety-Policy-2022.pdfEurofragance-Sustainability-Report-2021.pdfEurofragance-Sustainability-Policy-2021.pdfEurofragance-Sustainability-Policy-2021.pdf220726_Politica antifraude y anticorrupcion_V2.pdfCEO Statement
Governance
Policies and Responsibilities
1. Does the Board / highest governance body or most senior executive of the company:
Optional commentThe Management team supervises the Annual GRI Report. In our report, there is an annual statement of our CEO highlighting the relevance to embrace sustainability as a business model.2. Does the company have a publicly stated commitment regarding the following sustainability topics?
3. Does the company have in place a code of conduct regarding each of the following sustainability topics?
4. Has the company appointed an individual or group responsible for each of the following sustainability topics?
Optional commentThe company has created the Compliance Committee to ensure compliance with the Code of Ethics and Behavior, focused on Human rights, decent work, environment and Anti-corruption. The Compliance Committee is held by the Chief Financial and Compliance Officer, a member of the Advisory Board, two employees and an external legal advisor.5. Does the company have a formal structure(s) (such as a cross-functional committee) to address each of the following sustainability topics?
Optional commentThe company has created the Compliance Committee to ensure compliance with the Code of Ethics and Behavior, focused on Human rights, decent work, environment and Anti-corruption. The Compliance Committee is held by the Chief Financial and Compliance Officer, a member of the Advisory Board, two employees and an external legal advisor.Prevention
6. Does the company have a process or processes to assess risk?
Optional commentWe have processes to assess the risk, followed by the: Compliance Committee; Equality Committee, Human resources department and external audits related to the ISO 140016.1. During the assessment of risk, which business relationships are reviewed?
7. 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?
7.1. During the due diligence process, which business relationships are reviewed?
Optional commentWe have shared our Ethical Code with Suppliers to 100% of them. Nowadays the 16% have already answered positively.Concerns 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?
Optional commentWe have a whistle-blowing channel, controlled by a third-party legal company to raise concerns as well as a formal protocol to follow. This process has been shared with all employees.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?
Executive Pay
11. Is executive pay linked to performance on one or more of the following sustainability topics?
Optional commentCurrently, executive payment is not linked to environment, but is something to study for the future (not sure in the next 2 years).Board Composition
12. Percentage of individuals within the company’s Board / highest governance body by:
13. 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?
4. 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?
6. How does the company assess progress in preventing/mitigating the risks/impacts associated with the following human rights issues?
Response
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.
Digital Security: Configuration of the Microsoft Office tool to filter phishing and reinforce the security of Eurofragance employees. Periodic communications and informative campaigns to help employees to identify phishing mails. Rights of Women and girls: Issue of the Equality Plan in Spain.Training for all Spanish employees. Trainings also on the following topics: psychological, sexual or gender-based harassment and/or physical violence protocol as well as inclusive language. These trainings are currently mandatory for new employees in Spain. Rights of Indigenous people: Issue of the Responsible Sourcing Policy and the Supplier's Code of Ethics; training to Purchasing and Procurement departments.Labour
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:
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 labour rights 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 this labour rights issue?
4. Who receives training for the following labour rights issues?
5. 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 commentConcerning Spain only, the organization of work is regulated by a collective agreement. The applicable agreement is that of Perfumery and Allied Product; it covers all the workers on the sites of Sant Cugat del Vallès and Rubí. This means that 57% of the global workforce is subject to a collective agreement. In the other countries, where Eurofragance operates, there are no collective agreements. Therefore, 43% of the global workforce is not organized accordingly, because this form of legal-labor organization does not exist in those countries.7. What is the percentage of employees in a trade union or other workers' organization?
Optional commentWe do not have a company committee in any subsidiary and we are not aware that any employee is affiliated to any union (in Spain if they were, they normally notify it to make the payment of the payroll fee)8. In the course of the reporting period, what was the percentage of women in:
Optional commentPercent of women in each case per total employees9. What was the average ratio of the basic salary and remuneration of women to men (comparing jobs of equal value) during the reporting period?
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?
Optional commentThe company has not caused neither contributed to the adverse impact associated with the listed labour rights issues, so we have not been involved in providing or enabling remedy.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.
Working conditions: implementation of Work-from-home policy in our main affiliates: Spain, México, Singapore, Dubai and Turkey. General Human Rights: Issue of our Ethic Code with Suppliers, next step: track suppliers and take actions with them to ensure human rights principles compliance. Occupational Health and Safety (2022) issue of a global Health and Safety policy.Environment
Commitment
1. Does the company have a formal policy on the following environmental topics?
Optional commentSustainability Policy1.1. 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?
4.1. For each environmental topic in which the company sets timebound goals / targets, what kind of targets has the company set?
4.2. For each environmental topic in which the company sets timebound goals / targets, how is progress against target / goal tracked?
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
Optional commentemissions: 252039 tCO2e (We have not included the figure in the square above because then the tick in Partial disappears and we are not able then to answer 6.1)6.1. Which Scope 3 categories are included in the organization’s scope 3 emissions calculation?
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.
Sector-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.
- Construction of a water treatment plant in Mexico (start working not in the reporting period, but Q1 2022) - New policy for car fleet in Spain; admitting only hybrid or electric cars - Solar panels in Spain manufacturing plant working since February 2021 - Waste collection in Spain with just one supplier to reduce carbon footprint - Local sourcing implementation for commodities in affiliates - Singapore: implementation of grouping of shipments by country with the same track to avoid multiple shipments and reduce carbon footprintAnti-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?
Optional commentNowadays we are not part of a collective action against corruption, but we have our own policy and training to employees8. 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.
We have established the anti-corruption training as mandatory for new employees.