Subsidiary brands:
Green Supply Chain CITI
Corporate Climate Action CATI
CITI score
33.10
Total Possible Score: 100Total rank
49
Out of 650 total brandsIndustry rank
5
Out of 23 total brands in the Retailers industryIndustry rank
26
Out of 124 total brands in the Textile industry
CATI score
33.00
Total Possible Score: 100Total rank
104
Out of 1000 total brandsIndustry rank
6
Out of 24 total brands in the Retailers industryIndustry rank
28
Out of 155 total brands in the Textile industry
CITI Category Scores Analysis
CATI Category Scores Analysis
CITI Category Scores Benchmarking
CATI Category Scores Benchmarking
CITI Category Scores
CATI Category Scores
1. Responsiveness and Transparency（total score: 14.00）
12.50-
1.1 Respond to Enquiries and Engage with Public
6.00Brand appoints someone to follow up on green supply chain management in China, and the frequency of communication with stakeholders occurs more often than quarterly, OR Brand appoints someone to follow up on green supply chain management in China, and employs the automatic reporting form provided by the Blue EcoChain or equivalent systems to communicate with stakeholders about green supply chain management.
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1.2 Promote Supply Chain Transparency
6.50Brand updates published list of its suppliers in China at least annually and the list includes higher environmental impact suppliers, publicly discloses supply chain environmental information in the form of a map, and pushes suppliers disclosed on the map to track their own environmental compliance performance via Blue EcoChain or other automated methods.
2. Compliance and Corrective Actions（total score: 18.00）
9.00-
2.1 Establish Screening Mechanism
3.00Brand employs the Blue EcoChain or other automated methods to track its suppliers’ environmental compliance AND pushes suppliers to track their own environmental compliance via Blue EcoChain or other automated methods.
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2.2 Push Suppliers to Take Corrective Actions
6.00Brand publicly requires supplier environmental compliance in writing and commits to stakeholders that it will push suppliers to adopt corrective actions, and pushes problem suppliers to promptly issue public explanations regarding the reason for violation, corrective actions already undertaken or in progress, and current compliance status in a timely manner, and pushes suppliers with high environmental risks to verify the effectiveness of the corrective actions OR continuously disclose information on corrective actions.
3. Extend Green Supply Chain Practices（total score: 30.00）
2.00-
3.1 Responsible management of chemicals
0.00Brand has not yet publicly disclosed its environmental management requirements regarding chemical production, use and discharge along its supply chain.
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3.2.1* Responsible management of wastewater
0.00Brand has not yet publicly disclosed environmental management requirements regarding wastewater generation, treatment and discharge along its supply chain.
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3.2.2* Responsible management of solid waste
1.00Brand extends its environmental management to solid waste transportation, utilization and disposal along its supply chain, and publicly discloses matching requirements.
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3.3 Responsible management of logistic supplier
1.00Brand extends its environmental management to the logistics process along its supply chain and publicly disclose green logistics policies.
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3.4 Supplier self-management
0.00Brand has not yet taken action to push its suppliers to control environmental risks along their own supply chains.
4. Energy Conservation and Emissions Reduction（total score: 32.00）
7.60-
4.1 Push suppliers to reduce their energy use and carbon footprint, and disclose energy and climate data
6.60Brand begins to calculate its greenhouse gas emissions, or publicly discloses its ongoing emissions reduction targets, or begins to manage emissions from its supply chain.
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4.2 Push suppliers to reduce resource use and pollutant emissions, and disclose pollutant release and transfer data
1.00Brand has publicly disclosed resource use and efficiency, and pollutant reduction target(s) and the progress made against these targets.
5. Promote Public Green Choice（total score: 6.00）
2.00-
5.1 Guide the public into paying attention to the environmental performance of its supply chains in China
2.00Brand guides the public through online interactions and/or offline activities to understand its best practices to motivate suppliers in China to improve their environmental performance.
The total score of category 3.2 is 12, while the conversion ratio for indicator 3.2.1 and 3.2.2 will vary by industry (See CITI Evaluation Guidelines-Appendix II)
1.1 Governance:
Pledged Policies
（total score: 5.00）
5.00
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1.1.1 Company has committed to climate actions and made climate declaration(s)
1.00 -
1.1.2 Company has developed corporate carbon neutrality plan and management system
1.00 -
1.1.3 Company has incorporated supplier carbon data reporting into supplier code of conduct
1.00 -
1.1.4 Company has developed policies to guide low-carbon production and lifestyle, contributing to the transition towards a low-carbon society
2.00
1.2 Governance:
Mechanism Construction
（total score: 5.00）
4.00
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1.2.1 Company has integrated climate-related issues into its business strategy and has specific climate-related risk management procedures
1.00 -
1.2.2 Company has integrated climate-related issues into board-level oversight
1.00 -
1.2.3 Company employs Blue EcoChain or other automated methods to track supplier climate performance
0.00 -
1.2.4 Company offers capacity building and financial incentives, and/or launches innovative projects for suppliers to reduce emissions
2.00
2.1 Measurement & Disclosure:
Scope 1&2 Emissions
（total score: 10.00）
6.00
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2.1.1 Company has publicly disclosed Scope 1&2 emission data
4.00 -
2.1.2 Company has publicly disclosed carbon intensity
2.00 -
2.1.3 Company has publicly disclosed energy efficiency
0.00 -
2.1.4 Company has publicly disclosed information on carbon emission trading
0.00
2.2 Measurement & Disclosure:
Scope 3 Emissions
（total score: 7.00）
4.50
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2.2.1 Company has publicly disclosed Scope 3 emissions
2.00 -
2.2.2 Company collects supplier carbon emission data on a regular basis
2.50
3.1 Carbon Targets Setting:
Scope 1&2 Targets
（total score: 7.00）
2.00
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3.1.1 Company has set and publicly disclosed its ongoing Scope 1&2 emission reduction targets
0.00 -
3.1.2 Company has set and publicly disclosed its Scope 1&2 carbon neutrality target
2.00 -
3.1.3 Company has set and publicly disclosed its renewable energy target
0.00
3.2 Carbon Targets Setting:
Scope 3 Targets
（total score: 7.00）
2.00
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3.2.1 Company has set and publicly disclosed its ongoing Scope 3 emission reduction targets
0.00 -
3.2.2 Company has set and publicly disclosed its Scope 3 carbon neutrality target
2.00 -
3.2.3 Company has set specific objectives on promoting suppliers (at least those in China) to set their own emission reduction targets
0.00
4.1 Performance against Carbon Targets:
Scope 1&2 Emission Reduction Progress
（total score: 8.00）
0.00
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4.1.1 Company has publicly disclosed progress made against its Scope 1&2 emission reduction targets
0.00 -
4.1.2 Company has publicly disclosed progress made against its Scope 1&2 carbon neutrality target
0.00 -
4.1.3 Company has publicly disclosed progress made against its renewable energy target
0.00
4.2 Performance against Carbon Targets:
Scope 3 Emission Reduction Progress
（total score: 9.00）
0.00
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4.2.1 Company has publicly disclosed progress made against its Scope 3 emission reduction targets
0.00 -
4.2.2 Company has publicly disclosed progress made against its Scope 3 carbon neutrality target
0.00 -
4.2.3 Company employs Blue EcoChain or other automated methods to track its suppliers’ target setting progress
0.00
5.1 Climate Action:
Decarbonization in Company Operation
（total score: 12.00）
6.00
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5.1.1 Company has conducted non-fossil energy utilization projects and/or green power procurement and disclosed associated emission reductions
4.00 -
5.1.2 Company has conducted energy efficiency improvement projects and disclosed associated emission reductions
2.00 -
5.1.3 Company has conducted energy monitoring and energy management (e.g. energy management system certification)
0.00 -
5.1.4 Company has reduced emissions through carbon offsets, and disclosed associated emission reductions (e.g. Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS), Nature-based Solutions (NbS), market-based carbon offset mechanisms)
0.00 -
5.1.5 Company has conducted other types of emission reduction projects and disclosed associated emission reductions (e.g. direct emission reduction from manufacturing process, logistic optimization)
0.00
5.2 Climate Action:
Decarbonization in Value Chain
（total score: 6.00）
4.00
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5.2.1 Company promotes suppliers to conduct corporate greenhouse gas and energy management (e.g. greenhouse gas accounting, product carbon footprint certification, energy management system certification)
1.00 -
5.2.2 Company has launched emission reduction initiatives with suppliers and disclosed associated emission reductions
2.00 -
5.2.3 Company has published best practices on supply chain carbon management annually
0.00 -
5.2.4 Company has conducted emission reduction projects targeting other emission sources along the value chain and disclosed associated emission reductions
1.00
5.3 Climate Action:
Affiliated Company Engagement
（total score: 8.00）
0.00
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5.3.1 Affiliates have measured and publicly disclosed their carbon emission at facility level
0.00 -
5.3.2 Affiliates have set carbon targets, tracked and public disclosed reduction progress at facility level
0.00
5.4 Climate Action:
Upstream Supplier Engagement
（total score: 16.00）
1.00
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5.4.1 Direct suppliers have measured and publicly disclosed their carbon emissions at facility level
0.50 -
5.4.2 Direct suppliers have set carbon targets, tracked and publicly disclosed reduction progress at facility level
0.00 -
5.4.3 Indirect suppliers have measured and publicly disclosed their carbon emissions at facility level
0.50 -
5.4.4 Indirect suppliers have set carbon targets, tracked and publicly disclosed reduction progress at facility level
0.00 -
5.4.5 Company employs Blue EcoChain or other automated methods to empower upstream suppliers on supply chain carbon management
0.00
As carbon hotspots vary from industry to industry, a weighting factor applies across four of the five CATI activity areas: Measurement & Disclosure (17%), Carbon Targets Setting (14%), Performance against Carbon Targets(17%) and Climate Action (42%). The default weighting factors for each industry are shown in the CATI Evaluation Guidelines.
Communication Updates
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required a textile factory to issue an explanation for air emissions supervision record(s).This factory, through motivation from its stakeholder The Very Group, actively communicated with environmental groups to issue an explanation for its supervision record(s) .Jinhua
Air Emissions
● Environmental violation issue: Industrial emissions pollution;
● Potential impact on: air quality, public health.
Explanation
● Rectification progress: Enterprise with supervisions has issued public explanation(s);
● Driving force: Stakeholders and environmentally conscious consumers.Publication Date：2023/1/3 15:29:52 -
required a textile factory to conduct an audit for its air emissions supervision record(s).This factory, through motivation from its stakeholder The Very Group, actively communicated with environmental groups to implement corrective actions for its supervision record(s) , and underwent a third-party audit to verify the effectiveness of its corrective actions.Jinhua Air Emissions
● Environmental violation issue: Industrial emissions pollution;
● Potential impact on: air quality, public health.
Audit
● Rectification progress:Enterprise with supervisions has demonstrated the effectiveness of corrective actions via third party audits;
●Driving force: Stakeholders and environmentally conscious consumers.Publication Date：2022/12/27 15:17:40 -
required a textile factory to conduct corrective actions for air emissions supervision record(s).This factory, through motivation from its stakeholder The Very Group, actively communicated with environmental groups to implement corrective actions for its supervision record(s) , and disclosed information on the status of its corrective actions.Jinhua Air Emissions
● Environmental violation issue: Industrial emissions pollution;
● Potential impact on: air quality, public health.
Corrective Actions
● Rectification progress: Enterprise with supervisions has carried out correction action(s);
● Driving force: Stakeholders and environmentally conscious consumers.Publication Date：2022/12/22 11:14:03 -
required a factory to issue an explanation for supervision record(s).This factory, through motivation from its stakeholder The Very Group, actively communicated with environmental groups to issue an explanation for its supervision record(s) .Liaoyang Explanation
● Rectification progress: Enterprise with supervisions has issued public explanation(s);
● Driving force: Stakeholders and environmentally conscious consumers.Publication Date：2022/9/28 20:46:55
