Environmental issues are of increasing societal concern and have brought many challenges to our society. Today we are facing the consequences of climate change such as melting ice caps, rising sea levels, and changing weather patterns. We all need to address these issues and, as a global organization, we recognize that we have a key role to play in reducing our environmental impact.
As with most industries, the environment has a direct impact on our business. We also know that our operations impact the environment, through resource usage, emissions, and waste generation, and we strive to minimize this impact.
By implementing sustainable business practices, we are able to conserve resources, protect biodiversity, reduce waste, manage costs, and meet the growing consumer demand for more sustainable products - bringing benefits to both the environment and our business.
This approach is explained in the JT Group Environment Policy.
Environment
Our latest CDP submission can be found here
The JT Group Environment Plan 2030 sets objectives and targets to address our key environmental risks and opportunities across three focus areas: energy and emissions, natural resources, and waste.
It considers not only our operations, but also our value chain. The plan contains longer-term objectives for energy and emissions, along with quantified targets to achieve by 2030.
We have recently strengthened our targets for energy and emissions and aim to be Carbon-Neutral for own operations by 2030. Moreover, we commit to accelerating our efforts to reduce GHG emissions across our entire value chain and achieve Net-Zero GHG emissions by 2050.
We will track performance and progress towards our objectives and targets, and we will revisit the plan periodically to ensure that it remains relevant to our business and stakeholders.
Energy and emissions
| Energy | Emissions | |
|---|---|---|
| Objective | JT Group will transition all of its energy use to zero carbon energy by 2050. | JT Group will reduce its emissions and commits to be Carbon Neutral for its own operations by 2030 and achieve Net-Zero Greenhouse Gas emissions across its entire value chain by 2050. |
| Targets | We will increase the proportion of renewable electricity that we use to 50% by 2030 and 100% by 2050. |
We commit to reduce absolute Scope 1 & 2 GHG emissions by 47% in line with a 1.5 ℃ reduction pathway by 2030 from a 2019 base year.
We commit to reduce absolute Scope 3 GHG emissions associated with purchased goods and services by 28% by 2030 from a 2019 base year. |
Natural resources
| Water | Forestry | |
|---|---|---|
| Objective | Support global water stewardship by reducing our water withdrawal and by encouraging water risk management in our supply chain. | Ensure a sustainable wood supply for our product supply chains and further contribute to forest conservation and rehabilitation. |
| Targets |
We will continually assess water risks and water use in our supply chain and implement initiatives to conserve water resources.
We will reduce water withdrawal associated with our tobacco business by 15%. |
To further focus our efforts on sustainable forest management, we have assessed the drivers for deforestation and forest degradation in communities where we source tobacco and are implementing the resulting action plans in relation to improved wood resource use, forest conservation, and forest rehabilitation.
We will replace all wood from natural forests used in the tobacco curing process of our directly contracted growers with renewable fuel sources. |
Waste
| Waste | |
|---|---|
| Objective | Further reduce the environmental impacts of waste associated with our processes and products. |
| Targets |
We will reduce the environmental impact of our products and packaging through:
We will reduce waste associated with our tobacco business by 20%. |
Baseline year for targets is 2015 and target year is 2030 unless stated otherwise. The overall plan is to be reviewed every five years.
Read more about our progress toward targets.