External verification

Independent third-party review of our sustainability performance data is very important to helping stakeholders place trust in our processes and in what we report. It also accelerates our commitment to openness and transparency. We will be further expanding the scope of assurance of our non-financial data.

Environmental data

Bureau Veritas has provided assurance of Group-wide energy consumption, proportion of renewable electricity, Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope3 Category1 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In addition to GHG emissions data, our water withdrawal, water discharge, waste related data (including each of the sub-categories, i.e. waste recycled, incinerated with/without heat recovery and landfilled), proportion of reusable and/or recyclable packaging, have been externally assured.
Assurance was provided against ISO 14064-3 for GHG emissions data and ISAE 3000 for the other data. You can find more details on Environmental data / External verification / External recognition.
See the Basis of Reporting on data calculation / consolidation methods.

Assurance statement for the JT Group

Other sustainability related data

Bureau Veritas has provided assurance of Group-wide occupational health and safety, supplier screening and community investment related data.

Assurance statement for the JT Group

Tobacco business sustainability related data

Bureau Veritas has provided limited assurance of selected sustainability data related to our tobacco business, including some of the indicators listed above.

Assurance statement for tobacco business