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2016 – Water impacts experienced by companies
| Row number | Account Number | Company Name | Incorporated Country | CDP Program | Reporting Year | Access | Industrial Activity Group | GiCS Sector | Country | River basin | Impact indicator | Impact | Description of impact | Length of impact | Overall financial impact | Response strategy | Description of response strategy |
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| 551 | 22534 | Vina Concha y Toro S A | Chile | Water | 2016 | Public | Food & Beverage Processing | Consumer Staples | Chile | Limari | Phys-Increased water stress | Water supply disruption | The Company faced water shortages across the Limari Basin due to the lack of rainfall and water accumulated in the reservoirs that supply water to the area | 5 years | Impact not quantified financially | Increased investment in new technology; Promote best practice and awareness; Water management incentives | The company has made investments in new irrigation technologies, seeking to be more efficient. In addition, the company managed its hectares of irrigation adapting to the amount of water available. We aim to continue improvement our drip technology in our vineyards and evaluate water recycle technologies that let us using water discharges from Nueva Aurora winemaking cellar to drip our vineyard located beside it. |
| 552 | 20309 | Volkswagen AG | Germany | Water | 2016 | Public | Automobiles & Components | Consumer Discretionary | Mexico | Other: Rio Atojac | Phys-Declining water quality | Higher operating costs | The production site is situated in a region with water stress and so fresh water is a scarce resource. In the last years the production site and the surrounding municipalities were exposed to several water shortages. As one consequence the legal regulations for wastewater discharge to the receiving water body were tightened by the authorities to reduce the river pollution as well as improve the groundwater quality. Due to the sustainable water management of the local authorities and our production site the impacts of the water stress are quite low at the moment. | 2015 | The equipment cost for the water reduction is allocated to the total costs of the projects and therefore could not be separately identified. | Engagement with community; Engagement with public policy makers; Engagement with other stakeholders in the river basin; Engagement with suppliers; Infrastructure investment; Supplier diversification; Strengthen links with local community; Establish site-specific targets | Within the sustainable water management and the target to reduce the specific water demand per car produced by 25 % from 2010 to 2018 several measures were implemented to reduce the total water demand of the production site. For example the usage of washing water for the air conditioning (saving about 18.000 m³/a), the improved filtration of rain water for RO-water production (saving about 10.000 m³/a), replacement of the pre-treatment and KTL of the paint shop (saving about 36.000 m³/a), improved water recycling due to the usage of DAF (saving about 40.000 m³/a), more applications for the rain water (saving about 7.500 m³/a).With two projects in the frame of the sustainable water management the groundwater renewal as well as the biodiversity could be improved.1. Izta-Popo-ProjectThe project includes the reforestation of 7.5 km² of Izta-Popo hillsides and a monitoring of the local fauna, which will increase the groundwater renewal. Involved in the project are Volkswagen, Volkswagen suppliers, the government and local water suppliers.2. Eco ChavosThis joint project of Volkswagen, the Mexican nature conservation authority and the GIZ (German international association for cooperation) focuses on environmental education as well as the improvement of biodiversity and the connection of habitats. The project area has a size of around 40.000 km² and is situated between Puebla, Hidalgo, Querétaro and San Luis Potosí. |
| 553 | 20309 | Volkswagen AG | Germany | Water | 2016 | Public | Automobiles & Components | Consumer Discretionary | Mexico | Other: Rio Atojac | Phys-Increased water scarcity | Higher operating costs | The production site is situated in a region with water stress and so fresh water is a scarce resource. In the last years the production site and the surrounding municipalities were exposed to several water shortages. As one consequence the legal regulations for wastewater discharge to the receiving water body were tightened by the authorities to reduce the river pollution as well as improve the groundwater quality. Due to the sustainable water management of the local authorities and our production site the impacts of the water stress are quite low at the moment. | 2015 | The equipment cost for the water reduction is allocated to the total costs of the projects and therefore could not be separately identified. | Engagement with community; Engagement with public policy makers; Engagement with other stakeholders in the river basin; Engagement with suppliers; Infrastructure investment; Supplier diversification; Strengthen links with local community; Establish site-specific targets | Within the sustainable water management and the target to reduce the specific water demand per car produced by 25 % from 2010 to 2018 several measures were implemented to reduce the total water demand of the production site. For example the usage of washing water for the air conditioning (saving about 18.000 m³/a), the improved filtration of rain water for RO-water production (saving about 10.000 m³/a), replacement of the pre-treatment and KTL of the paint shop (saving about 36.000 m³/a), improved water recycling due to the usage of DAF (saving about 40.000 m³/a), more applications for the rain water (saving about 7.500 m³/a).With two projects in the frame of the sustainable water management the groundwater renewal as well as the biodiversity could be improved.1. Izta-Popo-ProjectThe project includes the reforestation of 7.5 km² of Izta-Popo hillsides and a monitoring of the local fauna, which will increase the groundwater renewal. Involved in the project are Volkswagen, Volkswagen suppliers, the government and local water suppliers.2. Eco ChavosThis joint project of Volkswagen, the Mexican nature conservation authority and the GIZ (German international association for cooperation) focuses on environmental education as well as the improvement of biodiversity and the connection of habitats. The project area has a size of around 40.000 km² and is situated between Puebla, Hidalgo, Querétaro and San Luis Potosí. |
| 554 | 20309 | Volkswagen AG | Germany | Water | 2016 | Public | Automobiles & Components | Consumer Discretionary | Mexico | Other: Rio Atojac | Rep-Litigation | Higher operating costs | The production site is situated in a region with water stress and so fresh water is a scarce resource. In the last years the production site and the surrounding municipalities were exposed to several water shortages. As one consequence the legal regulations for wastewater discharge to the receiving water body were tightened by the authorities to reduce the river pollution as well as improve the groundwater quality. Due to the sustainable water management of the local authorities and our production site the impacts of the water stress are quite low at the moment. | 2015 | The equipment cost for the water reduction is allocated to the total costs of the projects and therefore could not be separately identified. | Engagement with community; Engagement with public policy makers; Engagement with other stakeholders in the river basin; Engagement with suppliers; Infrastructure investment; Supplier diversification; Strengthen links with local community; Establish site-specific targets | Within the sustainable water management and the target to reduce the specific water demand per car produced by 25 % from 2010 to 2018 several measures were implemented to reduce the total water demand of the production site. For example the usage of washing water for the air conditioning (saving about 18.000 m³/a), the improved filtration of rain water for RO-water production (saving about 10.000 m³/a), replacement of the pre-treatment and KTL of the paint shop (saving about 36.000 m³/a), improved water recycling due to the usage of DAF (saving about 40.000 m³/a), more applications for the rain water (saving about 7.500 m³/a).With two projects in the frame of the sustainable water management the groundwater renewal as well as the biodiversity could be improved.1. Izta-Popo-ProjectThe project includes the reforestation of 7.5 km² of Izta-Popo hillsides and a monitoring of the local fauna, which will increase the groundwater renewal. Involved in the project are Volkswagen, Volkswagen suppliers, the government and local water suppliers.2. Eco ChavosThis joint project of Volkswagen, the Mexican nature conservation authority and the GIZ (German international association for cooperation) focuses on environmental education as well as the improvement of biodiversity and the connection of habitats. The project area has a size of around 40.000 km² and is situated between Puebla, Hidalgo, Querétaro and San Luis Potosí. |
| 555 | 20309 | Volkswagen AG | Germany | Water | 2016 | Public | Automobiles & Components | Consumer Discretionary | Mexico | Other: Rio Atojac | Phys-Pollution of water source | Higher operating costs | The production site is situated in a region with water stress and so fresh water is a scarce resource. In the last years the production site and the surrounding municipalities were exposed to several water shortages. As one consequence the legal regulations for wastewater discharge to the receiving water body were tightened by the authorities to reduce the river pollution as well as improve the groundwater quality. Due to the sustainable water management of the local authorities and our production site the impacts of the water stress are quite low at the moment. | 2015 | The equipment cost for the water reduction is allocated to the total costs of the projects and therefore could not be separately identified. | Engagement with community; Engagement with public policy makers; Engagement with other stakeholders in the river basin; Engagement with suppliers; Infrastructure investment; Supplier diversification; Strengthen links with local community; Establish site-specific targets | Within the sustainable water management and the target to reduce the specific water demand per car produced by 25 % from 2010 to 2018 several measures were implemented to reduce the total water demand of the production site. For example the usage of washing water for the air conditioning (saving about 18.000 m³/a), the improved filtration of rain water for RO-water production (saving about 10.000 m³/a), replacement of the pre-treatment and KTL of the paint shop (saving about 36.000 m³/a), improved water recycling due to the usage of DAF (saving about 40.000 m³/a), more applications for the rain water (saving about 7.500 m³/a).With two projects in the frame of the sustainable water management the groundwater renewal as well as the biodiversity could be improved.1. Izta-Popo-ProjectThe project includes the reforestation of 7.5 km² of Izta-Popo hillsides and a monitoring of the local fauna, which will increase the groundwater renewal. Involved in the project are Volkswagen, Volkswagen suppliers, the government and local water suppliers.2. Eco ChavosThis joint project of Volkswagen, the Mexican nature conservation authority and the GIZ (German international association for cooperation) focuses on environmental education as well as the improvement of biodiversity and the connection of habitats. The project area has a size of around 40.000 km² and is situated between Puebla, Hidalgo, Querétaro and San Luis Potosí. |
| 556 | 20309 | Volkswagen AG | Germany | Water | 2016 | Public | Automobiles & Components | Consumer Discretionary | Mexico | Other: Rio Atojac | Reg-Poor enforcement of water regulation | Higher operating costs | The production site is situated in a region with water stress and so fresh water is a scarce resource. In the last years the production site and the surrounding municipalities were exposed to several water shortages. As one consequence the legal regulations for wastewater discharge to the receiving water body were tightened by the authorities to reduce the river pollution as well as improve the groundwater quality. Due to the sustainable water management of the local authorities and our production site the impacts of the water stress are quite low at the moment. | 2015 | The equipment cost for the water reduction is allocated to the total costs of the projects and therefore could not be separately identified. | Engagement with community; Engagement with public policy makers; Engagement with other stakeholders in the river basin; Engagement with suppliers; Infrastructure investment; Supplier diversification; Strengthen links with local community; Establish site-specific targets | Within the sustainable water management and the target to reduce the specific water demand per car produced by 25 % from 2010 to 2018 several measures were implemented to reduce the total water demand of the production site. For example the usage of washing water for the air conditioning (saving about 18.000 m³/a), the improved filtration of rain water for RO-water production (saving about 10.000 m³/a), replacement of the pre-treatment and KTL of the paint shop (saving about 36.000 m³/a), improved water recycling due to the usage of DAF (saving about 40.000 m³/a), more applications for the rain water (saving about 7.500 m³/a).With two projects in the frame of the sustainable water management the groundwater renewal as well as the biodiversity could be improved.1. Izta-Popo-ProjectThe project includes the reforestation of 7.5 km² of Izta-Popo hillsides and a monitoring of the local fauna, which will increase the groundwater renewal. Involved in the project are Volkswagen, Volkswagen suppliers, the government and local water suppliers.2. Eco ChavosThis joint project of Volkswagen, the Mexican nature conservation authority and the GIZ (German international association for cooperation) focuses on environmental education as well as the improvement of biodiversity and the connection of habitats. The project area has a size of around 40.000 km² and is situated between Puebla, Hidalgo, Querétaro and San Luis Potosí. |
| 557 | 20309 | Volkswagen AG | Germany | Water | 2016 | Public | Automobiles & Components | Consumer Discretionary | Germany | Other: Steterburger Graben | Reg-Increased difficulty in obtaining withdrawals/operations permit | Delays in permitting | The permit to operate the wastewater treatment plant of the production site phased out by the end of the year 2014. To be able to renew the operation permit the production site had to improve their water management. This was time-consuming and quite complex. | Mid 2014 - October 2015 | 650.000 € for installation of the new equipment | Infrastructure investment; Establish site-specific targets | Part of the water management improvement is the installation of recycling technique. This technique is using the recycled WWTP effluent for the feeding of the cooling tower. Around 50% of the wastewater is recycled by the new installed technique, which leads to a reduction of 25% in the fresh water demand of the production site. |
| 558 | 20309 | Volkswagen AG | Germany | Water | 2016 | Public | Automobiles & Components | Consumer Discretionary | South Africa | Other: Swartskop river | Phys-Increased water scarcity | Higher operating costs | This production site is also situated in a region with water stress and so fresh water is as well a scarce resource. Due to the water shortages a close cooperation between the production site and the local authorities has been developed over the last years and the water management of the region could be improved as well as the impacts of the water stress reduced. | 2015 | The equipment cost for the water reduction is allocated to the total costs of the projects and therefore could not be separately identified. | Engagement with suppliers; Infrastructure investment; Infrastructure maintenance; Establish site-specific targets | With respect to a sustainable water management several measures were implemented to reduce the water demand of the production site. For example the shutting down of old solvent bourne paint shop and increasing of the new water bourne paint shop capacity, optimization of the general VBH and KTL water usage, optimization of the bleeding off in the cooling tower, rainwater harvesting, implementation of a conditioning unit for the input water of the RO. By implementing these measures the production site was able to reduce the total water demand as well as the specific water demand per car produced by more than 50% in comparison with the year 2010. |
| 559 | 20309 | Volkswagen AG | Germany | Water | 2016 | Public | Automobiles & Components | Consumer Discretionary | South Africa | Other: Swartskop river | Phys-Seasonal supply variability/inter annual variability | Higher operating costs | This production site is also situated in a region with water stress and so fresh water is as well a scarce resource. Due to the water shortages a close cooperation between the production site and the local authorities has been developed over the last years and the water management of the region could be improved as well as the impacts of the water stress reduced. | 2015 | The equipment cost for the water reduction is allocated to the total costs of the projects and therefore could not be separately identified. | Engagement with suppliers; Infrastructure investment; Infrastructure maintenance; Establish site-specific targets | With respect to a sustainable water management several measures were implemented to reduce the water demand of the production site. For example the shutting down of old solvent bourne paint shop and increasing of the new water bourne paint shop capacity, optimization of the general VBH and KTL water usage, optimization of the bleeding off in the cooling tower, rainwater harvesting, implementation of a conditioning unit for the input water of the RO. By implementing these measures the production site was able to reduce the total water demand as well as the specific water demand per car produced by more than 50% in comparison with the year 2010. |
| 560 | 20309 | Volkswagen AG | Germany | Water | 2016 | Public | Automobiles & Components | Consumer Discretionary | Czech Republic | Other: Jizera | Reg-Higher water prices | Higher operating costs | Due to higher costs for the water withdrawal the water price for the production site increased. | 2015 | Price increase from 2013 to 2015 by around 7%.This results in additional costs for water withdrawal of around 12.400 € per year. | Infrastructure maintenance; Establish site-specific targets | As a consequence several measures for a sustainable water management were implemented. In addition a consequent and frequent search for water leakages was carried out. Hereby the specific water demand per car produced was reduced by more than 30% compared with the year 2010. The total water demand stayed stable during that period due to increased production. |
| 561 | 20309 | Volkswagen AG | Germany | Water | 2016 | Public | Automobiles & Components | Consumer Discretionary | China | Other: Min Jiang | Rep-Litigation | Fines/ penalties | The wastewater discharge standard has a COD limit of 500 mg/L. All industrial wastewater is pretreated in a chemical physical treatment. Afterwards the industrial wastewater stream is mixed with other wastewater streams, mainly sanitary wastewater, and pumped to the biological wwtp situated on the Volkswagen site. Due to an increase in the automobile production over the last years the wastewater amount increased and exceeded the capacity of the biological wwtp. The outcome of this was a too high COD concentration in the effluent linked with several exceedances of the COD values. | 2015 | 80.000 RMB (ca. 11.000 €) and additional costs for the renewal of the WWTP to increase the treatment capacity | Infrastructure investment; Infrastructure maintenance; Establish site-specific targets | To solve the high COD concentration in the effluent two measures were conducted. First of all the specific as well as the total water demand of the production site had to be reduced. As an outset of defining specific activities and measures to reduce the water demand a workshop was held with all main departments in April 2016. Secondly the biological wwtp had to be redesigned and optimized, which is done at the moment to increase the treatment capacity to the actual needs.Both measures should ensure that 100 % of the wastewater is biologically treated before discharge to the municipal wastewater treatment plant as well as reduce the COD concentration to stay within the limit value. Nevertheless the impact to the environment was and is very low since the effluent of the Volkswagen wwtp is treated again in the municipal wwtp. |
| 562 | 20309 | Volkswagen AG | Germany | Water | 2016 | Public | Automobiles & Components | Consumer Discretionary | China | Other: Urumqi river | Phys-Seasonal supply variability/inter annual variability | Higher operating costs | Urumqi has a lack of fresh water, especially in the summer months. Even so the production site is situated in a water stress region the water supply is guaranteed to key companies, such as SVW, by the local authorities. Since the number of companies in the region increased the situation of the water supply worsened. | Januar 2015 | From Dec 2014 the water price increased by 3.29 RMB/m³. The actual price is 6.97 RMB/m³. additional annual costs for the production site:1.331.000 RMB/a (182.000 €/a) | Engagement with public policy makers; Infrastructure investment; Infrastructure maintenance; Establish site-specific targets | In relation to the increased water prices and the target of the specific water demand reduction per car produced by 25% from 2010 to 2018 the effluent after physical, chemical and biological treatment is as one implemented measure recycled. The recycled effluent is used for irrigation and toilet flushing. The actual water reduction is round about 90000 m³/a. |
| 563 | 45029 | Celsia SA ESP | Colombia | Water | 2016 | Public | Electric Utilities & Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders (including fossil, alternative and nuclear energy) | Utilities | Colombia | Magdalena | Phys-Climate Change | Higher operating costs | Decrease of availability of hydroelectric plants to generate energy | 8-10 months. | "Negative financial statements" | Engagement with customers; Engagement with public policy makers | Celsia develops campaigns incentivizing the appropriate use of water and the power generation contracts are fulfilled using thermal plants |
| 564 | 20309 | Volkswagen AG | Germany | Water | 2016 | Public | Automobiles & Components | Consumer Discretionary | China | Other: Urumqi river | Phys-Increased water stress | Higher operating costs | Urumqi has a lack of fresh water, especially in the summer months. Even so the production site is situated in a water stress region the water supply is guaranteed to key companies, such as SVW, by the local authorities. Since the number of companies in the region increased the situation of the water supply worsened. | Januar 2015 | From Dec 2014 the water price increased by 3.29 RMB/m³. The actual price is 6.97 RMB/m³. additional annual costs for the production site:1.331.000 RMB/a (182.000 €/a) | Engagement with public policy makers; Infrastructure investment; Infrastructure maintenance; Establish site-specific targets | In relation to the increased water prices and the target of the specific water demand reduction per car produced by 25% from 2010 to 2018 the effluent after physical, chemical and biological treatment is as one implemented measure recycled. The recycled effluent is used for irrigation and toilet flushing. The actual water reduction is round about 90000 m³/a. |
| 565 | 20309 | Volkswagen AG | Germany | Water | 2016 | Public | Automobiles & Components | Consumer Discretionary | China | Other: Urumqi river | Reg-Higher water prices | Higher operating costs | Urumqi has a lack of fresh water, especially in the summer months. Even so the production site is situated in a water stress region the water supply is guaranteed to key companies, such as SVW, by the local authorities. Since the number of companies in the region increased the situation of the water supply worsened. | Januar 2015 | From Dec 2014 the water price increased by 3.29 RMB/m³. The actual price is 6.97 RMB/m³. additional annual costs for the production site:1.331.000 RMB/a (182.000 €/a) | Engagement with public policy makers; Infrastructure investment; Infrastructure maintenance; Establish site-specific targets | In relation to the increased water prices and the target of the specific water demand reduction per car produced by 25% from 2010 to 2018 the effluent after physical, chemical and biological treatment is as one implemented measure recycled. The recycled effluent is used for irrigation and toilet flushing. The actual water reduction is round about 90000 m³/a. |
| 566 | 20515 | Waste Management, Inc. | USA | Water | 2016 | Public | Trading Companies & Distributors and Commercial Services & Supplies | Industrials | United States of America | Not known | Phys-Climate Change | Transport disruption | In recent years, WM has experienced service challenges because of more extreme weather events. | 3-6 months | Less than $1,000,000 | Engagement with customers; Infrastructure investment; Greater due diligence; Other: WM Market Areas have assessed operations located in areas experiencing more extreme flooding to take anticipatory action to secure adequate fuel supplies, flood-proof power supplies, and use technology to respond to logistical challenges. | |
| 567 | 20515 | Waste Management, Inc. | USA | Water | 2016 | Public | Trading Companies & Distributors and Commercial Services & Supplies | Industrials | United States of America | Colorado River (Pacific Ocean) | Phys-Drought | Water supply disruption | In some parts of the Southwest Region of the United States, particularly in California, prolonged extreme drought conditions are potentially affecting some of our operations' ability to use water in our Material Recovery Facilities (MRF) and Transfer Stations for odor mitigation and fleet maintenance and Landfill facilities for fugitive dust control. Although the cost may be minimal compared to overall operational cost, we project that the mitigation and compliance cost will start to affect our operational bottom line if the severe droughts continues. | 36-48months | Less than $1,000,000 | Alignment of public policy positions with water stewardship goals; Infrastructure investment; Increased capital expenditure; Establish site-specific targets; Other: WM market areas in these affected regions are starting to get advice from WM corporate on ways to prepare for State mandated water use reduction policies and regulations (California). Also, our internal sustainability consulting team, WMSS, has started to reach out to affected market areas to help facilities at local levels to implement conservation and reduction measures such as upgrades of current water fixtures to more efficient fixtures, outlining new internal water policies as deemed necessary, measurement and monitoring of consumption, and reporting. | |
| 568 | 20678 | WhiteWave Foods | USA | Water | 2016 | Public | Food & Beverage Processing | Consumer Staples | United States of America | Not known | Phys-Drought | Higher operating costs | Our operations rely on a number of natural resources that may be subject to physical climate challenges or events such as rought, temperature extremes, floods, and other relatively unpredictable adverse weather conditions. If harvests for key ingredients are reduced due to unfavorable temperatures or precipitation, our agricultural commodity producers may experience supply issues that result in higher cost of goods. If droughts begin to significantly impact water availability for both our operations and our supply base, lower yields may result in higher costs or potentially less product to sell to the market. For example, much of the state of California is experiencing extreme drought, which could impact the availability and cost of our raw materials, including almonds and produce. In addition, several commodities concentrated in tropical regions are subject to severe weather events such as typhoons and hurricanes. In our corporate Enterprise Risk Assessment, we evaluated these risks asrelevant in our 2015 assessment. | Unknown due todependency on changing weather patterns and ongoing nature of the drought. | If a catastrophic event does impact our business, we also mitigate our financial exposure and the amount of risk we will accept via our propertyand casualty insuranceprograms. We workclosely with top suppliers andhosted a SupplierSummit in 2014 and 2015 allowing us theopportunity to share oursustainability strategy, including our focus on water management andstewardship with key suppliers who may be impacted by inducedchanges in naturalresources. | Engagement with other stakeholders in the river basin; Engagement with suppliers; Increased investment in new technology; Supplier diversification | We employed a sourcing diversification strategy to alleviate effects of supply shocks to any given region, and manage commodity fluctuations across the entire portfolio of goods we source, hedging costs through our buying patterns and future agreements. If a severe storm affects an operation at one location, we can shift production to other businesses in the area, leveraging a nimble internal production network and a diverse co-manufacturing network to support supply in event of climate or water related production interruptions. Through our diversification process, we developed more direct connections to our suppliers allowing us to engage more directly on best practices. We installed water-saving technologies at our own operations. For example, in 2015, our Mt. Crawford, Virginia manufacturing plant completed the first phase of a two-phase wastewater treatment project in which more than 55 percent of the water consumed by the plant’s cooling tower, over 35 million gallons per year, can be reused. The cooling tower phase of the project involved taking wastewater from production facility and filtering it onsite so it is clean enough for second-use applications. The project reduced the plant’s water by 7 million gallons in its first quarter of operations, shrinking its water footprint by 10% and saving more than $350,000 annually. We also work with our suppliers of water-intense products such as almonds to develop water management plans and implement water-saving technologies. |
| 569 | 20678 | WhiteWave Foods | USA | Water | 2016 | Public | Food & Beverage Processing | Consumer Staples | United States of America | Not known | Phys-Seasonal supply variability/inter annual variability | Higher operating costs | Our operations rely on a number of natural resources that may be subject to physical climate challenges or events such as rought, temperature extremes, floods, and other relatively unpredictable adverse weather conditions. If harvests for key ingredients are reduced due to unfavorable temperatures or precipitation, our agricultural commodity producers may experience supply issues that result in higher cost of goods. If droughts begin to significantly impact water availability for both our operations and our supply base, lower yields may result in higher costs or potentially less product to sell to the market. For example, much of the state of California is experiencing extreme drought, which could impact the availability and cost of our raw materials, including almonds and produce. In addition, several commodities concentrated in tropical regions are subject to severe weather events such as typhoons and hurricanes. In our corporate Enterprise Risk Assessment, we evaluated these risks asrelevant in our 2015 assessment. | Unknown due todependency on changing weather patterns and ongoing nature of the drought. | If a catastrophic event does impact our business, we also mitigate our financial exposure and the amount of risk we will accept via our propertyand casualty insuranceprograms. We workclosely with top suppliers andhosted a SupplierSummit in 2014 and 2015 allowing us theopportunity to share oursustainability strategy, including our focus on water management andstewardship with key suppliers who may be impacted by inducedchanges in naturalresources. | Engagement with other stakeholders in the river basin; Engagement with suppliers; Increased investment in new technology; Supplier diversification | We employed a sourcing diversification strategy to alleviate effects of supply shocks to any given region, and manage commodity fluctuations across the entire portfolio of goods we source, hedging costs through our buying patterns and future agreements. If a severe storm affects an operation at one location, we can shift production to other businesses in the area, leveraging a nimble internal production network and a diverse co-manufacturing network to support supply in event of climate or water related production interruptions. Through our diversification process, we developed more direct connections to our suppliers allowing us to engage more directly on best practices. We installed water-saving technologies at our own operations. For example, in 2015, our Mt. Crawford, Virginia manufacturing plant completed the first phase of a two-phase wastewater treatment project in which more than 55 percent of the water consumed by the plant’s cooling tower, over 35 million gallons per year, can be reused. The cooling tower phase of the project involved taking wastewater from production facility and filtering it onsite so it is clean enough for second-use applications. The project reduced the plant’s water by 7 million gallons in its first quarter of operations, shrinking its water footprint by 10% and saving more than $350,000 annually. We also work with our suppliers of water-intense products such as almonds to develop water management plans and implement water-saving technologies. |
| 570 | 20678 | WhiteWave Foods | USA | Water | 2016 | Public | Food & Beverage Processing | Consumer Staples | United States of America | Not known | Reg-Higher water prices | Higher operating costs | Our operations rely on a number of natural resources that may be subject to physical climate challenges or events such as rought, temperature extremes, floods, and other relatively unpredictable adverse weather conditions. If harvests for key ingredients are reduced due to unfavorable temperatures or precipitation, our agricultural commodity producers may experience supply issues that result in higher cost of goods. If droughts begin to significantly impact water availability for both our operations and our supply base, lower yields may result in higher costs or potentially less product to sell to the market. For example, much of the state of California is experiencing extreme drought, which could impact the availability and cost of our raw materials, including almonds and produce. In addition, several commodities concentrated in tropical regions are subject to severe weather events such as typhoons and hurricanes. In our corporate Enterprise Risk Assessment, we evaluated these risks asrelevant in our 2015 assessment. | Unknown due todependency on changing weather patterns and ongoing nature of the drought. | If a catastrophic event does impact our business, we also mitigate our financial exposure and the amount of risk we will accept via our propertyand casualty insuranceprograms. We workclosely with top suppliers andhosted a SupplierSummit in 2014 and 2015 allowing us theopportunity to share oursustainability strategy, including our focus on water management andstewardship with key suppliers who may be impacted by inducedchanges in naturalresources. | Engagement with other stakeholders in the river basin; Engagement with suppliers; Increased investment in new technology; Supplier diversification | We employed a sourcing diversification strategy to alleviate effects of supply shocks to any given region, and manage commodity fluctuations across the entire portfolio of goods we source, hedging costs through our buying patterns and future agreements. If a severe storm affects an operation at one location, we can shift production to other businesses in the area, leveraging a nimble internal production network and a diverse co-manufacturing network to support supply in event of climate or water related production interruptions. Through our diversification process, we developed more direct connections to our suppliers allowing us to engage more directly on best practices. We installed water-saving technologies at our own operations. For example, in 2015, our Mt. Crawford, Virginia manufacturing plant completed the first phase of a two-phase wastewater treatment project in which more than 55 percent of the water consumed by the plant’s cooling tower, over 35 million gallons per year, can be reused. The cooling tower phase of the project involved taking wastewater from production facility and filtering it onsite so it is clean enough for second-use applications. The project reduced the plant’s water by 7 million gallons in its first quarter of operations, shrinking its water footprint by 10% and saving more than $350,000 annually. We also work with our suppliers of water-intense products such as almonds to develop water management plans and implement water-saving technologies. |
| 571 | 20699 | Whole Foods Market, Inc. | USA | Water | 2016 | Public | Food & Staples Retailing | Consumer Staples | United States of America | Reg-Higher water prices | Higher operating costs | CA stores are retrofitting water using devices but until such time as they meet usage limits, they may be fined and costs are higher. | low for now. | Infrastructure investment; Increased capital expenditure | We are implementing a water sub-metering and monitoring-exception program as well as upgrading water consuming equipment with more efficient equipment. | ||
| 572 | 20773 | Woolworths Holdings Ltd | South Africa | Water | 2016 | Public | Retailing | Consumer Discretionary | South Africa | Vaal (WMA) | Phys-Drought | Disuption to sales | The ongoing drought in South Africa, prevalent in main maize and sugar growing regions, has resulted in significantly reduced production of staple crops including sugar and maize, which are used as input commodities within Woolworths Foods products. The resulting need to import maize and sugar has caused inflation across a wide number of basket products. Current increase across maize is between 16-30%. Sugar inflationary increase is 14%. This has led to a widespread strain on the Woolworths business to maintain margins. | 6 months | Currently difficult to estimate due to number of products affected. | Engagement with other stakeholders in the river basin; Engagement with suppliers; Supplier diversification; Water management incentives | Through internal procurement processes we minimise impact as far as possible through diversifying sourcing regions and negotiations with our suppliers. There is however, little that can be done to mitigate immediate impacts related to these basic commodity shortages due to a weak exchange rate. In the longer term we are engaging with the supply chain more generally through an agricultural climate resilience programme across fruit and vegetables growers with WWF-SA. |
| 573 | 20773 | Woolworths Holdings Ltd | South Africa | Water | 2016 | Public | Retailing | Consumer Discretionary | South Africa | Limpopo | Phys-Drought | Supply chain disruption | The drought has significantly affected supply of fresh produce and vegetables to Woolworths in terms of availability and quality. Supply availability of tomatoes, potatoes and brassicas in particular has resulted in loss in sales, and has also impacted inflation of prices. | 6 months | R11 million | Engagement with other stakeholders in the river basin; Engagement with suppliers; Supplier diversification; Tighter supplier performance standards | Through internal procurement processes we minimise impact as far as possible through diversifying sourcing regions and negotiations with Woolworths suppliers. We are constantly tracking and monitoring risk per crop type and identifying less affected areas for future buying strategy. In the longer term we are engaging with the supply chain more generally through an agricultural climate resilience programme across fruit and vegetables growers with WWF-SA. |
| 574 | 20773 | Woolworths Holdings Ltd | South Africa | Water | 2016 | Public | Retailing | Consumer Discretionary | South Africa | Breede-Gouritz (WMA) | Phys-Drought | Supply chain disruption | Unprecedented levels of heat (heat waves) in the Western Cape, combined with the drought have impacted availability and quality of numerous varieties of fruit, including: mango, berries, stone fruit, prepared fruit, papaya, strawberries, grapes and litchis. This has resulted in loss in sales, and has also impacted inflation of prices. | 6 months | R97 million | Engagement with public policy makers; Engagement with other stakeholders in the river basin; Engagement with suppliers; River basin restoration; Promote best practice and awareness; Supplier diversification; Tighter supplier performance standards | Procurement teams are working with late growers to source required volumes and meeting weekly with Growers to assess crop estimates. Some suppliers are now importing product from Egypt to ensure that they can meet volume and quality requirements. In the longer term we are working with farmers through various programmes including farming for the Future, Woolworths water stewardship pilot in the western cape and the agricultural climate resilience programme (WWF-SA) to increase resilience of farmers to climate shocks in the future. |
| 575 | 20773 | Woolworths Holdings Ltd | South Africa | Water | 2016 | Public | Retailing | Consumer Discretionary | South Africa | Pongola-Umzimkulu (WMA) | Phys-Declining water quality | Other: Increased CAPEX investment requirements | Severely low rainfall and dam levels in the KwaZulu Natal and Free State provinces during 2015/6 resulted in water restrictions being applied across the provinces to conserve critically low water supplies. The water restrictions resulted in some parts of the province having water supply periodically shut-off. | 6 months | ~R100,000 | Infrastructure investment; Establish site-specific targets | Although none of Woolworths stores were affected in 2015, as a precautionary measure back up supply tanks were installed in the Vryheid, Ballito and Shelley beach stores and we are investigating small-scale technology which may prevent water disruption to stores in the future. We expect water supply restrictions to worsen later in the season. |
| 576 | 20773 | Woolworths Holdings Ltd | South Africa | Water | 2016 | Public | Retailing | Consumer Discretionary | South Africa | Pongola-Umzimkulu (WMA) | Phys-Drought | Other: Increased CAPEX investment requirements | Severely low rainfall and dam levels in the KwaZulu Natal and Free State provinces during 2015/6 resulted in water restrictions being applied across the provinces to conserve critically low water supplies. The water restrictions resulted in some parts of the province having water supply periodically shut-off. | 6 months | ~R100,000 | Infrastructure investment; Establish site-specific targets | Although none of Woolworths stores were affected in 2015, as a precautionary measure back up supply tanks were installed in the Vryheid, Ballito and Shelley beach stores and we are investigating small-scale technology which may prevent water disruption to stores in the future. We expect water supply restrictions to worsen later in the season. |
| 577 | 20773 | Woolworths Holdings Ltd | South Africa | Water | 2016 | Public | Retailing | Consumer Discretionary | South Africa | Vaal (WMA) | Phys-Drought | Supply chain disruption | We have experienced shortages in beef and lamb supply (particularly free-range meat) due to the drought as herds are not being replaced in light of severe water scarcity, particularly in the North West Province. The drop in supply is putting increasing pressure on prices. The impact of reduced herd numbers is long term, as term as herd numbers will only be built up slowly. | 6 months | Difficult to estimate | Engagement with community; Engagement with other stakeholders in the river basin; Engagement with suppliers; Supplier diversification; Strengthen links with local community | In 2015 we donated a significant sum of money to Agri-SA and Gift if the Givers to assist in farmers (particularly livestock) immediate (short term) drought relief. To cope during the drought period we are procuring more from neighbouring countries (e.g. Namibia) to relieve some pressure. |
| 578 | 20792 | WorleyParsons | Australia | Water | 2016 | Public | Oil & Gas | Energy | Canada | Other: | Phys-Flooding | Disuption to sales | No water related impacts in FY15 | Develop flood emergency plans; Greater due diligence | Flood emergency management plans were reviewed and locations of current and future tenancies reviewed. | ||
| 579 | 20883 | Yamaha Corporation | Japan | Water | 2016 | Public | Consumer Durables, Household and Personal Products | Consumer Discretionary | Indonesia | Other: Ciliwung river | Phys-Flooding | Property damage | Sales company: YMID Impact location: sales company warehouse (within Jakarta city) , Details of water damage: contents of the warehouse was submerged by monsoon rains, with items held subject to water damage and discarded. | a few days | Damage from being submerged in water was approximately ¥50 million, with the direct impact from delays in delivery uncertain. | Re-siting of facilities | We reviewed our selections of distribution companies, changed to a warehouse location that has had a low flooding risk in the past, and adopted a raised-floor layout. |
| 580 | 20917 | Yum! Brands, Inc. | USA | Water | 2016 | Public | Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, and Tourism Services | Consumer Discretionary | United States of America | Other: | Other: Poor Consumer Views | Brand damage | “Water use” and “water pollution” were perceived as weak performance areas by consumers and opinion elites in Taco Bell’s 2015 materiality assessment. | Ongoing | The financial implications of a damaged reputation could negatively impact our market share, stock price and brand equity. | Promote best practice and awareness | Yum! will strive to improve our water awareness, management, and disclosure to transform “water use” and “water pollution” from weaknesses to strengths in future materiality assessments. |
| 581 | 20947 | Yokohama Rubber Company, Limited | Japan | Water | 2016 | Public | Tires | Consumer Discretionary | Thailand | Mekong | Phys-Declining water quality | Higher operating costs | 2013 | Increased capital expenditure | |||
| 582 | 20947 | Yokohama Rubber Company, Limited | Japan | Water | 2016 | Public | Tires | Consumer Discretionary | Thailand | Mekong | Reg-Poor coordination between regulatory bodies | Higher operating costs | 2013 | Increased capital expenditure | |||
| 583 | 20947 | Yokohama Rubber Company, Limited | Japan | Water | 2016 | Public | Tires | Consumer Discretionary | Japan | Other: TOYO-RIVER | Reg-Lack of transparency of water rights | Plant/production disruption leading to reduced output | 2014 | Increased capital expenditure | |||
| 584 | 21129 | T.GARANTI BANKASI A.S. | Turkey | Water | 2016 | Public | Banks, Diverse Financials, Insurance | Financials | Turkey | Other: Due to the wide variety of projects financed by Garanti, selection of a single river basin is inapplicable. | Phys-Climate Change | Reduction in revenue | Due to extreme weather events, such as floods, construction equipment of some infrastructure projects such as port, motorway and hydropower plants were effected. | A few months | In 2015, total damages that borrowers faced due to these impact was approximately US$800,000. The losses were compensated by insurance companies. | Greater due diligence | Garanti Bank undertakes an Environmental and Social risk assessment during the due diligence phase of greenfield projects with an investment amount more than US$ 20 million*. During this assessment, Garanti Bank supports its customers to better manage their water-related risks, along with all the other E&S risks. *This threshold was valid between 2012 and 2016, including reporting period. In order to better manage these risks, In 2016, Garanti lowered this limit to 10 million USD. |
| 585 | 21403 | Olam International | Singapore | Water | 2016 | Public | Food & Staples Retailing | Consumer Staples | United States of America | Sacramento River - San Joaquin River | Phys-Increased water stress | Other: Agriculture sector highlighted in the ongoing Californian water debate | The Californian drought has created a huge amount of discussion across various levels of society and with various interested parties. The agriculture sector has often been a focus of these discussions and has often been discussed generally rather than specifically by crop type or from a holistic viewpoint encompassing the role of agriculture in California. | Ongoing | Not relevant | Engagement with public policy makers; Engagement with other stakeholders in the river basin; Increased investment in new technology; Promote best practice and awareness | We will continue our active engagement with policy makers through our involvement with the Almond Board of California, California League of Food Processors and the California Water Action Collaborative.We are continuing our internal focus on water and its relationship in our agricultural operations (direct and indirect) and processing operations. |
| 586 | 21129 | T.GARANTI BANKASI A.S. | Turkey | Water | 2016 | Public | Banks, Diverse Financials, Insurance | Financials | Turkey | Other: Due to the wide variety of projects financed by Garanti, selection of a single river basin is inapplicable. | Phys-Seasonal supply variability/inter annual variability | Plant/production disruption leading to reduced output | Access to fresh water resources is critical for a variety of sectors which utilize water as a main ingredient or for other purposes such as cooling water. | 1-3 years | Due to inherent uncertainty, Garanti Bank has not estimated the potential financial impact of those risks in all sectors. | Greater due diligence | Garanti Bank undertakes an Environmental and Social risk assessment during the due diligence phase of greenfield projects with an investment amount more than US$ 20 million*. During this assessment, Garanti Bank supports its customers to better manage their water-related risks, along with all the other E&S risks. Water-related criteria in the assessment process are as follows: • Selection of location & project area (If a project is located in a RAMSAR area, it is immediately rejected regardless of the size) • Current characteristics of water prior to the project • Impact on ground water • Impact on surface water • Water quality and quantity after the project • Alternative water supply sources With this process, Garanti is able to support its customers to manage their water-related risks. For instance, Garanti Bank asked from a thermal power plant project, during the loan assessment, that cooling water should be obtained from seawater through desalinization, since the Bank has identified during its Environmental and Social Risk Assessment Process that the flow rate of the water in the river basin would be insufficient during summer. If the customer didn’t accept to install a desalinization plant which was included as a requirement under the loan agreement, climate change might negatively affect available fresh water supply in the future, hampering plant operations. *lowered from US$ 20 million to US$ 10 million in 2016. |
| 587 | 21143 | SEKERBANK T.A.S. | Turkey | Water | 2016 | Public | Banks, Diverse Financials, Insurance | Financials | Turkey | Other: Yesilirmak basin; Antalya basin; Aras Basin,Susurluk basin, Kizilirmak basin; Sakarya basin; Marmara basin | Phys-Flooding | Higher operating costs | 8 of our branches located in 7 different river basins had negatively affected from flood in 2015. In addition to this, we purchase drinking water (water cooler bottles) for our facilities as it is not always possible to use water directly provided by the municapality. | Flood: 3 days for each location. Water Quality: Ongoing | Less than 1% of our operating costs | Develop flood emergency plans; Infrastructure investment; Infrastructure maintenance | In selection of new branch locations, we consider flood risk and try to select low flood risk locations. We also deploy "water alarms" in our branches in order to protect our branch’s IT infrastructure and data storage equipment from any flood damage. We are also deploying check-valve systems to our branches' sewage connection points to prevent flood. |
| 588 | 21143 | SEKERBANK T.A.S. | Turkey | Water | 2016 | Public | Banks, Diverse Financials, Insurance | Financials | Turkey | Other: Yesilirmak basin; Antalya basin; Aras Basin,Susurluk basin, Kizilirmak basin; Sakarya basin; Marmara basin | Phys-Rationing of municipal water supply | Higher operating costs | 8 of our branches located in 7 different river basins had negatively affected from flood in 2015. In addition to this, we purchase drinking water (water cooler bottles) for our facilities as it is not always possible to use water directly provided by the municapality. | Flood: 3 days for each location. Water Quality: Ongoing | Less than 1% of our operating costs | Develop flood emergency plans; Infrastructure investment; Infrastructure maintenance | In selection of new branch locations, we consider flood risk and try to select low flood risk locations. We also deploy "water alarms" in our branches in order to protect our branch’s IT infrastructure and data storage equipment from any flood damage. We are also deploying check-valve systems to our branches' sewage connection points to prevent flood. |
| 589 | 21143 | SEKERBANK T.A.S. | Turkey | Water | 2016 | Public | Banks, Diverse Financials, Insurance | Financials | Turkey | Other: Yesilirmak basin; Antalya basin; Aras Basin,Susurluk basin, Kizilirmak basin; Sakarya basin; Marmara basin | Phys-Declining water quality | Higher operating costs | 8 of our branches located in 7 different river basins had negatively affected from flood in 2015. In addition to this, we purchase drinking water (water cooler bottles) for our facilities as it is not always possible to use water directly provided by the municapality. | Flood: 3 days for each location. Water Quality: Ongoing | Less than 1% of our operating costs | Develop flood emergency plans; Infrastructure investment; Infrastructure maintenance | In selection of new branch locations, we consider flood risk and try to select low flood risk locations. We also deploy "water alarms" in our branches in order to protect our branch’s IT infrastructure and data storage equipment from any flood damage. We are also deploying check-valve systems to our branches' sewage connection points to prevent flood. |
| 590 | 21403 | Olam International | Singapore | Water | 2016 | Public | Food & Staples Retailing | Consumer Staples | United States of America | Sacramento River - San Joaquin River | Phys-Drought | Other: Agriculture sector highlighted in the ongoing Californian water debate | The Californian drought has created a huge amount of discussion across various levels of society and with various interested parties. The agriculture sector has often been a focus of these discussions and has often been discussed generally rather than specifically by crop type or from a holistic viewpoint encompassing the role of agriculture in California. | Ongoing | Not relevant | Engagement with public policy makers; Engagement with other stakeholders in the river basin; Increased investment in new technology; Promote best practice and awareness | We will continue our active engagement with policy makers through our involvement with the Almond Board of California, California League of Food Processors and the California Water Action Collaborative.We are continuing our internal focus on water and its relationship in our agricultural operations (direct and indirect) and processing operations. |
| 591 | 21403 | Olam International | Singapore | Water | 2016 | Public | Food & Staples Retailing | Consumer Staples | United States of America | Sacramento River - San Joaquin River | Reg-Regulatory uncertainty | Other: Agriculture sector highlighted in the ongoing Californian water debate | The Californian drought has created a huge amount of discussion across various levels of society and with various interested parties. The agriculture sector has often been a focus of these discussions and has often been discussed generally rather than specifically by crop type or from a holistic viewpoint encompassing the role of agriculture in California. | Ongoing | Not relevant | Engagement with public policy makers; Engagement with other stakeholders in the river basin; Increased investment in new technology; Promote best practice and awareness | We will continue our active engagement with policy makers through our involvement with the Almond Board of California, California League of Food Processors and the California Water Action Collaborative.We are continuing our internal focus on water and its relationship in our agricultural operations (direct and indirect) and processing operations. |
| 592 | 21403 | Olam International | Singapore | Water | 2016 | Public | Food & Staples Retailing | Consumer Staples | United States of America | Sacramento River - San Joaquin River | Rep-Negative media coverage | Other: Agriculture sector highlighted in the ongoing Californian water debate | The Californian drought has created a huge amount of discussion across various levels of society and with various interested parties. The agriculture sector has often been a focus of these discussions and has often been discussed generally rather than specifically by crop type or from a holistic viewpoint encompassing the role of agriculture in California. | Ongoing | Not relevant | Engagement with public policy makers; Engagement with other stakeholders in the river basin; Increased investment in new technology; Promote best practice and awareness | We will continue our active engagement with policy makers through our involvement with the Almond Board of California, California League of Food Processors and the California Water Action Collaborative.We are continuing our internal focus on water and its relationship in our agricultural operations (direct and indirect) and processing operations. |
| 593 | 21403 | Olam International | Singapore | Water | 2016 | Public | Food & Staples Retailing | Consumer Staples | United States of America | Sacramento River - San Joaquin River | Phys-Declining water quality | Other: Agriculture sector highlighted in the ongoing Californian water debate | The Californian drought has created a huge amount of discussion across various levels of society and with various interested parties. The agriculture sector has often been a focus of these discussions and has often been discussed generally rather than specifically by crop type or from a holistic viewpoint encompassing the role of agriculture in California. | Ongoing | Not relevant | Engagement with public policy makers; Engagement with other stakeholders in the river basin; Increased investment in new technology; Promote best practice and awareness | We will continue our active engagement with policy makers through our involvement with the Almond Board of California, California League of Food Processors and the California Water Action Collaborative.We are continuing our internal focus on water and its relationship in our agricultural operations (direct and indirect) and processing operations. |
| 594 | 21403 | Olam International | Singapore | Water | 2016 | Public | Food & Staples Retailing | Consumer Staples | United States of America | Sacramento River - San Joaquin River | Phys-Increased water scarcity | Other: Agriculture sector highlighted in the ongoing Californian water debate | The Californian drought has created a huge amount of discussion across various levels of society and with various interested parties. The agriculture sector has often been a focus of these discussions and has often been discussed generally rather than specifically by crop type or from a holistic viewpoint encompassing the role of agriculture in California. | Ongoing | Not relevant | Engagement with public policy makers; Engagement with other stakeholders in the river basin; Increased investment in new technology; Promote best practice and awareness | We will continue our active engagement with policy makers through our involvement with the Almond Board of California, California League of Food Processors and the California Water Action Collaborative.We are continuing our internal focus on water and its relationship in our agricultural operations (direct and indirect) and processing operations. |
| 595 | 21403 | Olam International | Singapore | Water | 2016 | Public | Food & Staples Retailing | Consumer Staples | United States of America | Sacramento River - San Joaquin River | Phys-Rationing of municipal water supply | Other: Agriculture sector highlighted in the ongoing Californian water debate | The Californian drought has created a huge amount of discussion across various levels of society and with various interested parties. The agriculture sector has often been a focus of these discussions and has often been discussed generally rather than specifically by crop type or from a holistic viewpoint encompassing the role of agriculture in California. | Ongoing | Not relevant | Engagement with public policy makers; Engagement with other stakeholders in the river basin; Increased investment in new technology; Promote best practice and awareness | We will continue our active engagement with policy makers through our involvement with the Almond Board of California, California League of Food Processors and the California Water Action Collaborative.We are continuing our internal focus on water and its relationship in our agricultural operations (direct and indirect) and processing operations. |
| 596 | 21403 | Olam International | Singapore | Water | 2016 | Public | Food & Staples Retailing | Consumer Staples | United States of America | Sacramento River - San Joaquin River | Reg-Statutory water withdrawal limits/changes to water allocation | Other: Agriculture sector highlighted in the ongoing Californian water debate | The Californian drought has created a huge amount of discussion across various levels of society and with various interested parties. The agriculture sector has often been a focus of these discussions and has often been discussed generally rather than specifically by crop type or from a holistic viewpoint encompassing the role of agriculture in California. | Ongoing | Not relevant | Engagement with public policy makers; Engagement with other stakeholders in the river basin; Increased investment in new technology; Promote best practice and awareness | We will continue our active engagement with policy makers through our involvement with the Almond Board of California, California League of Food Processors and the California Water Action Collaborative.We are continuing our internal focus on water and its relationship in our agricultural operations (direct and indirect) and processing operations. |
| 597 | 22360 | The J.M. Smucker Company | USA | Water | 2016 | Public | Food & Beverage Processing | Consumer Staples | Brazil | Other: Various | Phys-Drought | Higher operating costs | During the 2014 calendar year, drought conditions affected production in key coffee-producing regions, such as Brazil. However, for our Company this continued to have implications into 2015. The drought was a contributing factor to the significant increase in green coffee futures during 2014. As a result of sustained increases in green coffee costs, we implemented price increases for the majority of our packaged coffee products in June 2014. Overall, this had a negative impact on our coffee volume and profitability trends in late 2014 and the first part of 2015. While coffee futures declined throughout most of 2015, due to our hedging practices, we continued to realize higher green coffee costs for most of the 2015 calendar year. | Approximately one year. | I in general, this was a contributing factor to the significant increase in green coffee futures during 2014. As a result of sustained increases in green coffee costs, we implemented price increases for the majority of our packaged coffee products in June 2014. Overall, this had a negative impact on our volume and profitability trends in late 2014 and the first part of 2015. | Other: Price Increases | As a result of sustained increases in green coffee costs, we implemented price increases for the majority of our packaged coffee products in June 2014. |
| 598 | 22534 | Vina Concha y Toro S A | Chile | Water | 2016 | Public | Food & Beverage Processing | Consumer Staples | Chile | Limari | Phys-Increased water scarcity | Water supply disruption | The Company faced water shortages across the Limari Basin due to the lack of rainfall and water accumulated in the reservoirs that supply water to the area | 5 years | Impact not quantified financially | Increased investment in new technology; Promote best practice and awareness; Water management incentives | The company has made investments in new irrigation technologies, seeking to be more efficient. In addition, the company managed its hectares of irrigation adapting to the amount of water available. We aim to continue improvement our drip technology in our vineyards and evaluate water recycle technologies that let us using water discharges from Nueva Aurora winemaking cellar to drip our vineyard located beside it. |
| 599 | 22534 | Vina Concha y Toro S A | Chile | Water | 2016 | Public | Food & Beverage Processing | Consumer Staples | Chile | Other: Maipo | Phys-Declining water quality | Water supply disruption | One of the packing plants the company had problems with the quality of groundwater captured during 2015 , which showed high levels of iron and manganese. This is because the installation is immersed in an area that has lots of industrial activity that has impacted on the quality of groundwater. | 6 months | Investment of USD 25,000 in the purchase of equipment to filter the high levels of some compounds in withdrawal water. | Increased investment in new technology; Promote best practice and awareness | An investment was made in new technology to filter water and to use captured compliance with legal regulations and the frequency of monitoring quality of groundwater extracted is increased. We have already invested USD 25,000 in the purchase of equipment to filter the high levels of some compounds in withdrawal water. |
| 600 | 22534 | Vina Concha y Toro S A | Chile | Water | 2016 | Public | Food & Beverage Processing | Consumer Staples | Chile | Other: Maipo | Phys-Increased water stress | Water supply disruption | One of the packing plants the company had water supply problems during 2015 due to reduced level of available water in groundwater. | 6 months. | Investment of USD 30,000 in transporting water from other facilities to the bottling plant. | Increased investment in new technology; Promote best practice and awareness; Water management incentives | As an emergency measure, first water was transported from other facilities to the packaging plant, to meet the minimum needs of the installation. They were subsequently reviewed and amended protocols and procedures for cleaning the system, focusing on saving water. In addition, during 2015 a new washing technology packaging lines called CIP ( Clean in Place ) consisting recirculate the cleaning solution through the components of the process line as pipes, heat exchangers, pumps, valves was implemented etc., contributing to saving water, energy and chemicals used in the process. |
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