Ongoing project
How to do it all: EcoVadis, CDP, SBTi and Scope 3 by a beauty retailer
The Challenge
With limited internal resources, the company needed a sequenced sustainability programme that could build a GHG baseline, improve CDP, and regain EcoVadis momentum.
Project Objectives
01
Build and maintain an annual EcoVadis programme that keeps the score moving upward every cycle without requiring significant internal headcount.
02
Establish a full Scope 1, 2 and 3 GHG baseline that unlocks both CDP improvement and concrete decarbonisation suggestions.
03
Create a pathway toward SBTi-aligned science-based targets grounded in real emissions data.
Nexio Projects' solutions
01
Annual EcoVadis programme
Four consecutive years of EcoVadis programme management. Score from 57 to 77. Annual cycle maintained with no backsliding across any year, with the programme continuing into 2026.
02
GHG inventory
Full three-scope GHG inventory completed using activity data for Scope 3 Category 1 for the first time. A baseline that enables concrete decarbonisation suggestions, not just measurement.
03
CDP and SBTi support
Annual CDP questionnaire reviewed and submission supported. Science-based targets framework developed. Pathway toward formal SBTi submission structured around the 2025 GHG baseline.
Key Outcomes
The client has a sustainability programme that continues to cater for ongoing EcoVadis, CDP and GHG reporting needs, as well as evolving requirements from retail partners, investors and regulators across 80+ markets.
EcoVadis improvement
Near-Gold tier achieved. Annual cycle sustained. No backsliding in any cycle since 2021. A four-year upward trajectory that signals sustained commitment.
Full three-scope GHG baseline established
Scope 1, 2 and 3 measured for 2025. Activity-based Scope 3 Category 1 applied for the first time. Concrete decarbonisation opportunities now visible in the data.
CDP annual cycle supported
Review and submission delivered. The CDP score is on an improvement path aligned with the GHG programme.
SBTi pathway in place
Targets framework built on real 2025 emissions data. Formal SBTi submission is the next milestone on a path now grounded in science.
