Scientific Rating

Great Value Artesian Water, 2.5 Gallon

Rank: 189 out of 288 waters · Company: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Health

This product has one of the highest scores in true food network's non-gmo shopping guide.

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✔

10

Human Health Impacts [-]
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  ✔
  
  10
  
  Minimally Processed
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10

Product Management [-]
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  ✔
  
  10
  
  Certifications [-]
  Rated Certifications
  
  True Food Network's non-GMO Shopping Guide
  Other Certifications
  
  ISO 14001
  
  Member of Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)

7.0

Environment

This product has a plastic container that has a relatively low environmental impact.

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9.5

Product [-]
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  10
  
  Drink Country of Origin
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  9.0
  
  Drink Container Material
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✔

6.4

Core Company Environmental Performance [-]
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  ✔
  
  6.9
  
  Transparency
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  6.8
  
  Resource Use [+]
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    7.0
    
    Water [+]
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      7.0
      
      Policies and Practices [+]
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        7.0
        
        Water Efficiency Targets
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        6.0
        
        Water Efficiency Processes
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        6.0
        
        Discloses Water Conserved at Non-US Facilitities
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        6.0
        
        Water Recycling Program
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        6.0
        
        Water Recycling Initiatives
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        5.0
        
        Policies to Improve Efficiency of Water Use
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        4.0
        
        Discloses Water Conserved
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        4.0
        
        Discloses Normalized Water Use
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        4.0
        
        Discloses Water Use at Non-US Facilities
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        4.0
        
        Climate Change Policy Addresses Water Use or Conservation
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        4.0
        
        Environmental Policy Addresses Water Use or Conservation
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        4.0
        
        Discloses Total Water Use
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        4.0
        
        Use of Key Performance Indicators to Monitor Water Use
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        4.0
        
        Discloses Water Recycling Percentage
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    7.0
    
    Energy [+]
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      7.0
      
      Policies and Practices [+]
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        ✔
        
        7.0
        
        Energy Efficiency Targets
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        6.0
        
        Discloses Total Energy Use
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        6.0
        
        Use of Renewable Energy
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        6.0
        
        Initiatives to Reduce Employee Transportation Impacts
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        6.0
        
        Energy Efficiency Initiatives
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        6.0
        
        Energy Efficiency Processes
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        6.0
        
        Discloses Energy Conservation Results at Non-US Facilities
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        5.0
        
        Climate Change Policy Addresses Energy Use or Conservation
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        5.0
        
        Energy Efficiency Policy
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        4.0
        
        Discloses Non-renewable Energy Percentage
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        4.0
        
        Discloses Renewable Energy Use at Non-US Facilities
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        4.0
        
        Promotes Mass Transit
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        4.0
        
        Discloses Energy Use at Non-US Facilities
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        4.0
        
        Environmental Policy Addresses Energy Use or Conservation
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        4.0
        
        Use of Key Performance Indicators to Monitor Energy Use
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        4.0
        
        Discloses Renewable Energy Percentage
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        4.0
        
        Discloses Normalized Energy Use
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        4.0
        
        Discloses Energy Conservaton Results
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    7.0
    
    Materials [+]
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      7.0
      
      Policies and Practices [+]
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        7.0
        
        Sustainable Packaging Targets
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        6.0
        
        Use of Key Performance Indicators to Monitor Sustainable Packaging
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        6.0
        
        Consumer Product Recycling Program
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        6.0
        
        Sustainable Packaging Processes
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        5.0
        
        Environmental Criteria Used to Source Materials
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        5.0
        
        Sustainable Packaging Policy
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        4.0
        
        Discloses Use of Recycled Material in Products
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        4.0
        
        Dematerialization Policy
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        4.0
        
        Use of Recycled Paper in Products
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    ✔
    
    6.0
    
    Resource Management [+]
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      6.0
      
      Processes to Improve Resource Efficiency
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      ✔
      
      5.0
      
      Policy Addresses Resource Efficiency
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      4.0
      
      Use of Key Performance Indicators to Monitor Resource Efficiency
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      ✔
      
      4.0
      
      Resource Efficiency Targets
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  6.3
  
  Environmental Impacts [+]
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    6.5
    
    Emissions [+]
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      7.0
      
      Emissions [+]
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        7.0
        
        Emissions Reduction Targets
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        6.0
        
        Toxics Use Reduction Initiatives
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        6.0
        
        Take-back & Recycling Programs
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        6.0
        
        Emission Reduction Processes
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        ✔
        
        5.0
        
        Emissions Reduction Policy
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        ✔
        
        4.0
        
        Initiatives to Reduce Spills
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        ✔
        
        4.0
        
        Use of Key Performance Indicators to Monitor Emission Reductions
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        4.0
        
        e-Waste Recycling Initiatives
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      7.0
      
      Greenhouse Gases [+]
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        7.0
        
        Quantitative Performance Measures [+]
        
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        7.0
        
        Direct Emissions of Greenhouse Gases per Employee
        
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        7.0
        
        Indirect Emissions of Greenhouse Gases per Employee
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        7.0
        
        Policies and Practices [+]
        
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        7.0
        
        Greenhouse Gas Emissions Quantitative Targets
        
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        6.0
        
        Discloses Direct Emissions of CO2 Emissions
        
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        6.0
        
        Discloses Indirect Emissions of Greenhouse Gases
        
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        6.0
        
        Discloses Greenhouse Gas Emissions at Non-US Facilities
        
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        6.0
        
        Discloses Direct Emissions of Greenhouse Gases
        
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        6.0
        
        Discloses Indirect Emissions of CO2
        
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        6.0
        
        Discloses Normalized Direct Emissions of Greenhouse Gases
        
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        6.0
        
        Discloses Normalized Indirect Emissions of CO2
        
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        6.0
        
        Discloses CO2 Emissions at Non-US Facilities
        
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        6.0
        
        Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Initiatives - Transportation
        
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        6.0
        
        Climate Change Policy Specifics
        
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        5.0
        
        Enterprise Level Climate Change Policy
        
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        5.0
        
        Climate Change Policy Addresses Greenhouse Gases
        
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        5.0
        
        Climate Change Policy Applies to All Operations
        
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        5.0
        
        Climate Change Policy Includes Stakeholder Involvement
        
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        4.0
        
        Discloses Percentage of Indirect Greenhouse Gas Emissions Balanced by Sequestration
        
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        4.0
        
        Carbon Credits
        
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        4.0
        
        Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Initiatives - Production Process
        
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        4.0
        
        Environmental Policy Addresses Greenhouse Gases
        
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        ✔
        
        4.0
        
        Discloses Normalized Indirect Emissions of CO2
        
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        4.0
        
        Climate Change Policy Includes Quantifiable Targets
        
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        4.0
        
        Discloses Percentage of Direct Greenhouse Gas Emissions Balanced by Carbon Offsets
        
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        4.0
        
        Climate Change Policy Includes 3rd-party Auditing
        
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        4.0
        
        Use of Carbon Sequestration
        
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        4.0
        
        Sale of Carbon Credits
        
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        4.0
        
        Climate Change Policy Includes Auditing
        
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        4.0
        
        Discloses Normalized Direct Emissions of CO2
        
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        4.0
        
        Discloses Total Sale of Carbon Credits
        
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        4.0
        
        Discloses Percentage of Indirect Greenhouse Gas Emissions Balanced by Carbon Offsets
        
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        4.0
        
        Discloses Percentage of Direct Greenhouse Gas Emissions Balanced by Sequestration
        
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        4.0
        
        Independent Verification of Carbon Credits
        
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        4.0
        
        Carbon Offsets
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      ✔
      
      6.3
      
      Waste [+]
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        ✔
        
        10
        
        Amount of Waste Generated
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        ✔
        
        6.0
        
        Policies [+]
        
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        6.0
        
        Discloses a Waste Management Program
        
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        6.0
        
        Business Waste Recycling Program
        
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        6.0
        
        Recycling Programs
        
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        6.0
        
        Packaging Waste Management Program
        
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        ✔
        
        6.0
        
        EPA WasteWise Program Member
        
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        6.0
        
        Waste Reduction Initiatives
        
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        ✔
        
        6.0
        
        Hazardous Waste Reduction Initiatives
        
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        ✔
        
        4.0
        
        Discloses Hazardous Waste Disposal Program Details
        
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        ✔
        
        4.0
        
        Solid Waste Management Program
        
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        ✔
        
        4.0
        
        Production Waste Recycling Program
        
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        ✔
        
        4.0
        
        Business Waste Management Program
        
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        ✔
        
        4.0
        
        Packaging Waste Recycling Program
        
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        ✔
        
        4.0
        
        Discloses Normalized Hazardous Waste Generation
        
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        ✔
        
        4.0
        
        Discloses Identity of its Primary Hazardous Wastes
        
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        4.0
        
        Discloses Hazardous Waste Generation at Non-US Facilities
        
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        4.0
        
        Discloses Emissions Reported to Toxics Release Inventory
        
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        4.0
        
        Discloses Normalized TRI Emissions
        
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        ✔
        
        4.0
        
        Chemical Waste Management Program
        
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        ✔
        
        4.0
        
        Discloses TRI-Equivalent Emissions at Non-US Facilities
        
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        4.0
        
        Discloses Hazardous Waste Generation
        
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        ✔
        
        4.0
        
        Production Waste Management Program
        
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        ✔
        
        4.0
        
        Consumer Product Waste Management Program
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        ✔
        
        3.0
        
        Spills and Other Pollution Controversies
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      ✔
      
      6.0
      
      Policies and Practices [+]
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        ✔
        
        6.0
        
        Water Pollution Reduction Initiatives
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        ✔
        
        4.0
        
        Discloses Normalized Water Pollutant Emissions
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        ✔
        
        4.0
        
        Discloses Water Recycling Percentage
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        ✔
        
        4.0
        
        Discloses Waste Water Discharge Data
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      ✔
      
      6.0
      
      Policies and Practices [+]
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        ✔
        
        6.0
        
        Discloses NOx Emissions
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        ✔
        
        6.0
        
        Initiatives to Reduce Particulate Matter
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        ✔
        
        6.0
        
        Initiatives to Reduce SOx or NOx
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        ✔
        
        6.0
        
        Initiatives to Reduce Ozone-depleting Substances
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        ✔
        
        4.0
        
        Discloses SOx Emissions
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        4.0
        
        Discloses Normalized SOx/NOx Emissions
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        4.0
        
        Discloses Normalized NMVOC Emissions
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        4.0
        
        Discloses Normalized NOx Emissions
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        ✔
        
        4.0
        
        Discloses Normalized SOx Emissions
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        ✔
        
        4.0
        
        Discloses NMVOC Emissions
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        ✔
        
        4.0
        
        Initiatives to Reduce Persistent Organic Pollutants
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        ✔
        
        4.0
        
        Discloses SOx/NOx Emissions at Non-US Facilities
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        4.0
        
        Initiatives to Reduce VOCs
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        ✔
        
        4.0
        
        Discloses SOx/NOx Emissions
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        ✔
        
        4.0
        
        Discloses NMVOC Emissions at Non-US Facilities
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        ✔
        
        4.0
        
        Initiatives to Reduce Hazardous Air Pollutants
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        ✔
        
        4.0
        
        Initiatives to Reduce Fluorinated Gases
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    ✔
    
    5.5
    
    Biodiversity [+]
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      ✔
      
      7.0
      
      Policies [+]
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        ✔
        
        7.0
        
        Biodiversity Targets
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        ✔
        
        6.0
        
        Biodiversity Restoration or Protection Initiatives
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        ✔
        
        6.0
        
        Biodiversity Management Processes
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        ✔
        
        6.0
        
        Biodiversity Impact Reporting
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        ✔
        
        5.0
        
        Biodiversity Policy
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        ✔
        
        4.0
        
        Production Concentration
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        ✔
        
        4.0
        
        Use of Key Peformance Indicators to Monitor Biodiversity Impact
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        ✔
        
        4.0
        
        Discloses a Biodiversity Program
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        4.0
        
        Evaluation of Environmental and Biodiversity Risks
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        4.0
        
        Land Management Initiatives
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      ✔
      
      4.0
      
      Biodiversity Controversies
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  5.6
  
  Environmental Management [+]
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    ✔
    
    8.0
    
    Leading Edge Practices [+]
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      8.0
      
      Environmental Management Certification (ISO 14000)
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      7.0
      
      Organic Product Initiatives
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      7.0
      
      Use of Certified Forest Products
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      7.0
      
      Life Cycle Assessment Policies
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      ✔
      
      7.0
      
      Environmental Certifications on Product Labels
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      ✔
      
      6.0
      
      Green Products
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      ✔
      
      6.0
      
      Green Product Innovation Processes
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      ✔
      
      6.0
      
      Green Buildings
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      ✔
      
      6.0
      
      EPA WasteWise Program Member
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      ✔
      
      6.0
      
      Inititiatives to Reduce Product Energy Footprint
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      ✔
      
      6.0
      
      Green Product Innovation Policies
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      ✔
      
      6.0
      
      Initiatives to Reduce Product Transportation Impacts
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      ✔
      
      6.0
      
      Green Product Innovation Targets
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      ✔
      
      6.0
      
      Toxic Chemicals Reduction Partnership
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    ✔
    
    6.7
    
    Governance [+]
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      ✔
      
      7.0
      
      Supply Chain [+]
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        ✔
        
        7.0
        
        Progress towards Supply Chain Targets
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        ✔
        
        7.0
        
        Willingness to End Partnership with Supplier for Environmental Reasons
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        ✔
        
        7.0
        
        Supply Chain Targets
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        ✔
        
        7.0
        
        Use of Environmental Criteria to Select Suppliers
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        ✔
        
        6.0
        
        Climate Change Policy Addresses Suppliers
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        ✔
        
        6.0
        
        Use of Key Performance Indicators to Monitor Supply Chain
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        ✔
        
        6.0
        
        Policies to Reduce Environmental Impact of Supply Chain
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        ✔
        
        6.0
        
        Applies its Environmental Standards to Suppliers
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        ✔
        
        4.0
        
        Environmental Policy Addresses Suppliers
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        4.0
        
        Subjects Suppliers to its Climate Change Policy
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      ✔
      
      7.0
      
      Reporting [+]
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        ✔
        
        7.0
        
        Publicly Releases Data Submitted to Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP6)
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        ✔
        
        7.0
        
        Publicly Releases Data Submitted to Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP5)
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        ✔
        
        6.0
        
        Discloses Information on Corporate Social Responsibility
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        ✔
        
        6.0
        
        Discloses Integrated Reporting Challenges
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        6.0
        
        Publishes Report Covering Corporate Social Responsbility
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        6.0
        
        Follows Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Guidelines
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        4.0
        
        Level of Coverage of GRI Issues
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        4.0
        
        Corporate Social Responsibility Report Based on non-GRI Standard
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        4.0
        
        Discloses Top Suppliers
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        ✔
        
        4.0
        
        Climate Change Policy Includes Public Reporting
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        4.0
        
        Integrates Financial with Environmental, Social & Governance Issues in Annual Report
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        4.0
        
        Publishes Report Covering Corporate Social Responsbility Following GRI Guidelines
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        4.0
        
        Environmental Policy Includes Public Reporting
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        ✔
        
        4.0
        
        External Audit of Corporate Social Responsibility Report
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      ✔
      
      6.0
      
      Policies [+]
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        ✔
        
        6.0
        
        Discloses Environmental Management System
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        ✔
        
        6.0
        
        Environmental Training
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        ✔
        
        6.0
        
        Environmental Investment Initiatives
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        ✔
        
        6.0
        
        Internal Communication Tools to Improve Environment Management
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        ✔
        
        6.0
        
        Environmental Restoration Initiatives
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        ✔
        
        5.0
        
        Enterprise Level Environmental Policy
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        ✔
        
        5.0
        
        Environmental Policy Applicable to All Operations
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        ✔
        
        4.0
        
        Environmental Management System Processes
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        ✔
        
        4.0
        
        Environmental Policy Includes Auditing
      - ?
        
        ✔
        
        4.0
        
        Senior Officer Responsbile for Climate Policy Implementation
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        ✔
        
        4.0
        
        Specificity in Environmental Policy
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        ✔
        
        4.0
        
        Environmental Policy Includes Quantifiable Targets
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        ✔
        
        4.0
        
        Environmental Management Team
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        ✔
        
        4.0
        
        Targets Related to Financial Performance on ESG Initiatives
      - ?
        
        ✔
        
        4.0
        
        Environmental Management System Policy
      - ?
        
        ✔
        
        4.0
        
        Environmental Policy Includes 3rd Party Auditing
      - ?
        
        ✔
        
        4.0
        
        Environmental Policy Includes Stakeholder Involvement
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        ✔
        
        4.0
        
        Senior Officer Responsbile for Environmental Policy Implementation
      - ?
        
        ✔
        
        4.0
        
        Board Responsibility for Climate Change Policy
      - ?
        
        ✔
        
        4.0
        
        Environmental Management System Targets
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        Board Responsibility for Environmental Policy
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        Environmental Management System Based on ISO 14001 but Not Certified
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        Use of Key Performance Indicators to Monitor Environmental Management System
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    Compliance and Controversies [+]
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      Discloses Health & Safety Violations
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      4.0
      
      Biodiversity Controversies
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      Discloses Environmental Violations
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      3.0
      
      Spills and Other Pollution Controversies
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      ✔
      
      3.0
      
      Amount of Environmental Fines or Penalties
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      3.0
      
      Amount of Environmental Fines or Penalties

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