Biodiversity

Human and other living species cannot live without the ecological equilibrium. Biological diversity and natural habitats as an essential part of the ecosystem integrity is crucial for all life on earth. GC realizes and fully recognizes the importance of plentiful biodiversity and ecosystem services. Therefore, GC have overseen and carefully developed measures via ‘Mitigation Hierarchy Principle’ to prevent, avoid, minimize, restore, and offset environmental impacts on biodiversity throughout our value chain.

To ensure the biodiversity management and value integration, GC has commitment, compliance, and monitoring in own operation and suppliers. Any environmental impacts are into the consideration and the business decision process. The mitigations of biodiversity loss and deforestation are integrated and communicated within business activities, and with external organizations.

As abovementioned, GC demonstrates commitment in order to maintain the target of a ‘No Net Loss’ of Biodiversity values and to encourage a ‘Net Positive Impact’ for all new operations, No Net Deforestation’ for critical feedstock tier-1 suppliers, and ‘No Gross Deforestation’ for our own operation’s activities. The relevant material issues have included in the in our Quality, Security, Safety, Occupational Health, the Environment, and Business Continuity (QSHEB) policy and GC Biodiversity Statement.