Transparency matters. At JTI, we believe in open and regular communication about our sustainability performance reporting. Here's how we share our progress.
We’re committed to transparency — sharing both our progress and the challenges. Through detailed reporting, we provide clear insights into our journey, our impact and the road ahead. Explore our latest reports and discover how we're creating lasting positive change.
Our Integrated Report offers stakeholders essential financial and non-financial insights, enhancing their understanding of JT Group's sustainable growth in corporate value? If not, please let us know what the Integrated Report allows stakeholders to understand about the JT Group.
Please access previous reports here.
As with many companies, a Climate Transition Plan is a crucial tool for us to demonstrate our commitment to achieving emission reduction goals, while ensuring the long-term viability of our business model in a net-zero carbon economy. With over 16 years of sustainability experience and activities, our inaugural plan outlines not only our strategy to achieve our climate commitments, but also the key activities and investments we are undertaking to meet our climate-related objectives and targets. This is an important step in our journey towards a sustainable future.
To reflect continued progress towards the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) recommendations, and in preparation for upcoming regulatory requirements under the Swiss Ordinance on Climate Disclosures, JTI, as part of JT Group, is publishing its first, standalone, TCFD disclosure. Information included within this report is based on FY2023.
To coincide with the 10th anniversary of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, in 2021 we published our first standalone Human Rights Report, which examines the potential human rights risks arising from our worldwide operations. The report identified nine salient human rights issues, including child labor, environmental impacts, and fair wages, and the steps we are taking to remedy them.
We’ve created this report to comply with Swiss regulations on child labor due diligence. It aligns with Swiss legal requirements, including obligations under the Code of Obligations and the ordinance on due diligence and transparency related to minerals, metals, and child labor.
You can download the report in machine readable format (XML) here.
We have defined the content of our online sustainability information using a materiality assessment. Our online sustainability content has been compiled with reference to the principles of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Index Sustainability Reporting Standards. In addition, our sustainability content takes into account the principles and standards of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).
We are a member of the GRI Community and support the mission of GRI to empower decision-makers everywhere, through GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards and its multi-stakeholder network, to take action towards a more sustainable economy and world.
See our latest Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Index.
Our reporting also takes into account the principles and standards of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB).
See our latest Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) - Tobacco.
The potential for financial impact associated with climate change is now well known, and concern is growing about its mid to long-term impact on business operations and financial market stability. JT Group officially endorsed the recommendations of the TCFD in December 2020.
Sustainability is everyone’s business. Through transparent reporting and accountability, we can drive impactful change, reflecting our commitment to people and the planet.
To ensure credibility and accuracy, we externally verify selected non-financial data, including sustainability performance, environmental impact, and workplace safety metrics.
We recognize the value of independent reviews in enhancing trust and accountability. As regulatory requirements like the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive evolve, we are expanding the scope of assurance for our non-financial data to meet increasing expectations.
We conduct external verification on selected non-financial data, such as environmental impact, sustainability performance, and occupational health and safety metrics.
Bureau Veritas has provided limited assurance on key sustainability performance data related to our targets, reinforcing our commitment to transparent reporting.
Read the assurance report.
Independent reviews enhance trust, ensuring our data meets the highest credibility standards. As sustainability reporting regulations evolve, we continue to expand the scope of our assurance process.
Read more about our assurance process and statements on JT.com.