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BIC

Improve recycled waste share and advance SBTi commitment to validated targets

BIC boasts 100% public environmental data completeness across manufacturing hubs. To strengthen its profile, BIC should focus on improving its recycled waste share (currently 66.5% vs. the 70.7% Consumer Staples sector average) as an environmental scoring contributor, while converting its active SBTi commitment into formally validated science-based targets to lift Governance availability from 66% to 100%.

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Datapoints captured

216

Data points Earthmark holds on BIC.

 

Benchmark universe

2,799

Benchmarked globally across Consumer Staples brands.

 

Environmental availability

100%

Share of environmental data publicly available.

 

Governance availability

66%

Share of governance data publicly available.

 

Performance trend

Emissions at a glance

• Total emissions declined 17.9% from 771,946 tCO2e in 2019 to 633,856 tCO2e in 2025 (-35.8% from 2021 peak).
• Direct Scope 1 emissions cut 47.1% over 6 years from 22,963 to 12,156 tCO2e.
• Scope 3 raw materials (plastics, packaging, ink) comprise 95.1% of footprint (602,979 tCO2e).
• Renewable electricity procurement covers 75.1% of global manufacturing energy (212.5k MWh).

Circularity

Waste and recycling

• Total industrial waste reduced 8.4% from 19,043 tonnes (2022) to 17,448 tonnes (2025).
• Strong 66.5% material recycling rate achieved in 2025, recovering 11,609 tonnes of scrap.
• Disposed waste stabilized at 3,361 tonnes, with ongoing landfill minimization across all plants.
• Circular writing instrument and lighter design increased recycled resin and cardboard packaging content.
 

Peer benchmark

Where BIC sits against key peers

 
Lyreco Ahead of BIC

BIC sits behind Lyreco, primarily because Lyreco has 100% governance availability backed by validated SBTi net-zero targets and higher renewable energy share across distribution.

 
BIC You are here

100% of environmental and 66% of governance data publicly available today.

 
The Procter & Gamble Company Behind BIC

BIC sits ahead of P&G on environmental completeness, offering comprehensive factory waste and recycling data which P&G omits.

 
Newell Brands UK Limited Behind BIC

BIC sits substantially ahead of Newell Brands across environmental data completeness, active SBTi commitment, and transparent carbon accounting.

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Sector context

Where BIC sits in the sector

Scatter plot of emissions against waste intensity per million dollars of revenue for Consumer Staples brands, with BIC highlighted.

Each point is a brand in the Consumer Staples benchmark. BIC is highlighted in green. Source: Earthmark.

 

Worth a conversation

Thirty minutes to walk through where BIC sits, what closes the gap, and which of Lyreco, The Procter & Gamble Company and Newell Brands UK Limited matters most to you.

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