Brand owner: Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.
Head office: Plano, TX 75024, USA
Sector: Soda
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| 1. Is there a policy for the brand (company) to minimize, reduce or compensate carbon emissions? |
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Dr Pepper Snapple Group, brand owner of Dr Pepper, has taken several policy measures to reduce carbon emissions, such as improving energy efficiency or replacing vending machines and cooler with 'Energy Star'-rated equipment (see link). | Source |
| 2. Has the brand (company) disclosed the annual absolute carbon footprint of its 'own operations' (Scope 1 & 2)? |
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Dr Pepper reports its carbon footprint on the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) website. | Source |
| 3. Has the brand (company) already reduced or compensated its absolute 'own operations' (scope 1 & 2) carbon footprint by at least 10% in the last 5 years? |
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Dr Pepper does not publish the annual carbon footprint of last years. | Source |
| 4. Has the brand (company) set a target to reduce its absolute ‘own operations’ (scope 1 & 2) carbon footprint by at least 20% within the next 5 years? |
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Dr Pepper has set a target to reduce only 10% of their carbon emissions in manufacturing per gallon of finished product by 2015 compared to 2012. | Source |
| 5. Does the brand (company) also have a policy to reduce/compensate carbon emissions generated from the product supply chain that is beyond own operations (Scope 3)? |
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Dr Pepper does not communicate a policy to reduce the carbon emissions in the supply chain that is beyond own operations on its website. | Source |
| 6. Does the brand (company) use energy derived from renewable sources? |
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Dr Pepper does not communicate any information about whether or not it uses energy derived from renewable sources on its website. | Source |
| 7. Is at least 20% of the brand's (company's) total consumption of energy derived from renewable sources? |
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See remark for carbon emissions policy question 6. | Source |
| 1. Does the brand have the objective to only source sustainable sugarbeet/sugarcane or maize (for fructose syrup) for all its sugar containing products by 2020 at the latest, and does the brand already purchase sugar from environmentally certified sources? |
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Dr Pepper does not specify whether the sugar comes from sustainable sources. | Source |
| 2. Does the brand use environmentally certified sugar for its products for at least 50% of its volume? |
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See remark for environmental policy question 1. | Source |
| 3. Does the brand use environmentally certified raw materials (such as fruit, coffee or tea) for its products? |
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Dr Pepper does not specify whether the other products comes from sustainable sources. | Source |
| 4. Has the brand (company) reduced the weight of its packaging and does the brand have targets to further reduce this? |
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Dr Pepper has reduced the weight of its PET usage by 14 million pounds in 2011 and has a target to reduce this by 60 million pounds of plastic through PET package lightweighting and redesigns and increased use of recycled PET by 2015 (see link). | Source |
| 5. Does the brand use recycled or renewable plastics in its newly produced plastic bottles? |
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Dr Pepper does not mention anything about the recycling rate of their newly produced plastic bottles. | Source |
| 6. Does the brand uses at least 10% of recycled or renewable plastics in its newly produced plastic bottles? |
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See remark for environmental policy question 5. | Source |
| 7. Does the brand uses at least 25% of recycled or renewable plastics in its newly produced plastic bottles? |
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See remark for environmental policy question 5. | Source |
| 8. Does the brand use at least 50% of recycled or renewable plastics in its newly produced plastic bottles? |
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See remark for environmental policy question 5. | Source |
| 9. Does the brand (company) publish the water footprint of its 'own operations'? |
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Dr Pepper reports on its water usage in manufacturing which is 1.97 gallons per 1 gallon of product, but does not communicate clear information about direct and indirect uses, sources and geographical regions of own operations. | Source |
| 10. Has the brand (company) reduced its water use per liter of produced beverage by 10% in the past 5 years? |
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Dr Pepper does not communicate any information about its water consumption over the last years, if there is any, on its website. | Source |
| 11. Has the brand achieved an average level of water use below 2,5 litres per litre of soda produced? |
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Dr Pepper has achieved 1.97 gallons water use per 1 gallon of production. 1 gallon converted into litre = 3,79. 1,97 gallons converted into litre = 7,46. Accordingly, the average level of water use per litre is around 1,96 litre. | Source |
| 1. Does the brand (company) have a policy to provide for fair labor conditions that applies to ALL own employees and those of its suppliers (including bottling companies) in low wage countries, which includes the following standards: No forced or slave labor, no child labor, no discrimination of any kind and a safe and hygienic workplace? |
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All standards are mentioned in Dr Pepper Code of Conduct. | Source |
| 2. Does the brand (company) have a policy to provide for fair labor conditions in low wage countries: 1) a formal employment relationship; 2) a maximum working week of 60 hours including paid overtime; 3) a living wage; and 4) to form and join labor unions and bargain collectively; and in those situations where these rights are restricted under law, to develop parallel means? |
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1), 2) and 4) are mentioned. 3) is mentioned in relation to minimum, national legal standards or industry benchmark standards.However, this does not guarantee a living wage. | Source |
| 3. Does the brand (company) purchase sugar from sources (plantations) that are certified to e.g. have no child labor and no forced labor, and provide a better living standard for the farmers and workers who produce the sugar? |
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Dr Pepper does not specify on its website if its sugar comes from a socially certified source. | Source |
| 4. Does the brand (company) purchase other ingredients (such as fruit, coffee beans, tea) from sources (plantations) that are certified to e.g. have no child labor and no forced labor, and provide a better living standard for the farmers and workers who produce these additional ingredients? |
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Dr Pepper does not specify whether the other products come from sustainable sources. | Source |
| 5. Does the brand (company) maintain a published list of suppliers (sugar and fruit) and factories (including bottling companies), that have collectively contributed to more than 90% of the purchase volume? |
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Dr Pepper does not provide a significant list of direct suppliers on its website. | Source |