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Global reporting initiative (GRI) Index

   
 
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  Strategy and analysis  
 
 
1.1 Statement from the most senior decision maker of the organisation    
1.2 Description of key impacts, risks, and opportunities.    
  Organisational profile  
   
 
2.1 Name of reporting organisation  
Inside back cover  
 
2.2 Primary brands, products, and/or services.    
2.3 Operational structure of the organisation, including main divisions, operating companies, subsidiaries, and joint ventures.    
2.4 Location of organisation’s headquarters.  
Inside back cover  
 
2.5 Number of countries where the organisation operates, and names of countries with either major operations or that are specifically relevant to the sustainability issues covered in the report.    
2.6 Nature of ownership, legal form    
2.7 Markets served (including geographic breakdown, sectors served, and types of customers/beneficiaries).    
2.8 Scale of organisation    
 
Number of employees;
Net sales (for private sector organisations) or
Net revenues (for public sector organisations);
Total capitalisation broken down in terms of debt and equity (for private sector organisations); and
Quantity of products or services provided.
Total assets;
Beneficial ownership (including identity and percentage of ownership of largest shareholders); and
Breakdowns by country/region of the following:
Sales/revenues by countries/regions that make up 5% or more of total revenues;
Costs by countries/regions that make up 5% or more of total revenues; and
Employees.
 
   
 
2.9 Significant changes during the reporting period regarding size, structure, or ownership including:  
   
 
 
The location of, or changes in operations, including facility openings, closings, and expansions; and
Changes in the share capital structure and other capital formation, maintenance, and alteration operations (for private sector organisations).
   
2.10 Awards received in the reporting period.    
  Report parameters  
   
 
  Report profile  
   
 
3.1 Reporting period  
Inside back cover  
 
3.2 Date of most recent previous report (if any)  
Inside back cover  
 
3.3 Reporting cycle (annual, biennial, etc.)  
Inside back cover  
 
3.4 Contact point for questions regarding the report or its contents.  
Inside back cover  
 
  Report scope and boundary  
   
 
3.5 Process for defining report content, including:  
   
 
 
Determining materiality;
Prioritising topics within the report; and
Identifying stakeholders the organisation expects to use the report.
Include an explanation of how the organisation has applied the 'Guidance on Defining Report Content' and the associated principles.
   
3.6 Boundaries of report    
3.7 State any specific limitations on the scope or boundary of the report    
3.8 Basis for reporting on joint ventures, subsidiaries, leased facilities, outsourced operations, and other entities that can significantly affect comparability from period to period and/or between organisations.    
3.9 Data measurement techniques and the bases of calculations, including assumptions and techniques  
   
 
  underlying estimations applied to the compilation of the Indicators and other information in the report.
Explain any decisions not to apply, or to substantially diverge from, the GRI Indicator Protocols.

   
3.10 Explanation of the effect of any re-statements of information provided in earlier reports, and the  
   
 
  reasons for such re-statement (eg, mergers/acquisitions, change of base years/periods, nature  
   
 
  of business, measurement methods).  
Not reported  
 
3.11 Significant changes from previous reporting periods in the scope, boundary, or measurement  
   
 
  methods applied in the report.  
Not reported  
 
  GRI content index  
   
 
3.12 Table identifying the location of the Standard Disclosures in the report.  
   
 
  Identify the page numbers or web links where the following can be found:  
   
 
  • Strategy and analysis 1.1 – 1.2;  
   
 
  • Organisational profile 2.1 – 2.10;  
   
 
  • Report parameters 3.1 – 3.13;  
   
 
  • Governance, commitments, and engagement 4.1 – 4.17;  
   
 
  • Disclosure of management approach, per category;  
   
 
  • Core Performance Indicators;  
   
 
  • Any GRI additional indicators that were included; and  
   
 
  • Any GRI sector supplement Indicators included in the report.  
N/A  
 
  Assurance  
   
 
3.13 Policy and current practice with regard to seeking external assurance for the report. If not included in the assurance report accompanying the sustainability report, explain the scope and basis of any external assurance provided. Also explain the relationship between the reporting organisation and the assurance provider(s).    
  Governance, commitments, and engagement      

4.1.
Governance
Governance structure of the organisation, including committees under the highest governance body responsible for specific tasks, such as setting strategy or organisational oversight.

Describe the mandate and composition (including number of independent members and/or non-executive members) of such committees and indicate any direct responsibility for economic, social, and environmental performance.
   
4.2 Indicate whether the Chair of the highest governance body is also an executive officer (and, if so, their function within the organisation’s management and the reasons for this arrangement).    
4.3

For organisations that have a unitary board structure, state the number of members of the highest governance body that are independent and/or non-executive members.

State how the organisation defines ‘independent ‘and ‘non-executive’. This element applies only for organisations that have unitary board structures. See the glossary for a definition of ‘independent’.

   
4.4 Mechanisms for shareholders and employees to provide recommendations or direction to the highest governance body. Include reference to processes regarding:
The use of shareholder resolutions or other mechanisms for enabling minority shareholders to express opinions to the highest governance body; and
Informing and consulting employees about the working relationships with formal representation bodies such as organisation level ‘work councils’, and representation of employees in the highest governance body.
Identify topics related to economic, environmental, and social performance raised through these mechanisms during the reporting period.
   
4.5 Linkage between compensation for members of the highest governance body, senior managers, and executives (including departure arrangements), and the organisation’s performance (including social and environmental performance).    
4.6 Processes in place for the highest governance body to ensure conflicts of interest are avoided.    
4.7

Process for determining the qualifications and expertise of the members of the highest governance body for guiding the organisation’s strategy on economic, environmental, and social topics.

   
4.8 Internally developed statements of mission or values, codes of conduct, and principles relevant to economic, environmental, and social performance and the status of their implementation. Explain the degree to which these:
Are applied across the organisation in different regions and department/units; and
Relate to internationally agreed standards.
   
4.9

Procedures of the highest governance body for overseeing the organisation’s identification and management of economic, environmental, and social performance, including relevant risks and opportunities, and adherence or compliance with internationally agreed standards, codes of conduct, and principles.
Include frequency with which the highest governance body assesses sustainability performance.

   
4.10 Processes for evaluating the highest governance body’s own performance, particularly with respect to economic, environmental, and social performance.    
  Commitments to external initiatives      
4.11 Explanation of whether and how the precautionary approach or principle is addressed by the organisation.

Article 15 of the Rio Principles introduced the precautionary approach.
A response to 4.11 could address the organisation’s approach to risk management in operational planning or the development and introduction of new products.

   
4.12

Externally developed economic, environmental, and social charters, principles, or other initiatives to which the organisation subscribes or endorses.

Include date of adoption, countries/operations where applied, and the range of stakeholders involved in the development and governance of these initiatives (eg, multi-stakeholder, etc). Differentiate between non-binding, voluntary initiatives and those with which the organisation has an obligation to comply.

   
4.13 Memberships in associations (such as industry associations) and/or national/international advocacy organisations in which the organisation:
Has positions in governance bodies;
Participates in projects or committees;
Provides substantive funding beyond routine membership dues; or
Views membership as strategic.

This refers primarily to memberships maintained at the organisational level.

   
  Stakeholder engagement      
4.14 List of stakeholder groups engaged by the organisation.
Examples of stakeholder groups are:
Communities;
Civil society;
Customers;
Shareholders and providers of capital;
Suppliers; and
Employees, other workers, and their trade unions.
   
4.15

Basis for identification and selection of stakeholders with whom to engage.
This includes the organisation’s process for defining its stakeholder groups, and for determining the groups with which to engage and not to engage.

   
4.16 Approaches to stakeholder engagement, including frequency of engagement by type and by stakeholder group.  
   
 
  This could include surveys, focus groups, community panels, corporate advisory panels, written communication, management/union structures, and other vehicles. The organisation should indicate whether any of the engagement was undertaken specifically as part of the report preparation process.    
4.17 Key topics and concerns that have been raised through stakeholder engagement,  
   
 
  and how the organisation has responded to those key topics and concerns, including  
   
 
  through its reporting.    
  Management approach and performance indicators  
   
 
  Economic performance indicators  
   
 
  Aspect: Economic performance  
   
 
EC1 Direct economic value generated and distributed, including revenues, operating costs, employee compensation, donations and other community investments, retained earnings, and payments to capital providers and governments.    
EC2 Financial implications and other risks and opportunities for the organisation’s activities due to climate change.    
EC3 Coverage of the organisation’s defined benefit plan obligations.    
EC4 Significant financial assistance received from government.  
N/A  
 
  Aspect: Market presence  
   
 
EC5 Range of ratios of standard entry level wage compared to local minimum wage at significant locations  
   
 
  of operation.    
EC6 Policy, practices, and proportion of spending on locally-based suppliers at significant locations of operation.    
EC7 Procedures for local hiring and proportion of senior management hired from the local community at  
   
 
  locations of significant operation    
  Aspect: Indirect economic impacts  
   
 
EC8 Development and impact of infrastructure investments and services provided primarily for public  
   
 
  benefit through commercial, in-kind, or pro bono engagement.    
EC9 Understanding and describing significant indirect economic impacts, including the extent of impacts.    
  Environmental performance indicators  
   
 
  Aspect: Materials  
   
 
EN1 Materials used by weight or volume.    
EN2 Percentage of materials used that are recycled input materials.    
  Aspect: Energy  
   
 
EN3 Direct energy consumption by primary energy source    
EN4 Indirect energy consumption by primary source    
EN5 Energy saved due to conservation and efficiency improvements.    
EN6 Initiatives to provide energy-efficient or renewable energy based products and services, and reductions  
   
 
  in energy requirements as a result of these initiatives.    
EN7 Initiatives to reduce indirect energy consumption and reductions achieved.    
  Aspect: Water  
   
 
EN8 Total water withdrawal by source.    
EN9 Water sources significantly affected by withdrawal of water.    
EN10 Percentage and total volume of water recycled and reused.    
  Aspect: Biodiversity  
   
 
EN11 Location and size of land owned, leased, managed in, or adjacent to, protected areas and areas of high  
   
 
  biodiversity value outside protected areas.    
EN12 Description of significant impacts of activities, products, and services on biodiversity in protected areas  
   
 
  and areas of high biodiversity value outside protected areas.    
EN13 Habitats protected or restored.    
EN14 Strategies, current actions, and future plans for managing impacts on biodiversity.    
EN15 Number of IUCN Red List species and national conservation list species with habitats in areas affected  
   
 
  by operations, by level of extinction risk.    
  Aspect: Emissions, effluents, and waste  
   
 
EN16 Total direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight.    
EN17 Other relevant indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight.    
EN18 Initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reductions achieved.    
EN19 Emissions of ozone-depleting substances by weight.    
EN20 NO, SO, and other significant air emissions by type and weight.    
EN21 Total water discharge by quality and destination.    
EN22 Total weight of waste by type and disposal method.    
EN23 Total number and volume of significant spills.    
EN24 Weight of transported, imported, exported, or treated waste deemed hazardous under the terms  
   
 
  of the Basel Convention Annex I, II, III, and VIII, and percentage of transported waste shipped  
   
 
  internationally.    
EN25 Identity, size, protected status, and biodiversity value of water bodies and related habitats  
   
 
  significantly affected by the reporting    
EN26 Initiatives to mitigate environmental impacts of products and services, and  
 
 
  extent of impact mitigation    
EN27 Percentage of products sold and their packaging materials that are reclaimed by category    
  Aspect: Compliance  
   
 
EN28 Monetary value of significant fines and total number of non-monetary sanctions for non-compliance  
   
 
  with environmental laws and regulations.    
  Aspect: Transport  
   
 
EN29 Significant environmental impacts of transporting products and other goods and materials used for  
   
 
  the organisation’s operations, and transporting members of the workforce.    
  Aspect: Overall  
   
 
EN30 Total environmental protection expenditures and investments by type.    
  Social performance indicators  
   
 
  Labour practices and decent work performance indicators  
   
 
  Aspect: Employment  
   
 
LA1 Total workforce by employment type, employment contract, and region.    
LA2 Total number and rate of employee turnover by age group, gender, and region.    
LA3 Benefits provided to full-time employees that are not provided to temporary or part-time employees,  
   
 
  by major operations.    
  Aspect: Labor/management relations  
   
 
LA4 Percentage of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements    
LA5 Minimum notice period(s) regarding operational changes, including whether it is specified in  
   
 
  collective agreements.  
Not reported  
 
  Aspect: Occupational health and safety  
   
 
LA6 Percentage of total workforce represented in formal joint management-worker health and safety  
   
 
  committees that help monitor and advise on occupational health and safety programmes    
LA7 Rates of injury, occupational diseases, lost days, and absenteeism, and number of work related  
   
 
  fatalities by region.    
LA8 Education, training, counselling, prevention, and risk-control programmes in place to assist workforce  
   
 
  members, their families, or community members regarding serious diseases.    
LA9 Health and safety topics covered in formal agreements with trade unions.    
  Aspect: Training and education  
   
 
LA10 Average hours of training per year per employee by employee category.    
LA11 Programs for skills management and lifelong learning that support the continued employability of  
   
 
  employees and assist them in managing career endings.    
LA12 Percentage of employees receiving regular performance and career development reviews    
  Aspect: Diversity and equal opportunity  
   
 
LA13 Composition of governance bodies and breakdown of employees per category according to gender,  
   
 
  age group, minority group membership, and other indicators of diversity.    
LA14 Ratio of basic salary of men to women by employee category.  
Not reported  
 
  Human rights performance indicators  
   
 
  Aspect: Investment and procurement practices  
   
 
HR1 Percentage and total number of significant investment agreements that include human rights clauses  
   
 
  or that have undergone human rights screening.    
HR2 Percentage of significant suppliers and contractors that have undergone screening on human  
   
 
  rights and actions taken.    
HR3 Total hours of employee training on policies and procedures concerning aspects of human rights that  
   
 
  are relevant to operations, including the percentage of employees trained    
  Aspect: Non-discrimination  
   
 
HR4 Total number of incidents of discrimination and actions taken    
  Aspect: Freedom of association and collective bargaining  
   
 
HR5 Operations identified in which the right to exercise freedom of association and collective bargaining  
   
 
  may be at significant risk, and actions taken to support these rights.    
  Aspect: Child labour  
   
 
HR6 Operations identified as having significant risk for incidents of child labour, and measures taken to  
   
 
  contribute to the elimination of child labour.    
  Aspect: Forced and compulsory labour  
   
 
HR7 Operations identified as having significant risk for incidents of forced or compulsory labour, and measures  
   
 
  to contribute to the elimination of forced or compulsory labour.    
  Aspect: Security practices  
   
 
HR8 Percentage of security personnel trained in the organisation’s policies or procedures concerning aspects  
   
 
  of human rights that are relevant to operations.    
  Aspect: Indigenous rights  
   
 
HR9 Total number of incidents of violations involving rights of indigenous people and actions taken.    
  Society performance indicators  
   
 
  Aspect: Community  
   
 
SO1 Nature, scope, and effectiveness of any programs and practices that  
   
 
  assess and manage the impacts of operations on communities, including  
   
 
  entering, operating, and exiting.    
  Aspect: Corruption  
   
 
SO2 Percentage and total number of business units analysed for risks related  
   
 
  to corruption.    
SO3 Percentage of employees trained in organisation’s anti-corruption policies and procedures.    
SO4 Actions taken in response to incidents of corruption    
  Aspect: Public policy  
   
 
SO5 Public policy positions and participation in public policy development and lobbying.    
SO6 Total value of financial and in-kind contributions to political parties, politicians, and related institutions  
   
 
  by country.    
  Aspect: Anti-competitive behaviour  
   
 
SO7 Total number of legal actions for anticompetitive behaviour, anti-trust, and monopoly practices and  
   
 
  their outcomes.    
  Aspect: Compliance  
   
 
SO8 Monetary value of significant fines and total number of non-monetary sanctions for non-compliance  
   
 
  with laws and regulations.    
  Product responsibility performance indicators  
   
 
  Aspect: Customer health and safety  
   
 
PR1 Life cycle stages in which health and safety impacts of products and services are assessed for improvement,  
   
 
  and percentage of significant products and services categories subject to such procedures.    
PR2 Total number of incidents of non-compliance with regulations and voluntary codes concerning health and  
   
 
  safety impacts of products and services during their life cycle, by type of outcomes.    
  Aspect: Product and service labelling  
   
 
PR3 Type of product and service information required by procedures, and percentage of significant products  
   
 
  and services subject to such information requirements.    
PR4 Total number of incidents of non-compliance with regulations and voluntary codes concerning product  
   
 
  and service information and labelling, by type of outcomes.    
PR5 Practices related to customer satisfaction, including results of surveys measuring customer satisfaction.    
  Aspect: Marketing communications  
   
 
PR6 Programmes for adherence to laws, standards, and voluntary codes related to marketing communications,  
   
 
  including advertising, promotion, and sponsorship.    
PR7 Total number of incidents of non-compliance with regulations and voluntary codes concerning marketing  
   
 
  communications, including advertising, promotion, and sponsorship by type of outcomes.    
  Aspect: Customer privacy  
   
 
PR8 Total number of substantiated complaints regarding breaches of customer privacy and losses of customer data.    
  Aspect: Compliance  
   
 
PR9 Monetary value of significant fines for non-compliance with laws and regulations concerning the provision  
   
 
  and use of products and services.