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Global Reporting Inititative (GRI) Index

GRI CONTENT INDEX
 
 
GRI Indicator
Indicator Type
Page in 2004 & 2005 Sustainability Report*
Page in 2002 & 2003 Sustainability Report
 
VISION & STRATEGY
1.1 Statement of the organization's vision and strategy regarding its contribution to sustainable development.
Core
3, 5-7
1.2 Statement from the CEO describing key elements of the report.
Core
 
ORGANISATIONAL PROFILE
2.1 Name of reporting organisation.
Core
2.2 Major products and/or services, including brands if appropriate.
Core
2.3 Operational structure of the organisation.
Core
Annual Report: 19, 21
2.4 Description of major divisions, operating companies, subsidiaries, and joint ventures.
Core
Annual Report: 19, 21, Inside Back Cover
2.5 Countries in which the organization's operations are located.
Core
2.6 Nature of ownership; legal form.
Core
2.7 Nature of markets served.
Core
2.8 Scale of the reporting organisation: number of employees; products produced/services offered; net sales; and total capitalization broken down in terms of debt and equity.
Core
2.9 List of stakeholders, key attributes of each, and relationship to the reporting organisation.
Core
10, throughout
 
REPORT SCOPE & PROFILE
2.10 Contact person
Core
2.11 Reporting period for information provided.
Core
2.12 Date of most recent previous report.
Core
2.13 Boundaries of report and any specific limitations on the scope.
Core
2.14 Significant changes in size, structure, ownership, or products/services that have occurred since the previous report.
Core
3, 8, 13, 22, 25
2.15 Basis for reporting on joint ventures, partially owned subsidiaries, leased facilities, outsourced operations.
Core
2.16 Explanation of the nature and effect of any re-statements of information provided in earlier reports, and the reasons for such re-statement.
Core
--
2.17 Decisions not to apply GRI principles or protocols in the preparation of the report.
Core
--
2.18 Criteria/definitions used in any accounting for economic, environmental, and social costs and benefits.
Core
--
2.19 Significant changes from previous years in the measurement methods applied to key economic, environmental, and social information.
Core
--
2.20 Policies and internal practices to enhance and provide assurance about the accuracy, completeness, and reliability that can be placed on the sustainability report. This includes internal management systems, processes, and audits.
Core
2.21 Policy and current practice with regard to providing independent assurance for the full report.
Core
--
2.22 Means by which report users can obtain additional information and reports about economic, environmental, and social aspects of the organization's activities, including facility-specific information.
Core
Contents Page, throughout
 
GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE
3.1 Governance structure of the organisation, including major committees under the board of directors that are responsible for setting strategy and for oversight of the organisation.
Core
3.2 Percentage of the board of directors that are independent, non-executive directors. State how the board determines “independence”.
Core
Annual Report: 13, 94
3.3 Process for determining the expertise board members need to guide the strategic direction of the organization, including issues related to environmental and social risks and opportunities.
Core
--
3.4 Board-level processes for overseeing the organization's identification and management of economic, environmental, and social risks and opportunities.
Core
3.5 Linkage between executive compensation and achievement of the organization's financial and non-financial goals.
Core
3.6 Organisational structure and key individuals responsible for oversight, implementation, and audit of economic, environmental, social, and related policies.
Core
--
3.7 Mission and values statements, internally developed codes of conduct or principles, and polices relevant to economic, environmental, and social performance and the status of implementation.
Core
Throughout
3.8 Mechanisms for shareholders to provide recommendations or direction to the board of directors.
Core
 
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
3.9 Basis for identification and selection of major stakeholders.
Core
3.10 Approaches to stakeholder consultation reported in terms of frequency of consultations by type and by stakeholder group.
Core
--
3.11 Type of information generated by stakeholder consultations.
Core
13, 22, 30
3.12 Use of information resulting from stakeholder engagements.
Core
13, 22, 30
 
OVERARCHING POLICIES & MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
3.13 Explanation of whether and how the precautionary approach or principle is addressed by the organisation.
Core
--
3.14 Externally developed, voluntary economic, environmental, and social charters, sets of principles, or other initiatives to which the organisation subscribes or which it endorses. Include date of adoption and countries/operations where applied.
Core
--
3.15 Principal memberships in industry and business associations, and/or national/international advocacy organisations.
Core
25, 26, 34
3.16 Policies and/or systems for managing upstream and downstream impacts.
Core
7, 26
3.17 Reporting organization's approach to managing indirect economic, environmental, and social impacts resulting from its activities.
Core
--
3.18 Major decisions during the reporting period regarding the location of, or changes in, operations.
Core
--
3.19 Programs and procedures pertaining to economic, environmental, and social performance, including: priority and target setting; major program to improve performance; internal communication and training; performance monitoring; internal and external auditing; and senior management review.
Core
Throughout
3.20 Status of certification pertaining to economic, environmental, and social management systems.
Core
--
 
CONTENT INDEX
4.1 A table identifying location of each element of the GRI Report Content, by section and indicator.
Core
This table
 
ECONOMIC
EC1.Net sales.
Core
1, 38
EC2.Geographic breakdown of markets.
Core
2; Annual Report: 98-99
EC3.Cost of all goods, materials, and services purchased.
Core
EC4.Percentage of contracts that were paid in accordance with agreed terms, excluding agreed penalty arrangements.
Core
--
EC5.Total payroll and benefits (including wages, pension, other benefits, and redundancy payments) broken down by country or region.
Core
EC6.Distributions to providers of capital broken down by interest on debt and borrowings, and dividends on all classes of shares, with any arrears of preferred dividends to be disclosed.
Core
EC7.Increase/decrease in retained earnings at end of period.
Core
EC8.Total sum of taxes of all types paid broken down by country.
Core
EC9.Subsidies received broken down by country or region.
Core
--
EC10.Donations to community, civil society, and other groups broken down in terms of cash and in-kind donations per type of group.
Core
 
ENVIRONMENTAL
EN1.Total materials use other than water, by type.
Core
--
EN2.Percentage of materials used that are wastes (processed or unprocessed) from sources external to the reporting organisation.
Core
--
EN3.Direct energy use segmented by primary source.
Core
EN4.Indirect energy use.
Core
EN5.Total water use.
Core
EN6.Location and size of land owned, leased, or managed in biodiversity-rich habitats.
Core
--
EN7.Description of the major impacts on biodiversity associated with activities and/or products and services in terrestrial, fresh-water, and marine environments.
Core
7, 8, 33, 34
EN8.Greenhouse gas emissions.
Core
EN9.Use and emissions of ozone-depleting substances.
Core
--
EN10.NOx,SOx,and other significant air emissions by type.
Core
EN11.Total amount of waste by type and destination.
Core
EN12.Significant discharges to water by type.
Core
EN13.Significant spills of chemicals, oils, and fuels in terms of total number and total volume.
Core
--
EN14.Significant environmental impacts of principal products and services.
Core
7, 8
EN15.Percentage of the weight of products sold that is reclaimable at the end of the products' useful life and percentage that is actually reclaimed.
Core
NA
EN16.Incidents of and fines for non-compliance with all applicable international declarations/conventions/treaties, and national, sub-national, regional, and local regulations associated with environmental issues.
Core
EN31. All production, transport, import, or export of any waste deemed “hazardous” under the terms of the Basel Convention Annex I, II, III, and VIII.
Additional
 
SOCIAL
Labour Practices
LA1.Breakdown of workforce, where possible, by region/country, status (employee/non-employee), employment type (full time/part time), and by employment contract (indefinite or permanent/fixed term or temporary).
Core
LA2.Net employment creation and average turnover segmented by region/country.
Core
LA3.Percentage of employees represented by independent trade union organisations or other bona fide employee representatives broken down geographically OR percentage of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements broken down by region/country.
Core
LA4.Policy and procedures involving information, consultation, and negotiation with employees over changes in the reporting organisation 's operations (e.g., restructuring).
Core
--
LA5.Practices on recording and notification of occupational accidents and diseases, and how they relate to the ILO Code of Practice on Recording and Notification of Occupational Accidents and Diseases.
Core
--
LA6.Description of formal joint health and safety committees comprising management and worker representatives and proportion of workforce covered by any such committees.
Core
--
LA7.Standard injury, lost day, and absentee rates and number of work-related fatalities (including subcontracted workers).
Core
LA8.Description of policies or programs (for the workplace and beyond) on HIV/AIDS.
Core
--
LA9.Average hours of training per year per employee by category of employee.
Core
LA10.Description of equal opportunity policies or programs, as well as monitoring systems to ensure compliance and results of monitoring.
Core
LA11.Composition of senior management and corporate governance bodies (including the board of directors), including female/male ratio and other indicators of diversity as culturally appropriate.
Core
LA12. Employee benefits beyond those legally mandated. (e.g., contributions to health care, disability, maternity, education, and retirement).
Additional
19, 21, 22
LA14. Evidence of substantial compliance with the ILO Guidelines for Occupational Health Management Systems.
Additional
LA16. Description of programs to support the continued employability of employees and to manage career endings.
Additional
LA17. Specific policies and programs for skills management or for lifelong learning.
Additional
Human Rights
HR1.Description of policies, guidelines, corporate structure, and procedures to deal with all aspects of human rights relevant to operations, including monitoring mechanisms and results.
Core
--
HR2.Evidence of consideration of human rights impacts as part of investment and procurement decisions, including selection of suppliers/contractors.
Core
--
HR3.Description of policies and procedures to evaluate and address human rights performance within the supply chain and contractors, including monitoring systems and results of monitoring.
Core
--
HR4.Description of global policy and procedures/programs preventing all forms of discrimination in operations, including monitoring systems and results of monitoring.
Core
HR5.Description of freedom of association policy and extent to which this policy is universally applied independent of local laws, as well as description of procedures/programs to address this issue.
Core
--
HR6.Description of policy excluding child labour as defined by the ILO Convention 138 and extent to which this policy is visibly stated and applied, as well as description of procedures/programs to address this issue, including monitoring systems and results of monitoring.
Core
--
HR7.Description of policy to prevent forced and compulsory labour and extent to which this policy is visibly stated and applied as well as description of procedures/programs to address this issue, including monitoring systems and results of monitoring.
Core
--
HR10. Description of non-retaliation policy and effective, confidential employee grievance system (including, but not limited to, its impact on human rights).
Additional
HR12. Description of policies, guidelines, and procedures to address the needs of indigenous people. This includes indigenous people in the workforce and in communities where the organisation currently operates or intends to operate.
Additional
Society
SO1.Description of policies to manage impacts on communities in areas affected by activities, as well as description of procedures/programs to address this issue, including monitoring systems and results of monitoring.
Core
SO2.Description of the policy, procedures/management systems, and compliance mechanisms for organisations and employees addressing bribery and corruption.
Core
SO3.Description of policy, procedures/management systems, and compliance mechanisms for managing political lobbying and contributions.
Core
SO4. Awards received relevant to social, ethical, and environmental performance.
Additional
SO5. Amount of money paid to political parties and institutions whose prime function is to fund political parties or their candidates.
Additional
Product Responsibility
PR1.Description of policy for preserving customer health and safety during use of products and services, and extent to which this policy is visibly stated and applied, as well as description of procedures/programs to address this issue, including monitoring systems and results of monitoring.
Core
PR2.Description of policy, procedures/management systems, and compliance mechanisms related to product information and labeling.
Core
PR3.Description of policy, procedures/management systems, and compliance mechanisms for consumer privacy.
Core
--
PR8. Description of policy, procedures/management systems, and compliance mechanisms related to customer satisfaction, including results of surveys measuring customer satisfaction.
Additional
 
*Unless otherwise stated    
NA: not applicable    
-- not reported