General Standard Disclosures
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Strategy and Analysis | |||
a. Provide a statement from the most senior decision-maker of the organization (such as CEO, chair, or equivalent senior position) about the relevance of sustainability to the organization and the organization’s strategy for addressing sustainability. The statement should present the overall vision and strategy for the short term, medium term, and long term, particularly with regard to managing the significant economic, environmental and social impacts that the organization causes and contributes to, or the impacts that can be linked to its activities as a result of relationships with others (such as suppliers, people or organizations in local communities). The statement should include:
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Organizational Profile | |||
G4-3 | a. Report the name of the organization. | No | |
G4-4 | a. Report the primary brands, products, and services. | No | |
G4-5 | a. Report the location of the organization’s headquarters. | No | |
G4-6 | a. Report the number of countries where the organization operates, and names of countries where either the organization has significant operations or that are specifically relevant to the sustainability topics covered in the report. | No | |
G4-7 | a. Report the nature of ownership and legal form. | No | |
G4-8 | a. Report the markets served (including geographic breakdown, sectors served, and types of customers and beneficiaries). | No | |
G4-9 | a. Report the scale of the organization, including:
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No | |
G4-10 |
a. Report the total number of employees by employment contract and gender. b. Report the total number of permanent employees by employment type and gender. c. Report the total workforce by employees and supervised workers and by gender. d. Report the total workforce by region and gender. e. Report whether a substantial portion of the organization’s work is performed by workers who are legally recognized as self-employed, or by individuals other than employees or supervised workers, including employees and supervised employees of contractors. f. Report any significant variations in employment numbers (such as seasonal variations in employment in the tourism or agricultural industries). |
No | |
G4-11 | a. Report the percentage of total employees covered by collective bargaining agreements. | No | |
G4-12 | a. Describe the organization’s supply chain. | No | |
G4-13 | a. Report any significant changes during the reporting period regarding the organization’s size, structure, ownership, or its supply chain, including:
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No | |
G4-14 | a. Report whether and how the precautionary approach or principle is addressed by the organization. | No | |
G4-15 | a. List externally developed economic, environmental and social charters, principles, or other initiatives to which the organization subscribes or which it endorses. |
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No |
G4-16 |
a. List memberships of associations (such as industry associations) and national or international advocacy organizations in which the organization:
This refers primarily to memberships maintained at the organizational level. |
No |
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Identified Material Aspects and Boundaries | |||
G4-17 |
a. List all entities included in the organization’s consolidated financial statements or equivalent documents. b. Report whether any entity included in the organization’s consolidated financial statements or equivalent documents is not covered by the report. The organization can report on this Standard Disclosure by referencing the information in publicly available consolidated financial statements or equivalent documents. |
No | |
G4-18 |
a. Explain the process for defining the report content and the Aspect Boundaries. b. Explain how the organization has implemented the Reporting Principles for Defining Report Content." |
No | |
G4-19 | a. List all the material Aspects identified in the process for defining report content. | No | |
G4-20 |
a. For each material Aspect, report the Aspect Boundary within the organization, as follows:
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No | |
G4-21 |
a. For each material Aspect, report the Aspect Boundary outside the organization, as follows:
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No | |
G4-22 | a. Report the effect of any restatements of information provided in previous reports, and the reasons for such restatements. | No | |
G4-23 | a. Report significant changes from previous reporting periods in the Scope and Aspect Boundaries. | No |
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Stakeholder Engagement | |||
G4-24 | a. Provide a list of stakeholder groups engaged by the organization. | No | |
G4-25 | a. Report the basis for identification and selection of stakeholders with whom to engage. | No | |
G4-26 | a. Report the organization’s approach to stakeholder engagement, including frequency of engagement by type and by stakeholder group, and an indication of whether any of the engagement was undertaken specifically as part of the report preparation process. | No | |
G4-27 | a. Report key topics and concerns that have been raised through stakeholder engagement, and how the organization has responded to those key topics and concerns, including through its reporting. Report the stakeholder groups that raised each of the key topics and concerns. | No |
profile disclosure | description | cross-reference | external assurance |
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Report Profile | |||
G4-28 | a. Reporting period (such as fiscal or calendar year) for information provided. | No | |
G4-29 | a. Date of most recent previous report (if any). | No | |
G4-30 | a. Reporting cycle (such as annual, biennial). | No | |
G4-31 | a. Provide the contact point for questions regarding the report or its contents. | No | |
G4-32 |
a. Report the ‘in accordance’ option the organization has chosen. b. Report the GRI Content Index for the chosen option. c. Report the reference to the External Assurance Report, if the report has been externally assured. GRI recommends the use of external assurance but it is not a requirement to be ‘in accordance’ with the Guidelines. |
No | |
G4-33 |
a. Report the organization’s policy and current practice with regard to seeking external assurance for the report. b. If not included in the assurance report accompanying the sustainability report, report the scope and basis of any external assurance provided. c. Report the relationship between the organization and the assurance providers. d. Report whether the highest governance body or senior executives are involved in seeking assurance for the organization’s sustainability report. |
No |
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Governance | |||
G4-34 | a. Report the governance structure of the organization, including committees of the highest governance body. Identify any committees responsible for decision-making on economic, environmental and social impacts. | No |
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Ethics and Integrity | |||
G4-56 | a. Describe the organization’s values, principles, standards and norms of behavior such as codes of conduct and codes of ethics. | No |
Specific Standard Disclosures
Category: Economic
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Material Aspect: Economic Performance |
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a. Report why the Aspect is material. Report the impacts that make this Aspect material. b. Report how the organization manages the material Aspect or its impacts. c. Report the evaluation of the management approach, including:
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No | ||
G4-EC1 | a. Report the direct economic value generated and distributed (EVG&D) on an accruals basis including the basic components for the organization’s global operations as listed below. If data is presented on a cash basis, report the justification for this decision and report the basic components as listed below:
b. To better assess local economic impacts, report EVG&D separately at country, regional, or market levels, where significant. Report the criteria used for defining significance. |
No | |
G4-EC2 | a. Report risks and opportunities posed by climate change that have the potential to generate substantive changes in operations, revenue or expenditure, including:
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No | |
G4-EC4 | a. Report the total monetary value of financial assistance received by the organization from governments during the reporting period, including, as a minimum:
c. Report whether, and the extent to which, the government is present in the shareholding structure. |
No |
Category: Environmental
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Material Aspect: Energy |
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a. Report why the Aspect is material. Report the impacts that make this Aspect material. b. Report how the organization manages the material Aspect or its impacts. c. Report the evaluation of the management approach, including:
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No | ||
G4-EN3 |
Energy consumption within the organization a. Report total fuel consumption from non-renewable sources in joules or multiples, including fuel types used. b. Report total fuel consumption from renewable fuel sources in joules or multiples, including fuel types used. c. Report in joules, watt-hours or multiples, the total:
d. Report in joules, watt-hours or multiples, the total:
e. Report total energy consumption in joules or multiples. f. Report standards, methodologies, and assumptions used. g. Report the source of the conversion factors used. |
No |
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Material Aspect: Emissions |
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a. Report why the Aspect is material. Report the impacts that make this Aspect material. b. Report how the organization manages the material Aspect or its impacts. c. Report the evaluation of the management approach, including:
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G4-EN15 | a. Report gross direct (Scope 1) GHG emissions in metric tons of CO2 equivalent, independent of any GHG trades, such as purchases, sales, or transfers of offsets or allowances. b. Report gases included in the calculation (whether CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6, NF3, or all). c. Report biogenic CO2 emissions in metric tons of CO2 equivalent separately from the gross direct (Scope 1) GHG emissions. d. Report the chosen base year, the rationale for choosing the base year, emissions in the base year, and the context for any significant changes in emissions that triggered recalculations of base year emissions. e. Report standards, methodologies, and assumptions used. f. Report the source of the emission factors used and the global warming potential (GWP) rates used or a reference to the GWP source. g. Report the chosen consolidation approach for emissions (equity share, financial control, operational control). |
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G4-EN16 | a. Report gross energy indirect (Scope 2) GHG emissions in metric tons of CO2 equivalent, independent of any GHG trades, such as purchases, sales, or transfers of offsets or allowances. b. Report gases included in the calculation, if available. c. Report the chosen base year, the rationale for choosing the base year, emissions in the base year, and the context for any significant changes in emissions that triggered recalculations of base year emissions. d. Report standards, methodologies, and assumptions used. e. Report the source of the emission factors used and the global warming potential (GWP) rates used or a reference to the GWP source, if available. f. Report the chosen consolidation approach for emissions (equity share, financial control, operational control). |
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G4-EN19 | a. Report the amount of GHG emissions reductions achieved as a direct result of initiatives to reduce emissions, in metric tons of CO2 equivalent. b. Report gases included in the calculation (whether CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6, NF3, or all). c. Report the chosen base year or baseline and the rationale for choosing it. d. Report standards, methodologies, and assumptions used. e. Report whether the reductions in GHG emissions occurred in direct (Scope 1), energy indirect (Scope 2), other indirect (Scope 3) emissions. |
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Material Aspect: Effluents and Waste |
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a. Report why the Aspect is material. Report the impacts that make this Aspect material. b. Report how the organization manages the material Aspect or its impacts. c. Report the evaluation of the management approach, including:
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No | ||
G4-EN23 | a. Report the total weight of hazardous and non-hazardous waste, by the following disposal methods:
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No |
Category: Social
Sub-category: Labor practices and decent work
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Material Aspect: Employment |
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a. Report why the Aspect is material. Report the impacts that make this Aspect material. b. Report how the organization manages the material Aspect or its impacts. c. Report the evaluation of the management approach, including:
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No | ||
G4-LA1 |
Total number and rates of new employee hires and employee turnover by age group, gender and region a. Report the total number and rate of new employee hires during the reporting period, by age group, gender and region. b. Report the total number and rate of employee turnover during the reporting period, by age group, gender and region. |
No |
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Material Aspect: Occupational Health and Safety |
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a. Report why the Aspect is material. Report the impacts that make this Aspect material. b. Report how the organization manages the material Aspect or its impacts. c. Report the evaluation of the management approach, including:
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No | ||
G4-LA5 | a. Report the level at which each formal joint management-worker health and safety committee typically operates within the organization. b. Report the percentage of the total workforce represented in formal joint management-worker health and safety committees. |
No |
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Material Aspect: Training and Education |
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a. Report why the Aspect is material. Report the impacts that make this Aspect material. b. Report how the organization manages the material Aspect or its impacts. c. Report the evaluation of the management approach, including:
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No | ||
G4-LA10 |
Programs for skills management and lifelong learning that support the continued employability of employees and assist them in managing career endings a. Report on the type and scope of programs implemented and assistance provided to upgrade employee skills. b. Report on the transition assistance programs provided to facilitate continued employability and the management of career endings resulting from retirement or termination of employment. |
No |
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Material Aspect: Diversity and Equal Opportunity |
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a. Report why the Aspect is material. Report the impacts that make this Aspect material. b. Report how the organization manages the material Aspect or its impacts. c. Report the evaluation of the management approach, including:
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No | ||
G4-LA12 |
Composition of governance bodies and breakdown of employees per employee category according to gender, age group, minority group membership, and other indicators of diversity a. Report the percentage of individuals within the organization’s governance bodies in each of the following diversity categories:
b. Report the percentage of employees per employee category in each of the following diversity categories:
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No |
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Material Aspect: Equal Remuneration for Women and Men |
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a. Report why the Aspect is material. Report the impacts that make this Aspect material. b. Report how the organization manages the material Aspect or its impacts. c. Report the evaluation of the management approach, including:
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No | ||
G4-LA13 |
Ratio of basic salary and remuneration of women to men by employee category, by significant locations of operation a. Report the ratio of the basic salary and remuneration of women to men for each employee category, by significant locations of operation. b. Report the definition used for ‘significant locations of operation’. |
No |
Sub-category: Human Rights
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Material Aspect: Investment |
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a. Report why the Aspect is material. Report the impacts that make this Aspect material. b. Report how the organization manages the material Aspect or its impacts. c. Report the evaluation of the management approach, including:
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No | ||
G4-HR1 | a. Report the total number and percentage of significant investment agreements and contracts that include human rights clauses or that underwent human rights screening. b. Report the definition of ‘significant investment agreements’ used by the organization. |
No |
Sub-category: Society
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Material Aspect: Local Communities |
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a. Report why the Aspect is material. Report the impacts that make this Aspect material. b. Report how the organization manages the material Aspect or its impacts. c. Report the evaluation of the management approach, including:
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No | ||
G4-SO1 | a. Report the percentage of operations with implemented local community engagement, impact assessments, and development programs, including the use of:
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No |
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Material Aspect: Anti-Corruption |
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a. Report why the Aspect is material. Report the impacts that make this Aspect material. b. Report how the organization manages the material Aspect or its impacts. c. Report the evaluation of the management approach, including:
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No | ||
G4-SO4 | a. Report the total number and percentage of governance body members that the organization’s anti-corruption policies and procedures have been communicated to, broken down by region. b. Report the total number and percentage of employees that the organization’s anti-corruption policies and procedures have been communicated to, broken down by employee category and region. c. Report the total number and percentage of business partners that the organization’s anti-corruption policies and procedures have been communicated to, broken down by type of business partner and region. d. Report the total number and percentage of governance body members that have received training on anti-corruption, broken down by region. e. Report the total number and percentage of employees that have received training on anti-corruption, broken down by employee category and region. |
No |
Sub-category: Product responsibility
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Material Aspect: Product and Service Labeling |
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a. Report why the Aspect is material. Report the impacts that make this Aspect material. b. Report how the organization manages the material Aspect or its impacts. c. Report the evaluation of the management approach, including:
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No | ||
G4-PR5 | a. Report the results or key conclusions of customer satisfaction surveys (based on statistically relevant sample sizes) conducted in the reporting period relating to information about:
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No |
Additional Financial Services Sector Specific Indicators
profile disclosure | description | cross-reference | external assurance |
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a. Report the total number and percentage of significant investment agreements and contracts that include human rights clauses or that underwent human rights screening. For financial services, “investment agreements” refers to the range of financing agreements that include standard banking agreements such as loans agreements and underwriting contracts as well as insurance agreements. |
No | ||
G4-DMA FS1 |
a. Policies with specific environmental and social components applied to business lines. |
No | |
G4-DMA FS4 | a. Process(es) for improving staff competency to implement the environmental and social policies and procedures as applied to business lines | No | |
G4-DMA FS9 | Coverage and frequency of audits to assess implementation of environmental and social policies and risk assessment procedures |
No | |
G4-DMA FS10, FS11 |
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No |