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We join the hundreds of corporations worldwide in reporting to stakeholders and independent organisations our annual performance based on the GRI elements and core performance indicators as defined in the GRI Sustainability Reporting Guidelines 2002.
| Indicator Number | Links to the Report |
Additional Discussions | ||
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| Vision and Strategy | ||||
| 1.1 | Statement of the Statement of the organisation's vision and strategy regarding its contribution to sustainable development. | IFC | ||
| 1.2 | Statement from the CEO (or equivalent senior manager) describing key elements of the report. | 2 | ||
| Profile | ||||
| Organisational Profile | 2.1 | Name of reporting organisation. | 15, BC | |
| 2.2 | Major products and/or services, including brands if appropriate. | 4-7 | Annual Report | |
| 2.3 | Operational structure of the organisation. | 4-7 | Annual Report | |
| 2.4 | Description of major divisions, operating companies, subsidiaries, and joint ventures. | 4-7 | Annual Report | |
| 2.5 | Countries in which the organisation's operations are located. | 6-7 | Annual Report | |
| 2.6 | Nature of ownership; legal form. | 6-7, 15 | Annual Report | |
| 2.7 | Nature of markets served. | 4-7 | ||
| 2.8 | Scale of the reporting organisation. | 7, 38-39 | Annual Report | |
| 2.9 | List of stakeholders, key attributes of each, and relationship to the reporting organisation. | 18-27, 29 | Sustainability Online | |
| Report Scope | 2.10 | Contact person(s) for the report, including email and web addresses. | 1 | |
| 2.11 | Reporting period for information provided. | IFC | ||
| 2.12 | Date of most recent previous report. | 1 | ||
| 2.13 | Boundaries of the report and any specific limitations on the scope. | IFC, 1, 36 | ||
| 2.14 | Significant changes in size, structure, ownership, or products/services that have occurred since the previous report. | 7 | Annual Report | |
| 2.15 | Basis for reporting on joint ventures, partially owned subsidiaries, leased facilities, outsourced operations, and other situations that can significantly affect comparability from period to period.and/or between reporting organisations. | 36 | Annual Report | |
| 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. | 28 | Annual Report | |
| Report Profile | 2.17 | Decisions not to apply GRI principles or protocols in the preparation of the report. | 1, 34-35,36 | |
| 2.18 | Criteria/definitions used in any accounting for economic, environmental, and social costs and benefits. | 36, 40-41 | ||
| 2.19 | Significant changes from previous years in the measurement methods applied to key economic, environmental, and social information. | 28, 39 | ||
| 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. | 10-14, 15, 36 | ||
| 2.21 | Policy and current practice with regard to providing independent assurance for the full report. | 1, 20 | ||
| 2.22 | Means by which report users can obtain additional information. | 1 | ||
| Governance Structure and Management Systems | ||||
| Structure and Governance | 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. | 15 | Annual Report |
| 3.2 | Percentage of the board of directors that are independent, non-executive directors. | 15 | Annual Report | |
| 3.3 | Process for determining the expertise board members need to guide the strategic direction of the organisation, including issues related to environmental and social risks and opportunities. | Annual Report | ||
| 3.4 | Board-level processes for overseeing the organisation's identification and management of economic, environmental, and social risks and opportunities. | Sustainability Online | ||
| 3.5 | Linkage between executive compensation and achievement of the organisation's financial and non-financial goals. | Not Included | ||
| 3.6 | Organisational structure and key individuals responsible for oversight, implementation, and audit of economic, environmental, social and related policies. | 15, 32 | Sustainability OnlineAnnual Report | |
| 3.7 | Mission and values statements, internally developed codes of conduct or principles, and policies relevant to economic, environmental, and social performance and the status of implementation. | 10 | Sustainability Online | |
| 3.8 | Mechanisms for shareholders to provide recommendations or direction to the board of directors. | Annual Report | ||
| Stakeholder Engagement | 3.9 | Basis for identification and selection of major stakeholders. | 11-12 | Sustainability Online |
| 3.10 | Approaches to stakeholder consultation reported in terms of frequency of consultations by type and stakeholder group. | 24-25 | Sustainability Online (A) (B) (C) |
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| 3.11 | Type of information generated by stakeholder consultations. | Sustainability Online (A) Sustainability Online (B) | ||
| 3.12 | Use of information resulting from stakeholder engagements. | 8, 17, 30 | Sustainability Online (A) Sustainability Online (B) | |
| Overarching Policies and Management Systems | 3.13 | Explanation of whether and how the precautionary approach or principle is addressed by the organisation. | 10-14 | Sustainability Online (A)Sustainability Online (B) Sustainability Online (C) |
| 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. | 19-20, 26-27 | ||
| 3.15 | Principal memberships in industry and business associations, and/or national/international advocacy organisations. | 19, 27 | Sustainability Online | |
| 3.16 | Policies and/or systems for managing upstream and downstream impacts. | 27, 29, 32-33 | Sustainability Online | |
| 3.17 | Approach to managing indirect economic, environmental and social impacts resulting from its activities. | 27 | ||
| 3.18 | Major decisions during the reporting period regarding the location of, or changes in, operations. | No decisions taken | Sustainability Online | |
| 3.19 | Programmes and procedures pertaining to economic, environment and social performance. | 10-14, 18-27, 29, 32-33 | Sustainability Online (A) Sustainability Online (B)Sustainability Online (C)Sustainability Online (D) | |
| 3.20 | Status of certification pertaining to economic, environmental, and social management systems. | 20, 25, 29 | ||
| GRI Content Index | ||||
| 4.1 | GRI table | Sustainability Online | ||
| Economic Performance Indicators | ||||
| Customers | EC1 | Net sales. | 38-39 | Annual Report |
| EC2 | Geographic breakdown of markets. | 6 | Annual Report | |
| Suppliers | EC3 | Cost of all goods, materials, and services purchased. | 38-39 | Annual Report |
| EC4 | Percentage of contracts that were paid in accordance with agreed terms, excluding agreed penalty arrangements. | 27 | ||
| Employees | EC5 | Total payroll and benefits broken down by country or region. | 38 | |
| Providers of Capital | EC6 | Distributions to providers of capital broken down by interest on debt and borrowings, and dividends on all classes or shares, with any arrears of preferred dividends to be disclosed. | 39 | Annual Report |
| EC7 | Increase/decrease in retained earnings at end of period. | 39 | Annual Report | |
| Public Sector | EC8 | Total sum of all taxes paid broken down by country. | 38-39 | Annual Report |
| EC9 | Subsidies received broken down by country or region | No Subsidies | Annual Report | |
| EC10 | Donations to community, civil society, and other groups broken down in terms of cash and in-kind donations per type of group. | 26 | ||
| Environmental Performance Indicators | ||||
| Materials | EN1 | Total materials use other than water, by type | 39 | |
| EN2 | Percentage of materials used that are wastes from sources external to the reporting organisation. | Not Available | ||
| Energy | EN3 | Direct energy use segmented by primary source. | 28 | |
| EN4 | Indirect energy use. | Not Included | Sustainability Online | |
| Water | EN5 | Total water use. | 39 | |
| EN17 | Initiatives for renewable energy. | Sustainability Online | ||
| Biodiversity | EN6 | Location and size of land owned, leased, or managed in biodiversity rich habitats. | Not Included | |
| EN7 | Description of the major impacts on biodiversity associated with activities and/or products and services in terrestrial, fresh-water, and marine environments. | 8-9 | Sustainability Online | |
| Emissions, Effluents and Waste | EN27 | Objectives, programmes for protecting/ restoring native environment | 17 | |
| EN29 | Business operating in and around protected area | 17 | ||
| EN8 | Greenhouse gas emissions. | 28, 39 | ||
| EN9 | Use and emissions of ozone depleting substances. | Not Included | ||
| EN10 | NOx, SOx, and other significant air emissions by type. | Not Included | ||
| EN11 | Total amount of waste by type and destination. | Not Included | ||
| EN12 | Significant discharges to water by type. | Not Included | ||
| EN13 | Significant spills of chemicals, oils, and fuels in terms of total number and total volume. | No spills incurred during 2006 | ||
| Products and Services | EN14 | Significant environmental impacts of principal products, and services. | Sustainability Online | |
| 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. | Not Applicable | ||
| Compliance | 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. | No incident/fines for non-compliance in 2006 | |
| Social Performance Indicators, Labour Practice and Decent Work | ||||
| Employment | LA1 | Breakdown of workforce, where possible, by region/country, status, employment type, and by employment contract. Also identify workforce retained in conjunction with other employers, segmented by region/country. | Not Included | |
| LA2 | Net employment creation and average turnover segmented by region/country. | 22 | ||
| LA12 | Employee benefits beyond legally mandated. | Sustainability Online | ||
| Labour/Management Releations | 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. | Not Included | |
| LA4 | Policy and procedures involving information, consultation, and negotiation with employees over changes in the reporting organisation's operation. | 21-23 | Code of Conduct | |
| LA13 | Provision for formal worker representation in decision making or management, including corporate governance.. | 23 | ||
| Health and Safety | 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. | Not Included | |
| LA6 | Description of formal joint health and safety committees comprising management and worker representatives and proportion of workforce covered by any such committees. | 32 | Sustainability Online (A) Sustainability Online (B) | |
| LA7 | Standard injury, lost day, and absentee rates and number of work-related fatalities. | 28 | Sustainability Online | |
| LA8 | Description of policies or programmes (for the workplace and beyond) on HIV/AIDS. | 21 | Sustainability Online | |
| Training and Education | LA9 | Average hours of training per year per employee by category of employee. | 22 | |
| LA17 | Policy and programmes for skills management/life learning | 22-23 | Sustainability Online (A) Sustainability Online (B) Sustainability Online (C) | |
| Diversity and Opportunity | LA10 | Description of equal opportunity policies or programmes, as well as monitoring systems to ensure compliance and results of monitoring. Equal opportunity policies may address workplace harassment and affirmative action relative to historical patterns of discrimination. | 21 | Code of Conduct |
| LA11 | Composition of senior management and corporate governance bodies, including female/male ratio and other indicators of diversity as culturally appropriate. | 15 | Annual Report | |
| Human Rights | ||||
| Strategy and Management | 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. | 21, 23 | |
| HR2 | Evidence of consideration of human rights impacts as part of investment and procurement decisions, including selection of suppliers/ contractors. | 27 | ||
| 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. | 27 | ||
| Non-Discrimination | HR4 | Description of global policy and procedures/ programmes preventing all forms of discrimination in operations, including monitoring systems and results of monitoring. | Code of Conduct | |
| Freedom of Association/ Collective Bargaining | 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/programmes to address this issue. | Not Included | |
| Child Labour | 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/programmes to address this issue, including monitoring systems and results of monitoring. | 21 | Sustainability Online |
| Forced and Compulsory Labour | HR7 | Description of policy to prevent forced and compulsory labour and extent of which this policy is visibly stated and applied as well as description of procedures/ programmes to address this issue, including monitoring systems and results of monitoring. | 21 | Code of Conduct |
| Society | ||||
| Community | SO1 | Description of policies to manage impacts on communities in areas affected by activities, as well as description of procedures/programmes to address this issue, including monitoring systems and results of monitoring. | 7, 8, 17, 25-26 | Sustainability Online |
| SO4 | Awards for social, ethical, environmental performance. | 30 | Sustainability Online | |
| Bribery and Corruption | SO2 | Description of the policy, procedures/ management systems, and compliance mechanisms for organisation and employees addressing bribery and corruption. | Code of Conduct | |
| Political Contributions | SO3 | Description of policy, procedures/management systems, and compliance mechanisms for managing political lobbying and contributions. | Code of Conduct Sustainability Online | |
| Product Responsibility | ||||
| Customer Health and Safety | 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/programmes to address this issue, including monitoring systems and results of monitoring. | 25 | Sustainability Online |
| PR4 | Non-compliance incidents concerning customer health and safety. | 28 | Sustainability Online | |
| Products and Services | PR2 | Description of policy, procedures/management systems, and compliance mechanisms related to product information and labelling. | Not Applicable | |
| Respect for Privacy | PR3 | Description of policy, procedures/management systems and compliance mechanisms for consumer privacy. | Not Included | |