GRI SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING STANDARDS REFERENCE SHEET UNIVERSAL STANDARDS GRI 101: FOUNDATION It is the starting point for using the set of GRI Standards.
102-17: Mechanisms for advice and concerns about ethics
102-29: Identifying and managing economic, environmental, and social impacts
The reporting organization shall report the following information:
a. A list of all entities included in the organization’s consolidated financial statements or equivalent documents. b. Whether any entity included in the organization’s GRI 102: GENERAL DISCLOSURES a. Highest governance body’s role in identifying and a. A description of internal and external mechanisms for: consolidated financial statements or equivalent managing economic, environmental, and social topics i. seeking advice about ethical and lawful behavior, and documents is not covered by the report. and their impacts, risks, and opportunities – including its ORGANIZATIONAL PROFILE organizational integrity; role in the implementation of due diligence processes. * 102-46: Defining report content and topic Boundaries ii. reporting concerns about unethical or unlawful behavior, b. Whether stakeholder consultation is used to support the The reporting organization shall report the following * 102-1: Name of the organization and organizational integrity. highest governance body’s identification and information: The reporting organization shall report the Name of the management of economic, environmental, and social GOVERNANCE organization a. An explanation of the process for defining the report topics and their impacts, risks, and opportunities. content and the topic Boundaries. * 102-2: Activities, brands, products, and services 102-30: Effectiveness of risk management processes * 102-18: Governance structure b. An explanation of how the organization has implemented The reporting organization shall report: The reporting organization shall report the highest the Reporting Principles for defining report content. The reporting organization shall report the following a. A description of the organization’s activities. governance body’s role in reviewing the effectiveness of the * 102-47: List of material topics information: b. Primary brands, products, and services, including an organization’s risk management processes for economic, The reporting organization shall report a list of the material explanation of any products or services that are banned a. Governance structure of the organization, including environmental, and social topics. committees of the highest governance body. topics identified in the process for defining report content. in certain markets. 102-31: Review of economic, environmental, and social b. Committees responsible for decision-making on * 102-48: Restatements of information * 102-3: Location of headquarters topics economic, environmental, and social topics. The reporting organization shall report the effect of any The reporting organization shall report Location of the The reporting organization shall report the frequency of the 102-19: Delegating authority restatements of information given in previous reports, and organization’s headquarters. highest governance body’s review of economic, The reporting organization shall report the process for the reasons for such restatements. environmental, and social topics and their impacts, risks, * 102-4: Location of operations delegating authority for economic, environmental, and social and opportunities. * 102-49: Changes in reporting topics from the highest governance body to senior The reporting organization shall the number of countries 102-32: Highest governance body’s role in executives and other employees. The reporting organization shall report significant changes where the organization operates, and the names of sustainability reporting from previous reporting periods in the list of material topics countries where it has significant operations and/or that are 102-20: Executive-level responsibility for economic, and topic Boundaries. relevant to the topics covered in the report. The reporting organization shall report the highest environmental, and social topics committee or position that formally reviews and approves * 102-50: Reporting period * 102-5: Ownership and legal form The reporting organization shall report the following the organization’s sustainability report and ensures that all information: The reporting organization shall report the reporting period The reporting organization shall report the nature of material topics are covered. for the information provided. ownership and legal form. a. Whether the organization has appointed an executiveDisclosure 102-33: Communicating critical concerns level position or positions with responsibility for * 102-51: Date of most recent report * 102-6: Markets served The reporting organization shall report the process for economic, environmental, and social topics. The reporting organization shall report the date of the most The reporting organization shall report the following communicating critical concerns to the highest governance b. Whether post holders report directly to the highest recent previous report, If applicable. information: body. governance body. * 102-52: Reporting cycle a. Markets served, including: 102-34: Nature and total number of critical concerns 102-21: Consulting stakeholders on economic, i. geographic locations where products and services are The reporting organization shall report the reporting cycle. environmental, and social topics The reporting organization shall report the following offered; * 102-53: Contact point for questions regarding the information: The reporting organization shall report the following ii. sectors served; report information: iii. types of customers and beneficiaries. a. Total number and nature of critical concerns that were The reporting organization shall report the contact point for communicated to the highest governance body. a. Processes for consultation between stakeholders and * 102-7: Scale of the organization questions regarding the report or its contents. b. Mechanism(s) used to address and resolve critical the highest governance body on economic, The reporting organization shall report the following concerns. environmental, and social topics. * 102-54: Claims of reporting in accordance with the GRI information: b. If consultation is delegated, describe to whom it is Standards 102-35: Remuneration policies a. Scale of the organization, including: delegated and how the resulting feedback is provided to The reporting organization shall report the following The reporting shall report the following information: i. total number of employees; the highest governance body information: ii. total number of operations; a. Remuneration policies for the highest governance body 102-22: Composition of the highest governance body iii. net sales (for private sector organizations) or net a. The claim made by the organization, if it has prepared a and senior executives for the following types of and its committees revenues (for public sector organizations); report in accordance with the GRI Standards, either: remuneration: The reporting organization shall report the following iv. total capitalization (for private sector organizations) i. ‘This report has been prepared in accordance with the i. Fixed pay and variable pay, including performanceinformation: broken down in terms of debt and equity; GRI Standards: Core option’; based pay, equity-based pay, bonuses, and deferred or v. quantity of products or services provided. ii. ‘This report has been prepared in accordance with the vested shares; a. Composition of the highest governance body and its GRI Standards: Comprehensive option’. ii. Sign-on bonuses or recruitment incentive payments; committees by: * 102-8: Information on employees and other workers iii. Termination payments; i. executive or non-executive; * 102-55: GRI content index The reporting organization shall report the following iv. Clawbacks; ii. independence; information: The reporting organization shall report the following v. Retirement benefits, including the difference between iii. tenure on the governance body; information: a. Total number of employees by employment contract benefit schemes and contribution rates for the highest iv. number of each individual’s other significant positions (permanent and temporary), by gender. a. The GRI content index, which specifies each of the GRI governance body, senior executives, and all other and commitments, and the nature of the commitments; b. Total number of employees by employment contract Standards used and lists all disclosures included in the employees. v. gender; (permanent and temporary), by region. report. b. How performance criteria in the remuneration policies vi. membership of under-represented social groups; c. Total number of employees by employment type (fullb. For each disclosure, the content index shall include: relate to the highest governance body’s and senior vii. competencies relating to economic, environmental, and time and part-time), by gender. the number of the disclosure (for disclosures covered by executives’ objectives for economic, environmental, and i. social topics; d. Whether a significant portion of the organization’s the GRI Standards); social topics. viii. stakeholder representation. activities are performed by workers who are not ii. the page number(s) or URL(s) where the information 102-36: Process for determining remuneration 102-23: Chair of the highest governance body employees. If applicable, a description of the nature and can be found, either within the report or in other The reporting organization shall report the following The reporting organization shall report the following scale of work performed by workers who are not published materials; information: information: employees. iii. if applicable, and where permitted, the reason(s) for e. Any significant variations in the numbers reported in omission when a required disclosure cannot be made. a. Process for determining remuneration. a. Whether the chair of the highest governance body is Disclosures 102-8-a, 102-8-b, and 102-8-c (such as b. Whether remuneration consultants are involved in also an executive officer in the organization. * 102-56: External assurance seasonal variations in the tourism or agricultural determining remuneration and whether they are b. If the chair is also an executive officer, describe his or The reporting organization shall report the following industries). independent of management. her function within the organization’s management and information: f. An explanation of how the data have been compiled, c. Any other relationships that the remuneration the reasons for this arrangement. including any assumptions made. a. A description of the organization’s policy and current consultants have with the organization. 102-24: Nominating and selecting the highest practice with regard to seeking external assurance for * 102-9: Supply chain 102-37: Stakeholders’ involvement in remuneration governance body the report. The reporting organization shall report a description of the The reporting organization shall report the following The reporting organization shall report the following b. If the report has been externally assured: organization’s supply chain, including its main elements as information: information: i. A reference to the external assurance report, they relate to the organization’s activities, primary brands, statements, or opinions. If not included in the assurance a. How stakeholders’ views are sought and taken into a. Nomination and selection processes for the highest products, and services. report accompanying the sustainability report, a account regarding remuneration. governance body and its committees. * 102-10: Significant changes to the organization and its b. Criteria used for nominating and selecting highest description of what has and what has not been assured b. If applicable, the results of votes on remuneration supply chain and on what basis, including the assurance standards policies and proposals. governance body members, including whether and how: used, the level of assurance obtained, and any i. stakeholders (including shareholders) are involved; The reporting organization shall report the following 102-38: Annual total compensation ratio limitations of the assurance process; ii. diversity is considered; information: The reporting organization shall report ratio of the annual ii. The relationship between the organization and the iii. independence is considered; a. Significant changes to the organization’s size, structure, total compensation for the organization’s highest-paid assurance provider; iv. expertise and experience relating to economic, ownership, or supply chain, including: individual in each country of significant operations to the iii. Whether and how the highest governance body or environmental, and social topics are considered. i. Changes in the location of, or changes in, operations, median annual total compensation for all employees senior executives are involved in seeking external 102-25: Conflicts of interest including facility openings, closings, and expansions; (excluding the highest-paid individual) in the same country. assurance for the organization’s sustainability report. ii. Changes in the share capital structure and other capital The reporting organization shall report the following 102-39: Percentage increase in annual total GRI 103: MANAGEMENT APPROACH formation, maintenance, and alteration operations (for information: compensation ratio private sector organizations); * 103-1: Explanation of the material topic and its The reporting organization shall report the ratio of the iii. Changes in the location of suppliers, the structure of the a. Processes for the highest governance body to ensure Boundary conflicts of interest are avoided and managed. percentage increase in annual total compensation for the supply chain, or relationships with suppliers, including For each material topic, the reporting organization shall b. Whether conflicts of interest are disclosed to organization’s highest-paid individual in each country of selection and termination. report the following information: stakeholders, including, as a minimum: significant operations to the median percentage increase in * 102-11: Precautionary Principle or approach i. Cross-board membership; a. An explanation of why the topic is material. annual total compensation for all employees (excluding the The reporting organization shall report whether and how the ii. Cross-shareholding with suppliers and other b. The Boundary for the material topic, which includes a highest-paid individual) in the same country. stakeholders; organization applies the Precautionary Principle or description of: iii. Existence of controlling shareholder; approach. i. where the impacts occur; STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT iv. Related party disclosures. ii. the organization’s involvement with the impacts. For * 102-12: External initiatives example, whether the organization has caused or 102-26: Role of highest governance body in setting * 102-40: List of stakeholder groups The reporting organization shall report a list of externallycontributed to the impacts, or is directly linked to the purpose, values, and strategy The reporting organization shall report a list of stakeholder developed economic, environmental and social charters, impacts through its business relationships. The reporting organization shall report the highest groups engaged by the organization. principles, or other initiatives to which the organization c. Any specific limitation regarding the topic Boundary. governance body’s and senior executives’ roles in the subscribes, or which it endorses. * 102-41: Collective bargaining agreements * 103-2: The management approach and its components development, approval, and updating of the organization’s * 102-13: Membership of associations The reporting organization shall report the percentage of purpose, value or mission statements, strategies, policies, For each material topic, the reporting organization shall total employees covered by collective bargaining The reporting organization shall report a list of the main and goals related to economic, environmental, and social report the following information: agreements. memberships of industry or other associations, and national topics. a. An explanation of how the organization manages the or international advocacy organizations. * 102-42: Identifying and selecting stakeholders 102-27: Collective knowledge of highest governance topic. body The reporting organization shall report the basis for b. A statement of the purpose of the management STRATEGY identifying and selecting stakeholders with whom to engage. approach. The reporting organization shall report the measures taken c. A description of the following, if the management to develop and enhance the highest governance body’s * 102-43: Approach to stakeholder engagement * 102-14: Statement from senior decision-maker approach includes that component: collective knowledge of economic, environmental, and social The reporting organization shall report the organization’s The reporting organization shall report a statement from the topics. i. Policies approach to stakeholder engagement, including frequency of ii. Commitments most senior decision-maker of the organization (such as 102-28: Evaluating the highest governance body’s engagement by type and by stakeholder group, and an CEO, chair, or equivalent senior position) about the iii. Goals and targets performance indication of whether any of the engagement was relevance of sustainability to the organization and its iv. Responsibilities undertaken specifically as part of the report preparation strategy for addressing sustainability. The reporting organization shall report the following v. Resources process. information: vi. Grievance mechanisms 102-15: Key impacts, risks, and opportunities vii. Specific actions, such as processes, projects, programs * 102-44: Key topics and concerns raised a. Processes for evaluating the highest governance body’s The reporting organization shall report a description of key and initiatives performance with respect to governance of economic, The reporting organization shall report the following impacts, risks, and opportunities. environmental, and social topics. * 103-3: Evaluation of the management approach information: b. Whether such evaluation is independent or not, and its ETHICS AND INTEGRITY a. Key topics and concerns that have been raised through For each material topic, the reporting organization shall frequency. report the following information: stakeholder engagement, including: c. Whether such evaluation is a self-assessment. * 102-16: Values, principles, standards, and norms of i. how the organization has responded to those key topics a. An explanation of how the organization evaluates the d. Actions taken in response to evaluation of the highest behavior and concerns, including through its reporting; management approach, including: governance body’s performance with respect to ii. the stakeholder groups that raised each of the key The reporting organization shall report a description of the i. the mechanisms for evaluating the effectiveness of the governance of economic, environmental, and social topics and concerns. organization’s values, principles, standards, and norms of management approach; topics, including, as a minimum, changes in behavior. ii. the results of the evaluation of the management membership and organizational practice. REPORTING PRACTICE approach; iii. any related adjustments to the management approach * 102-45: Entities included in the consolidated financial statements 1. Reporting Principles 2. * Using the GRI Standards for Sustainability Reporting 3. * Making claims related to the use of the GRI Standards
The reporting organization shall report the following information:
The reporting organization shall report the following information:
Items marked with (*) are required for CORE option. For COMPREHENSIVE option all Universal disclosures are required.
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