| 1. The organization and its reporting practices |
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Organization details
- report its legal name;
- report its nature of ownership and legal form;
- report the location of its headquarters;
- report its countries of operation.
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Entities included in the organization’s sustainability
reporting
- list all its entities included in its sustainability reporting;
- if the organization has audited consolidated financial statements or financial
information filed on public record, specify the differences between the list of entities
included in its financial reporting and the list included in its sustainability reporting;
- if the organization consists of multiple entities, explain the approach used for
consolidating the information, including:
- whether the approach involves adjustments to information for minority interests;
- how the approach takes into account mergers, acquisitions, and disposal of
entities or parts of entities;
- whether and how the approach differs across the disclosures in this Standard and
across material topics.
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Reporting period, frequency and contact point
- specify the reporting period for, and the frequency of, its sustainability reporting;
- specify the reporting period for its financial reporting and, if it does not align with the
period for its sustainability reporting, explain the reason for this;
- report the publication date of the report or reported information;
- specify the contact point for questions about the report or reported information.
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Restatements of information
- report restatements of information made from previous reporting periods and explain:
- the reasons for the restatements;
- the effect of the restatements.
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External assurance
- describe its policy and practice for seeking external assurance, including whether and
how the highest governance body and senior executives are involved;
- if the organization’s sustainability reporting has been externally assured:
- provide a link or reference to the external assurance report(s) or assurance
statement(s);
- describe what has been assured and on what basis, including the assurance
standards used, the level of assurance obtained, and any limitations of the
assurance process;
- describe the relationship between the organization and the assurance provider.
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| 2. Activities and Workers |
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Activities, value chain and other business
relationships
- report the sector(s) in which it is active;
- describe its value chain, including:
- the organization’s activities, products, services, and markets served;
- the organization’s supply chain;
- the entities downstream from the organization and their activities;
- report other relevant business relationships;
- describe significant changes in 2-6-a, 2-6-b, and 2-6-c compared to the previous
reporting period.
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Employees
- report the total number of employees, and a breakdown of this total by gender and by
region;
- report the total number of:
- permanent employees, and a breakdown by gender and by region;
- temporary employees, and a breakdown by gender and by region;
- non-guaranteed hours employees, and a breakdown by gender and by region;
- full-time employees, and a breakdown by gender and by region;
- part-time employees, and a breakdown by gender and by region;
- describe the methodologies and assumptions used to compile the data, including
whether the numbers are reported:
- in head count, full-time equivalent (FTE), or using another methodology;
- at the end of the reporting period, as an average across the reporting period, or
using another methodology;
- report contextual information necessary to understand the data reported under 2-7-a
and 2-7-b;
- describe significant fluctuations in the number of employees during the reporting period
and between reporting periods.
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Workers who are not employees
- report the total number of workers who are not employees and whose work is
controlled by the organization and describe:
- the most common types of worker and their contractual relationship with the organization;
- the type of work they perform;
- describe the methodologies and assumptions used to compile the data, including
whether the number of workers who are not employees is reported:
- in head count, full-time equivalent (FTE), or using another methodology;
- at the end of the reporting period, as an average across the reporting period, or
using another methodology;
- describe significant fluctuations in the number of workers who are not employees
during the reporting period and between reporting periods.
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| 3. Governance |
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Governance structure and composition
- describe its governance structure, including committees of the highest governance
body;
- list the committees of the highest governance body that are responsible for decisionmaking
on and overseeing the management of the organization’s impacts on the
economy, environment, and people;
- describe the composition of the highest governance body and its committees by:
- executive and non-executive members;
- independence;
- tenure of members on the governance body;
- number of other significant positions and commitments held by each member, and
the nature of the commitments;
- Gender;
- under-represented social groups;
- competencies relevant to the impacts of the organization;
- stakeholder representation.
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Nomination and selection of the highest
governance body
- describe the nomination and selection processes for the highest governance body and
its committees;
- describe the criteria used for nominating and selecting highest governance body
members, including whether and how the following are taken into consideration:
- views of stakeholders (including shareholders);
- diversity;
- independence;
- competencies relevant to the impacts of the organization.
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Chair of the highest governance body
- report whether the chair of the highest governance body is also a senior executive in
the organization;
- if the chair is also a senior executive, explain their function within the organization’s
management, the reasons for this arrangement, and how conflicts of interest are
prevented and mitigated.
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Role of the highest governance body in overseeing
the management of impacts
- describe the role of the highest governance body and of senior executives in
developing, approving, and updating the organization’s purpose, value or mission
statements, strategies, policies, and goals related to sustainable development;
- describe the role of the highest governance body in overseeing the organization’s due
diligence and other processes to identify and manage the organization’s impacts on the
economy, environment, and people, including:
- whether and how the highest governance body engages with stakeholders to
support these processes;
- how the highest governance body considers the outcomes of these processes;
- describe the role of the highest governance body in reviewing the effectiveness of the
organization’s processes as described in 2-12-b, and report the frequency of this
review.
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Delegation of responsibility for managing impacts
- describe how the highest governance body delegates responsibility for managing the
organization’s impacts on the economy, environment, and people, including:
- whether it has appointed any senior executives with responsibility for the
management of impacts;
- whether it has delegated responsibility for the management of impacts to other
employees;
- describe the process and frequency for senior executives or other employees to report
back to the highest governance body on the management of the organization’s impacts
on the economy, environment, and people.
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Role of the highest governance body in
sustainability reporting
- report whether the highest governance body is responsible for reviewing and approving
the reported information, including the organization’s material topics, and if so,
describe the process for reviewing and approving the information;
- if the highest governance body is not responsible for reviewing and approving the
reported information, including the organization’s material topics, explain the reason for
this.
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Conflicts of interest
- describe the processes for the highest governance body to ensure that conflicts of
interest are prevented and mitigated;
- report whether conflicts of interest are disclosed to stakeholders, including, at a
minimum, conflicts of interest relating to:
- cross-board membership;
- cross-shareholding with suppliers and other stakeholders;
- existence of controlling shareholders;
- related parties, their relationships, transactions, and outstanding balances.
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Communication of critical concerns
- describe whether and how critical concerns are communicated to the highest
governance body;
- report the total number and the nature of critical concerns that were communicated to
the highest governance body during the reporting period.
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Collective knowledge of the highest governance body
- report measures taken to advance the collective knowledge, skills, and experience of
the highest governance body on sustainable development.
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Evaluation of the performance of the highest
governance body
- describe the processes for evaluating the performance of the highest governance body
in overseeing the management of the organization’s impacts on the economy,
environment, and people;
- report whether the evaluations are independent or not, and the frequency of the
evaluations;
- describe actions taken in response to the evaluations, including changes to the
composition of the highest governance body and organizational practices.
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Remuneration policies
- describe the remuneration policies for members of the highest governance body and
senior executives, including:
- fixed pay and variable pay;
- sign-on bonuses or recruitment incentive payments;
- termination payments;
- clawbacks;
- retirement benefits;
- describe how the remuneration policies for members of the highest governance body
and senior executives relate to their objectives and performance in relation to the
management of the organization’s impacts on the economy, environment, and people.
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Process to determine remuneration
- describe the process for designing its remuneration policies and for determining
remuneration, including:
- whether independent highest governance body members or an independent
remuneration committee oversees the process for determining remuneration;
- how the views of stakeholders (including shareholders) regarding remuneration
are sought and taken into consideration;
- whether remuneration consultants are involved in determining remuneration and,
if so, whether they are independent of the organization, its highest governance
body and senior executives;
- report the results of votes of stakeholders (including shareholders) on remuneration
policies and proposals, if applicable.
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Annual total compensation ratio
- report the ratio of the annual total compensation for the organization’s highest-paid
individual to the median annual total compensation for all employees(excluding the
highest-paid individual);
- report the ratio of the percentage increase in annual total compensation for the
organization’s highest-paid individual to the median percentage increase in annual total
compensation for all employees (excluding the highest-paid individual);
- report contextual information necessary to understand the data and how the data has
been compiled.
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| 4. Strategy, policies and practices |
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Statement on sustainable development strategy
- report a statement from the highest governance body or most senior executive of the
organization about the relevance of sustainable development to the organization and its
strategy for contributing to sustainable development.
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Policy commitments
- describe its policy commitments for responsible business conduct, including:
- the authoritative intergovernmental instruments that the commitments reference;
- whether the commitments stipulate conducting due diligence;
- whether the commitments stipulate applying the precautionary principle;
- whether the commitments stipulate respecting human rights;
- describe its specific policy commitment to respect human rights, including:
- the internationally recognized human rights that the commitment covers;
- the categories of stakeholders, including at-risk or vulnerable groups, that the
organization gives particular attention to in the commitment;
- provide links to the policy commitments if publicly available, or, if the policy
commitments are not publicly available, explain the reason for this;
- report the level at which each of the policy commitments was approved within the
organization, including whether this is the most senior level;
- report the extent to which the policy commitments apply to the organization’s activities
and to its business relationships;
- describe how the policy commitments are communicated to workers, business
partners, and other relevant parties.
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Embedding policy commitments
- describe how it embeds each of its policy commitments for responsible business
conduct throughout its activities and business relationships, including:
- how it allocates responsibility to implement the commitments across different
levels within the organization;
- how it integrates the commitments into organizational strategies, operational
policies, and operational procedures;
- how it implements its commitments with and through its business relationships;
- training that the organization provides on implementing the commitments.
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Processes to remediate negative impacts
- describe its commitments to provide for or cooperate in the remediation of
negative impacts that the organization identifies it has caused or contributed to;
- describe its approach to identify and address grievances, including the grievance
mechanisms that the organization has established or participates in;
- describe other processes by which the organization provides for or cooperates in the
remediation of negative impacts that it identifies it has caused or contributed to;
- describe how the stakeholders who are the intended users of the grievance
mechanisms are involved in the design, review, operation, and improvement of these
mechanisms;
- describe how the organization tracks the effectiveness of the grievance mechanisms
and other remediation processes, and report examples of their effectiveness, including
stakeholder feedback.
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Mechanisms for seeking advice and raising concerns
- describe the mechanisms for individuals to:
- seek advice on implementing the organization’s policies and practices for
responsible business conduct;
- raise concerns about the organization’s business conduct.
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Compliance with laws and regulations
- report the total number of significant instances of non-compliance with laws and
regulations during the reporting period, and a breakdown of this total by:
- instances for which fines were incurred;
- instances for which non-monetary sanctions were incurred;
- report the total number and the monetary value of fines for instances of non-compliance
with laws and regulations that were paid during the reporting period, and a
breakdown of this total by:
- fines for instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations that occurred in
the current reporting period;
- fines for instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations that occurred in
previous reporting periods;
- describe the significant instances of non-compliance;
- describe how it has determined significant instances of non-compliance.
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Membership associations
- report industry associations, other membership associations, and national or
international advocacy organizations in which it participates in a significant role.
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| 5. Stakeholder Engagement |
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Approach to stakeholder engagement
- describe its approach to engaging with stakeholders, including:
- the categories of stakeholders it engages with, and how they are identified;
- the purpose of the stakeholder engagement;
- how the organization seeks to ensure meaningful engagement with stakeholders.
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Collective bargaining agreements
- report the percentage of total employees covered by collective bargaining agreements;
- for employees not covered by collective bargaining agreements, report whether the
organization determines their working conditions and terms of employment based on
collective bargaining agreements that cover its other employees or based on collective
bargaining agreements from other organizations.
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