2010 SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REPORT

GRI

GRI is a framework of global standards to help corporations define and report their sustainability impacts and performance. Because sustainability is defined as a combination of social, environmental and economic impacts, these are the general categories of GRI.

Disclosure Strategy and Analysis Where to find it
1.1 CEO/Chairman’s Statement Welcome: Letter from CEO
1.2 Description of key impacts, risks and opportunities Welcome: Letter from CEO; Welcome: Letter from Social Responsibility Officer
Disclosure Organizational Profile Where to find it
2.1 Name of the organization Company Overview: Corporate Profile
2.2 Primary brands, products and services Business Practices: Products and Services
2.3 Operational structure of the organization Company Overview: Corporate Profile
2.4 Location of the organization’s headquarters Company Overview: Corporate Profile
2.5 Countries where the organization has major operations Company Overview: Corporate Profile
2.6 Nature of ownership and legal form Company Overview: Corporate Profile
2.7 Geographic markets and sectors served; types of customers and beneficiaries Company Overview: Corporate Profile; Vital Statistics
2.8 Scale of reporting organization: # of employees, net sales, capitalization, quantity of products and services provided Company Overview: Corporate Profile; Company Overview: Financial Strength and Performance; Vital Statistics
2.9 Significant changes in ownership, structure or size in the reporting period About This Report
2.10 Awards received Company Overview: Awards & Recognition
Disclosure Report Parameters Where to find it
3.1 Reporting period About This Report
3.2 Date of most recent report About This Report
3.3 Reporting cycle About This Report
3.4 Contact point for questions regarding the report About This Report
3.5 Process for defining report content About This Report
3.6 Reporting boundary About This Report
3.7 Specific limitations in the scope or boundary About This Report
3.8 Basis for reporting that can affect comparability About This Report
3.9 Data measurement techniques About This Report
3.10 Explanation of any restatements of information from previous reports About This Report
3.11 Significant changes in scope, boundary or measurement About This Report
3.12 Content Index GRI (this document)
3.13 Policy and practice of seeking external assurance About This Report
Disclosure Governance, Commitments and Engagement Where to find it
4.1 Governance structure Company Overview: Governance
4.2 Chair of highest governance body and management role Company Overview: Governance
4.3 Board structure and level of independence of members Company Overview: Governance
4.4 Mechanisms for shareholders and employees to provide input to Board Company Overview: Governance
4.5 Linkage between compensation and performance for Board and senior management and the organization’s performance (including social and environmental) Company Overview: Governance
4.6 Processes in place to avoid conflict of interests of Board members Company Overview: Governance
4.7 Processes for determining qualifications and expertise of Board members Company Overview: Governance
4.8 Internally developed standards of governance Business Practices: Code of Ethics
4.9 Procedures of the Board for identifying and overseeing CSR issues of the organization, including risks and opportunities and adherence to international standards and principles Company Overview: Governance; Business Practices: Risk Management
4.10 Processes for evaluating the Board’s performance particularly as it relates to CSR issues Company Overview: Governance
4.11 Commitment to use of the precautionary principle Environment: Companywide Commitment
4.12 Commitment to externally developed standards, charters or principles for economic, social and environmental impacts Not Reported
4.13 Corporate level memberships in industry associations and advocacy organizations and the role played Stakeholders: Stakeholder Engagement; Stakeholders: Other Stakeholders; Business Practices: Risk Management; Business Practices: Diversity; Social Impact: Advocacy; Environment: Managing Our Impact
4.14 Stakeholder groups engaged in discussion by the organization Stakeholders (all sections)
4.15 Basis of selection of groups with whom to engage and not to engage Stakeholders; Stakeholders: Stakeholder Engagement
4.16 Approaches to engagement such as surveys, focus groups, community panels, management/union structures; engagement specific to the reporting process Stakeholders (all sections)
4.17 Key topics and concerns raised through stakeholder engagement and how the organization has responded, including reporting Stakeholders (all sections)
Disclosure Disclosure of Management Approach Where to find it
Economic Describe management approach Company Overview: Financial Strength and Performance; Business Practices: Risk Management
Social Describe management approach Social Impact (all sections); Stakeholders (all sections); Welcome: Letter from CEO; Welcome: Letter from Social Responsibility Officer
Labor Describe management approach Company Overview: Corporate Profile; Stakeholders: Employees; Stakeholders: Stakeholder Engagement
Environment Describe management approach Environment: A Companywide Commitment; Welcome: Letter from CEO; Welcome: Letter from Social Responsibility Officer
Product Describe management approach Company Overview: Financial Strength and Performance; Business Practices: Risk Management; Business Practices: Products and Services
GRI Indicator Economic Performance Indicators Where to find it
EC1 Direct economic value generated and distributed, including revenue, operating expenses, employee compensation, donations and other community investments, retained earnings and payments to capital providers and governments. FSS emphasizes donations and volunteering. Company Overview: Financial Strength and Performance; Business Practices: Investments and Asset Management; Stakeholders: Employees; Social Impact (all sections); Vital Statistics
EC2 Financial Implications and risks/opportunities of climate change from CDP responses Environment: Climate Change; Business Practices: Risk Management
EC3 Coverage of organization’s defined benefit plan obligations Stakeholders: Employees
EC4 Significant financial assistance received from governments Not Reported
EC5
(Optional Indicator)
Range of ratios of standard entry level wage to local minimum wage Not Reported
EC6 Policy, practices and proportional spending on locally based suppliers Vital Statistics
EC7 Procedures for local hiring and proportion of senior management hired from the local community Not Reported (Determined not to be a material impact)
EC8 Development and impact of infrastructure investments Business Practices: Investments and Asset Management; Vital Statistics
EC9
(Optional Indicator)
Understanding and describing significant indirect economic impacts, including the extent of the impacts Social Impact (all sections); Vital Statistics
GRI Indicator Social Performance Indicators Where to find it
SO1 Nature, scope and effectiveness of any programs and practices that assess and manage the impact of operations on communities, including entering, operating and exiting Social Impact (all sections); Business Practices: Investments and Asset Management
SO2 Percentage and total number of business units analyzed for risks related to corruption Not Reported (Determined not to be a material impact)
SO3 Percentage of employees trained in the organization’s anticorruption policies and procedures Business Practices: Code of Ethics
SO4 Actions taken in response to incidents of corruption Not Reported
SO5 Public policy positions and participation in public policy development and lobbying Social Impact: Advocacy; Stakeholders: Other Stakeholders
SO6
(Optional Indicator)
Total value of in-kind contributions to political parties, politicians, and related institutions by country Not Reported
SO7
(Optional Indicator)
Total number of legal actions for anticompetitive behavior, antitrust, and monopoly practices and outcome Not Reported
SO8 Monetary value of significant fines and total number of nonmonetary sanctions for noncompliance with laws and regulations Not Reported
GRI Indicator Labor Practices and Decent Work Indicators Where to find it
LA1 Total workforce by employment type (full-
time vs. part-time), employment contract (permanent vs. fixed-term), by region
Stakeholders: Employees; Business Practices: Diversity; 2010 Key Metrics
LA2 Total number and rate of employee turnover by age, gender, and region Stakeholders: Employees; 2010 Key Metrics
LA3
(Optional Indicator)
Benefits provided to full-time employees that are not provided to temp or part-time employees Not Reported
LA4 Percentage of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements Company Overview: Governance
LA5 Minimum notice period regarding significant operational changes (such as office closures, layoffs) and whether it is specified in collective agreements Company Overview: Governance
LA6
(Optional Indicator)
Percentage of workforce in joint management-worker health and safety committees Not Reported (Determined not to be a material impact)
LA7 Rates of injury, occupational diseases, lost work days, absenteeism and work-related fatalities by region Stakeholders: Employees
LA8 Education, training, counseling, prevention, and risk-control programs in place to assist workforce, their families, or community members regarding serious disease Stakeholders: Employees
LA9
(Optional Indicator)
Health and safety topics covered in formal agreements with trade unions Not Reported (Determined not to be a material impact)
LA10 Average hours of training (vocational, professional development, health and safety, etc.) per year per employee by category (management, professional, technical, administrative, clerical, etc.) Stakeholders: Employees; 2010 Key Metrics
LA11
(Optional Indicator)
Programs for skills management and lifelong learning that support continued employability and assist in managing career endings (preretirement, retraining, job placement, and transition to retirement) Stakeholders: Employees
LA12
(Optional Indicator)
Percentage of employees receiving regular performance and career development reviews Not Reported
LA13 Composition of governance bodies and breakdown of employees per category (management, professional, technical, administrative, clerical, etc.) according to gender, age, minority group and other indicators of diversity Business Practices: Diversity; 2010 Key Metrics
LA14 Ratio of basic salary of men to women by employee category (management, professional, technical, administrative, clerical, etc.) Not Reported
Indicator Human Rights Indicators Where to find it
HR1 Percentage and total number of significant investment agreements that include human rights clauses or have undergone human rights screening Not Reported
HR2 Percentage of significant suppliers and contractors screened on human rights Business Practices: Diversity
HR3
(Optional Indicator)
Total hours of employee training on policies and procedures concerning aspects of human rights that are relevant to operations Not Reported (Determined not to be a material impact)
HR4 Total number of incidents of discrimination and actions taken Not Reported
HR5 Operations in which the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining may be at risk Not Reported (Determined not to be a material impact)
HR6 Operations identified as having significant risk for incidents of child labor Not Reported (Determined not to be a material impact)
HR7 Operations identified as having significant risk for forced labor Not Reported (Determined not to be a material impact)
HR8
(Optional Indicator)
Percentage of security personnel trained in the organization’s human rights policies and procedures Not Reported (Determined not to be a material impact)
HR9
(Optional Indicator)
Total number of incidents of violations involving rights of indigenous people and actions taken Not Reported (Determined not to be a material impact)
Indicator Environmental Indicators Where to find it
EN1 Materials used by weight or volume Environment: A Companywide Commitment; Environment: Managing Our Impact
EN2 Percentage of materials used that are recycled content Not Reported
EN3 Direct energy consumption by primary energy source Environment: A Companywide Commitment; Environment: Managing Our Impact; Key Performance Indicators and Goals
EN4 Indirect energy consumption by primary energy source Environment: A Companywide Commitment; Environment: Managing Our Impact; Key Performance Indicators and Goals
EN5
(Optional Indicator)
Energy saved due to conservation and efficiency improvements Environment: A Companywide Commitment; Environment: Managing Our Impact; Key Performance Indicators and Goals
EN6
(Optional Indicator)
Initiatives to provide energy efficient services Environment: A Companywide Commitment; Environment: Managing Our Impact; Key Performance Indicators and Goals
EN7
(Optional Indicator)
Initiatives to reduce indirect energy consumption and reductions achieved Environment: A Companywide Commitment; Environment: Managing Our Impact; Key Performance Indicators and Goals
EN8 Total water withdrawal by source Environment: Managing Our Impact
EN9
(Optional Indicator)
Water sources significantly affected by withdrawal of water Environment: Managing Our Impact
EN10
(Optional Indicator)
Percentage and total volume of water recycled and reused Not Reported (Determined not to be a material impact)
EN11 Location of land use adjacent to protected or high biodiversity areas Not Reported (Determined not to be a material impact)
EN12 Impact on biodiversity of land use adjacent to protected or high biodiversity areas Not Reported (Determined not to be a material impact)
EN13
(Optional Indicator)
Habitats protected or restored Not Reported (Determined not to be a material impact)
EN14
(Optional Indicator)
Strategies, activities and plans for managing biodiversity impacts Not Reported (Determined not to be a material impact)
EN15
(Optional Indicator)
Specific endangered species threatened by operations Not Reported (Determined not to be a material impact)
EN16 Total direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions Environment: Managing Our Impact
EN17 Other relevant indirect greenhouse gas emissions Not addressed, determined not to be a material impact
EN18
(Optional Indicator)
Initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reductions Environment: A Companywide Commitment; Environment: Managing Our Impact; Key Performance Indicators and Goals
EN19 Emissions of ozone-depleting substances Not Reported (Determined not to be a material impact)
EN20 NOx, SOx, and other significant air emissions Not Reported (Determined not to be a material impact)
EN21 Total water discharge by quality and destination Environment: Managing Our Impact
EN22 Total weight of waste by type and disposal method Environment: Managing Our Impact
EN23 Total number and volume of significant spills Not Reported (Determined not to be a material impact)
EN24
(Optional Indicator)
Hazardous waste shipped off-site Not Reported
EN25
(Optional Indicator)
Water bodies and biodiversity or water bodies impacted by discharges Not Reported
EN26 Initiatives to mitigate environmental impacts of products and services Not Reported (Determined not to be a material impact)
EN27 Percentage of product sold and packaging materials reclaimed Not Reported (Determined not to be a material impact)
EN28 Monetary value of significant fines and total nonmonetary sanctions for noncompliance with environmental laws and regulations Environment: Managing Our Impact
EN29
(Optional Indicator)
Impacts of transportation of products, materials and people Not Reported
EN30
(Optional Indicator)
Total environmental protection expenditures Not Reported
Indicator Product Responsibility Indicators Where to find it
PR1 Life-cycle stages in which products and services are assessed Not Reported (Determined not to be a material impact)
PR2
(Optional Indicator)
Total number of incidents of non-compliance with product regulations and voluntary codes for health and safety Not Reported
PR3 Type of product and service information required Not Reported (Determined not to be a material impact)
PR4
(Optional Indicator)
Total number of incidents of noncompliance with product and service information and labeling regulations and voluntary code Not Reported
PR5
(Optional Indicator)
Practices related to customer satisfaction, including results of surveys measuring customer satisfaction Stakeholders: Stakeholder Engagement; Stakeholders: Customers
PR6 Programs for adherence to laws, standards, and voluntary codes related to marketing communications, advertising, promotions and sponsorships Business Practices: Code of Ethics
PR7
(Optional Indicator)
Number of incidents of noncompliance with regulations and voluntary codes related to marketing communications, advertising, promotions and sponsorship Not Reported
PR8
(Optional Indicator)
Total number of substantiated complaints regarding breaches of customer privacy or losses of customer data Stakeholders: Customers
Indicator Financial Service Sector Supplemental Indicators Where to find it
FS1 Policies with specific environmental (and social) risk applied to business lines Business Practices: Investments and Asset Management; Business Practices: Risk Management
FS2 Procedures for assessing and screening environmental and social risk in business lines Business Practices: Investments and Asset Management; Business Practices: Risk Management
FS3 Processes for monitoring clients’ implementation of environmental and social requirements in agreements and transactions Not Reported
FS4 Processes for improving staff competency to implement environmental and social policies and procedures applied to business lines Not Reported
FS5 Interactions with clients, investees, business partners regarding environmental and social opportunities Environment: A Companywide Commitment; Environment: Managing Our Impact; Social Impact (all sections)
FS6 Percentage of the product portfolio for business lines by specific region, size (micro, SME, large) and by sector Vital Statistics
FS7 Monetary value of products and services designed to deliver a specific social benefit broken down by purpose Business Practices: Investments and Asset Management; Social Impact (all sections)
FS8 Monetary value of products and services designed to deliver a specific environmental benefit broken down by purpose Business Practices: Investments and Asset Management; Environment: Managing Our Impact
FS9 Coverage and frequency of audits to assess implementation of environmental and social policies and risk assessment procedures Not Reported
FS10 Percentage and number of companies held in the institution’s portfolio with which the organization has interacted on environmental and social issues Not Reported
FS11 Percentage of assets subject to positive or negative environmental (or social) screening Not Reported
FS12 Environmental or social voting policies applied to owned shares Not Reported
FS13 Access points in low-populated or economically disadvantaged areas by type Business Practices: Products and Services
FS14 Initiatives to improve access to financial services for disadvantaged people Business Practices: Products and Services; Social Impact: Domestic Violence
FS15 Policies for the fair design and sale of financial products and services Business Practices: Products and Services
FS16 Initiatives to enhance financial literacy by the type of beneficiary Social Impact: Domestic Violence; Key Performance Indicators and Goals

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