Communication on Progress
- Participant
- Published
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- 05-Oct-2012
- Time period
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- January 2011 – December 2011
- Format
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- Part of a sustainability or corporate (social) responsibility report
- Differentiation Level
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- This COP qualifies for the Global Compact Active level
- Self-assessment
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- Includes a CEO statement of continued support for the UN Global Compact and its ten principles
- Description of actions or relevant policies related to Human Rights
- Description of actions or relevant policies related to Labour
- Description of actions or relevant policies related to Environment
- Description of actions or relevant policies related to Anti-Corruption
- Includes a measurement of outcomes
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Issue Area Coverage
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- No reported coverage for Human Rights
- No reported coverage for Labour
- No reported coverage for Environment
- No reported coverage for Anti-Corruption
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- Strategy, Governance
and Engagement - Criterion 1: The COP describes key aspects of the company’s high-level sustainability strategy in line with Global Compact principles
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Impact of broader sustainability trends on the long-term prospects and financial performance of the organisation
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Major sustainability risks and opportunities in the near to medium term (3-5 years)
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Social and environmental impact of the organization’s activities
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Overall strategy to manage sustainability impacts, risks and opportunities in the near to medium term (3-5 years)
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Key performance indicators to measure progress
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Major successes and failures during the reporting period
- Criterion 2: The COP describes effective decision-making processes and systems of governance for corporate sustainability
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Involvement and accountability of management (C-suite) in developing corporate sustainability strategy in line with Global Compact principles and overseeing its implementation
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Corporate governance structure (Board of Directors or equivalent) and its role in oversight of long-term corporate sustainability strategy and implementation in line with Global Compact principles
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Goals and incentive schemes for management (C-suite) to promote sustainability strategy in line with Global Compact principles
- Criterion 3: The COP describes engagement with all important stakeholders
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Regular stakeholder consultations in the area of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption
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List of stakeholder groups engaged by the organization
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Process for stakeholder identification and engagement
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Outcome of stakeholder involvement
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Process of incorporating stakeholder input into corporate strategy and business decision making
- UN Goals and Issues
- Criterion 4: The COP describes actions taken in support of broader UN goals and issues
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Adoption or modification of business strategy and operating procedures to maximize contribution to UN goals and issues
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Development of products, services and business models that contribute to UN goals and issues
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Social investments and philanthropic contributions that tie in with the organization’s core competencies, operating context and sustainability strategy
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Public advocacy on the importance of one or more UN goals and issues
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Partnership projects and collective actions in support of UN goals and issues
- Human Rights
- Criterion 8: The COP describes key outcomes of human rights integration
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Outcomes of due diligence process
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External and formal reporting of operations or operating contexts that pose risks of severe human rights impacts
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Disclosure of main incidents involving the company
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Outcomes of processes of remediation of adverse human rights impacts
- Criterion 7: The COP describes effective monitoring and evaluation mechanisms of human rights integration
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System to monitor the effectiveness of human rights policies and implementation, including in the supply chain
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Monitoring drawing from internal and external feedback, including affected stakeholders
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Leadership review of monitoring and improvement results
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Process to deal with incidents
- Criterion 6: The COP describes effective management systems to integrate the human rights principles
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On-going due diligence process that includes an assessment of actual and potential human rights impacts
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Internal awareness-raising and training on human rights for management and employees
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Operational-level grievance mechanisms for those potentially impacted by the company’s activities
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Allocation of responsibilities and accountability for addressing human rights impacts
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Internal decision-making, budget and oversight for effective responses to human rights impacts
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Processes to provide for or cooperate in the remediation of adverse human rights impacts that the company has caused or contributed to
- Criterion 5: The COP describes robust commitments, strategies or policies in the area of human rights
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Commitment to comply with all applicable laws and respect internationally recognized human rights, wherever the company operates (e.g. the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
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Statement of policy expressing commitment to respect and support human rights approved at the most senior level of the company
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Statement of policy stipulating human rights expectations of personnel, business partners and other parties directly linked to operations, products or services
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Statement of policy publicly available and communicated internally and externally to all personnel, business partners and other relevant parties
- Labour
- Criterion 10: The COP describes effective management systems to integrate the labour principles
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Risk and impact assessments in the area of labour
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Allocation of responsibilities and accountability within the organisation
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Internal awareness-raising and training on the labour principles for management and employees
- Criterion 9: The COP describes robust commitments, strategies or policies in the area of labour
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Reference to relevant international conventions and other international instruments (e.g. ILO Core Conventions)
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Reflection on the relevance of the labour principles for the company
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Written company policy (e.g., in code of conduct) on labour
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Inclusion of minimum labour standards in contracts with suppliers and other relevant business partners
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Specific commitments and goals for specified years
- Environment
- Anti-Corruption