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GRI index

Indicator
name
Indicator description   Page
number
  Fully met/
partially met
 
  Profile disclosures          
1.1 Statement from the most senior decision-maker of the organisation (e.g. CEO , Chair, or equivalent senior position) about the relevance of sustainability to the organisation and its strategy.
The statement should present the overall vision and strategy for the short term, medium term (e.g. three to five years), and long-term, particularly with regard to managing the key challenges associated with economic, environmental, and social performance.
The statement should include:
Strategic priorities and key topics for the short and medium term with regard to sustainability, including respect for internationally agreed standards and how they relate to long-term organisational strategy and success;
Broader trends (e.g. macro-economic or political) affecting the organisation and influencing sustainability priorities;
Key events, achievements, and failures during the reporting period;
Views on performance with respect to targets;
Outlook on the organisation’s main challenges and targets for the next year and goals for the coming three to five years; and
Other items pertaining to the organisation’s strategic approach.
  10 – 12
18 – 21
  Fully met  
2.1 Name of the organisation.   1   Fully met  
2.2 Primary brands, products, and/or services. The reporting organisation should indicate the nature of its role in providing these products and services, and the degree to which it utilises outsourcing.   6   Fully met  
2.3 Operational structure of the organisation, including main divisions, operating companies, subsidiaries, and joint ventures.   6, 30   Fully met  
2.4 Location of organisation’s headquarters.   Inside back cover   Fully met  
2.5 Number of countries where the organisation operates, and names of countries with either major operations or that are specifically relevant to the sustainability issues covered in the report.   6   Fully met  
2.6 Nature of ownership and legal form.   The Group is domiciled in South Africa and listed on the JSE Limited.   Fully met  
2.7 Markets served (including geographic breakdown, sectors served, and types of customers/beneficiaries).   6   Fully met  
2.8 Scale of the reporting organisation, including:
Number of employees;
Number of operations;
Net sales (for private sector organisations) or net revenues (for public sector organisations);
Total capitalisation broken down in terms of debt and equity (for private sector organisations); and
Quantity of products or services provided.
In addition to the above, reporting organisations are encouraged to provide additional information, as appropriate, such as:
Total assets;
Beneficial ownership (including identity and percentage of ownership of largest shareholders); and
Breakdowns by country/region of the following:
Sales/revenues by countries/regions that make up 5% or more of total revenues;
Costs by countries/regions that make up 5% or more of total revenues; and
Employees.
  74, 8, 5   Fully met  
2.9 Significant changes during the reporting period regarding size, structure, or ownership, including:
The location of, or changes, in operations, including facility openings, closings, and expansions; and
Changes in the share capital structure and other capital formation, maintenance and alteration operations (for private sector organisations).
  There have been no significant changes regarding size, structure or ownership during the reporting period.   Fully met  
2.10 Awards received in the reporting period.   32   Fully met  
3.1 Reporting period (e.g. fiscal/calendar year) for information provided.   1   Fully met  
3.2 Date of most recent previous report (if any).   1   Fully met  
3.3 Reporting cycle (annual, biennial, etc).   1   Fully met  
3.4 Contact point for questions regarding the report or its contents.   Inside back cover   Fully met  
3.5 Process for defining report content, including:
Determining materiality;
Prioritising topics within the report; and
Identifying stakeholders the organisation expects to use the report.
Include an explanation of how the organisation has applied the ‘Guidance on Defining Report Content’ and the associated principles.
  34, 64   Fully met  
3.6 Boundary of the report (e.g., countries, divisions, subsidiaries, leased facilities, joint ventures, suppliers). S ee GRI Boundary Protocol for further guidance.   1   Fully met  
3.7 State any specific limitations on the scope or boundary of the report. If boundary and scope do not address the full range of material economic, environmental, and social impacts of the organisation, state the strategy and projected timeline for providing complete coverage.   1   Fully met  
3.8 Basis for reporting on joint ventures, subsidiaries, leased facilities, outsourced operations, and other entities that can significantly affect comparability from period to period and/or between organisations.   1   Fully met  
3.10 Explanation of the effect of any restatements of information provided in earlier reports, and the reasons for such restatement (e.g. mergers/acquisitions, change of base years/periods, nature of business, measurement methods).   Apart from a reclassification (see page 148) there have been no restatements of information provided in previous reports.   Fully met  
3.11 Significant changes from previous reporting periods in the scope, boundary, or measurement methods applied in the report.   1   Fully met  
3.12 Table identifying the location of the Standard Disclosures in the report. Identify the page numbers or web links where the following can be found:
Strategy and Analysis 1.1 – 1.2;
Organisational Profile 2.1 – 2.10;
Report Parameters 3.1 – 3.13;
Governance, Commitments, and Engagement 4.1 – 4.17;
Disclosure of Management Approach, per category;
Core Performance Indicators;
Any GRI Additional Indicators that were included; and
Any GRI Sector Supplement Indicators included in the report.
  107 – 111   Fully met  
4.1 Governance structure of the organisation, including committees under the highest governance body responsible for specific tasks, such as setting strategy or organisational oversight.

Describe the mandate and composition (including number of independent members and/or non-executive members) of such committees and indicate any direct responsibility for economic, social, and environmental performance.

  46 – 58   Fully met  
4.2 Indicate whether the Chair of the highest governance body is also an Executive Officer (and, if so, the function within the organisation’s management and the reasons for this arrangement).   58   Fully met  
4.3 For organisations that have a unitary board structure, state the number of members of the highest governance body that are independent and/or non-executive members.

State how the organisation defines ‘independent’ and ‘non-executive’. This element applies only for organisations that have unitary board structures. See the glossary for a definition of ‘independent’.

  46, 55 – 56   Fully met  
4.4 Mechanisms for shareholders and employees to provide recommendations or direction to the highest governance body. Include reference to processes regarding:
The use of shareholder resolutions or other mechanisms for enabling minority shareholders to express opinions to the highest governance body;
Informing and consulting employees about the working relationships with formal representation bodies such as organisation level ‘work councils’, and representation of employees in the highest governance body; and
Identify topics related to economic, environmental, and social performance raised through these mechanisms during the reporting period.
  58   Fully met  
4.14 List of stakeholder groups engaged by the organisation. Examples of stakeholder groups are:
Communities;
Civil society;
Customers;
Shareholders and providers of capital;
Suppliers; and
Employees, other workers, and their trade unions.
  66 – 72   Fully met  
4.15 Basis for identification and selection of stakeholders with whom to engage. This includes the organisation’s process for defining its stakeholder groups, and for determining the groups with which to engage and not to engage.   64 – 65   Fully met  
Profile disclosures  
Environmental          
EN 3 Direct energy consumption by primary energy source.   100   Fully met  
EN 4 Indirect energy consumption by primary source.   100   Fully met  
EN 7 Initiatives to reduce indirect energy consumption and reductions achieved.   100   Partially met  
EN 14 Strategies, current actions, and future plans for managing impacts on biodiversity.   98   Fully met  
EN 16 Total direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight.   100   Fully met  
EN 17 Other relevant indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight.   100   Fully met  
EN 18 Initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reductions achieved.   100   Partially met  
EN 22 Total weight of waste by type and disposal method.   101   Partially met  
EN 28 Monetary value of significant fines and sanctions for non-compliance with environmental laws and regulations.   98   Fully met  
Labour Practices and Decent Work  
LA 1 Total workforce by employment type, employment contract, and region.   Online   Fully met  
LA 2 Total number and rate of employee turnover by age group, gender, and region.   Online   Fully met  
LA 4 Percentage of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements.   79   Fully met  
LA 7 Rates of injury, occupational diseases, lost days and absenteeism and number of work related fatalities.   80 and online   Fully met  
LA 8 Programmes in place to assist workforce members, their families, or community members regarding serious diseases.   80 and online   Fully met  
LA 10 Average hours of training per year per employee in each employee category.   78   Fully met  
LA 11 Programmes for skills management and lifelong learning.   77   Fully met  
LA 12 Percentage of employees receiving regular performance and career development reviews.   77   Fully met  
LA 13 Composition of governance bodies and breakdown of employees per category according to gender, age group, minority group membership, and other indicators of diversity.   77   Fully met  
Product Responsibility  
PR 4 Total number of incidents of non-compliance with regulations and voluntary codes concerning product and service information and labelling, by type of outcomes.   103 – 104   Fully met  
PR 5 Practices related to customer satisfaction, including results of surveys measuring customer satisfaction.   104 – 106   Fully met  
PR 8 Total number of substantiated complaints regarding breaches of customer privacy and losses of customer data.   103   Fully met  
PR 9 Monetary value of significant fines for non-compliance with laws and regulations concerning the provision and use of products and services.   104   Fully met  
Economic  
EC 1 Direct economic value generated and distributed, including revenues, operating costs, employee compensation, donations and other community investments, retained earnings, and payments to capital providers and governments.   8   Fully met  
EC 6 Policy, practices, and proportion of spending locally based suppliers at significant locations of operations.   92   Partially met  
EC 8 Development and impact of infrastructure investments and services provided primarily for public benefit through commercial, in-kind, or pro bono engagement.   96 – 97   Fully met  

 

 

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