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| Profile Disclosure |
Description | Essential or Additional | Reported (Partial or Full) | Cross-reference / Direct Answer |
| STANDARD DISCLOSURES PART I: Profile Disclosures | ||||
| 1. Strategy and Analysis | ||||
| 1.1 | Statement from the most senior decision-maker of the organization. | Essential | Full | Page 8 and 9 |
| Capítulo 02 - Perfil Organizacional | ||||
| 2.1 | Name of the organization. | Essential | Full | Cover and Page 12 |
| 2.2 | Primary brands, products, and/or services. | Essential | Full | Pages 12, 21 and 23 |
| 2.3 | Operational structure of the organization, including main divisions, operating companies, subsidiaries, and joint ventures. | Essential | Parcial | Page 12 |
| 2.4 | Location of organization's headquarters. | Essential | Full | Page 12 |
| 2.5 | Number of countries where the organization operates, and names of countries with either major operations or that are specifically relevant to the sustainability issues covered in the report. | Essential | Full | Page 12 |
| 2.6 | Nature of ownership and legal form. | Essential | Full | Page 14 |
| 2.7 | Markets served (including geographic breakdown, sectors served, and types of customers/beneficiaries). | Essential | Full | Page 12 |
| 2.8 | Company´s size including: • number of employees; • net sales (for private sector corporations) or net revenue; • Total capitalization as per debt and net assets (for private sector corporations); • Total of products or rendered services. |
Essential | Full | Page 23 |
| 2.9 | Main changes occurred within the report´s time frame concerning to size, structure or ownership interest, including: • locations or changes in operations, including opening, closing and expanding operational units; • changes in capital structure or different capital formation, maintaining or changing operations (for private sector corporations). |
Essential | Full | The Flavours and Frangrances Divisions merged in 2010. Production operations were transferred to Vinhedo and Jaguaré. |
| 2.10 | Awards received in the reporting period. | Essential | Full | Page 68 |
| 3. Report Parameters | ||||
| 3.1 | Reporting period (e.g., fiscal/calendar year) for information provided. | Essential | Full | Page 5 |
| 3.2 | Date of most recent previous report (if any). | Essential | Full | Page 5 |
| 3.3 | Reporting cycle (annual, biennial, etc.) | Essential | Full | Page 5 |
| 3.4 | Contact point for questions regarding the report or its contents. | Essential | Full | Page 69 |
| 3.5 | Process to define report´s content, including: • determination of materiality; • priority of topics; • determination of what kind of stakeholders are supposed to use the report. |
Essential | Full | |
| 3.6 | Boundary of the report (e.g., countries, divisions, subsidiaries, leased facilities, joint ventures, suppliers). See GRI Boundary Protocol for further guidance. | Essential | Full | Page 5 |
| 3.7 | State any specific limitations on the scope or boundary of the report (see completeness principle for explanation of scope). | Essential | Full | There are no restrictions to scope or limitations of the report. Sustainability information reporting on Givaudan´s own units and activities. |
| 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 organizations. | Essential | Full | Page 5 |
| 3.10 | Explanation of the effect of any re-statements of information provided in earlier reports, and the reasons for such re-statement (e.g.,mergers/acquisitions, change of base years/periods, nature of business, measurement methods). | Essential | Full | This is the first report following GRI guidelines. There were no changes to information priory reported. |
| 3.11 | Significant changes from previous reporting periods in the scope, boundary, or measurement methods applied in the report. | Essential | Full | There were no changes to scope or limitations in the report. Environment data are now assessed. |
| 3.12 | Table identifying the location of the Standard Disclosures in the report. | Essential | Full | Page 69 and 73 |
| 4. Governance, Commitments and Engagement | ||||
| 4.1 | Governance structure of the organization, including committees under the highest governance body responsible for specific tasks, such as setting strategy or organizational oversight. | Essential | Not applicable | Page 14 Page 15 Givaudan Brasil does not have an Administration Board, but a Management Committee reporting to headquarter. |
| 4.2 | Indicate whether the Chair of the highest governance body is also an executive officer. | Essential | Full | Givaudan Brasil´s General Director does not participate in the headquarters’ Administration Board in Swiss. |
| 4.3 | For organizations that have a unitary board structure, state the number of members of the highest governance body that are independent and/or non-executive members. | Essential | Not applicable | Page 4 Givaudan Brasil does not have an Administration Board, but a Management Committee reporting to headquarter. |
| 4.4 | Mechanisms for shareholders and employees to provide recommendations or direction to the highest governance body. | Essential | Full | Page 14 and 43 |
| 4.14 | List of stakeholder groups engaged by the organization. | Essential | Full | Page 18 |
| 4.15 | Basis for identification and selection of stakeholders with whom to engage. | Essential | Full | Page 18 |
| STANDARD DISCLOSURES PART III: Performance Indicators | ||||
| Economic | ||||
| Economic performance | ||||
| EC1 | 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. | Essential | Full | Page 23 |
| EC4 | Significant financial assistance received from government. | Essential | Full | In 2010, the official support was given as fiscal incentives (Rouanet Law) in the amount of R$ 136,000 (R$ 128,000 in 2009 and 65,000 in 2008). |
| Indirect economic impacts | ||||
| EC8 | Development and impact of infrastructure investments and services provided primarily for public benefit through commercial, in-kind, or pro bono engagement. | Essential | Full | Page 29 |
| Environmental | ||||
| Energy | ||||
| EN3 | Direct energy consumption by primary energy source. | Essential | Full | Page 55 |
| EN4 | Indirect energy consumption by primary source. | Essential | Full | Page 55 Reporting on energy consumption per primary source is not possible, since we do no have the regional productive energy matrix where we operate and the origin of our energy as well. |
| EN5 | Energy saved due to conservation and efficiency improvements. | Additional | Parcial | Page 56 |
| Water | ||||
| EN8 | Total water withdrawal by source. | Essential | Full | Page 57 |
| Emissions, effluents and waste | ||||
| EN16 | Total direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight. | Essential | Full | Page 56 and 57 |
| EN18 | Initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reductions achieved. | Additional | Full | Page 58 |
| EN21 | Total water discharge by quality and destination. | Essential | Full | In 2010, the total waste water discharged in Sabesp´s sewage system was of approximately 70,000 m3/y (in 2009, 63,357 m3/y and in 2008 55,608 m3/y). |
| EN22 | Total weight of waste by type and disposal method. | Essential | Full | Page 54 |
| Products and services | ||||
| EN26 | Initiatives to mitigate environmental impacts of products and services, and extent of impact mitigation. | Essential | Parcial | Page 54 and 58 |
| Compliance | ||||
| EN28 | Monetary value of significant fines and total number of non-monetary sanctions for noncompliance with environmental laws and regulations. | Essential | Full | In 2010, the total waste water discharged in Sabesp´s sewage system was of approximately 70,000 m3/y (in 2009, 63,357 m3/y and in 2008 55,608 m3/y). |
| Social: Labor Practices and Decent Work | ||||
| Employment | ||||
| LA1 | Total workforce by employment type, employment contract, and region. | Essential | Full | Page 36 |
| LA2 | Total number and rate of employee turnover by age group, gender, and region. | Essential | Full | Page 38 |
| LA3 | Benefits provided to full-time employees that are not provided to temporary or part-time employees, by major operations. | Additional |
Full | Page 38 |
| Labor/management relations | ||||
| LA4 | Percentage of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements. | Essential | Full | Page 38 |
| LA5 | Minimum notice period(s) regarding significant operational changes, including whether it is specified in collective agreements. | Essential | Full | Page 38 |
| Occupational health and safety | ||||
| LA6 | Percentage of total workforce represented in formal joint management-worker health and safety committees that help monitor and advise on occupational health and safety programs. | Additional | Full | Page 58 |
| LA7 | Rates of injury, occupational diseases, lost days, and absenteeism, and number of work-related fatalities by region. | Essential | Full | Page 58 |
| Training and education | ||||
| LA10 | Average hours of training per year per employee by employee category. | Essential | Full | Page 41 |
| LA11 | Programs for skills management and lifelong learning that support the continued employability of employees and assist them in managing career endings. | Additional | Full | Page 38 and 42 |
| LA12 | Percentage of employees receiving regular performance and career development reviews. | Additional | Full | Page 40 and 42 In 2010, all employees regularly receive their performance and carrer development reviews, and 28.74% of them, who are entitled to an executive bonus, draw up a Development Plan. |
| Diversity and equal opportunity | ||||
| LA13 | Composition of governance bodies and breakdown of employees per category according to gender, age group, minority group membership, and other indicators of diversity. | Essential | Parcial | Page 36 and 37 |
| Social: Human Rights | ||||
| Investment and procurement practices | ||||
| HR1 | Percentage and total number of significant investment agreements that include human rights clauses or that have undergone human rights screening. | Essential | Full | Page 32 |
| HR2 | Percentage of significant suppliers and contractors that have undergone screening on human rights and actions taken. | Essential | Full | Page 32 |
| HR3 | Total hours of employee training on policies and procedures concerning aspects of human rights that are relevant to operations, including the percentage of employees trained. | Additional | Full | Page 40 |
| Non-discrimination | ||||
| HR4 | Total number of incidents of discrimination and actions taken. | Essential | Full | Page 38 |
| Freedom of association and collective bargaining | ||||
| HR5 | Operations identified in which the right to exercise freedom of association and collective bargaining may be at significant risk, and actions taken to support these rights. | Essential | Full | Page 38 |
| Child labor | ||||
| HR6 | Operations identified as having significant risk for incidents of child labor, and measures taken to contribute to the elimination of child labor. | Essential | Full | Following SA8000 guidelines, since 2003 we have published a policy repudiating child labor and the correspondent corrective measures to be taken in case we identify any situation. We send to our suppliers a questionnaire containing norm´s guidelines, and we audit them on this regard. |
| Forced and compulsory labor | ||||
| HR7 | Operations identified as having significant risk for incidents of forced or compulsory labor, and measures to contribute to the elimination of forced or compulsory labor. | Essential | Full | Following SA8000 guidelines, since 2003 we have being orienting all employees on this regard during their on-boarding training period and on regular further internal trainings. We send to our suppliers a questionnaire containing norm´s guidelines, and we audit them on this regard. |
| Society | ||||
| Community | ||||
| SO1 | Nature, scope, and effectiveness of any programs and practices that assess and manage the impacts of operations on communities, including entering, operating, and exiting. | Essential | Parcial | Page 29 |
| Product Responsibility | ||||
| Customer health and safety | ||||
| PR1 | Life cycle stages in which health and safety impacts of products and services are assessed for improvement, and percentage of significant products and services categories subject to such procedures. | Essential | Full | Page 48 and 66 |
| Product and service labelling | ||||
| PR3 | Type of product and service information required by procedures, and percentage of significant products and services subject to such information requirements. | Essential | Full | Page 66 |
| PR4 | Total number of incidents of noncompliance with regulations and voluntary codes concerning product and service information and labeling, by type of outcomes. | Additional | Full | Page 67 |
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