Sustainability

Values & Management

Stakeholder Dialogue

Sustainable Products & Resource Efficiency

Employees & Jobs

Social Commitment

Global Reporting Initiative

The following tables provide references to information on the core elements and indicators of the Global Reporting Initiative in the current Sustainability and Annual Report as well as on this website. They summarize the relevant indicators for Henkel extracted from the new set of G3 guidelines, published in September 2006.

SU=Sustainability Report
AR=Annual Report


 

GRI Report Content

Ref. Core Indicators SR
2006		 AR
2006
1. Profile – Strategy and Analysis
1.1 Statement from the most senior decisionmaker of the organization about the relevance of sustainability to the organization and its strategy 1 2-7
1.2 Description of key impacts, risks and opportunities 4-7, 13, 14 64-67
 2. Organizational Profile
2.1  Name of the organization Cover Cover 
2.2 Primary brands, products, and/or services 18 - 25 12-15, 49-63
2.3 Operational structure of the organization, and main divisions 2, 6 29
2.4 Headquarter 6 Back side 
2.5 Number of countries where the organization operates 26-31 29-30
2.6 Nature of ownership and legal form 6 20
2.7 Markets served (including geographic breakdown, sectors served) 31 Cover
2.7 Markets served (types of customers/benefi ciaries) 18 Cover
2.8 Scale of the reporting organization 2

Cover

2.9 Significant changes during the reporting period regarding size, structure, or ownership 38  
2.10 Awards received in the reporting period 35, 37, 38, 46 47
 3. Report Parameters
3.1 Reporting period 2 2
3.2 Date of most recent previous report Cover 47
3.3 Reporting cycle 47  
3.4 Contact 47 Back side
Report scope and boundary
3.5 Process for defining report content (determining materiality, prioritising topics, stakeholders) 8, 47  
3.6 Boundary of the report 32   
3.7 Specific limitations on the scope or boundary of the report 32   
3.8 Basis for reporting on joint ventures, subsidiaries, leased facilities, outsourced operations    30, 43, 44
3.9 Data measurements techniques and base of calculation 32,33   
 GRI Content Index
3.12 Table identifying the location of the Standard Disclosure in the report      
4. Governance, Commitment and Engagement
Structure and Governance
4.1 Governance-Structures (general) und Governance-Structures (Sustainability) 6,7 20,21
4.2 Indicate whether the Chair of the highest governance body is also an executive officer    
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     
4.4 Mechanisms for shareholders and employees to provide recommendations or direction to the highest governance body      
4.5 Linkage between compensation for members of the highest governance body, senior managers, and executives, and the organization’s performance (including social and environmental performance)   22, 23 
4.6 Processes in place for the highest governance body to ensure conflicts of interest are avoided.    20 ff.
4.7  Process for determining the qualifications and expertise of the members of the highest governance body for guiding the organization’s strategy on economic, environmental, and social topics.    21
4.8 Values, codes of conduct, and principles 4-6 46
4.9 Procedures of the highest governance body for overseeing the organization’s identification and management of sustainability issues 6   
4.10 Process for evaluating the highest governance body’s own performance, particularly with respect to economic, environmental and social performance 20 ff.
Commitments to external initiatives
4.11 Explanation of the precautionary approach 14 46
4.12 Externally developed economic, environmental, and social charters, principles, or other initiatives to which the organization subscribes or endorses 4 46
4.13 Memberships in associations and/or national/ international advocacy organizations 13 46
Stakeholder Engagement
4.14 List of stakeholder groups engaged by the organization 8-11 47
4.15 Basis for identification and selection of stakeholders with whom to engage 8, 10    
4.16 Approaches to stakeholder engagement, including frequency of engagement by type and by stakeholder group 8-11 47   
4.17 Key topics and concerns that have been raised through stakeholder engagement, and how the organization has responded to those key topics and concerns 11    


GRI Economic Performance Indicators


GRI Enviromental Performance Indicators

Ref. Core Indicators SR 2006 AR 2006
Performance: Environmental
Materials
EN1 Materials used by weight or volume 32, 33  
EN2 Percentage of materials used that are recycled Inputmaterials 25, 33, 30  
Energy
EN3 Direct energy consumption by primary energy source 32  
EN4 Indirect energy consumption by primary source 32  
EN5 Energy saved due to conservation and efficiency improvements 32 47
EN6 Initiatives to provide energy-efficient or renewable energy based products and services, and reductions in energy requirements as a result of these initiatives 13, 15, 16,  23, 27, 28  
EN7 Initiatives to reduce indirect energy consumption and reductions achieved   13, 15, 23, 26-30  
Water
EN8

Total water withdrawal by source

 33  
EN10 Percentage and total volume of water recycled and reused 33  
Biodiversity
EN12 Description of significant impacts of activities, products, and services on biodiversity in protected areas and areas of high biodiversity value outside protected areas 17  
EN14 Strategies, current actions, and future plans for managing impacts on biodiversity. 12, 17  
EN16 Total direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight.  32  
EN17 Other relevant indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight. 15, 32  
EN18 Initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reductions achieved.  13, 15, 16,  26-30  47
EN20 NO, SO, and other significant air emissions by type and weight 33  
EN21 Total water discharge by quality and destination 33  
EN22 Total weight of waste by type and disposal method  33  
EN23 Total number and volume of significant spills 31  
 Products and services                                                                                                                      
EN26 Initiatives to mitigate environmental impacts of products and services, and extent of impact mitigation. 12-14, 16-25  
Transport
EN29 Significant environmental impacts of transporting products and other goods and materials used for the organization’s operations, and transporting members of the workforce 29  


GRI Social Performance Indicators

Ref. Core Indicators SR 2006 AR 2006
Performance: Social
Social Performance Indicators: Labor Practices and Decent Work
Employment
LA1 Total workforce by employment type, employment contract, and region 35 40-42
LA2 Total number and rate of employee turnover by age group, gender, and region 35 41
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.

 39   
LA7 Rates of injury, occupational diseases, lost days, and absenteeism, and number of workrelated fatalities by region 39    
LA8 Education, training, counselling, prevention, and risk-control programs in place to assist workforce members, their families, or community members regarding serious diseases. 39, 40   
LA9 Health and safety topics covered in formal agreements with trade unions      
Training and education
LA10 Average hours of training per year per employee by  employee category     
LA11 Programs for skills management and lifelong learning that support the continued employability of employees and assist them in managing career endings. 37 41
LA12 Percentage of employees receiving regular performance and career development reviews.     
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. 34-36 41
Social Performance Indicators: Human rights
Investment and Procurement Practices
HR2 Percentage of significant suppliers and contractors that have undergone screening on human rights and actions taken. 6-7   
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.     
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.      
Social Performance Indicators: Society
Corruption
SO3 Percentage of employees trained in organization’s anti-corruption policies and procedures. 4,5    
Public policy
SO5 Public policy positions and participation in public policy development and lobbying 15 46, 47 
Social Performance Indicators: 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. 12 - 14   
Products 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. 13, 14   
PR5 Practices related to customer satisfaction, including results of surveys measuring customer satisfaction.      


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