The
table below provides information on our use of the Global Reporting Initiative
(GRI) G3 Sustainability Guidelines. We are declaring a third-party checked “B”
Application Level for the H.J. Heinz 2007 Corporate Social Responsibility
Report.
GRI
Disclosure |
Type |
Location |
Strategy
and analysis |
1.1
CEO statement |
Core |
|
1.2
Description of key impacts, risks, and opportunities |
Core |
|
Organizational
Profile |
2.1
Name of the organization |
Core |
|
2.2
Primary brands, products, and services |
Core |
|
2.3
Operational structure |
Core |
|
2.4
Headquarters location |
Core |
|
2.5
Countries of operation |
Core |
|
2.6
Nature of ownership and legal form |
Core |
|
2.7
Markets served |
Core |
|
2.8
Scale of organization |
Core |
|
2.9
Significant changes during the reporting period regarding size, structure, or
ownership |
Core |
None |
2.10
Awards received during the reporting period |
Core |
|
Report
Parameters |
|
3.1
Reporting period |
Core |
|
3.2
Date of most recent previous report |
Core |
|
3.3
Reporting cycle |
Core |
|
3.4
Contact |
Core |
|
3.5
Process for defining report content |
Core |
|
3.6
Boundary of the report |
Core |
|
3.7
Limitations of the scope or boundary of the report |
Core |
|
3.8
Basis for reporting on joint ventures, subsidiaries, leased facilities,
outsourced operations and other entities that could affect comparability |
Core |
|
3.9
Data measurement techniques and assumptions |
Core |
|
3.10
Explanation of the effect of any restatements of information provided in
earlier reports |
Core |
N/A |
3.11
Significant changes from previous reporting periods in the scope, boundary,
or measurement methods applied in the report |
Core |
N/A |
3.12
GRI content index |
Core |
|
3.13
Policy and current practice with regard to seeking external assurance for the
report |
Core |
|
Governance,
Commitments, and Engagement |
4.1
Governance structure |
Core |
|
4.2
Indicate whether the Chair of the highest governance body is also an
executive officer |
Core |
|
4.3
State the number of members of the highest governance body that are
independent and/or non-executive members |
Core |
|
4.4
Mechanism for shareholders and employees to provide recommendations or direction
to the board |
Core |
|
4.5
Linkage between compensation for members of the board, senior managers, and
executives and the organization’s performance |
Core |
|
4.6
Processes in place for the board to ensure conflicts of interest are avoided |
Core |
|
4.7
Process for determining the qualifications and expertise of the members of
the board for guiding the organization’s strategy on economic, environmental,
and social topics |
Core |
|
4.8
Statements of mission or values, codes of conduct, and principles relevant to
economic, environmental, and social performance and the status of their
implementation |
Core |
|
4.9
Board procedures for overseeing the organization’s identification and
management of economic, environmental, and social performance, including
relevant risks and opportunities, and adherence or compliance with
internationally agreed standards, codes of conduct, and principles |
Core |
|
4.10 Processes for evaluating the board’s own performance |
Core |
|
4.11 Explanation of whether and how the precautionary approach or principle is addressed by the organization |
Core |
|
4.12
Externally developed economic, environmental, and social charters,
principles, or other initiatives to which the organization subscribes or
endorses |
Core |
|
4.13
Memberships in associations or advocacy organizations |
Core |
|
4.14
List of stakeholder groups engaged by the organization |
Core |
|
4.15
Basis for identification and selection of stakeholders with whom to engage |
Core |
|
4.16
Approaches to stakeholder engagement, including frequency of engagement by
type and by stakeholder group |
Core |
|
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,
including through its reporting |
Core |
|
Economic
Performance |
Disclosure
on Management Approach |
Core |
|
EC1.
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 |
Core |
|
EC2.
Financial implications and other risks and opportunities for the
organization’s activities due to climate change |
Core |
|
EC3.
Coverage of the organization’s defined benefit plan obligations |
Core |
|
EC4.
Significant financial assistance received from government |
Core |
None |
EC5.
Range of ratios of standard entry level wage compared to local minimum wage
at significant locations of operation |
Additional |
|
EC6.
Policy, practices, and proportion of spending on locally based suppliers at
significant locations of operation |
Core |
|
EC8.
Development and impact of infrastructure investments and services provided
primarily for public benefit through commercial, in-kind, or pro-bono
engagement |
Core |
|
EC9.
Understanding and describing significant indirect economic impacts, including
the extent of impacts |
Additional |
|
Not
reported: EC7 |
Environmental |
Disclosure
on Management Approach |
Core |
|
EN3.
Direct energy consumption by primary energy source |
Core |
|
EN4.
Indirect energy consumption by primary source |
Core |
|
EN5.
Energy saved due to conservation and efficiency improvements |
Additional |
|
EN6.
Initiatives to provide energy-efficient or renewable energy based products and
services, and reductions in energy requirements as a result of these
initiatives |
Additional |
N/A |
EN8.
Total water withdrawal by source |
Core |
20-22 (partially reported) |
EN10.
Percentage and total volume of water recycled and reused |
Additional |
20-21 (partially reported) |
EN16.
Total direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight |
Core |
|
EN18.
Initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reductions achieved |
Additional |
|
EN22.
Total weight of waste by type and disposal method |
Core |
|
EN26.
Initiatives to mitigate environmental impacts of products and services, and
extent of impact mitigation |
Core |
|
EN28.
Monetary value of significant fines and total number of non-monetary
sanctions for noncompliance with environmental laws and regulations |
Core |
|
Not reported: EN1, EN2, EN7, EN9, EN11, EN12, EN13,
EN14, EN15, EN17, EN19, EN20, EN21, EN23, EN24, EN25, EN27, EN29, EN30 |
Social |
Labor
Practices and Decent Work |
Disclosure
on Management Approach |
Core |
|
LA1.
Total workforce by employment type, employment contract, and region |
Core |
|
LA3.
Benefits provided to full-time employees |
Additional |
|
LA4.
Percentage of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements |
Core |
|
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 |
|
LA7.
Rates of injury, occupational diseases, lost days, and absenteeism, and
number of work-related fatalities by region |
Core |
|
LA8.
Education, training, counseling, prevention, and risk-control programs in
place to assist workforce members, their families, or community members
regarding serious diseases |
Core |
|
LA13.
Composition of governance bodies and breakdown of employees per category
according to gender, age group, minority group membership, and other
indicators of diversity |
Core |
|
|
Not
reported: LA2, LA5, LA9, LA10, LA11, LA12, LA14 |
Human
Rights |
Disclosure
on Management Approach |
Core |
|
HR1.
Percentage and total number of significant investment agreements that include
human rights clauses or that have undergone human rights screening |
Core |
N/A |
HR2.
Percentage of significant suppliers and contractors that have undergone
screening on human rights and actions taken |
Core |
|
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 |
|
HR8.
Percentage of security personnel trained in the organization’s policies or
procedures concerning aspects of human rights that are relevant to operations |
Additional |
N/A |
Not
reported: HR4, HR5, HR6, HR7, HR9 |
|
|
Society |
Disclosure
on Management Approach |
Core |
|
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 |
Core |
8,
36 (partially reported) |
SO3.
Percentage of employees trained in organization’s anti-corruption policies
and procedures |
Core |
|
Not
reported: SO2, SO4, SO5, SO6, SO7, SO8 |
Product
Responsibility |
Disclosure
on Management Approach |
Core |
|
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 |
Core |
|
PR3.
Type of product and service information required by procedures, and
percentage of significant products and services subject to such information
requirements |
Core |
|
PR4.
Total number of incidents of non-compliance with regulations and voluntary
codes concerning product and service information and labeling, by type of
outcomes |
Additional |
|
PR5.
Practices related to customer satisfaction, including results of surveys
measuring customer satisfaction |
Additional |
|
PR6.
Programs for adherence to laws, standards, and voluntary codes related to
marketing communications, including advertising, promotion, and sponsorship |
Core |
|
PR9.
Monetary value of significant fines for non-compliance with laws and
regulations concerning the provision and use of products and services |
Core |
None |
Not
reported: PR2, PR7, PR8 |
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