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 set of G3 guidelines, published in September 2006. With regard to coverage of the GRI-G3 guidelines, we rate our performance as “application level” B.
SU = Sustainability Report
AR = Annual Report
GRI Report Content
| Ref. | Core Indicators | SR 2009 | AR 2009 |
| 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 | 5-13 |
| 1.2 | Description of key impacts, risks and opportunities | 4-5 | 5-11 |
| 2. Organizational Profile | |||
| 2.1 | Name of the organization | Cover | Cover |
| 2.2 | Primary brands, products, and/or services | 18-29 | Cover (inside) |
| 2.3 | Operational structure of the organization, and main divisions | 34, 126-128 | |
| 2.4 | Headquarter | 41 | 144 |
| 2.5 | Number of countries where the organization operates | 2-3 | 34 |
| 2.6 | Nature of ownership and legal form | 9 | 22 |
| 2.7 | Markets served (including geographic breakdown, sectors served) | 2-3 | Cover (inside), 2, 59-70 |
| 2.8 | Scale of the reporting organization | Cover (inside) |
Cover (inside), 87-90 |
| 2.9 | Significant changes during the reporting period regarding size, structure, or ownership | 1 | 45-46, 61, 65, 70, 87-90 |
| 2.10 | Awards received in the reporting period | 23, 34, 40 | 56 |
| 3. Report Parameters | |||
| Report Profile | |||
| 3.1 | Reporting period | Cover (inside) | 5 |
| 3.2 | Date of most recent previous report | Cover (inside) | 145 |
| 3.3 | Reporting cycle | Cover (inside) | 145 |
| 3.4 | Contact | 41 | 144 |
| Report scope and boundary | |||
| 3.5 |
Process for defining report content, including: |
Cover (inside), 4-5, 38 | 132 |
| 3.6 | Boundary of the report | Cover (inside), 16, 37 | 87-90 |
| 3.7 | Specific limitations on the scope or boundary of the report | Cover (inside), 17, 37 | 132 |
| 3.8 | Basis for reporting on joint ventures, subsidiaries, leased facilities, outsourced operations | Cover (inside), 16, 37 | 126-128 |
| 3.9 | Data measurements techniques and base of calculation | Cover (inside), 16, 37 | 38, 87-90 |
| 3.10 | Significant changes from previous reporting period (scope, boundaries, measurement methods) | 16 | 43-44, 87 |
| 3.11 | Explanation of the effect of any re-statements of information provided in earlier reports | 16 | |
| GRI Content Index | |||
| 3.12 | Table identifying the location of the Standard Disclosure in the report | ||
| Independent Assurance | |||
| 3.13 | Policy and current practice with regard to seeking independent assurance | 132 | |
| 4. Governance, Commitment and Engagement | |||
| Structure and Governance | |||
| 4.1 | Governance-Structures (general) und Governance-Structures (Sustainability) | 7 | 22-26 |
| 4.2 | Indicate whether the Chair of the highest governance body is also an executive officer | 25 | |
| 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 | 25 | |
| 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) | 26-29 | |
| 4.6 | Processes in place for the highest governance body to ensure conflicts of interest are avoided. | 22 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. | 25-26 | |
| 4.8 | Internally developed statements of mission and values, codes of conduct, and principles and their status of implementation | 6-8, 11 | 57 |
| 4.9 | Procedures of the highest governance body for overseeing the organization’s identification and management of sustainability issues | 6-8 | |
| 4.10 | Process for evaluating the highest governance body’s own performance, particularly with respect to economic, environmental and social performance | 22-26 | |
| Commitments to external initiatives | |||
| 4.11 | Explanation of the precautionary approach | 1, 6-7, 38 | 56-57 |
| 4.12 | Externally developed economic, environmental, and social charters, principles, or other initiatives to which the organization subscribes or endorses | 5-8, 11, 15, 20, 21, 24, 29, 31, 38 | 57 |
| 4.13 | Memberships in associations and/or national/ international advocacy organizations | ||
| Stakeholder Engagement | |||
| 4.14 | List of stakeholder groups engaged by the organization | 38 | 57 |
| 4.15 | Basis for identification and selection of stakeholders with whom to engage | 38 | |
| 4.16 | Approaches to stakeholder engagement, including frequency of engagement by type and by stakeholder group | 38-39 | |
| 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 | 38-39 | |
GRI Economic Performance Indicators
| Ref. | Core Indicators | SR 2009 | AR 2009 |
| Economic Performance | |||
| EC1 | Direct economic value generated and distributed, including revenues, operating costs, employee compensation, retained earnings, payments to capital providers and governments as well as donations and other community investments | 2-3, 35, 37 | Cover (inside), 26- 28, 92-94 |
| EC2 | Financial implications and other risks and opportunities for the organization’s activities due to climate change | 4-7, 12-16, 29 | 56-57 |
| EC3 | Coverage of the defined benefit obligation plans | 119, 122 | |
| Market presence | |||
| EC6 | Policy, practices, and proportion of spending on locally-based suppliers at significant locations of operation | 2-3, 11 | 51 |
| EC7 | Procedures for local hiring and proportion of senior management hired from the local community at locations of significant operation | 31-32, 37 | 49, 51 |
| Indirect economic impacts | |||
| EC8 | Development and impact of infrastructure investments and services provided primarily for public benefit | 2-3, 35-36 | 57 |
GRI Enviromental Performance Indicators
| Ref. | Core Indicators | SR 2009 | AR 2009 |
| Energy | |||
| EN3 | Direct energy consumption by primary energy source | 16 | |
| EN4 | Indirect energy consumption by primary source | 16 | |
| EN5 | Energy saved due to conservation and efficiency improvements | 4-5, 6-7, 12-13, 16 | 56-57 |
| EN6 | Initiatives to provide energy-efficient or renewable energy based products and services, and reductions in energy requirements as a result of these initiatives | 4-5, 6-7, 12-13, 14-15, 19-21, 24, 27-29 | 56-57 |
| EN7 | Initiatives to reduce indirect energy consumption and reductions achieved | 4-5, 6-7, 15, 19-21, 24, 27-29 | |
| Water | |||
| EN8 |
Total water withdrawal |
17 | |
| EN10 | Percentage and total volume of water recycled and reused | ||
| 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 | 11, 20-21, 24, 38 | |
| EN14 | Strategies, current actions, and future plans for managing impacts on biodiversity | 11, 20-21, 24, 38 | |
| Emissions, Effluents, and Waste | |||
| EN16 | Total direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight. | 16 | |
| EN17 | Other relevant indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight. | 16-17 | |
| EN18 | Initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reductions achieved | 4-5, 6-7, 12-13, 14-15, 20-21, 24, 27, 28-29 | 56-57 |
| EN20 | NO, SO, and other significant air emissions by type and weight | 17 | |
| EN21 | Total water discharge by quality and destination | 17 | |
| EN22 | Total weight of waste by type and disposal method | 17 | |
| EN23 | Total number and volume of significant spills | 14 | |
| Products and services | |||
| EN26 | Initiatives to mitigate environmental impacts of products and services, and extent of impact mitigation | 4-5, 6-7, 19-29 | |
| 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 | 14-15 | |
GRI Social Performance Indicators
| Ref. | Core Indicators | SR 2009 | AR 2009 |
| 1. Labor Practices and Decent Work | |||
| Employment | |||
| LA1 | Total workforce by employment type, employment contract, and region | 2-3 | 49, 51 |
| LA2 | Total number and rate of employee turnover by age group, gender, and region | 2-3, 37 | 49, 51 |
| LA4 | Percentage of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements | 37 | |
| LA5 | Minimum notice period regarding operational changes, including collective bargaining agreements | 37 | |
| Occupational health and safety | |||
| LA6 | 34 | ||
| LA7 | Rates of injury, occupational diseases, lost days, and absenteeism, and number of workrelated fatalities by region | 34 | 57 |
| LA8 | Education, training, counselling, prevention, and risk-control programs in place to assist workforce members, their families, or community members regarding serious diseases. | 34 | |
| LA9 | Health and safety topics covered in formal agreements with e.g. trade unions | 34 | |
| Training and education | |||
| LA10 | Average hours of training per year per employee by employee category | 34 | |
| LA11 | Programs for skills management and lifelong learning that support the continued employability of employees and assist them in managing career endings | 34 | |
| LA12 | Percentage of employees receiving regular performance and career development reviews | 34 | |
| 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 | 31, 37 | 51 |
| 2. Human rights | |||
| Investment and Procurement Practices | |||
| HR2 | Percentage of significant suppliers and contractors that have undergone screening on human rights and actions taken | 11 | |
| 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 | 31, 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 | 37 | |
| 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. | ||
| 3. Society | |||
| Corruption | |||
| SO1 | Nature, scope and effectiveness of any programs and practices that assess and manage the impacts of operations on communities | 2-3, 6-7 | |
| SO2 | Percentage of business units analysed for risk related to corruption | 9-10 | |
| SO3 | Percentage of employees trained in organization’s anti-corruption policies and procedures | 9-10 | 25 |
| SO4 | Actions taken in response to violations of code of conducts, e.g. corruption | 10 | |
| Public policy | |||
| SO5 | Public policy positions and participation in public policy development and lobbying | 5, 39, back cover (inside) | |
| SO6 | Value of financial and in-kind donations to political parties, politicians and related institutions | ||
| SO7 | Number and outcomes of legal actions for anti-competitive behaviour or anti-trust practices | ||
| 4. 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. | 6-7 | |
| 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 | ||
| PR5 | Practices related to customer satisfaction, including results of surveys measuring customer satisfaction. | 25 | |