GRI Content Index (GRI Standards)/Independent Assurance Report

GRI Content Index (GRI Standards)/Independent Assurance Report

GRI Content Index (GRI Standards)

Sumitomo Foresty's Sustainability Report refers to GRI Standards.
Below Content Index includes related information available on Sustainability Report.

Disclosures ISO26000 Disclosure Location
Organizational profile (2016)
102-1
  • Name of the organization
102-2
  • A description of the organization's activities
  • Primary brands, products, and services, including an explanation of any products or services that are banned in certain markets.
102-3
  • Location of the organization's headquarters
102-4
  • Number of countries where the organization operates, and the names of countries where it has significant operations and/or that are relevant to the topics covered in the report
102-5
  • Nature of ownership and legal form
102-6
  • Markets served
102-7
  • Scale of the organization
102-8
  • Total number of employees by employment contract (permanent and temporary), by gender
  • Total number of employees by employment contract (permanent and temporary), by region
  • Total number of employees by employment type (full-time and part-time), by gender
  • Whether a significant portion of the organization's activities are performed by workers who are notemployees. If applicable, a description of the nature and scale of work performed by workers who are not employees.
  • Any significant variations in the numbers reported in Disclosures 102-8-a, 102-8-b, and 102-8-c (such as seasonal variations in the tourism or agricultural industries)
  • An explanation of how the data have been compiled, including any assumptions made
6.4
6.4.3
102-9
  • A description of the organization's supply chain, including its main elements as they relate to the organization's activities, primary brands, products, and services
102-10
  • Significant changes to the organization's size, structure, ownership, or supply chain
102-11
  • Whether and how the organization applies the Precautionary Principle or approach
6.2
102-12
  • A list of externally-developed economic, environmental and social charters, principles, or other initiatives to which the organization subscribes, or which it endorses
6.2
102-13
  • A list of the main memberships of industry or other associations, and national or international advocacy organizations
6.2
Strategy
102-14
  • A statement from the most senior decision-maker of the organization (such as CEO, chair, or equivalent senior position) about the relevance of sustainability to the organization and its strategy for addressing sustainability
6.2
102-15
  • A description of key impacts, risks, and opportunities
6.2
Ethics and Integrity
102-16
  • A description of the organization's values, principles, standards, and norms of behavior
4.4
102-17
  • A description of internal and external mechanisms for:
    • Seeking advice about ethical and lawful behavior, and organizational integrity
    • Reporting concerns about unethical or unlawful behavior, and organizational integrity
Governance
102-18
  • Governance structure of the organization, including committees of the highest governance body
  • Committees responsible for decision-making on economic, environmental, and social topics
102-19
  • Process for delegating authority for economic, environmental, and social topics from the highest governance body to senior executives and other employees
102-20
  • Whether the organization has appointed an executive-level position or positions with responsibility for economic, environmental, and social topics
  • Whether post holders report directly to the highest governance body
102-21
  • Processes for consultation between stakeholders and the highest governance body on economic,environmental, and social topics
  • If consultation is delegated, describe to whom it is delegated and how the resulting feedback is provided to the highest governance body
102-22
  • Composition of the highest governance body and its committees
102-23
  • Whether the chair of the highest governance body is also an executive officer in the organization
  • If the chair is also an executive officer, describe his or her function within the organization's management and the reasons for this arrangement
102-24
  • Nomination and selection processes for the highest governance body and its committees
  • Criteria used for nominating and selecting highest governance body members
102-25
  • Processes for the highest governance body to ensure conflicts of interest are avoided and managed
  • Whether conflicts of interest are disclosed to stakeholders
102-26
  • Highest governance body's and senior executives' roles in the development, approval, and updating of the organizations' purpose, value or mission statements, strategies, policies, and goals related to economic, environmental, and social topics
102-27
  • Measures taken to develop and enhance the highest governance body's collective knowledge of economic, environmental, and social topics
102-28
  • Processes for evaluating the highest governance body's performance with respect to governance of economic, environmental, and social topics
  • Whether such evaluation is independent or not, and its frequency
  • Whether such evaluation is a self-assessment
  • Actions taken in response to evaluation of the highest governance body’s performance with respect to governance of economic, environmental, and social topics, including, as a minimum, changes in membership and organizational practice.
102-29
  • Highest governance body's role in identifying and managing economic, environmental, and social topics and their impacts, risks, and opportunities—including its role in the implementation of due diligence processes
  • Whether stakeholder consultation is used to support the highest governance body's identification and management of economic, environmental, and social topics, and their impacts, risks, and opportunities
6.2
102-30
  • Highest governance body's role in reviewing the effectiveness of the organization's risk management processes for economic, environmental, and social topics
102-31
  • Frequency of the highest governance body's review of economic, environmental, and social topics and their impacts, risks, and opportunities
6.2
102-32
  • The highest committee or position that formally reviews and approves the organization's sustainability report and ensures that all material topics are covered
102-33
  • Process for communicating critical concerns to the highest governance body
6.2
102-34
  • Total number and nature of critical concerns that were communicated to the highest governance body
  • Mechanism(s) used to address and resolve critical concerns
102-35
  • Remuneration policies for the highest governance body and senior executives
  • How performance criteria in the remuneration policy relate to the highest governance body's and senior executives' objectives for economic, environmental, and social topics
6.2
102-36
  • Process for determining remuneration
  • Whether remuneration consultants are involved in determining remuneration and whether they are independent of management
  • Any other relationships which the remuneration consultants have with the organization
102-37
  • How stakeholders' views are sought and taken into account regarding remuneration
  • If applicable, the results of votes on remuneration policies and proposals
6.2
102-38
  • Ratio of the annual total compensation for the organization's highest-paid individual in each country of significant operations to the median annual total compensation for all employees (excluding the highest-paid individual) in the same country
102-39
  • Ratio of percentage increase in annual total compensation for the organization's highest-paid individual in each country of significant operations to the median percentage increase in annual total compensation for all employees (excluding the highest-paid individual) in the same country
Stakeholder Engagement
102-40
  • A list of stakeholder groups engaged by the organization
6.2
102-41
  • Percentage of total employees covered by collective bargaining agreements
102-42
  • The basis for identifying and selecting stakeholders with whom to engage
6.2
102-43
  • The organization's approach to stakeholder engagement, including frequency of engagement by type and by stakeholder group, and an indication of whether any of the engagement was undertaken specifically as part of the report preparation process
6.2
6.7
6.7.4
6.7.5
6.7.6
6.7.8
6.7.9
102-44
  • Key topics and concerns that have been raised through stakeholder engagement
6.2
Reporting practice
102-45
  • A list of all entities included in the organization's consolidated financial statements or equivalent documents
  • Whether any entity included in the organization's consolidated financial statements or equivalent documents is not covered by the report
6.2
102-46
  • An explanation of the process for defining the report content and the topic Boundaries
  • An explanation of how the organization has implemented the Reporting Principles for defining report content
102-47
  • A list of the material topics identified in the process for defining report content
102-48
  • The effect of any restatements of information given in previous reports, and the reasons for such restatements
102-49
  • Significant changes from previous reporting periods in the list of material topics and topic Boundaries
102-50
  • Reporting period for the information provided
102-51
  • If applicable, the date of the most recent previous report
102-52
  • Reporting cycle
102-53
  • The contact point for questions regarding the report or its contents
102-54
  • The claim made by the organization, if it has prepared a report in accordance with the GRI Standards
102-55
  • The GRI content index
GRI Content Index
102-56
  • A description of the organization's policy and current practice with regard to seeking external assurance for the report
  • If the report has been externally assured:
7.5.3
Management Approach (2016)
103-1
  • An explanation of why the topic is material
  • The Boundary for the material topic
  • Any specific limitation regarding the topic Boundary
103-2
  • An explanation of how the organization manages the topic
  • A statement of the purpose of the management approach
  • A description of the following, if the management approach includes that component:
    • Policies
    • Commitments
    • Goals and targets
    • Responsibilities
    • Resources
    • Grievance mechanisms
    • Specific actions, such as processes, projects, programs and initiatives
103-3
  • An explanation of how the organization evaluates the management approach
Disclosures ISO26000 Disclosure Location
Economic Performance (2016)
201-1 Direct economic value generated and distributed 6.8.1
6.8.2
6.8.3
6.8.7
6.8.9
201-2 Financial implications and other risks and opportunities due to climate change 6.5.5
201-3 Defined benefit plan obligations and other retirement plans 6.8.7
201-4 Financial assistance received from government
Market Presence (2016)
202-1 Ratios of standard entry level wage by gender compared to local minimum wage 6.3.7
6.3.10
6.4.3
6.4.4
6.8.1
6.8.2
202-2 Proportion of senior management hired from the local community 6.4.3
6.8.1
6.8.2
6.8.5
6.8.7
Indirect Economic Impacts (2016)
203-1 Infrastructure investments and services supported 6.3.9
6.8.1
6.8.2
6.8.7
6.8.9
203-2 Significant indirect economic impacts 6.3.9
6.6.6
6.6.7
6.7.8
6.8.1
6.8.2
6.8.5
6.8.6
6.8.7
6.8.9
Procurement Practices (2016)
204-1 Proportion of spending on local suppliers 6.4.3
6.6.6
6.8.1
6.8.2
6.8.7
Anti-corruption (2016)
205-1 Operations assessed for risks related to corruption 6.6.1
6.6.2
6.6.3
205-2 Communication and training about anti-corruption policies and procedures 6.6.1
6.6.2
6.6.3
6.6.6
205-3 Confirmed incidents of corruption and actions taken 6.6.1
6.6.2
6.6.3
Anti-compretitive Behavior (2016)
206-1 Legal actions for anti-competitive behavior, anti-trust, and monopoly practices 6.6.1
6.6.2
6.6.5
6.6.7
Tax(2019)
207-1 Approach to tax 6.2
207-2 Tax governance, control, and risk management 6.2
207-3 Stakeholder engagement and management of concerns related to tax
207-4 Country-by-country reporting
Materials (2016)
301-1 Materials used by weight or volume 6.5.1
6.5.2
6.5.4
301-2 Recycled input materials used 6.5.1
6.5.2
6.5.4
301-3 Reclaimed products and their packaging materials 6.5.1
6.5.2
6.5.4
Energy (2016)
302-1 Recycled input materials used 6.5.1
6.5.2
6.5.4
302-2 Reclaimed products and their packaging materials 6.5.1
6.5.2
6.5.4
302-3 Energy intensity 6.5.1
6.5.2
6.5.4
302-4 Reduction of energy consumption 6.5.1
6.5.2
6.5.4
6.5.5
302-5 Reductions in energy requirements of products and services 6.5.1
6.5.2
6.5.4
6.5.5
Water and Effluents (2018)
303-1 Interactions with water as a shared resource
303-2 Management of water discharge- related impacts
303-3 Water withdrawal
303-4 Water discharge
303-5 Water consumption
Biodiversity (2016)
304-1 Operational sites owned, leased, managed in, or adjacent to, protected areas and areas of high biodiversity value outside protected areas 6.5.1
6.5.2
6.5.6
304-2 Significant impacts of activities, products, and services on biodiversity 6.5.1
6.5.2
6.5.6
304-3 Habitats protected or restored 6.5.1
6.5.2
6.5.6
304-4 IUCN Red List species and national conservation list species with habitats in areas affected by operations 6.5.1
6.5.2
6.5.6
Emissions (2016)
305-1 Direct (Scope 1) GHG emissions 6.5.1
6.5.2
6.5.5
305-2 Energy indirect (Scope 2) GHG emissions 6.5.1
6.5.2
6.5.5
305-3 Other indirect (Scope 3) GHG emissions 6.5.1
6.5.2
6.5.5
305-4 GHG emissions intensity 6.5.1
6.5.2
6.5.5
305-5 Reduction of GHG emissions 6.5.1
6.5.2
6.5.5
305-6 Emissions of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) 6.5.1
6.5.2
6.5.3
6.5.5
305-7 Nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulfur oxides (SOx), and other significant air emissions 6.5.1
6.5.2
6.5.3
Waste (2020)
306-1 Waste generation and significant waste-related impacts
306-2 Management of significant waste-related impacts
306-3 Waste generated
306-4 Waste diverted from disposal
306-5 Waste directed to disposal
Environmental Compliance (2016)
307-1 Non-compliance with environmental laws and regulations 6.5.1
6.5.2
4.6
Supplier Environmental Assessment (2016)
308-1 New suppliers that were screened using environmental criteria 6.3.5
6.5.1
6.5.2
6.6.6
7.3.1
308-2 Negative environmental impacts in the supply chain and actions taken 6.3.5
6.5.1
6.5.2
6.6.6
7.3.1
Employment (2016)
401-1 New employee hires and employee turnover 6.4.1
6.4.2
6.4.3
401-2 Benefits provided to full-time employees that are not provided to temporary or part-time employees 6.4.1
6.4.2
6.4.4
6.8.7
401-3 Parental leave 6.4.1
6.4.2
6.4.4
Labor/Management Relations (2016)
402-1 Minimum notice periods regarding operational changes 6.4.1
6.4.2
6.4.3
6.4.5
Occupational Health and Safety (2018)
403-1 Occupational health and safety management system
403-2 Hazard identification, risk assessment, and incident investigation
403-3 Occupational health services
403-4 Worker participation, consultation, and communication on occupational health and safety
403-5 Worker training on occupational health and safety
403-6 Promotion of worker health
403-7 Prevention and mitigation of occupational health and safety impacts directly linked by business relationships
403-8 Workers covered by an occupational health and safety management system
403-9 Work-related injuries
403-10 Work-related ill health
Training and Education (2016)
404-1 Average hours of training per year per employee 6.4.1
6.4.2
6.4.7
404-2 Programs for upgrading employee skills and transition assistance programs 6.4.1
6.4.2
6.4.7
6.8.5
404-3 Percentage of employees receiving regular performance and career development reviews 6.4.1
6.4.2
6.4.7
Diversity and Equal Opportunity (2016)
405-1 Diversity of governance bodies and employees 6.2.3
6.3.7
6.3.10
6.4.1
405-2 Ratio of basic salary and remuneration of women to men 6.3.7
6.3.10
6.4.1
6.4.2
6.4.3
6.4.4
Non-discrimination (2016)
406-1 Incidents of discrimination and corrective actions taken 4.8
6.3.1
6.3.2
6.3.6
6.3.7
6.3.10
6.4.3
Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining (2016)
407-1 Operations and suppliers in which the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining may be at risk 6.3.1
6.3.2
6.3.3
6.3.4
6.3.5
6.3.8
6.3.10
6.4.5
6.6.6
Child Labor (2016)
408-1 Operations and suppliers at significant risk for incidents of child labor 4.8
6.3.1
6.3.2
6.3.3
6.3.4
6.3.5
6.3.7
6.3.10
6.6.6
6.8.4
Forced or Compulsory Labor (2016)
409-1 Operations and suppliers at significant risk for incidents of forced or compulsory labor 4.8
6.3.1
6.3.2
6.3.3
6.3.4
6.3.5
6.3.10
6.6.6
Security Practices (2016)
410-1 Security personnel trained in human rights policies or procedures 4.8
6.3.1
6.3.2
6.3.4
6.3.5
6.6.6
Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2016)
411-1 Incidents of violations involving rights of indigenous peoples 4.8
.3.1
6.3.2
6.3.4
6.3.6
6.3.7
6.3.8
6.6.7
6.8.3
Human Rights Assessment (2016)
412-1 Operations that have been subject to human rights reviews or impact assessments 4.8
6.3.1
6.3.2
6.3.3
6.3.4
6.3.5
412-2 Employee training on human rights policies or procedures 4.8
6.3.1
6.3.2
6.3.5
412-3 Significant investment agreements and contracts that include human rights clauses or that underwent human rights screening 4.8
6.3.1
6.3.2
6.3.3
6.3.5
6.6.6
Local Communities (2016)
413-1 Operations with local community engagement, impact assessments, and development programs 6.3.9
6.5.1
6.5.2
6.5.3
6.8
413-2 Operations with significant actual and potential negative impacts on local communities 6.3.9
6.5.3
6.8
Suplier Social Assessment (2016)
414-1 New suppliers that were screened using social criteria 6.3.5
6.6.1
6.6.2
6.6.6
6.8.1
6.8.2
7.3.1
414-2 Negative social impacts in the supply chain and actions taken 6.3.5
6.6.1
6.6.2
6.6.6
6.8.1
6.8.2
7.3.1
Public Policy (2016)
415-1 Political contributions 6.6.1
6.6.2
6.6.4
Customer Health and Safety (2016)
416-1 Assessment of the health and safety impacts of product and service categories 6.7.1
6.7.2
6.7.4
6.7.5
6.8.8
416-2 Incidents of non-compliance concerning the health and safety impacts of products and services 4.6
6.7.1
6.7.2
6.7.4
6.7.5
6.8.8
Marketing and Labeling (2016)
417-1 Requirements for product and service information and labeling 6.7.1
6.7.2
6.7.3
6.7.4
6.7.5
6.7.9
417-2 Incidents of non-compliance concerning product and service information and labeling 4.6
6.7.1
6.7.2
6.7.3
6.7.4
6.7.5
6.7.9
417-3 Incidents of non-compliance concerning marketing communications 4.6
6.7.1
6.7.2
6.7.3
Customer Privacy (2016)
418-1 Substantiated complaints concerning breaches of customer privacy and losses of customer data 6.7.1
6.7.2
6.7.7
Socioeconomic Compliance (2016)
419-1 Non-compliance with laws and regulations in the social and economic area 4.6
6.7.1
6.7.2
6.7.6

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