| GRI guidelines - Index | Contents on websites | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | Statement from the most senior decision-maker of the organization (e.g., CEO, chair, or equivalent senior position) about the relevance of sustainability to the organization and its strategy. | President's Message |
| 1.2 | Description of key impacts, risks, and opportunities. | Sanyo Global Environmental Action Plan |
| GRI guidelines - Index | Contents on websites | |
|---|---|---|
| 2.1 | Name of the organization. | Corporate Profile "Outline" |
| 2.2 | Primary brands, products, and/or services. | Products |
| 2.3 | Operational structure of the organization, including main divisions, operating companies, subsidiaries, and joint ventures. | Corporate Profile "Organization Chart" |
| 2.4 | Location of organization's headquarters. | Corporate Profile "Outline" |
| 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. | SANYO Global Site-SANYO Global Networks |
| 2.6 | Nature of ownership and legal form. | Corporate Profile "Outline" |
| 2.7 | Markets served (including geographic breakdown, sectors served, and types of customers/beneficiaries). | SANYO Global Site-SANYO Global Networks Annual Report "Financial Section" |
| 2.8 | Scale of the reporting organization, including : - Number of employees; - Net sales (for private sector organizations) or net revenues (for public sector organizations); - Total capitalization broken down in terms of debt and equity (for private sector organizations); and - Quantity of products or services provided. |
Corporate Profile "Outline" Fair Employment Financial Highlights Annual Report "Financial Section" Products |
| 2.9 | Significant changes during the reporting period regarding size, structure, or ownership including: - The location of, or changes in operations, including facility openings, closings, and expansions; and - Changes in the share capital structure and other capital formation, maintenance, and alteration operations (for private sector organizations). |
Editorial Policy |
| 2.10 | Awards received in the reporting period. | - |
| GRI guidelines - Index | Contents on websites | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Report Profile | 3.1 | Reporting period (e.g., fiscal/calendar year) for information provided. | Editorial Policy |
| 3.2 | Date of most recent previous report (if any). | What's New | |
| 3.3 | Reporting cycle (annual, biennial, etc.) | Editorial Policy | |
| 3.4 | Contact point for questions regarding the report or its contents. | - | |
| Report Scope and Boundary | 3.5 | Process for defining report content, including: - Determining materiality; - Prioritizing topics within the report; and - Identifying stakeholders the organization expects to use the report. |
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| 3.6 | Boundary of the report (e.g., countries, divisions, subsidiaries, leased facilities, joint ventures, suppliers). | Editorial Policy | |
| 3.7 | State any specific limitations on the scope or boundary of the report. | Editorial Policy | |
| 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. | Editorial Policy | |
| 3.9 | Data measurement techniques and the bases of calculations, including assumptions and techniques underlying estimations applied to the compilation of the Indicators and other information in the report. | Overview of the Environmental Impact of the Sanyo Group (In Japan) -notes | |
| Sanyo Global Environmental Action Plan - notes | |||
| "Changes in CO2 emissions" - notes | |||
| "Changes in Electricity Generated by Solar Power Generation Systems and CO2 Equivalent" - notes | |||
| Environmental Accounting | |||
| Calculation Method of Indirect Effects | |||
| 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). | - | |
| 3.11 | Significant changes from previous reporting periods in the scope, boundary, or measurement methods applied in the report. | Editorial Policy | |
| GRI Contents Index | 3.12 | Table identifying the location of the Standard Disclosures in the report. | GRI Sustainability Reporting Guidelines Table |
| Assurance | 3.13 | Policy and current practice with regard to seeking external assurance for the report. | - |
| GRI guidelines - Index | Contents on websites | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Governance | 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. | Corporate Governance |
| 4.2 | Indicate whether the Chair of the highest governance body is also an executive officer (and, if so, their function within the organization's management and the reasons for this arrangement). | - | |
| 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. | Corporate Governance | |
| 4.4 | Mechanisms for shareholders and employees to provide recommendations or direction to the highest governance body. | Corporate Governance | |
| Sincere Dialogue with Employees | |||
| 4.5 | Linkage between compensation for members of the highest governance body, senior managers, and executives (including departure arrangements), and the organization's performance (including social and environmental performance). | - | |
| 4.6 | Processes in place for the highest governance body to ensure conflicts of interest are avoided. | - | |
| 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. | - | |
| 4.8 | Internally developed statements of mission or values, codes of conduct, and principles relevant to economic, environmental, and social performance and the status of their implementation. | Code of Conduct and Ethics | |
| Compliance | |||
| Business Activities to Help Solve Environmental/Energy Problems | |||
| 4.9 | Procedures of the highest governance body 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. | Corporate Governance | |
| 4.10 | Processes for evaluating the highest governance body's own performance, particularly with respect to economic, environmental, and social performance. | - | |
| Commitment to External Initiatives | 4.11 | Explanation of whether and how the precautionary approach or principle is addressed by the organization. | Corporate Governance |
| Risk Management | |||
| 4.12 | Externally developed economic, environmental, and social charters, principles, or other initiatives to which the organization subscribes or endorses. | - | |
| 4.13 | Memberships in associations (such as industry associations) and/or national/international advocacy organizations in which the organization: | Recycling Containers and Packages | |
| Stakeholder Engagement | 4.14 | List of stakeholder groups engaged by the organization. | CSR Concept |
| 4.15 | Basis for identification and selection of stakeholders with whom to engage. | CSR Concept | |
| 4.16 | Approaches to stakeholder engagement, including frequency of engagement by type and by stakeholder group. | Placing Importance on Customers Dialog Strengthening Partnerships Sincere Dialogue with Employees Dialogue with Local Communities Prevention of Global Warming in Logistics CSR Activities Outside Japan |
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| 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. | ||
| Economic | |||
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| GRI guidelines - Index | Contents on websites | ||
| Disclosure on Management Approach | - | ||
| Performance Indicators | |||
| 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. | Financial Statements |
| Annual Report | |||
| Investor Relations | |||
| EC2 | Financial implications and other risks and opportunities for the organization's activities due to climate change. | President's Message | |
| Environmental Mid-term Strategy | |||
| EC3 | Coverage of the organization's defined benefit plan obligations. | - | |
| EC4 | Significant financial assistance received from government. | - | |
| Market Presence | EC5 | Range of ratios of standard entry level wage compared to local minimum wage at significant locations of operation. | - |
| EC6 | Policy, practices, and proportion of spending on locally-based suppliers at significant locations of operation. | - | |
| EC7 | Procedures for local hiring and proportion of senior management hired from the local community at locations of significant operation. | - | |
| 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. | - |
| EC9 | Understanding and describing significant indirect economic impacts, including the extent of impacts. | - | |
| Environmental | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| GRI guidelines - Index | Contents on websites | ||
| Disclosure on Management Approach | Environmental Mid-term Strategy | ||
| SANYO Electric Group Environmental Policies | |||
| Sanyo Global Environmental Action Plan | |||
| Environmental Management System | |||
| Effects of the Environmental Risk on the Economic Aspects | |||
| Performance Indicators | |||
| Materials | EN1 | Materials used by weight or volume. | Overview of the Environmental Impact of the Sanyo Group (In Japan) |
| EN2 | Percentage of materials used that are recycled input materials. | Sanyo Global Environmental Action Plan | |
| Energy | EN3 | Direct energy consumption by primary energy source. | Overview of the Environmental Impact of the Sanyo Group (In Japan) |
| Change in Energy Consumption (Manufacturing Facilities in Japan) | |||
| EN4 | Indirect energy consumption by primary source. | Overview of the Environmental Impact of the Sanyo Group (In Japan) | |
| EN5 | Energy saved due to conservation and efficiency improvements. | Promoting Energy Conservation | |
| EN6 | Initiatives to provide energy-efficient or renewable energy based products and services, and reductions in energy requirements as a result of these initiatives. | Improving Energy Efficiency | |
| Making All Products Environmentally Conscious | |||
| EN7 | Initiatives to reduce indirect energy consumption and reductions achieved. | Pro-environmental Activities in Offices | |
| Waste Reduction and Recycling in Offices | |||
| Water | EN8 | Total water withdrawal by source. | Overview of the Environmental Impact of the Sanyo Group (In Japan) |
| Conservation of Water Resources | |||
| EN9 | Water sources significantly affected by withdrawal of water. | - | |
| EN10 | Percentage and total volume of water recycled and reused. | - | |
| Biodiversity | EN11 | Location and size of land owned, leased, managed in, or adjacent to, protected areas and areas of high biodiversity value outside protected areas. | - |
| EN12 | Description of significant impacts of activities, products, and services on biodiversity in protected areas and areas of high biodiversity value outside protected areas. | Preserving Bio-diversity | |
| EN13 | Habitats protected or restored. | - | |
| EN14 | Strategies, current actions, and future plans for managing impacts on biodiversity. | - | |
| EN15 | Number of IUCN Red List species and national conservation list species with habitats in areas affected by operations, by level of extinction risk. | Preserving Bio-diversity | |
| Emissions, Effluents, and Waste | EN16 | Total direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight. | Overview of the Environmental Impact of the Sanyo Group (In Japan) |
| Sanyo Global Environmental Action Plan | |||
| Changes in CO2 Emissions (Manufacturing Facilities in Japan) | |||
| Change in Greenhouse Gas Emissions Other Than CO2 (Manufacturing Facilities in Japan) | |||
| Global Environmental Performance Data | |||
| EN17 | Other relevant indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight. | Overview of the Environmental Impact of the Sanyo Group (In Japan) | |
| Changes in CO2 Emissions (Manufacturing Facilities in Japan) | |||
| Change in Greenhouse Gas Emissions Other Than CO2 (Manufacturing Facilities in Japan) | |||
| Pro-environmental Activities in Offices | |||
| Waste Reduction and Recycling in Offices | |||
| Global Environmental Performance Data | |||
| EN18 | Initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reductions achieved. | Prevention of Global Warming in Production Process | |
| EN19 | Emissions of ozone-depleting substances by weight. | - | |
| EN20 | NOx, SOx, and other significant air emissions by type and weight. | Overview of the Environmental Impact of the Sanyo Group (In Japan) | |
| Reduction of PRTR Substance Emission | |||
| Curtailing Emission and Scattering of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) | |||
| Global Environmental Performance Data | |||
| EN21 | Total water discharge by quality and destination. | Conservation of Water Resources | |
| EN22 | Total weight of waste by type and disposal method. | Overview of the Environmental Impact of the Sanyo Group (In Japan) | |
| Controlling Waste Generation | |||
| EN23 | Total number and volume of significant spills. | Reduction of PRTR Substance Emission | |
| Curtailing Emission and Scattering of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) | |||
| Countermeasures for Fluorocarbon | |||
| Pollution Risk Survey and Information Disclosure | |||
| EN24 | Weight of transported, imported, exported, or treated waste deemed hazardous under the terms of the Basel Convention Annex I, II, III, and VIII, and percentage of transported waste shipped internationally. | - | |
| EN25 | Identity, size, protected status, and biodiversity value of water bodies and related habitats significantly affected by the reporting organization's discharges of water and runoff. | - | |
| Products and Services | EN26 | Initiatives to mitigate environmental impacts of products and services, and extent of impact mitigation. | Managing Chemical Substances in Products |
| Green Procurement Promotion | |||
| Promotion of Product Assessment | |||
| Making All Products Environmentally Conscious | |||
| EN27 | Percentage of products sold and their packaging materials that are reclaimed by category. | Recycling | |
| Compliance | EN28 | Monetary value of significant fines and total number of non-monetary sanctions for noncompliance with environmental laws and regulations. | Compliance with Environmental Laws and Regulations |
| 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. | Prevention of Global Warming in Logistics |
| Overall | EN30 | Total environmental protection expenditures and investments by type. | Environmental Accounting |
| Labor Practices and Decent Work | |||
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| GRI guidelines - Index | Contents on websites | ||
| Disclosure on Management Approach | Fair Employment | ||
| Health and Safety Management System | |||
| Performance Indicators | |||
| Employment | LA1 | Total workforce by employment type, employment contract, and region. | Fair Employment |
| LA2 | Total number and rate of employee turnover by age group, gender, and region. | - | |
| LA3 | Benefits provided to full-time employees that are not provided to temporary or part-time employees, by major operations. | Encouraging a Balance of Work and Family Life | |
| Labor/Management Relation | LA4 | Percentage of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements. | Sincere Dialogue with Employees |
| LA5 | Minimum notice period(s) regarding operational changes, including whether it is specified in collective agreements. | - | |
| 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. | Occupational Health and Safety |
| LA7 | Rates of injury, occupational diseases, lost days, and absenteeism, and number of work-related fatalities by region. | Occupational Health and Safety | |
| LA8 | Education, training, counseling, prevention, and risk-control programs in place to assist workforce members, their families, or community members regarding serious diseases. | Occupational Health and Safety | |
| LA9 | Health and safety topics covered in formal agreements with trade unions. | Occupational Health and Safety | |
| 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. | Proper Evaluation and Treatment/Skills Development | |
| 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. | Fair Employment |
| Promoting Diversity | |||
| LA14 | Ratio of basic salary of men to women by employee category. | - | |
| Human Rights | |||
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| GRI guidelines - Index | Contents on websites | ||
| Disclosure on Management Approach | Compliance | ||
| Impartial and Fair Transactions | |||
| Fair Employment | |||
| Code of Conduct and Ethics | |||
| Performance Indicators | |||
| Investment and Procurement Practice | HR1 | Percentage and total number of significant investment agreements that include human rights clauses or that have undergone human rights screening. | - |
| HR2 | Percentage of significant suppliers and contractors that have undergone screening on human rights and actions taken. | - | |
| 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. | - | |
| Non-discrimination | HR4 | Total number of incidents of discrimination and actions taken. | Fair Employment |
| 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. | - |
| 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. | - |
| Security Practices | HR8 | Percentage of security personnel trained in the organization's policies or procedures concerning aspects of human rights that are relevant to operations. | - |
| Indigenous Rights | HR9 | Total number of incidents of violations involving rights of indigenous people and actions taken. | - |
| Society | |||
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| GRI guidelines - Index | Contents on websites | ||
| Disclosure on Management Approach | Compliance | ||
| Code of Conduct and Ethics | |||
| Performance Indicators | |||
| 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. | - |
| Corruption | SO2 | Percentage and total number of business units analyzed for risks related to corruption. | - |
| SO3 | Percentage of employees trained in organization's anti-corruption policies and procedures. | Compliance | |
| Environmental Education/Training for All Employees | |||
| Compliance with the Subcontract Act | |||
| SO4 | Actions taken in response to incidents of corruption. | Regarding Amendments to Previous Financial Statements | |
| Public Policy | SO5 | Public policy positions and participation in public policy development and lobbying. | - |
| SO6 | Total value of financial and in-kind contributions to political parties, politicians, and related institutions by country. | - | |
| Anti-competitive Behavior | SO7 | Total number of legal actions for anticompetitive behavior, anti-trust, and monopoly practices and their outcomes. | - |
| Compliance | SO8 | Monetary value of significant fines and total number of non-monetary sanctions for noncompliance with laws and regulations. | - |
| Product Responsibility | |||
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| GRI guidelines - Index | Contents on websites | ||
| Disclosure on Management Approach | Compliance | ||
| Improving Customer Satisfaction | |||
| Code of Conduct and Ethics | |||
| Performance Indicators | |||
| 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. | Aiming for Higher Quality |
| Efforts to Develop Universal Design Products | |||
| PR2 | Total number of incidents of non-compliance with regulations and voluntary codes concerning health and safety impacts of products and services during their life cycle, by type of outcomes. | Providing Information to Customers | |
| Product and Service Labeling | PR3 | Type of product and service information required by procedures, and percentage of significant products and services subject to such information requirements. | Providing Information to Customers |
| PR4 | Total number of incidents of non-compliance with regulations and voluntary codes concerning product and service information and labeling, by type of outcomes. | - | |
| PR5 | Practices related to customer satisfaction, including results of surveys measuring customer satisfaction. | Placing Importance on Customers Dialog | |
| Marketing Communications | PR6 | Programs for adherence to laws, standards, and voluntary codes related to marketing communications, including advertising, promotion, and sponsorship. | Appropriate Publicity and Advertising |
| PR7 | Total number of incidents of non-compliance with regulations and voluntary codes concerning marketing communications, including advertising, promotion, and sponsorship by type of outcomes. | - | |
| Customer Privacy | PR8 | Total number of substantiated complaints regarding breaches of customer privacy and losses of customer data. | - |
| Compliance | PR9 | Monetary value of significant fines for noncompliance with laws and regulations concerning the provision and use of products and services. | - |
