Webinar G food processing sector supplement 1 december 2010

Venue, Date

GRI Food Processing Sector supplement

Webinar by Maaike Fleur

GRI Sector Supplement Manager

[email protected]

And: Koen Boone – LEI

Consultant to FPSS development

GRI Webinar FPSS, 1 December 2010

mailto:[email protected]

Content

• Global Reporting Initiative• Sustainability Reporting in the Food

Processing sector• GRI Food Processing Sector Supplement:

scope & content• How to start using the supplement?• Watch the webinar


• GRI Sustainability Reporting Framework

• GRI Secretariat

• GRI Organizational Stakeholders (OS)

• GRI Governance Bodies

Global Reporting Initiative


• World’s most widely-used sustainability reporting framework

• Designed to be used by organizations of all sizes and types, across sectors and regions

• Developed by international, multi-stakeholder consensus based approach

GRI Sustainability Reporting Guidelines


What you can not measure, you cannot manage.

What you can not manage, you cannot change!


Sustainability Reporting Process: Benefits

“Internal” Benefits for Organizations

1. Develop a vision & strategy on sustainability

2. Improve management systems

3. Identify strengths & weaknesses

4. Attract & motivate the staff

5. Connect departments & promote innovation

6. Source of competitive advantage & become a “market leader”

7. Attract investors

“External” Benefits for Organizations

1. Enhances reputation, trust and respect

2. Improves transparency and dialogue with stakeholders

3. Demonstrates commitment to sustainability

4. Enables comparability and benchmarking


0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200

Financial Services

Other

Energy

Energy Utilities

Food & Beverage products

Mining

Telecommunications

Logistics

Construction

Retailers

Conglomerates

Chemicals

Technology Hardware

Healthcare Products

Non-Profit/Services

Public Agency

Metals Products

Aviation

Consumer Durables

Real Estate

Construction Materials

Automotive

Forest & Paper Products

Water Utilities

Household & Personal Products

Agriculture

Commercial Services

Media

Tourism/Leisure

Equipment

Computers

Healthcare Services

Textiles & Apparel

Waste Management

Railroad

Universities

Tobacco

Toys

Traced GRI Reports in 2009 by sector

Total number of traced reports = 1390

All statistics refer to reports registered on the GRI Reports List

http://www.globalreporting.org/ReportServices/GRIReportsList/

26 9

1420 21

31

56

6876

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20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Traced GRI reports in the Food Processing sector* by year

* Including Breweries

All statistics refer to reports registered on the GRI Reports List, as of date 25 November 2010


GRI reports in the Food Processing sector by region

Europe49%

Latin America10%

Northern America19%

Oceania7%

Africa0%

Asia15%

Europe59%

Latin America13%

Northern America

16%

Oceania0%

Africa0%

Asia12%

2009 2010n= 68 n=76

All numbers refer to reports registered on the GRI Reports List, as of date 25 November 2010


GRI reports in the Food Processing sector by GRI Application level

A10%

A+4%

B26%

B+12%

C24%

C+3%

Undeclared21%

2009 2010n= 68 n=76

A7% A+

6%

B23%

B+12%

C15%

C+9%

Undeclared28%



GRI-checked22%

Self-declared35%

Third-party-checked

15%

Undeclared28%

GRI reports in the Food Processing sector by GRI Application level status

2009 2010n= 68 n=76

GRI-checked32%

Self-declared35%

Third-party-checked

12%

Undeclared21%



Consisting of sector-specific:

– Introductory section

– Commentary on existing G3 Guidelines content

– New disclosures on management approach and performance indicators, and associated indicator protocols

What is the Supplement?

Sector-specific sustainability reporting guidance for the Food Processing sector, integrated into the GRI G3 Guidelines.


Why develop a Supplement for sectors?

• Sector-specific themes not (sufficiently) covered in the G3 Guidelines

• Potential for lifting sustainability performance


Scope of the Supplement

Aimed at:

– Food processing companies

– Commodity trading related to food processing

– Fish processing companies

– Beverage companies

Parts of Supplement applicable for:

– Companies producing alcohol, tobacco and timber, food retailers or delivering inputs to farmers like pesticides and fertilizers


Topics included in sector Supplement

• Sourcing

• Labor/Management Relations

• Lobbying, subsidies

• Healthy and Affordable Food

• Food Safety

• Health and Food

• Labeling and marketing

• Animal Welfare


Indicators - Sourcing

• Sourcing management approach

– Policy, goals, performance, purchasing decision making, responsibility, training

– Materiality assessment

• % of purchased volume compliant with policy

• % of purchased volume compliant with international standards


Indicators – Product responsibility

• Percentage of production volume manufactured in sites certified on food safety

• Percentage of consumer products that are

– lowered in saturated fat, trans fats, sodium and added sugars

– increased fiber, vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals and functional food additives

• Policies and practices on communication to consumers about ingredients and nutritional information beyond legal requirements


Indicators – Society/labour

• Financial and non financial (knowledge transfer, product development) contributions to:

– Promotion of healthy lifestyles

– Prevention of chronic disease and malnutrition

– Access to healthy, nutritious and affordable food

– Improve welfare for communities in need

• Percentage of working time lost due to industrial disputes, strikes and/or lock-outs, by country


Indicators – Animal welfare

Management approach and 5 Indicators on:

• Breeding and genetics

• Animal husbandry

– Physical alterations

– Housing type

– Antibiotic/hormone, etc.

• Transportation, handling and slaughter


Other material topics

• Water, GHG, Biodiversity, labor/human rights practices, transport, packaging etc.: G3

• Nutrients, pesticides, fair trade, purchasing decision making etc.: Sourcing DMA*

• Programs to assist farmers: Sourcing DMA*

• Organic/fair trade production: Sourcing indicator “% international standards”


* DMA: Disclosure on Management Approach

Who developed this?

• Allianz Global Investors

• Archer Daniels Midland

• Bunge Brazil

• Compassion in World Farming (CIWF)

• Danisco

• FNV Bondgenoten

• Green Mountain Coffee Roasters

• Interface Trading

• International Fair Trade Association (IFAT)

• International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP)

• International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

• Nestlé

• New York University (NYU)

• Punjab Education Sector Reform Program (PESRP)

• Société Générale de Surveillance (SGS)

• Tyson Foods

• Wilmar

• World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF)

• Young’s Seafood Limited/Findus Group

A multi-stakeholder geographically diverse GRI Working Group:


And how was it developed?

• Developed in a 2 years process

• By a multi-stakeholder Working Group through a consensus-seeking approach

• 2 opportunities for public comment on the drafts

• Seafood Workshops inviting feedback

• GRI Governance Bodies


Labor

Human Rights

Society

Product

Responsibility

Principles

Standard

Disclosures

Content

Boundary

Quality

Disclosure

Items

Strategy and Analysis

Organizational Profile

Report parameters

Governance,

Commitments and

Engagements

Disclosure on Management

Approach and Performance

Indicators

Economic SocialEnvironmental

G3 Map


Materiality Principle


GRI Application level table


How to implement using the Supplement?

• Study the Supplement

• Look at reporting experience of other reporters

• GRI training partners

• GRI certified software tools

• Level C reporting template

• GRI Learning publications


http://www.globalreporting.org/ReportingFramework/SectorSupplements/FoodProcessing/FoodProcessingSectorSupplement.htm






http://www.globalreporting.org/LearningAndSupport/TrainingAndWorkshops/CertifiedTrainingProgram/TrainingOrganizations.htm

http://www.globalreporting.org/LearningAndSupport/SoftwareAndTools/CertifiedSoftwareDatabase.htm

http://www.globalreporting.org/LearningAndSupport/ToolsAndResources/LetsReportTemplate/LetsReportTemplate.htm

http://www.globalreporting.org/LearningAndSupport/GRIPublications/LearningPublications/LearningPublications.htm

Visit the Food Processing Sector Supplement on GRI’s webpage


http://www.globalreporting.org/ReportingFramework/SectorSupplements/FoodProcessing/

How to become part of the GRI network?

• Become an Organization Stakeholder, get rights to vote, participate in projects and get discounts!

• Read the newsletter!

• Use the Guidelines, get publications, get a training or organize a awareness workshop…

• Visit GRI’s website: www.globalreporting.org


http://www.globalreporting.org/

GRI Linked in - Food Processing


http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=3105114&trk=anet_ug_hm




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