PASSION FOR THE BEST

Daiwa Securities Group Sustainability Report 2006

GRI Contet Index

Item Indicator Page
1 Vision and strategy
1.1 Statement of the organisation's sustainability vision and strategy regarding its contribution to sustainable development
2 Profile
Organisational profile
2.1 Name of reporting organisation
2.2 Major products and/or services, including brands if appropriate
2.3 Operational structure of the organisation
2.4 Description of major divisions, operating companies, subsidiaries and joint ventures
2.5 Countries in which the organisation's operations are located
2.6 Nature of ownership; legal form
2.7 Nature of markets served
2.8 Scale of the reporting organisation
2.9 List of stakeholders, key attributes of each, and relationship to the reporting organisation
Report scope
2.10 Contact person(s) for the report, including e-mail and web addresses
2.11 Reporting period (e.g. fiscal/A32calendar year) for information provided
2.12 Date of most recent previous report (if any)
2.13 Boundaries of report (countries/regions, products/services, divisions/facilities/joint ventures/subsidiaries) and any specific limitations on the scope
2.14 Significant changes in size, structure, ownership, or products/services that have occurred since the previous report
2.15 Basis for reporting on joint ventures, partially owned subsidiaries, leased facilities, outsourced operations and other situations that can significantly affect comparability from period to period and/or between reporting organisations
2.16 Explanation of the nature and effect of any re-statements of information provided in earlier reports, and the reasons for such re-statement (e.g., mergers/acquisitions, changes of base years/periods, nature of business, measurement methods)
Report profile
2.17 Decisions not to apply GRI principles or protocols in the preparation of the report
2.18 Criteria/definitions used in any accounting for economic, environmental, and social costs and benefits
2.19 Significant changes from previous years in the measurement methods applied to key economic, environmental and social information
2.20 Policies and internal practices to enhance and provide assurance about the accuracy, completeness, and reliability that can be attributed to the sustainability report
2.22 Means by which report users can obtain additional information and reports about economic, environmental and social aspects of the organisation's activities, including facility-specific information (if available)
3 Governance structure and management systems
Structure and governance
3.1 Governance structure of the organisation, including major committees under the board of directors that are responsible for setting strategy and for oversight of the organisation
3.2 Percentage of the board of directors that are independent, non-executive directors
3.4 Board-level processes for overseeing the organisation's identification and management of economic, environmental, and social risks and opportunities
3.5 Linkage between executive compensation and achievement of the organisation's financial and non-financial goals (e.g., Environmental performance, labour practices)
3.6 Organisational structure and key individuals responsible for oversight, implementation, and audit of economic, environmental, social and related policies
3.7 Mission and values statements, internally developed codes of conduct or principles, and policies relevant to economic, environmental and social performance and the status of implementation
3.8 Mechanisms for shareholders to provide recommendations or direction to the board of directors
Stakeholder engagement
3.9 Basis for identification and selection of major stakeholders
3.10 Approaches to stakeholder consultation reported in terms of frequency of consultations by type and by stakeholder group
3.11 Type of information generated by stakeholder consultations
3.12 Use of information resulting from stakeholder engagements
Overarching policies and management systems
3.14 Externally developed, voluntary economic, environmental and social charters, sets of principles, or other initiatives to which the organisation subscribes or which it endorses
3.15 Principle memberships in industry and business associations, as well as national/international advocacy organisations
3.16 Policies and/or systems for managing upstream and downstream impacts
3.17 Reporting organisation's approach to managing indirect economic, environmental, and social impacts resulting from its activities
3.18 Major decisions during the reporting period regarding the location of, or changes in, operations
3.19 Programmes and procedures pertaining to economic, environmental and social performance
3.20 Status of certification pertaining to economic, environmental and social management systems
4 GRI content index
4.1 A table identifying location of each element of the GRI Report Content, by section and indicator
5 Performance indicators
Economic performance indicators
Direct impacts
Core indicators
Customers
EC1 Net sales
EC2 Geographic breakdown of markets
Suppliers
EC3 Cost of all goods, materials, and services purchased
Providers of Capital
EC6 Distributions to providers of capital broken down by interest on debt and borrowings, and dividends on all classes of shares, with any arrears of preferred dividends to be disclosed
EC7 Increase/decrease in retained earnings at end of period
Public sector
EC9 Subsidies received broken down by country or region
EC10 Donations to community, civil society, and other groups broken down in terms of cash and in-kind donations per type group
Indirect impacts
Public sector
EC13 The organisation's indirect economic impacts
Environmental performance indicators
Core indicators
Materials
EN1 Total materials use other than water, by type
Energy
EN3 Direct energy use segmented by primary source
Water
EN5 Total water use
Emissions, effluents and waste
EN8 Greenhouse gas emissions (CO2 , CH4 , N2O , HFCs , PFCs , SF6)
EN11 Total amount of waste by type and destination
EN13 Significant spills of chemicals, oil and fuels in terms of total number and total volume
Products and Services
EN14 Significant environmental impacts of principal products and services
Compliance
EN16 Incidents of and fines for non-compliance with all applicable international declarations/conventions/treaties, and national, sub-national, regional and local regulations
associated with environmental issues
Additional Indicators
Energy
EN17 Initiatives to use renewable energy sources and to increase energy efficiency
Water
EN20 Water sources and related ecosystems/habitats significantly affected by use of water
Social performance indicators
Labor practices and decent work
Core indicators
Employment
LA1 Breakdown of workforce, where possible, by region/country, status (employee/non-employee), employment type (full time/part time), and by employment contract (indefinite or permanent/fixed term or temporary). Also identify workforce retained in conjunction with other employers (temporary agency workers or workers in co-employment relationships), segmented by region/country
LA2 Net employment creation and average turnover segmented by region/country
LA3 Percentage of employees represented by independent trade union organisations or other bona fide employee representatives broken down geographically OR percentage of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements broken down by region/country
Diversity and opportunity
LA10 Description of equal opportunity policies or programmes, as well as monitoring systems to ensure compliance and results of monitoring
LA11 Composition of senior management and corporate governance bodies (including the board of directors), including male/female ratio and other indicators of diversity as culturally appropriate
Additional Indicators
Employment
LA12 Employee benefits beyond those legally mandated
Labor/management relations
LA13 Provision for formal worker representation in decision-making or management, including corporate governance
Training and education
LA16 Description of programmes to support the continued employability of employees and to manage career endings
LA17 Specific policies and programmes for skills management or for lifelong learning
Human rights
Core indicators
Strategy and management
HR1 Description of policies, guidelines, corporate structure and procedures to deal with all aspects of human rights relevant to the reporter's operations, including monitoring mechanisms and results
Non-discrimination
HR4 Description of global policy and procedures/programs preventing all forms of discrimination in the reporter's operations, including monitoring systems and results of monitoring
Child Labour
HR6 Description of policy excluding child labour as defined by the ILO Convention 138 and extent to which this policy is visibly stated and applied, as well as description of procedures/programmes to address this issue, including monitoring systems and results of monitoring
Forced and Compulsory Labor
HR7 Description of policy to prevent forced and compulsory labour and extent to which this policy is visibly stated and applied, as well as description of procedures/programmes to address this issue, including monitoring systems and results of monitoring
Additional Indicators
Strategy and management
HR8 Employee training on policies and practices concerning all aspects of human rights relevant to operations
Disciplinary practices
HR9 Description of appeal practices, including, but not limited to, human rights issues
HR10 Description of non-retaliation policy and effective, confidential employee grievance system
(including, but not limited to, its impact on human rights)
Society
Core indicators
Community
SO1 Description of policies to manage impacts on communities in areas affected by activities, as well as description of procedures/programmes to address this issue, including monitoring systems and results of monitoring
Additional indicators
Community
SO4 Awards received relevant to social, ethical, and environmental performance
Product responsibility
Core indicators
Respect for privacy
PR3 Description of reporting organisation's policy, procedures/management systems and compliance mechanisms for consumer privacy
Additional indicators
Customer health and safety
PR6 Voluntary code of compliance, product labels or awards with respect to social and/or environmental responsibility that the reporter is qualified to use or has received
Products and services
PR8 Description of policy, procedures/management systems, and compliance mechanisms related to customer satisfaction, including results of surveys measuring customer satisfaction. Identify geographic areas covered by policy
Advertising
PR9 Description of reporting organisation's policies, procedures/management systems and compliance mechanisms for adherence to standards and voluntary codes related to advertising
Financial Services Sector Supplement: Pilot Version 1.0
Social performance indicators
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) management
CSR1 CSR policy
CSR2 CSR organisation
CSR4 Management of sensitive issues
CSR5 Non-compliance
CSR6 Stakeholder dialogue
Internal social performance
INT1 Internal CSR Policy
INT2 Staff turnover and job creation
INT7 Employee profile
Performance to society
SOC1 Charitable contributions
SOC2 Economic value added
Investment banking
IB1 Investment policy
IB2 Customer profile: Global Transaction Structure
IB3 Transactions with high social benefit
Asset management
AM1 Asset management policy (socially relevant elements)
AM2 Assets under management with high social benefit
AM3 SRI oriented shareholder activity
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