G3 GRI content index

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is a global multi-stakeholder network of thousands of experts worldwide, who participate in the GRI’s working groups and governance bodies to provide a universally accepted, trusted and credible framework for sustainability reporting. The following table provides a summary of Grindrod’s reporting against the criteria of the Global Reporting Initiative’s Sustainability Reporting Guidelines (www.globalreporting.org).

NR – Not reported
N/A – Not applicable

GRI reference	Description	Page
Strategy and profile
1.1	CEO statement	Chief executive officer’s report
1.2	Description of key impacts, risks and opportunities	Risk management

Organisational profile
2.1	Name of the organisation	Group profile, Corporate information
2.2	Primary brands, products and/or services	Group profile, Geographic profile
2.3	Operational structure of the organisation	Group profile
2.4	Location of organisation's headquarters	Geographic profile, Corporate information
2.5	Number of countries where the organisation operates	Geographic profile
2.6	Nature of ownership and legal form	Geographic profile, Share analysis of ordinary shareholders, Interests in subsidiaries
2.7	Markets served	Group profile
2.8	Scale of the reporting organisation	Group profile, Group financial highlights, Divisional reviews: Shipping, Trading, Freight Services, Financial Services.
2.9	Significant changes to company during the reporting period	Group financial highlights, Chief executive officer’s report
2.10	Awards received in the reporting period	Social performance

Report parameters
3.1	Reporting period	Independent auditor’s report
3.2	Date of most recent previous report	This report (2008)
3.3	Reporting cycle	Sustainability
3.4	Contact point for questions regarding the report or its contents	Corporate information
3.5 – 3.11	Report scope and boundary	Sustainability
3.12	GRI content index	G3 GRI content index
3.13	Assurance	Independent auditor’s report (Financial only)

Governance, commitments and engagement
4.1 – 4.10	Corporate governance	Corporate governance
4.11 – 4.13	Commitments to external initiatives	Social performance, Stakeholder engagement
4.14 – 4.17	Stakeholder engagement	Stakeholder engagement

MANAGEMENT APPROACH AND PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
Economic performance
	Management approach	NR
EC1	Direct economic value generated and distributed	Value added statement
EC2	Financial implications and other risks and opportunities for the organisation's activities due to climate change	Environmental performance
EC3	Coverage of the organisation's defined benefit plan obligations	Directors’ report, Accounting policies, note 18
EC4	Significant financial assistance received from government	Value added statement
EC5	Range of ratios of standard entry level wage compared to local minimum wage at significant locations of operation	NR
EC6	Policy, practices and proportion of spending on locally-based suppliers at significant locations of operation	NR
EC7	Procedures for local hiring and proportion of senior management hired from the local community	Social performance
EC8	Development and impact of infrastructure investments and services provided primarily for public benefit through commercial, in-kind, or pro bono engagement	Social performance
EC9	Understanding and describing significant indirect economic impacts	NR

Environmental performance
	Management approach	Environmental performance
EN1 – EN2	Materials and recycling	Environmental performance
EN3 – EN7	Energy and energy conservation	Environmental performance, Environmental performance
EN8 – EN10	Water and water conservation	Environmental performance, Environmental performance
EN11 – EN15	Biodiversity and natural ecosystem impacts	Environmental performance
EN16 – EN18	Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions	Environmental performance, Environmental performance, Environmental performance
EN19	Emissions of ozone-depleting substances	Environmental performance
EN20	NOx, SOx and other significant air emissions	Environmental performance
EN21	Water discharge	Environmental performance
EN22	Waste	Environmental performance, Environmental performance
EN23	Total number and volume of significant spills	Environmental performance, Environmental performance
EN24	Transport of hazardous waste	Environmental performance
EN25	Impacts to water bodies by discharges of water and run-off	Environmental performance
EN26	Initiatives to mitigate environmental impacts of products and services and extent of impact mitigation	Environmental performance
EN27	Packaging materials reclaimed	NR
EN28	Fines and non-monetary sanctions for environmental non-compliance	Environmental performance (none)
EN29	Environmental impacts of transporting products	Environmental performance
EN30	Environmental protection expenditure	NR

Social: Labour practices and decent work
	Management approach	Social performance
LA1 – LA2	Workforce composition	Social performance, Social performance
LA3	Employee benefits	Social performance
LA4	Collective bargaining agreements (trade unions)	Social performance
LA5	Minimum notice period(s)	Remuneration report
LA6 – LA9	Occupational health and safety	Social performance
LA10 – LA11	Training and skills development	Social performance
LA12	Employee performance and career development reviews	Social performance
LA13	Employee gender, age, minority group membership and other indicators of diversity	Social performance
LA14	Ratio of basic salary of men to women by employee category	NR

Social: Human rights
	Management approach	Social performance
HR1 – HR9	Human rights disclosure	Social performance

Social: Society
	Management approach	NR
SO1	Impacts of operations on communities	NR
SO2	Business units analysed for risks related to corruption	NR
SO3	Anti-corruption policies and procedure training	Corporate governance
SO4	Actions taken in response to incidents of corruption	N/A
SO5	Public policy positions and participation in public policy development and lobbying	Stakeholder engagement
SO6	Contributions to political parties	N/A (None)
SO7	Legal actions for anti-competitive behaviour, anti-trust, and monopoly practices and their outcomes	N/A
SO8	Fines and non-monetary sanctions for non-compliance with laws and regulations	N/A (None)

Social: Product responsibility
	Management approach	NR
PR1	Health and safety impacts of products and services	NR
PR2	Incidents of non-compliance with regulations and voluntary codes concerning health and safety impacts of products and services during their life cycle	NR (None)
PR3	Type of product and service information required by procedures and percentage of significant products and services subject to such information requirements	NR
PR4	Incidents of non-compliance with regulations and voluntary codes concerning product and service information and labelling	NR (None)
PR5	Practices related to customer satisfaction, including results of surveys measuring customer satisfaction	Stakeholder engagement
PR6	Programmes for adherence to laws, standards and voluntary codes related to marketing communications	NR
PR7	Incidents of non-compliance with regulations and voluntary codes concerning marketing communications	NR (None)
PR8	Substantiated complaints regarding breaches of customer privacy and losses of customer data	NR (None)
PR9	Significant fines for non-compliance with laws and regulations concerning the provision and use of products and services	NR (None)