1.
GRI Food Processing
Sector supplement
Webinar by Maaike Fleur
GRI Sector Supplement Manager
guidelines@globalreporting.org
Venue, Date
And: Koen Boone – LEI
Consultant to FPSS development
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2.
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
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3.
Global Reporting Initiative
• GRI Sustainability Reporting Framework
• GRI Secretariat
• GRI Organizational Stakeholders (OS)
• GRI Governance Bodies
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4.
GRI Sustainability Reporting
Guidelines
• 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
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5.
What you can not measure, you cannot manage.
What you can not manage, you cannot change!
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6.
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
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7.
Toys
Traced GRI Reports
Tobacco
Universities
Railroad
Waste Management
Textiles & Apparel
Healthcare Services
Computers
Equipment
Tourism/Leisure
in 2009 by sector
Media
Commercial Services
Agriculture
Household & Personal Products
Water Utilities
Forest & Paper Products
Automotive
Construction Materials
Real Estate Total number of traced reports = 1390
Consumer Durables
Aviation
Metals Products
Public Agency
Non-Profit/Services
Healthcare Products
Technology Hardware
Chemicals
Conglomerates
Retailers
Construction
Logistics
Telecommunications
Mining
Food & Beverage products
Energy Utilities
Energy
Other
Financial Services
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200
All statistics refer to reports registered on the GRI Reports List

8.
Traced GRI reports in the Food
Processing sector * by year
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
76
68
30
56
20
31
10 20 21
2 14
6 9
0
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
* Including Breweries
All statistics refer to reports registered on the GRI Reports List,
as of date 25 November 2010

9.
GRI reports in the Food
Processing sector by region
2009 2010
n= 68 n=76
Asia Asia
15% Africa 12%
Africa 0%
0%
Oceania
0%
Oceania
7%
Europe Northern
49% America
16%
Europe
59%
Northern America
19%
Latin America
13%
Latin America
10%
All numbers refer to reports registered on the GRI Reports List,
as of date 25 November 2010

10.
GRI reports in the Food Processing
sector by GRI Application level
2009 2010
n= 68 n=76
A A
7% A+ Undeclared 10%
6% 21% A+
Undeclared 4%
28%
C+
B 3%
23%
B
26%
C+
9%
C
24%
C B+
15% 12% B+
12%
All numbers refer to reports registered on the GRI Reports List,
as of date 25 November 2010

11.
GRI reports in the Food Processing
sector by GRI Application level status
2009 2010
n= 68 n=76
GRI-checked Undeclared
Undeclared 22% 21%
28% GRI-checked
32%
Third-party-
checked
12%
Third-party-
checked
15% Self-declared
35% Self-declared
35%
All numbers refer to reports registered on the GRI Reports List,
as of date 25 November 2010

12.
What is the Supplement?
Sector-specific sustainability reporting
guidance for the Food Processing sector,
integrated into the GRI G3 Guidelines.
Consisting of sector-specific:
– Introductory section
– Commentary on existing G3 Guidelines content
– New disclosures on management approach and
performance indicators, and associated indicator protocols
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13.
Why develop a Supplement
for sectors?
• Sector-specific themes not (sufficiently)
covered in the G3 Guidelines
• Potential for lifting sustainability performance
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14.
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
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15.
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
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16.
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
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17.
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
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18.
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
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19.
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
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20.
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
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21.
Who developed this?
A multi-stakeholder geographically diverse GRI Working Group:
• Allianz Global Investors • International Union for Conservation of
• Archer Daniels Midland Nature (IUCN)
• Bunge Brazil • Nestlé
• Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) • New York University (NYU)
• Danisco • Punjab Education Sector Reform
• FNV Bondgenoten Program (PESRP)
• Green Mountain Coffee Roasters • Société Générale de Surveillance (SGS)
• Interface Trading • Tyson Foods
• International Fair Trade Association • Wilmar
(IFAT) • World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF)
• International Federation of • Young’s Seafood Limited/Findus Group
Agricultural Producers (IFAP)
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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
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23.
G3 Map
Content
Strategy and Analysis
Quality Organizational Profile
Principles Report parameters
Boundary
Governance,
Disclosure Commitments and
Items Engagements
Standard
Disclosures
Disclosure on Management
Approach and Performance
Indicators
Labor
Human Rights
Economic Environmental Social Society
Product
Responsibility
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24.
Materiality Principle
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25.
GRI Application level table
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26.
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
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27.
Visit the Food Processing Sector
Supplement on GRI’s webpage
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28.
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
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29.
GRI Linked in - Food Processing
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30.
Watch the webinar
Streaming recording link: http://bit.ly/eaG7T4
Download recording link: http://bit.ly/gK4tQP
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