Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) cross-reference table
Ahold is adapting its reporting according to the GRI standards. Below is a summary of Ahold's compliance.
AR: Annual Report 2007
CSR: Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2007
1 Strategy and Analysis
| 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. |
CSR: Chief Executive's introduction |
2 Organizational Profile
| 2.1 |
Name of the organization. |
CSR: Cover, Backcover |
| 2.2 |
Primary brands, products, and/or services. |
CSR: Our brands |
| 2.3 |
Operational structure of the organization, including
main divisions, operating companies, subsidiaries,
and joint ventures. |
CSR: Our brands, AR: Corporate governance |
| 2.4 |
Location of organization's headquarters. |
Back cover |
| 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. |
CSR: Our brands, AR: Business Review |
| 2.6 |
Nature of ownership and legal form. |
AR: Corporate governance |
| 2.7 |
Markets served (including geographic breakdown,
sectors served, and types of customers/beneficiaries). |
CSR: Our brands |
| 2.8 |
Scale of the reporting organization, including: number
of employees, net sales, total capitalization, etc |
CSR: Our people &
Ahold at a glance, AR:
Financial statements
Note 6 |
| 2.9 |
Significant changes during the reporting period
regarding size, structure, or ownership |
AR: Financial statements Note 5 |
| 2.10 |
Awards received in the reporting period. |
CSR: Community engagement |
3 Report Parameters
Report Profile
| 3.1 |
Reporting period (e.g., fiscal/calendar year) for information provided. |
CSR: About our CSR report |
| 3.2 |
Date of most recent previous report (if any). |
CSR: About our CSR report |
| 3.3 |
Reporting cycle (annual, biennial, etc.) |
CSR: About our CSR report |
| 3.4 |
Contact point for questions regarding the report or its contents. |
CSR: Back cover |
Report Scope and Boundary
| 3.5 |
Process for defining report content |
CSR: About our CSR report |
| 3.6 |
Boundary of the report (e.g., countries, divisions,
subsidiaries, leased facilities, joint ventures,
suppliers).
|
CSR: About our CSR report, Our brands |
| 3.7 |
State any specific limitations on the scope or boundary of the report |
CSR: About our CSR report |
| 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.
|
CSR: About our CSR report |
| 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).
|
CSR: About our CSR report |
| 3.11 |
Significant changes from previous reporting periods
in the scope, boundary, or measurement methods
applied in the report. |
CSR: About our CSR report |
GRI Content Index
| 3.12 |
Table identifying the location of the Standard Disclosures in the report. |
CSR: GRI cross-reference table |
Assurance
| 3.13 |
Policy and current practice with regard to seeking external assurance for the report. |
CSR: About our CSR report |
4 Governance, Commitments & Engagement
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.
|
AR: Corporate governance |
| 4.2 |
Indicate whether the Chair of the highest governance body is also an executive officer |
AR: Corporate governance |
| 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.
|
Not applicable |
| 4.4 |
Mechanisms for shareholders and employees to
provide recommendations or direction to the highest
governance body.
|
AR: Corporate governance |
| 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).
|
AR: Remuneration |
| 4.6 |
Processes in place for the highest governance body to
ensure conflicts of interest are avoided. |
AR: Corporate governance |
| 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.
|
Ahold's Code of
Conduct, CSR: Our
approach to CSR |
| 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. |
AR: Risk Management and internal control |
| 4.10 |
Processes for evaluating the highest governance
body's own performance, particularly with respect to
economic, environmental, and social performance. |
AR: Supervisory Board report |
Commitments to External Initiatives
| 4.11 |
Explanation of whether and how the precautionary
approach or principle is addressed by the
organization.
|
CSR: Sustainable trade |
| 4.12 |
Externally developed economic, environmental, and
social charters, principles, or other initiatives to which
the organization subscribes or endorses.
|
CSR: Sustainable trade |
| 4.13 |
Memberships in associations (such as industry
associations) and/or national/international advocacy
organizations. |
CSR: About our CSR report |
Stakeholder Engagement
| 4.14 |
List of stakeholder groups engaged by the organization. |
CSR: About our CSR report |
| 4.15 |
Basis for identification and selection of stakeholders with whom to engage. |
CSR: Our approach to CSR |
| 4.16 |
Approaches to stakeholder engagement, including
frequency of engagement by type and by stakeholder group. |
CSR: Our approach to CSR |
| 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. |
CSR: Our approach to CSR |
Economic
Economic Performance
| EC1 |
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. |
CSR: Community
engagement,
Financial highlights,
AR: Financial
statements |
Market Presence
| EC6 |
Policy, practices, and proportion of spending on
locally-based suppliers at significant locations of
operation. |
CSR: Sustainable trade |
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. |
CSR: Sustainable trade |
Environmental
Energy
| EN3 |
Direct energy consumption by primary energy source. |
CSR: Climate action |
| EN4 |
Indirect energy consumption by primary source. |
CSR: Climate action |
| EN6 |
Initiatives to provide energy-efficient or renewable
energy based products and services, and reductions
in energy requirements as a result of these initiatives. |
CSR: Climate action |
Water
| EN8 |
Total water withdrawal by source. |
CSR: Climate action |
Emissions, Effluents, and Waste
| EN16 |
Total direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight. |
CSR: Climate action |
| EN18 |
Initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reductions achieved. |
CSR: Climate action |
| EN22 |
Total weight of waste by type and disposal method. |
CSR: Climate action |
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. |
CSR: Climate action |
Social Performance: Labor Practices & Decent Work
Employment
| LA1 |
Total workforce by employment type, employment
contract, and region. |
CSR: Our people |
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. |
AR: Board and management, Supervisory Board report |
Social Performance: Human Rights
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. |
CSR: Sustainable trade |
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. |
CSR: Sustainable trade |
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. |
CSR: Sustainable trade |
Public Policy
| SO5 |
Public policy positions and participation in public
policy development and lobbying. |
CSR: About our CSR report |
Social Performance: Product Responsibility
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. |
CSR: Sustainable trade |
Products 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. |
CSR: Sustainable trade |
Other: Non-GRI Ahold specific information
Assortment
| |
Corporate brand natural and organic products |
CSR: Healthy living |
