What are the material issues the company has identified?

In its 2017 Sustainability Report BP identified a range of material issues, such as climate change and the energy transition, safety, human rights, governance and risk, people and ethics. Among these, supporting local workers and suppliers stands out as a key material issue for BP.

Stakeholder engagement in accordance with the GRI Standards

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) defines the Principle of Stakeholder Inclusiveness when identifying material issues (or a company’s most important impacts) as follows:

“The reporting organization shall identify its stakeholders, and explain how it has responded to their reasonable expectations and interests.”

Stakeholders must be consulted in the process of identifying a company’s most important impacts and their reasonable expectations and interests must be taken into account. This is an important cornerstone for CSR / sustainability reporting done responsibly.

Key stakeholder groups BP engages with:

Stakeholder Group

Communities

Employees

Governments

Industry associations

Non-governmental organisations

Shareholders and analysts

How stakeholder engagement was made to identify material issues

To identify and prioritise material topics BP met with almost 100 different organisations which included investors, NGOs and business partners, and organised sessions with its employees.

What actions were taken by BP to support local workers and suppliers?

In its 2017 Sustainability Report BP reports that it took the following actions for supporting local workers and suppliers:

• Addressing skills shortages
• In Georgia, BP has been implementing technical development programmes for local workers for several years, supporting a government priority to address skill shortages. In 2017, BP partnered with the Georgian Technical University to establish a training centre for high voltage electrical engineering, industrial automation, mechanical engineering and other technical areas. The first group of over 70 students, started in November 2017.

• Advancing local economies
• In Azerbaijan, BP’s enterprise development programme helps local companies build their skills so that they can meet international standards and improve their competitiveness in the market. Since its beginning more than a decade ago, the programme helped local businesses secure contracts with BP worth more than $530 million.

• Promoting supplier diversity
• In the US, BP partners with organisations like the National Minority Supplier Development Council, to provide mentoring and training programmes for businesses that will help them develop their skills and become more competitive when bidding for BP’s contracts. In 2017, BP spent $478 million with over 200 minority and women’s business enterprises.

• Developing a local workforce
• In 2017, in Oman, BP started producing gas to cover approximately 40% of the country’s daily gas needs. In addition to helping meet Oman’s growing energy needs, BP implements a multi-year training programme that helps Omani nationals develop their technical skills. The programme begins with participants learning skills such as mechanical and electrical engineering, before completing assignments in BP’s oil and gas fields to gain practical, hands-on experience. Up to now, over 70 Omanis have graduated and are working for BP.

Which GRI Standards and corresponding Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been addressed?

The GRI Standards addressed in this case are:

1) Disclosure 202-2 Proportion of senior management hired from the local community

2) Disclosure 413-1 Operations with local community engagement, impact assessments, and development programs

 

Disclosure 202-2 Proportion of senior management hired from the local community corresponds to:

• Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
• Business theme: Employment

Disclosure 413-1 Operations with local community engagement, impact assessments, and development programs does not correspond to any SDG.

 

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References:

1) This case study is based on published information by BP, located at the link below. For the sake of readability, we did not use brackets or ellipses. However, we made sure that the extra or missing words did not change the report’s meaning. If you would like to quote these written sources from the original, please revert to the original on the Global Reporting Initiative’s Sustainability Disclosure Database at the link:

http://database.globalreporting.org/

2) http://www.fbrh.co.uk/en/global-reporting-initiative-gri-g4-guidelines-download-page

3) https://g4.globalreporting.org/Pages/default.aspx

4) https://www.globalreporting.org/standards/gri-standards-download-center/

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What are the material issues the company has identified?

In its 2016 Corporate Social Responsibility Report Inventec identified a range of material issues, such as financial performance, customer satisfaction, product regulations conformity, hazardous substance management. Among these, promoting employee welfare stands out as a key material issue for Inventec.

Stakeholder engagement in accordance with the GRI Standards

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) defines the Principle of Stakeholder Inclusiveness when identifying material issues (or a company’s most important impacts) as follows:

“The organization should identify its stakeholders, and explain how it has responded to their reasonable expectations.”

Stakeholders must be consulted in the process s of identifying a company’s most important impacts and their reasonable expectations and interests must be taken into account. This is an important cornerstone for CSR / sustainability reporting done responsibly.

Key stakeholder groups Inventec engages with:

Stakeholder Group	Method of engagement
Employee	·         Employee caring conferences ·         Employee symposiums ·         Leader symposiums ·         Employee suggestion boxes
Customer	·         Standards, audit or questionnaire survey proposed by customers
Government agency	·         Corporate annual report, CSR report preparation rules ·         Official documents from government department, in-plant inspection and declaration requirements ·         Government policy propaganda and project applications
Supplier (including contractor)	·         Questionnaire filled in by supplier
Shareholder/investor	·         Website ·         Board of Shareholders ·         Media news
Community	·         Suggestions or questionnaire survey proposed by community
Reporters	·         Questionnaire survey proposed by Reporter
Non-governmental organizations	·         Suggestions or questionnaire survey proposed by non-governmental organizations

How stakeholder engagement was made to identify material issues

To identify and prioritize material issues based on stakeholders’ concerns, Inventec distributed a questionnaire to its stakeholder groups.

What actions were taken by Inventec to promote employee welfare?

In its 2016 Corporate Social Responsibility Report Inventec reports that it took the following actions for promoting employee welfare:

• Offering employees flexible working hours
• Inventec implements a flexible working hours system, enabling employees to adjust their working hours according to their needs. In the Shihlin headquarter employees should clock in before 9:00 am, but in the Taoyuan facility there is no such requirement. In addition, Inventec’s employees are allowed to leave the office without taking days off, as long as they get the management’s approval.

• Paying fair and competitive wages
• Inventec offers competitive salaries to talented employees across the company’s facilities worldwide, including Taiwan, mainland China, Europe and America, regardless of gender or ethnic group. In Taiwan, the basic salaries of professional staff and technicians are higher than the local minimum wage (1.221 times higher for male and 1.265 times higher for female employees). In mainland China, the basic salary of direct personnel is 1.02 times higher than the local minimum wage in the Pudong plant, Shanghai and approximately 1.03 times higher in the Chongqing plant.

• Promoting legal compliance
• In Taiwan, Inventec implements complete employee retirement programs, in accordance with the Labor Pension Act. In the Chongqing facility in mainland China, Inventec offers employees social insurance in compliance with the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Employment Contracts and the Social Insurance Law of the People’s Republic of China. Inventec offers social insurance since day one and is audited by the government. In the Pudong facility, Inventec provides qualified retired employees with retirement benefits, following the relevant law in Shanghai.

Which GRI indicators/Standards have been addressed?

The GRI indicators/Standards addressed in this case are:

1) G4-EC3: Coverage of the organization’s defined benefit plan obligations – the updated GRI Standard is: Disclosure 201-3 Defined benefit plan obligations and other retirement plans

2) G4-EC5: Ratios of standard entry level wage by gender compared to local minimum wage at significant locations of operation – the updated GRI Standard is: Disclosure 202-1 Ratios of standard entry level wage by gender compared to local minimum wage

 

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References:

1) This case study is based on published information by Inventec, located at the link below. For the sake of readability, we did not use brackets or ellipses. However, we made sure that the extra or missing words did not change the report’s meaning. If you would like to quote these written sources from the original, please revert to the original on the Global Reporting Initiative’s Sustainability Disclosure Database at the link:

http://database.globalreporting.org/

2) http://www.fbrh.co.uk/en/global-reporting-initiative-gri-g4-guidelines-download-page

3) https://g4.globalreporting.org/Pages/default.aspx

4) https://www.globalreporting.org/standards/gri-standards-download-center/

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What are the material issues the company has identified?

In its 2016 Corporate Social Responsibility Report Compeq identified a range of material issues, such as economic performance, effluents and waste, occupational health and safety, market presence, environmental compliance. Among these, attracting and retaining talented professionals stands out as a key material issue for Compeq.

Stakeholder engagement in accordance with the GRI Standards

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) defines the Principle of Stakeholder Inclusiveness when identifying material issues (or a company’s most important impacts) as follows:

“The organization should identify its stakeholders, and explain how it has responded to their reasonable expectations.”

Stakeholders must be consulted in the process s of identifying a company’s most important impacts and their reasonable expectations and interests must be taken into account. This is an important cornerstone for CSR / sustainability reporting done responsibly.

Key stakeholder groups Compeq engages with:

Stakeholder Group	Method of engagement
Employees	·         Employee conference ·         Communication hotline, suggestion box, and email ·         Intranet and extranet ·         Memo/weekly assembly announcements ·         Corporate Social Responsibility Questionnaire
Union	·         Union Directors and Supervisors ·         Labor Union Congress ·         Employer-Employee Meeting ·         Corporate Social Responsibility Questionnaire
Customer	·         Email ·         Extranet ·         Customer Satisfaction Questionnaire ·         Client Audit ·         Corporate Social Responsibility Questionnaire
Supplier	·         Email ·         Supplier Monthly Review Meeting ·         Supplier annual audit and review ·         Corporate Social Responsibility Questionnaire
Investor (Shareholder)	General shareholders: ·         Shareholders Meeting ·         Annual Report ·         Information Publication ·         Website ·         Corporate Social Responsibility Questionnaire Institutional investors: ·         Company Visit ·         Seminar ·         Corporate Social Responsibility Questionnaire
Government authorities	·         Correspondence of official documents ·         On-site interview and inspection by competent authority ·         Corporate Social Responsibility Questionnaire
Media	·         Press conference ·         Press release ·         Corporate Social Responsibility Questionnaire
Local communities	·         Local community organization ·         School ·         Corporate Social Responsibility Questionnaire

How stakeholder engagement was made to identify material issues

To identify and prioritize material topics Compeq distributed a questionnaire to the company’s eight stakeholder groups. Out of a total of 485 copies of the questionnaire distributed, 256 were collected – a response rate of 53%.

What actions were taken by Compeq to attract and retain talented professionals?

In its 2016 Corporate Social Responsibility Report Compeq reports that it took the following actions for attracting and retaining talented professionals:

• Promoting diversity and equal opportunity
• Compeq recruits eligible talents through fair and impartial recruitment procedures, without discrimination. In addition, in the company’s Taiwan plants, besides hiring people with disabilities at a proportion that follows the government’s incentive requirements, Compeq employs indigenous peoples. In China, Compeq hires minority groups, such as Tujia, Zhuang, Miao, Yi and other minority ethnic groups.

• Guaranteeing fair and competitive wages
• Compeq’s salary system is characterized by external competitiveness and internal fairness. The start pay is determined by educational attainment and work experience, regardless of race, ethnicity or social background, protected genetic information, religion, disability, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, union membership, political affiliation or age. Additionally, through a fair and reasonable promotion and transfer system, Compeq minimizes employee turnover and has also established a competitive wage system in the market to retain talents.

• Offering employee benefits
• Compeq provides employees with various benefits covering food, clothing, housing, transportation, education and entertainment. All plants provide free meals and air‐conditioned dormitories with sports and recreational spaces, with facilities that include a pool ball, table tennis and fitness equipment. In addition, Compeq has established the Employee Welfare Committee (EWC) to arrange picnics, employee club subsidization, local and overseas tour subsidization and subsidization for wedding, funeral and childbirth.

Which GRI indicators/Standards have been addressed?

The GRI indicators/Standards addressed in this case are:

1) G4-EC3: Coverage of the organization’s defined benefit plan obligations – the updated GRI Standard is: Disclosure 201-3 Defined benefit plan obligations and other retirement plans

2) G4-EC5: Ratios of standard entry level wage by gender compared to local minimum wage at significant locations of operation – the updated GRI Standard is: Disclosure 202-1 Ratios of standard entry level wage by gender compared to local minimum wage

3) G4-LA2: Benefits provided to full-time employees that are not provided to temporary or part-time employees, by significant locations of operation – the updated GRI Standard is: Disclosure 401-2 Benefits provided to full-time employees that are not provided to temporary or part-time employees

4) G4-LA3: Return to work and retention rates after parental leave, by gender – the updated GRI Standard is: Disclosure 401-3 Parental leave

 

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References:

1) This case study is based on published information by Compeq, located at the link below. For the sake of readability, we did not use brackets or ellipses. However, we made sure that the extra or missing words did not change the report’s meaning. If you would like to quote these written sources from the original, please revert to the original on the Global Reporting Initiative’s Sustainability Disclosure Database at the link:

http://database.globalreporting.org/

2) http://www.fbrh.co.uk/en/global-reporting-initiative-gri-g4-guidelines-download-page

3) https://g4.globalreporting.org/Pages/default.aspx

4) https://www.globalreporting.org/standards/gri-standards-download-center/

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What are the material topics the organization has identified?

In its 2015 Sustainability Report UNOPS identified a range of material topics, such as exit strategy and project closure, anti-corruption, compliance, environmental impact of services including transportation, non-discrimination, health and safety, responsible economic management, responsible procurement. Among these, having a positive impact on the communities where it operates stands out as a key material topic for UNOPS.

Stakeholder engagement in accordance with the GRI Standards

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) defines the Principle of Stakeholder Inclusiveness when identifying material issues (or a company’s most important impacts) as follows:

“The organization should identify its stakeholders, and explain how it has responded to their reasonable expectations.”

Stakeholders must be consulted in the process of identifying a company’s most important impacts and their reasonable expectations and interests must be taken into account. This is an important cornerstone for CSR / sustainability reporting done responsibly.

Key stakeholder groups UNOPS engages with:   

Stakeholder Group

UNOPS Executive Board

Internal Personnel UNOPS senior management Regional and country office management

Partners and funding sources Multilateral partners and funding sources (e.g. UN Agencies, international financial institutions e.g. World Bank, other multilateral institutions e.g. the Global Fund) Governments Trust Funds Foundations

Host governments Government officials and decisions makers Regional and local authorities

Cross-sector partners Non-commercial partners (e.g. Green Project Management, academia, private sector) Local implementing partners and grantees (non-commercial)

Local communities Local beneficiaries/community Civil society

Suppliers Suppliers of goods, works and services

Media and watchdogs Local and national media Other thought leaders

How stakeholder engagement was made to identify material topics

UNOPS validated an initial materiality matrix of potential material sustainability risk topics by means of a workshop with key internal stakeholders. To further explore and validate the topics, 14 interviews with primarily internal stakeholders and three external stakeholders (a partner, a donor and a supplier) took place, along with an online survey sent to 1,809 UNOPS personnel in English, French and Spanish (with a 44% response rate, which was regarded as satisfactory). The survey and interview results were taken to a second workshop with internal stakeholders, which helped UNOPS develop a final materiality matrix.

What actions were taken by UNOPS in order to have a positive impact on the communities where it operates?

In its 2015 Sustainability Report UNOPS reports that it took the following actions for having a positive impact on the communities where it operates:

• Contributing to economic sustainability
• UNOPS contributes to economic sustainability by, among others, implementing effective management and investment strategies with national governments, supporting livelihoods by creating local employment opportunities, and improving access to markets, through local suppliers. In 2015:
  • 44% of all projects included activities that contributed to economic sustainability
  • 29% of all projects created work for local people
  • 15% of UNOPS senior management was hired locally

• Contributing to social sustainability
• UNOPS contributes to social sustainability by, among others, respecting international human rights principles, engaging local communities, placing emphasis on the protection of vulnerable groups, and improving access to food, water, sanitation, education and justice. In 2015:
  • 58% of all projects included activities that contributed to social sustainability
  • 38% of all projects included local community engagement                                             

• Building national capacity
• UNOPS collaborates with its partners to develop skills in the communities where it operates. In 2015:
  • UNOPS supported the training of over 62,000 people in health, project management and improved sanitation, among others
  • 55% of all projects included activities that helped develop national capacity, with 33% of all projects providing on-the-job-training to local people
  • 28% of all projects included formal certification programmes

• Facilitating access to healthcare
• Much of UNOPS’s work is about developing healthcare infrastructure across the globe. In 2015:
  • UNOPS procured and distributed $15,730,032 worth of goods and services in support of activities concerning malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, and, also, maternal, new-born and child health

• Strengthening safety and security in post-conflict countries
• The UNOPS Peace and Security Centre assists partners with implementing and managing projects in post-conflict countries. In 2015:
  • UNOPS supported, among others, mine-action, humanitarian, stabilization and explosive management activities, and the weapons and ammunition management work of UNMAS (United Nations Mine Action Service) and partners in 17 countries and territories

Which GRI indicators/Standards have been addressed?

The GRI indicators/Standards addressed in this case are:

1) G4-8: Report the markets served (including geographic breakdown, sectors served, and types of customers and beneficiaries) – the updated GRI Standard is: Disclosure 102-6 Markets served

2) G4-EC6: Proportion of senior management hired from the local community at significant locations of operation – the updated GRI Standard is: Disclosure 202-2 Proportion of senior management hired from the local community

3) G4-EC7: Development and impact of infrastructure investments and services supported – the updated GRI Standard is: Disclosure 203-1 Infrastructure investments and services supported

4) G4-EC8: Significant indirect economic impacts, including the extent of impacts – the updated GRI Standard is: Disclosure 203-2 Significant indirect economic impacts

5) G4-SO1: Percentage of operations with implemented local community engagement, impact assessments, and development programs – the updated GRI Standard is: Disclosure 413-1 Operations with local community engagement, impact assessments, and development programs

 

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References:

1) This case study is based on published information by UNOPS, located at the link below. For the sake of readability, we did not use brackets or ellipses. However, we made sure that the extra or missing words did not change the report’s meaning. If you would like to quote these written sources from the original, please revert to the original on the Global Reporting Initiative’s Sustainability Disclosure Database at the link:

http://database.globalreporting.org/

2) http://www.fbrh.co.uk/en/global-reporting-initiative-gri-g4-guidelines-download-page

3) https://g4.globalreporting.org/Pages/default.aspx

4) https://www.globalreporting.org/standards/gri-standards-download-center/

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