2010 is the second year that Billerud has reported its sustainability work in line with the Global Reporting Initiative’s Sustainability Reporting Guidelines (version 3.0). Billerud applies reporting level A, as confirmed by Billerud’s auditors Ernst & Young.
Work on determining the content of the report is based on weighing up what is important to Billerud’s business, the company’s responsibility for the rights of its employees, its impact on society and the environmental responsibility incumbent upon a pulp and paper manufacturing industry. Billerud intends to report sustainability in line with GRI each year as an integrated part of the annual report and on the company’s website. Billerud applies GRI’s perfomance indicators and reports on all key indicators that are relevant to its business.
| 1.1 |
CEO's statement |
2-3 |
| 1.2 |
Description of key impacts, risks and opportunities |
36-37, 71-75 |
| 2.1 |
Name of the organisation |
56 |
| 2.2 |
Most important brands, products and/or services |
16-17 |
| 2.3 |
Operational structure of the organisation, including main divisions,
business areas, subsidiaries and joint ventures |
22-23,89-90, 101-102, 116 |
| 2.4 |
Location of organisation's headquaters |
116 |
| 2.5 |
Countries in which the organisation operates |
15, 21, 23, 116 |
| 2.6 |
Nature of ownership and legal form |
56, 100, 113 |
| 2.7 |
Markets |
12-33 |
| 2.8 |
Scale of the organization |
1, 22-23, 49 |
| 2.9 |
Significant changes during the reporting period regarding
size, structure, or ownership, etc. |
1, 56-61, 112-113 |
| 2.10 |
Awards recieved in the reporting period |
38 |
|
| 3.1 |
Reporting period |
52 |
| 3.2 |
Date of most recent previous report (if any) |
52 |
| 3.3 |
Reporting cycle |
52 |
| 3.4 |
Contact point for questions regarding the report |
52 |
|
| 3.5 |
Process for defining report content |
52 |
| 3.6 |
Boundary of the report |
52 |
| 3.7 |
Specific limitations on the scope or boundary of the report |
52 |
| 3.8 |
Basis for reporting on joint ventures, subsidiaries, etc. |
52 |
| 3.9 |
Data measurement techniques and bases of calculations |
52 |
| 3.10 |
Explanation of the effect of any re-statements of information provided in earlier reports |
52 |
| 3.11 |
Significant changes from previous reporting periods |
52 |
| 3.12 |
GRI content index |
54-55 |
| 3.13 |
Policy and current practice with regard to external assurances |
52 |
| 4.1 |
Governance structure of the organisation |
100-107 |
| 4.2 |
Whether the Chair of the highest governance body is also an executive officer |
100-101, 104 |
| 4.3 |
Number of independent, non-executive Board members |
104-105 |
| 4.4 |
Mechanisms for shareholders and employees to provide recommendations to the Board or the company’s management |
47, 100-101 |
| 4.5 |
Linkage between compensation for members of the highest governance body, senior managers and executives, and the organisation’s performance |
58, 60, 86, 95, 102 |
| 4.6 |
Processes in place to ensure conflicts of interest are avoided |
100-102, 106-107 |
| 4.7 |
Process for determining the qualifications and expertise of the Board (regarding sustainability) |
100 |
| 4.8 |
Statements of mission or values, codes of conduct and principles on economic, environmental and social performance (drawn up
internally) |
2-3, 10-11, 34-53, 101-102 |
| 4.9 |
Procedures of the Board for overseeing economic, environmental and social performance and compliance with internationally agreed standards, codes of conduct, etc. |
38-39, 101-102, 106-107 |
| 4.10 |
Processes for evaluating the Board, particularly with respect to economic, environmental and social performance |
101 |
| 4.11 |
Application of the precautionary principle |
38 |
| 4.12 |
Externally developed charters, principles or other initiatives |
38 |
| 4.13 |
Memberships in industry and business associations |
39 |
| 4.14 |
List of stakeholder groups engaged by the organisations |
40-41 |
| 4.15 |
Basis for identification and selection of stakeholders |
40 |
| 4.16 |
Approaches to stakeholder engagement |
40-41 |
| 4.17 |
Key topics and concerns that have been raised through stakeholder engagement, and how the organisation has responded to those key topics and concerns |
40-41, 52 |
|
Governance |
4-11 |
|
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| EC2 |
Financial implications and other risks and opportunities for the organisation’s activities due to climate change |
18, 26, 29-30, 36 |
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|
Governance |
38-39, 42-45, 58, 71-72 |
| EN1 |
Materials used by weight or volume |
42-43 |
| EN3 |
Direct energy consumption by primary energy source |
43 |
| EN5 |
Energy saved due to conservation and efficiency improvements |
43 |
| EN8 |
Total water withdrawal by source |
44 |
| EN9 |
Water sources significantly affected by withdrawal of water |
44 |
| EN11 |
Location and size of land owned, leased, managed in, or adjacent
to, protected areas and areas of high biodiversity value outside
protected areas |
36, 42 |
| EN14 |
Strategies, current actions and future plans for managing impacts
on biodiversity |
36, 42, 45 |
| EN16 |
Total direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight |
44 |
| EN18 |
Initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reductions
achieved |
43-44 |
| EN20 |
NOx, SO2 and other significant air emissions by type and weight |
44 |
| EN21 |
Total water discharge by quality and destination |
44 |
| EN26 |
Initiatives to mitigate environmental impacts of products and
services, and extent of impact mitigation |
45 |
| EN28 |
Monetary value of significant fines and total number of nonmonetary
sanctions for non-compliance with environmental laws
and regulations |
44 |
| EN30 |
Total environmental protection expenditures and investments by
type |
45 |
|
Governance |
38-39, 46-49 |
| LA1 |
Total workforce by employment type, employment contract and region |
49 |
| LA4 |
Percentage of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements |
49 |
| LA7 |
Rates of injury, occupational diseases, lost days, absenteeism and number of work-related fatalities by region |
47-49 |
| LA8 |
Education and programmes to assist workforce members, their families or community members regarding serious diseases |
47 |
| LA12 |
Percentage of employees receiving regular performance and career development reviews |
46 |
| LA13 |
Composition of governance bodies and breakdown of employees per category according to gender, age group, minority group membership and other indicators of diversity |
46, 86, 104-105 |
| HR2 |
Performance of significant suppliers and contractors that have undergone screening on human rights and actions taken |
10, 20 |
|
Governance |
38-41, 48 |
| SO1 |
Management of the impacts of operations on communities |
36-37, 48 |
| SO2 |
Percentage and total number of business units analysed for risks related to corruption |
39 |
| SO4 |
Actions taken in response to incidents of corruption |
39 |
| SO7 |
Total number of legal actions for anti-competitive behaviour, antitrust and monopoly practices and their outcomes |
39 |
| SO8 |
Monetary value of significant fines and total number of nonmonetary sanctions for non-compliance with laws and regulations |
39 |
|
Governance |
38-39, 50-51 |
| PR3 |
Type of product and service information required by procedures, and percentage of products and services subject to such requirements |
50 |
| PR6 |
Programmes for adherence to laws, standards and voluntary codes related to marketing communications, including advertising, promotion and sponsorship |
50 |
| PR9 |
Monetary value of significant fines for non-compliance with laws and regulations concerning the provision and use of products and services |
50 |