Discover the Acea Group online 2019 Sustainability Report
Joining the United Nations Global Impact
In 2007 Acea joined the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), acknowledging the consistency between the ten principles supported by the United Nations through the “Global Pact”17, the UN’s objectives of sustainable Development (“Agenda 2030”, to which the UNGC expressly refers), the value guidelines, expressed in the Acea Code of Ethics, and the Group’s strategic guidelines.
The advanced level Communication on Progress (CoP), is included in this Sustainability Report (consolidated non-financial report) through a combined statement of the Standard GRI indicators and the principles of United Nations Global Compact, pursuant to the understanding reached between the two organizations.
TABLE NO. 4 – THE TEN PRINCIPLES OF THE UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL COMPACT
ADVANCED LEVEL COMMUNICATION ON PROGRESS AND ITS CORRELATION WITH GRI STANDARDS
The Sustainability Report contains the elements that respond to the advanced level of the Communication on Progress envisaged by the United Nations Global Compact.
The table below shows these elements according to the 21 criteria defined by the United Nations Global Compact and states their correlation18 with the GRI Standards (GRI 102 – General Information for 2016 and Specific Standards, GRI 200 series: Economic, GRI 300: Environmental, GRI 400: Social, identified as “material”), applied in the sustainability reporting according to the “comprehensive” level of compliance. The GRI Table of contents specifies the pages of the document where the relevant data and information can be found.
TABLE NO. 5 – THE ELEMENTS OF ADVANCED COP AND GRI STANDARDS
| UNGC – ADVANCED CRITERIA | UNGC – MATCHING SCOPES | CORRELATION WITH GRI STANDARDS (GRI 102-General information and material specific standards series GRI 200: Economic, GRI 300: Environmental, GRI 400: Social) |
| CRITERIA 1-2 implementation of the ten principles in the strategies and operational management of the business | integration of sustainability in corporate functions and business units | from GRI 102-18 to GRI 102-39 |
| implementation of sustainability in the value chain | GRI 102-9 – GRI 102-10 – GRI 102-25 – GRI 204-1 – GRI 103 (1-3) by GRI 308 Environmental assessment of suppliers – GRI 302-2 – GRI 305-3 – GRI 308-1 – GRI 308-2 – GRI 103 (1-3) by GRI 414 Social assessment of suppliers – GRI 403-2 – GRI 414-1 – GRI 414-2 | |
| CRITERIA 3-5 robust human rights policies and procedures management | HUMAN RIGHTS commitments, strategies or policies; management systems; monitoring and evaluation mechanisms | The Human Rights aspect and indicators related to it, as proposed by the GRI Standards, are relevant for multinational enterprises. Acea has therefore considered such aspects non-material. Whereas in the meaning that the United Nations Global Compact gives to aspects relating to human rights (such as employment protection, freedom of association, no discrimination, health and safety in the workplace, training and education and supplier social assessment), they are included in other GRI specific standards, deemed “material”, as well as in the “material topics” identified by Acea and are therefore listed herein. |
| CRITERIA 6-8 robust labour policies and procedures management | WORK commitments, strategies or policies; management systems; monitoring and evaluation mechanisms | GRI 103 (1-3) and indicators of the following specific standards (series GRI 400: SOCIAL 2016): Employment (from GRI 401-1 to GRI 401-3) Industrial relations (GRI 402-1) Health and safety at the workplace (from GRI 403-1 to GRI 403-4) Training and education (from GRI 404-1 to GRI 404-3) Diversity and equal opportunities (GRI 405-1 and GRI 405-2) No discrimination (GRI 406-1) Social assessment of suppliers (GRI 414-1 and GRI 414-2) |
| CRITERIA 9-11 robust environmental policies and procedures management | ENVIRONMENT commitments, strategies or policies; management systems; monitoring and evaluation mechanisms | GRI 103 (1-3) and indicators of the following specific standards (series GRI 300: ENVIRONMENTAL 2016): Material (301-1 and 301-2) Energy (from GRI 302-1 to GRI 302-4) Water (from GRI 303-1 to GRI 303-3) Biodiversity (from GRI 304-1 to GRI 304-4) Emissions (from GRI 305-1 to GRI 305-7) Water discharges and waste (from GRI 306-1 to GRI 306-5) Environmental compliance (GRI 307-1) Environmental assessment of suppliers (GRI 308-1 and GRI 308-2) |
| CRITERIA 12-14 robust anti-corruption policies and procedures management | FIGHTING CORRUPTION commitments, strategies or policies; management systems; monitoring and evaluation mechanisms | GRI 102-16, GRI 102-17, GRI 103 (1-3) and indicators of the following specific standards (series GRI 200: ECONOMIC 2016 and series GRI 400: SOCIAL 2016): Anti-corruption (from GRI 205-1 to GRI 205-3) Public politics (political contributions)(GRI 415-1) |
| CRITERIA 15-18 actions aimed at upholding wider development objectives of the United Nations | strategies, business activities, actions of promotion and engagement with the stakeholders to uphold the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) | GRI 103 (1-3) of all the material specific standards included in series GRI 200: ECONOMIC 2016, GRI 300: ENVIRONMENTAL 2016 and GRI 400: SOCIAL 2016 (except for the topic Customer privacy) |
| CRITERIA 19-21 Governance and leadership of sustainability | commitment of the CEO | GRI 102-14, GRI 102-15 |
| engagement of the BoD | from GRI 102-18 to GRI 102-39 | |
| involvement of the stakeholders | GRI 102-40 to GRI 102-44 | |
| high level of transparency and reporting | use of GRI Standards | from GRI 102-1 to GRI 102-10 |
| external audit | GRI 102-56 |
17 The United Nations Global Compact is an initiative launched by the Secretary General of the United Nations upon the conclusion of the World Economic Forum of 1999. In its appeal, it invites the leaders of the world economy to uphold and circulate nine universal principles related to human rights, labour and the environment, added to which was the tenth in 2004: anti-corruption.
18 Acea has autonomously updated the proposed scheme, linking elements of the Communication on progress and GRI Standards, maintaining the approach of the document referred to the previous version of the GRI-G4 Guidelines, the result of the collaboration of GRI and UNGC. See Making the Connection: Using the GRI G4 Guidelines to Communicate Progress on the UN Global Compact Principles, on the www.unglobalcompact.org.