Symrise uses the international standards of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) for reporting on its non-financial and sustainability-related performance. The following sustainability record systematically presents all aspects and indicators deemed material by Symrise regarding its profile as well as its business, environmental and social performance for the 2016 fiscal year. Informational briefs on the individual GRI items are supplemented with interactive links. These links will take you to additional information, data and facts. The reporting is being performed in accordance with the “comprehensive” option pursuant to the current GRI sustainability reporting guidelines (2016). All of the sustainability disclosures marked withwere audited and verified by an external review pursuant to the AA1000 Assurance Standard. The review assesses all quantitative and qualitative disclosures. The corresponding certification can be foundhere.
1. General Disclosures
Aspect
Indicator
Name
COP
Info
Organizational profile
102-1
Name of the organization
102-2
Activities, brands, products, and services
102-3
Location of headquarters
102-4
Location of operations
102-5
Ownership and legal form
102-6
Markets served
102-7
Scale of the organization
102-8
Information on employees and other workers
102-9
Supply chain
102-10
Significant changes to the organization and its supply chain
102-11
Precautionary Principle or approach
102-12
External initiatives
102-13
Membership of associations
Strategy
102-14
Statement from senior decision-maker
102-15
Key impacts, risks, and opportunities
Ethics and integrity
102-16
Values, principles, standards, and norms of behavior
102-17
Mechanisms for advice and concerns about ethics
Governance
102-18
Governance structure
102-19
Delegating authority
102 - 20
Executive-level responsibility for economic, environmental, and social topics
102 - 21
Consulting stakeholders on economic, environmental, and social topics
102-22
Composition of the highest governance body and its committees
102-23
Chair of the highest governance body
102-24
Nominating and selecting the highest governance body
102-25
Conflicts of interest
102-26
Role of highest governance body in setting purpose, values, and strategy
102-27
Collective knowledge of highest governance body
102-28
Evaluating the highest governance body’s performance
102-29
Identifying and managing economic, environmental, and social impacts
102-30
Effectiveness of risk management processes
102-31
Review of economic, environmental, and social topics
102-32
Highest governance body’s role in sustainability reporting
102-33
Communicating critical concerns
102-34
Nature and total number of critical concerns
102-35
薪酬政策
102-36
Process for determining remuneration
102-37
Stakeholders’ involvement in remuneration
102-38
Annual total compensation ratio
102-39
Percentage increase in annual total compensation ratio
Stakeholder engagement
102-40
List of stakeholder groups
102-41
Collective bargaining agreements
102-42
Identifying and selecting stakeholders
102-43
Approach to stakeholder engagement
102-44
Key topics and concerns raised
Reporting practice
102-45
Entities included in the consolidated financial statements
102-46
Defining report content and topic Boundaries
102-47
List of material topics
102-48
Restatements of information
102-49
Changes in reporting
102-50
Reporting period
102-51
Date of most recent report
102-52
Reporting cycle
102-53
Contact point for questions regarding the report
102-54
Claims of reporting in accordance with the GRI Standards
