GRI table

Applying the GRI framework for reporting

Volvo Group applies the GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) framework for sustainability reporting. This voluntary framework sets out principles and indicators for measuring and reporting economic, environmental and social performance. The table below provides references to where the indicated GRI-information can be accessed in the CSR and Sustainability Report 2011. In some cases, reference is made to content in the Volvo Group Annual Report or the Corporate Governance Report for 2011. Volvo Group has chosen to self-declare the report to meet GRI Application Level B.

Profile

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1. Strategy and analysis
1.1	CEO statement	Fully reported	CEO comment
1.2	Description of key impacts, risks and opportunities	Fully reported	Towards sustainable transport solutions From risk to value Global drivers Future development Risk management
2. Organizational profile
2.1	Name of the organization	Fully reported	About the Volvo Group
2.2	Primary brands, products, and services	Fully reported	About the Volvo Group
2.3	Operational structure of the organization	Fully reported	About the Volvo Group
2.4	Location of organization’s headquarters	Fully reported	About the Volvo Group
2.5	Countries where the organization operates	Fully reported	About the Volvo Group
2.6	Nature of ownership and legal form	Fully reported	About the Volvo Group
2.7	Markets	Fully reported	About the Volvo Group
2.8	Scale of the organization	Fully reported	About the Volvo Group
2.9	Significant changes during the reporting period	Fully reported	Strategic approach Governance Economic responsibility Value creation Environmental responsibility Social responsibility
2.10	Awards received during the reporting period	Fully reported	Investor assessments Environmental priorities Employees
3. Report parameters
Report profile
3.1	Reporting period	Fully reported	About this report
3.2	Date of most recent previous report	Fully reported	About this report
3.3	Reporting cycle	Fully reported	About this report
3.4	Contact point for questions regarding the report	Fully reported	About this report
Report scope and boundary
3.5	Process for defining report content	Fully reported	About this report
3.6	Boundary of the report	Fully reported	About this report
3.7	Specific limitations on the scope or boundary of the report	Fully reported	About this report
3.8	Basis for reporting on joint ventures, subsidiaries, etc	Fully reported	Annual Report/Note 1 Accounting principles
3.9	Data measurement techniques and calculation principles	Fully reported	About this report
3.10	Explanation of the effect of any re-statements of information provided in earlier reports	Fully reported	About this report Annual Report/Note 1 Accounting principles
3.11	Significant changes from previous reporting periods regarding scope, boundaries, etc.	Fully reported	About this report
GRI content index
3.12	Table identifying the location of the Standard Disclosures in the report	Fully reported	GRI table
3.13	Policy and current practice with regard to seeking external assurance for the report	Fully reported	About this report
4. Governance, commitments & engagement
Governance
4.1	Governance structure of the organization	Fully reported	Governance Corporate governance
4.2	The Chairman of the Board's role in the organization	Fully reported	Corporate governance
4.3	Independent and/or non-executive board members	Fully reported	Annual report/Corporate Governance Report/Independence requirements
4.4	Mechanisms for shareholders and employees to provide recommendations to the board	Fully reported	Corporate governance
4.5	Principles for compensation to senior executives	Fully reported	Executive remuneration
4.6	Processes for avoiding conflicts of interests in the board	Fully reported	Corporate governance Annual report/Corporate Governance Report/Election Committee Annual report/Corporate Governance Report/Independence requirements
4.7	Processes for determining the qualifications of board members	Fully reported	Annual Report/Corporate Governance Report/Election Committee
4.8	Mission, values, Code of Conduct, etc.	Fully reported	Our CSR approach Code of Conduct Value creation Environmental responsibility
4.9	The board's monitoring of the sustainability work	Fully reported	Governance
4.10	Processes for evaluating the board's own performance	Fully reported	Annual Report/Corporate Governance Report/The Board
Commitments to external initiatives
4.11	Explanation of whether and how the precautionary principle is applied	Fully reported	Environmental priorities
4.12	Endorsement of external voluntary codes, principles or other initiatives	Fully reported	Global Compact Climate challenge
4.13	Memberships in associations	Fully reported	Memberships and initiatives
Stakeholder engagement
4.14	List of stakeholder groups	Fully reported	Stakeholders
4.15	Basis for identification and selection of stakeholders with whom to engage	Fully reported	Stakeholders
4.16	Approaches to stakeholder engagement	Fully reported	Stakeholders
4.17	Key topics and concerns that have been raised through stakeholder engagement	Fully reported	Stakeholders

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5. Economic indicators
Management approach disclosure		Fully reported	CEO comment Value creation
EC1	Direct economic value generated and distributed	Fully reported	Value creation
EC2	Risks and opportunities for the organization due to climate changes	Fully reported	Global drivers Climate challenge
EC3	Coverage of the organization’s defined benefit plan obligations	Fully reported	Annual Report/Note 20 Provisions for post-employment benefits
EC4	Financial assistance received from government	Fully reported	Climate challenge Annual Report/Note 26 Government grants
EC5	Range of ratios of standard entry level wage compared to local minimum wage	Partially reported	Development and opportunities
EC6	Policy, practices, and proportion of spending on locally-based suppliers	Partially reported	Suppliers
EC7	Local hiring and proportion of senior management hired from the local community	Not reported	Development and opportunities
EC8	Infrastructure investments and services provided for public purposes	Fully reported	Climate challenge Future development
EC9	Significant indirect economic impacts, including the extent of impacts	Fully reported	From risk to value Future development Value creation

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6. Environmental performance indicators
Management approach disclosure		Fully reported	Environmental priorities
Materials
EN1	Materials used by weight or volume	Partially reported	Product development
EN2	Percentage of recycled input materials	Fully reported	Product development
Energy*			* More information: Volvo Group’s Environmental data report
EN3	Direct energy consumption by primary source	Partially reported	Production performance
EN4	Indirect energy consumption by primary source	Partially reported	Production performance
EN5	Energy saved due to conservation and efficiency improvement	Fully reported	Production performance
EN6	Initiatives to provide energy-efficient or renewable energy based products/services	Fully reported	Electromobilty Carbon dioxide-neutral transports Production performance
EN7	Initiatives to reduce indirect energy consumption and results	Fully reported	Production performance
Water*			* More information: Volvo Group’s Environmental data report
EN8	Total water withdrawal by source	Partially reported	Production performance
EN9	Water sources significantly affected by withdrawal	Partially reported	Production performance
EN10	Percentage and total volume of water recycled and reused	Not reported	Reported in the Volvo Group’s Environmental data report
Biodiversity
EN11	Location/scope of land owned near protected areas/areas of biodiversity value	Fully reported	Production performance
EN12	Impacts of products or operations on biodiversity	Fully reported	Production performance
EN13	Strategies, actions and plans for managing impacts on biodiversity	Partially reported	Production performance
EN14	Strategies, actions and plans for managing impacts on biodiversity	Fully reported	Production performance
EN15	Number of IUCN Red List species affected by operations	Partially reported	Production performance
Emissions, effluents & waste*			* More information: Volvo Group’s Environmental data report
EN16	Direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions	Fully reported	Production performance
EN17	Other relevant indirect greenhouse gas emissions	Fully reported	Production performance
EN18	Initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions	Fully reported	Production performance
EN19	Emissions of ozone-depleting substances	Not reported	Reported in the Volvo Group’s Environmental data report
EN20	NO, SO, and other significant air emissions	Fully reported	Production performance
EN21	Total water discharge	Partially reported	Production performance
EN22	Waste by type and disposal method	Partially reported	Production performance
EN23	Number and volume of significant spills	Fully reported	Production performance
EN24	Weight of handled waste deemed hazardous	Fully reported	Production performance
EN25	Water bodies and related habitats affected by organization's water discharge	Not reported
Products & services
EN26	Initiatives to mitigate environmental impacts of products and services	Fully reported	Product development Global product development process Product impact
EN27	Products sold and their packaging materials that are reclaimed	Partially reported	Transports and logistics
Compliance
EN28	Fines and/or non-monetary sanctions for non-compliance with environmental laws	Fully reported	Production performance Annual Report/Note 24 Contingent Liabilities
Transport
EN29	Environmental impact of transports	Fully reported	Transport and logistics
EN30	Total environmental protection expenditures and investments by type	Fully reported	Investments for the future

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7. Social performance indicators
Employment
Management approach disclosure		Fully reported	Employees
LA1	Total workforce by employment type, contract and region	Fully reported	Employees Annual Report/Note 27 Personnel
LA2	Rate of employee turnover by age group, gender and region	Partially reported	Employees
LA3	Benefits provided to full-time employees	Fully reported	Development and opportunities
LA4	Percentage of employees covered collective bargaining agreements	Fully reported	Labour relations
LA5	Minimum notice period(s) regarding operational changes	Not reported
LA6	Percentage of total workforce represented in formal joint management-worker health and safety committees	Fully reported	Health and safety
LA7	Rates of injury, occupational diseases, lost days, work related fatalities	Fully reported	Health and safety Labour relations
LA8	Education, training, prevention and risk-control programs in place	Fully reported	Health and safety
LA9	Health and safety topics covered in formal agreements with trade unions	Partially reported	Health and safety
LA10	Average hours of training per year per employee	Partially reported	Development and opportunities
LA11	Programs for skills management and lifelong learning that support employees' career development	Fully reported	Development and opportunities
LA12	Employees receiving regular performance and career development reviews	Fully reported	Development and opportunities
LA13	Composition of governance bodies and employees according to diversity indicators	Partially reported	Diversity
LA14	Ratio of basic salary of men to women	Not reported
Human rights
Management approach disclosure		Fully reported	Code of Conduct Human rights
HR1	Investment agreements that include human rights clauses	Fully reported	Evaluating performance Human rights
HR2	Suppliers that have undergone screening on human rights, and actions taken	Fully reported	Evaluating performance
HR3	Training and education of employees in human rights	Fully reported	Evaluating performance Human rights
HR4	Total number of incidents of discrimination and actions taken	Fully reported	Code of Conduct
HR5	Operations where freedom of association and collective bargaining may be at significant risk and actions taken	Partially reported	Suppliers Evaluating performance
HR6	Operations identified as having significant risk for incidents of child labour and actions taken	Partially reported	Suppliers Evaluating performance
HR7	Operations identified as having significant risk for incidents of forced or compulsory labour and actions taken	Partially reported	Suppliers Evaluating performance
HR8	Security personnel trained in human rights policies	Not reported
HR9	Incidents of violations involving rights of indigenous people and actions taken	Not reported
Society
Management approach disclosure		Fully reported	A neutral party
SO1	Programs for evaluating the operation's impacts on communities	Fully reported	A neutral party
SO2	Business units analyzed for risks related to corruption	Fully reported	Anti-corruption
SO3	Employees trained in the organization's anti-corruption policies and procedures	Fully reported	Anti-corruption
SO4	Actions taken in response to incidents of corruption	Fully reported	Code of Conduct
SO5	Participation in public policy development and lobbying	Fully reported	A neutral party
SO6	Financial and in-kind contributions to political parties, politicians and related institutions	Fully reported	A neutral party
SO7	Legal actions for anti-competitive behaviour	Fully reported	Code of Conduct Anti-corruption Annual Report/Note 24 Contingent Liabilities
SO8	Monetary value of fines for non-compliance with applicable laws	Partially reported	Annual Report/Note 24 Contingent Liabilities
Product responsibility
Management approach disclosure		Fully reported	Investments for the future Product development
PR1	Life cycle stages in which health and safety impacts of products and services are assessed	Fully reported	Product development Global product development process
PR2	Incidents of non-compliance with regulations concerning health and safety impacts of products	Fully reported	Annual Report/Note 24 Contingent Liabilities
PR3	Type of products and service information required by procedures, and percentage of products subject to such information requirements	Fully reported	Product development
PR4	Incidents of non-compliance with regulations concerning product labelling	Fully reported	Annual Report/Note 24 Contingent Liabilities
PR5	Results related to customer satisfaction, including results of surveys	Fully reported	Stakeholders Investments for the future
PR6	Programs for adherence to laws, standards and voluntary codes for marketing communications	Partially reported	Investments for the future Environmental priorities
PR7	Incidents of non-compliance with regulations concerning marketing communications	Fully reported	Annual Report/Note 24 Contingent Liabilities
PR8	Substantiated complaints regarding breaches of customer privacy	Not reported
PR9	Monetary value of fines for non-compliance with regulations concerning products and services	Fully reported	Annual Report/Note 24 Contingent Liabilities

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More information is available in the Volvo Group’s Environmental data report, which is available on www.volvogroup.com/responsibility in mid-April.

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