H.J. Heinz Company Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2007

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GRI G3 Content Index

GRI G3 Content Index

The table below provides information on our use of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) G3 Sustainability Guidelines. We are declaring a third-party checked “B” Application Level for the H.J. Heinz 2007 Corporate Social Responsibility Report.

With regard to the location of specific information, we refer to the relevant pages of the 2007 Corporate Social Responsibility Report, which is available on our website at http://www.heinz.com/CSR. We also indicate information that is reported on our website or in the H.J. Heinz 2007 Annual Report (http://www.heinz.com/Annual).

GRI Disclosure	Type	Location
Strategy and analysis
1.1 CEO statement	Core	1
1.2 Description of key impacts, risks, and opportunities	Core	Inside front cover, 1, 6
Organizational Profile
2.1 Name of the organization	Core	Inside back cover
2.2 Primary brands, products, and services	Core	Inside back cover, annual report
2.3 Operational structure	Core	Inside back cover, annual report
2.4 Headquarters location	Core	6
2.5 Countries of operation	Core	6, annual report
2.6 Nature of ownership and legal form	Core	Inside back cover
2.7 Markets served	Core	Inside back cover, 6-8
2.8 Scale of organization	Core	6-8, annual report
2.9 Significant changes during the reporting period regarding size, structure, or ownership	Core	None
2.10 Awards received during the reporting period	Core	1, Inside back cover
Report Parameters
3.1 Reporting period	Core	Inside front cover
3.2 Date of most recent previous report	Core	2005 Corporate Social Responsibility Report
3.3 Reporting cycle	Core	Inside front cover, 1
3.4 Contact	Core	Inside front cover, Inside back cover
3.5 Process for defining report content	Core	Inside front cover
3.6 Boundary of the report	Core	Inside front cover
3.7 Limitations of the scope or boundary of the report	Core	Inside front cover
3.8 Basis for reporting on joint ventures, subsidiaries, leased facilities, outsourced operations and other entities that could affect comparability	Core	Inside front cover
3.9 Data measurement techniques and assumptions	Core	Inside front cover
3.10 Explanation of the effect of any restatements of information provided in earlier reports	Core	N/A
3.11 Significant changes from previous reporting periods in the scope, boundary, or measurement methods applied in the report	Core	N/A
3.12 GRI content index	Core	www.heinz.com/CSR
3.13 Policy and current practice with regard to seeking external assurance for the report	Core	Inside front cover
Governance, Commitments, and Engagement
4.1 Governance structure	Core	2-3, Governance website
4.2 Indicate whether the Chair of the highest governance body is also an executive officer	Core	2
4.3 State the number of members of the highest governance body that are independent and/or non-executive members	Core	2
4.4 Mechanism for shareholders and employees to provide recommendations or direction to the board	Core	3, Governance website
4.5 Linkage between compensation for members of the board, senior managers, and executives and the organization’s performance	Core	Management Development and Compensation Committee Charter, Corporate Governance Principles
4.6 Processes in place for the board to ensure conflicts of interest are avoided	Core	Director Independence Standards Corporate Governance Principles
4.7 Process for determining the qualifications and expertise of the members of the board for guiding the organization’s strategy on economic, environmental, and social topics	Core	Corporate Social Responsibility Committee Charter
4.8 Statements of mission or values, codes of conduct, and principles relevant to economic, environmental, and social performance and the status of their implementation	Core	2-4, Global Operating Principles, Global Code of Conduct, Supplier Guiding Principles, Vision and Values
4.9 Board procedures for overseeing the organization’s identification and management of economic, environmental, and social performance, including relevant risks and opportunities, and adherence or compliance with internationally agreed standards, codes of conduct, and principles	Core	2-3, Corporate Social Responsibility Committee Charter
4.10 Processes for evaluating the board’s own performance	Core	Corporate Governance Principles
4.11 Explanation of whether and how the precautionary approach or principle is addressed by the organization	Core	Global Operating Principles
4.12 Externally developed economic, environmental, and social charters, principles, or other initiatives to which the organization subscribes or endorses	Core	4
4.13 Memberships in associations or advocacy organizations	Core	Inside back cover
4.14 List of stakeholder groups engaged by the organization	Core	Inside front cover
4.15 Basis for identification and selection of stakeholders with whom to engage	Core	Inside front cover
4.16 Approaches to stakeholder engagement, including frequency of engagement by type and by stakeholder group	Core	Inside front cover
4.17 Key topics and concerns that have been raised through stakeholder engagement, and how the organization has responded to those key topics and concerns, including through its reporting	Core	Inside front cover
Economic Performance
Disclosure on Management Approach	Core	6, annual report
EC1. Economic value generated and distributed, including revenues, operating costs, employee compensation, donations and other community investments, retained earnings, and payments to capital providers and governments	Core	6-8, 33-36, annual report
EC2. Financial implications and other risks and opportunities for the organization’s activities due to climate change	Core	22
EC3. Coverage of the organization’s defined benefit plan obligations	Core	8, annual report
EC4. Significant financial assistance received from government	Core	None
EC5. Range of ratios of standard entry level wage compared to local minimum wage at significant locations of operation	Additional	7
EC6. Policy, practices, and proportion of spending on locally based suppliers at significant locations of operation	Core	8
EC8. Development and impact of infrastructure investments and services provided primarily for public benefit through commercial, in-kind, or pro-bono engagement	Core	9-13, 18
EC9. Understanding and describing significant indirect economic impacts, including the extent of impacts	Additional	7-8
Not reported: EC7
Environmental
Disclosure on Management Approach	Core	19, 23
EN3. Direct energy consumption by primary energy source	Core	22
EN4. Indirect energy consumption by primary source	Core	22
EN5. Energy saved due to conservation and efficiency improvements	Additional	20-24
EN6. Initiatives to provide energy-efficient or renewable energy based products and services, and reductions in energy requirements as a result of these initiatives	Additional	N/A
EN8. Total water withdrawal by source	Core	20-22 (partially reported)
EN10. Percentage and total volume of water recycled and reused	Additional	20-21 (partially reported)
EN16. Total direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight	Core	22
EN18. Initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reductions achieved	Additional	22-24
EN22. Total weight of waste by type and disposal method	Core	22 (partially reported)
EN26. Initiatives to mitigate environmental impacts of products and services, and extent of impact mitigation	Core	19-21, 24
EN28. Monetary value of significant fines and total number of non-monetary sanctions for noncompliance with environmental laws and regulations	Core	23
Not reported: EN1, EN2, EN7, EN9, EN11, EN12, EN13, EN14, EN15, EN17, EN19, EN20, EN21, EN23, EN24, EN25, EN27, EN29, EN30
Social
Labor Practices and Decent Work
Disclosure on Management Approach	Core	31, Global Operating Principles, Global Code of Conduct
LA1. Total workforce by employment type, employment contract, and region	Core	32
LA3. Benefits provided to full-time employees	Additional	33
LA4. Percentage of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements	Core	33
LA6. Percentage of total workforce represented in formal joint management-worker health and safety committees that help monitor and advise on occupational health and safety programs	Additional	33
LA7. Rates of injury, occupational diseases, lost days, and absenteeism, and number of work-related fatalities by region	Core	32
LA8. Education, training, counseling, prevention, and risk-control programs in place to assist workforce members, their families, or community members regarding serious diseases	Core	18
LA13. Composition of governance bodies and breakdown of employees per category according to gender, age group, minority group membership, and other indicators of diversity	Core	2, 32
Not reported: LA2, LA5, LA9, LA10, LA11, LA12, LA14
Human Rights
Disclosure on Management Approach	Core	4, 31 Global Operating Principles, Global Code of Conduct, Supplier Guiding Principles
HR1. Percentage and total number of significant investment agreements that include human rights clauses or that have undergone human rights screening	Core	N/A
HR2. Percentage of significant suppliers and contractors that have undergone screening on human rights and actions taken	Core	4
HR3. Total hours of employee training on policies and procedures concerning aspects of human rights that are relevant to operations, including the percentage of employees trained	Additional	3
HR8. Percentage of security personnel trained in the organization’s policies or procedures concerning aspects of human rights that are relevant to operations	Additional	N/A
Not reported: HR4, HR5, HR6, HR7, HR9
Society
Disclosure on Management Approach	Core	4, Global Operating Principles, Global Code of Conduct
SO1. Nature, scope, and effectiveness of any programs and practices that assess and manage the impacts of operations on communities, including entering, operating, and exiting	Core	8, 36 (partially reported)
SO3. Percentage of employees trained in organization’s anti-corruption policies and procedures	Core	3
Not reported: SO2, SO4, SO5, SO6, SO7, SO8
Product Responsibility
Disclosure on Management Approach	Core	15-16
PR1. Life cycle stages in which health and safety impacts of products and services are assessed for improvement, and percentage of significant products and services categories subject to such procedures	Core	15-16, 25-29
PR3. Type of product and service information required by procedures, and percentage of significant products and services subject to such information requirements	Core	28-29
PR4. Total number of incidents of non-compliance with regulations and voluntary codes concerning product and service information and labeling, by type of outcomes	Additional	30
PR5. Practices related to customer satisfaction, including results of surveys measuring customer satisfaction	Additional	15, 29
PR6. Programs for adherence to laws, standards, and voluntary codes related to marketing communications, including advertising, promotion, and sponsorship	Core	Communications Guidelines
PR9. Monetary value of significant fines for non-compliance with laws and regulations concerning the provision and use of products and services	Core	None
Not reported: PR2, PR7, PR8

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