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Top 10 GRI Sustainability Aspects for the Equipment Sector

Louis Coppola Louis Coppola October 27, 2014

Sustainability – What Matters in the Equipment Sector?

Recent research conducted by the Governance & Accountability Institute attempts to answer important questions for company managements in the Equipment Sector, by examining the disclosure practices of 12 global peer organizations publishing GRI reports in the sector.

The top 10 Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) aspects that were determined to be material by the managements of reporting organizations in the Equipment Sector are:

  1. Customer Health and Safety
  2. Indigenous Rights
  3. Energy
  4. Anti-Competitive Behavior
  5. Emissions, Effluents and Waste
  6. Products and Services
  7. Product and Service Labeling
  8. Compliance
  9. Public Policy
  10. Corruption

Results: The complimentary report examining 35 sectors including top 10 GRI aspects, and top/bottom 10 GRI performance indicators can be downloaded here:
www.ga-institute.com/sustainability-what-matters

The full rankings for all 84 GRI performance indicators and all 37 GRI Aspects for each of the 35 sectors examined are available for purchase at:

Organizations included in the Equipment Sector study are:

ABB Asea Brown Boveri Ltd, China National Erzhong Group Co. – China, Dresser-Rand, Eastman Kodak Company, Fiat Industrial, Mauser Group, Outotec, Promega, SBM Offshore, Sulzer, Westport Innovations, Zehnder Group

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