SNAM Sustainability Report 2013 - GRI - General standard Disclosures

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General standard Disclosures

		Page Reference	External Assurance
Strategy and analysis
G4-1	Sustainability strategy	Message from the CEO 2013 Highlights Sustainability incorporated within the business Shared value
Organizational profile
G4-3	Name of the organization	Cover	✓
G4-4	Brand, products and services	Business segments Creating sustainable value	✓
G4-5	Location of general headquarters	Third Cover	✓
G4-6	Local market presence, included significative impacts concerning products, activities, services and relationships	Business segments Stakeholders	✓
G4-7	Ownership structure	Ownership structure Stakeholders	✓
G4-8	Markets served	Business segments Stakeholders	✓
G4-9	Size of the organization	Ownership structure	✓
G4-10	Total number of employees, broken down by type of contract, by sex and geographic area	Stakeholders Employment Employment protection Diversity and equal opportunity
G4-11	Total number of employees covered by collective labor agreements	Industrial relations	✓
G4-12	Supply chain description (n. supplier, volumes e procurement markets)	Stakeholders, Snam for suppliers	✓
G4-13	Significant changes during the reporting period regarding the organization’s size, structure, ownership, or its supply chain	Note on methodology	✓
G4-14	Explanation of any method of application of the prudence principle or approach	Materiality Governing the business
G4-15	Signing and adoption of codes of conduct, principles and charters developed by external organizations	Second Cover Governing the business Management procedures and systems
G4-16	Participation in trade associations	Go to www.snam.it
Identified material aspects and boundary
G4-17	List all entities included in the organization’s consolidated financial statements and those not covered by the report	Note on methodology	✓
G4-18	Process for defining the report content and the Aspect Boundaries and how the organization has implemented the Reporting Principles for defining report content	Materiality Note on methodology	✓
G4-19	List all material aspects identified	Materiality	✓
G4-20	For each material aspect, report the aspect Boundary within the organization	Materiality	✓
G4-21	For each material aspect, report the aspect Boundary outside the organization	Materiality	✓
G4-22	Report effect of any restatements of information provided in previous reports, and the reasons	Note on methodology	✓
G4-23	Significant changes from previous reporting periods	Note on methodology	✓
Stakeholder engagement
G4-24	List of stakeholders with which the Company interacts	Stakeholders	✓
G4-25	Principles for identifying stakeholders	Stakeholders
G4-26	Approach adopted for the activity of involving stakeholders	Stakeholders
G4-27	Results of involvement	Economic and financial results Development and quality of services People and change
Report profile
G4-28	Period of reference of the document	Note on methodology	✓
G4-29	Last report published	Note on methodology	✓
G4-30	Frequency of reporting	Note on methodology	✓
G4-31	Contacts	Note on methodology	✓
G4-32	Report the in accordance options and table of G4 content	Note on methodology	✓
G4-33	Policies and practices on independent auditing	Note on methodology Letter of assurance	✓
Governance
G4-34	Governance structure, including committees of the highest governance body.	Governing the business	✓
Ethics and Integrity
G4-56	Mission, values and Code of Conduct	Second Cover Governing the business	✓

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Specific standard Disclosures

Material aspects		Page Reference	Omissions	External Assurance
	Category: Economic
Economic Performance
DMA		Snam group Materiality Sustainable value Commitments and actions
EC1	Economic value generated and distributed directly	Economic and financial results		✓
EC2	Economic and financial implications associated with climate change	Climate change and energy efficiency		✓
EC3	Coverage of obligations assumed at the time of defining the pension plan (benefit plan obligations)	Industrial relations Snam offers its employees pension coverage that is supplemental to the public system, on a voluntary acceptance basis. At the time of termination of employment, all employees receive postemployment benefits. (Please refer to the Consolidated Annual Report and to the website, www.fondenergia.it)
Indirect economic impacts
DMA		Materiality Commitments and actions Protecting local areas
EC7	Impacts of investments in infrastructure for the benefit of local communities, through commercial commitments, donations of products/services or other pro-bono activities	Protecting the environment and biodiversity
Procurement practices
DMA		Materiality Commitments and actions Snam for suppliers
EC9	Policies, practices, and percentage of expenses concentrated on local suppliers	Snam for suppliers		✓

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Material aspects		Page Reference	Omissions	External Assurance
	Category: Environmental
Energy
DMA		Materiality Commitments and actions Protecting local areas Climate change and energy efficiency
EN3	Direct and indirect energy consumption broken down by primary energy source	Climate change and energy efficiency		✓
EN5	Energy Intensity	Performance indicators
EN6	Energy saving	Climate change and energy efficiency		✓
Biodiversity
DMA		Materiality Commitments and actions
EN11	Location and size of land owned, leased or managed in protected areas (or adjacent to protected areas) or in areas with high biodiversity outside of protected areas	Protecting the environment and biodiversity
EN12	Description of the major impacts of activities, products and services on the biodiversity of protected areas or of areas with high biodiversity outside	Protecting the environment and biodiversity
EN13	Protected or restored habitats	Protecting the environment and biodiversity
EN14	Number of protected species that have their habitat in the organisation’s areas of operation, broken down by level of risk of extinction	Protecting the environment and biodiversity
Emissions
DMA		Materiality Commitments and actions Climate change and energy efficiency
EN15	Total direct greenhouse gas emissions by weight (scope I)	Climate change and energy efficiency		✓
EN16	Total indirectgreenhouse gas emissions by weight (scope II)	Climate change and energy efficiency		✓
EN17	Other indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight (scope III)	Climate change and energy efficiency		✓
EN18	Carbon intensity	Performance indicators
EN19	Initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and results achieved	Climate change and energy efficiency		✓
EN21	NO_x, SOx and other significant emissions into the air broken down by type and weight	Climate change and energy efficiency		✓
Overall
DMA		Materiality Commitments and actions Protecting local areas
EN31	Expenses and investments in environmental protection, broken down by type	Protecting the environment and biodiversity
Suppliers Enviromental Assessment
DMA		Materiality Commitments and actions Snam for suppliers
EN32	Percentage of new suppliers that were screened using environmental criteria	Snam for suppliers		✓
EN33	Significant actual and potential l negative environment impacts in the supply chain and actions taken	Snam for suppliers

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Material aspects		Page Reference	Omissions	External Assurance
	Category: Social
Labor practices and decent work
Employement
DMA		Materiality Commitments and actions People and change Diversity and equal opportunity
LA1	Total number and rates of new employee hires and turnover by age group, gender and region	Stakeholders Employment protection Diversity and equal opportunity		✓
LA2	Benefits provided for permanent workers	Industrial relations
LA3	Rate of return to work after parental leave	Diversity and equal opportunity		✓
Labor/Management Relations
DMA		Materiality Commitments and actions Industrial relations
LA4	Minimum period of notice for operational modifications (organisational changes), specifying whether or not such conditions are included in the collective labour agreement	The provisions of the national collective labour agreements are applied (see G4-11)
Occupational Health and Safety
DMA		Materiality Commitments and actions Safety
LA5	Percentage of workers represented on the health and safety committee	Worker representation is ensured through ref. T.U. Legislative Decree No. 81/2008 and the national agreements
LA6	Rate of workplace accidents, sickness, lost work days, absenteeism and total number of deaths, broken down by geographic area	Accident prevention		✓
LA7	Workers with high incidence or high risk of disseases related to their occupation	Safeguarding health
LA8	Union agreements on health and safety	Worker representation is ensured through ref. T.U. Legislative Decree No. 81/2008 and the national agreements
Training and education
DMA		Materiality Commitments and actions People and change
LA9	Average annual hours of training per employee, broken down by worker classification	Developing and valuing our employees Diversity and equal opportunity		✓
LA10	Programmes for managing skills and for promoting training/continuing education in support of the continuing employment of employees and for managing the final phase of their careers	Developing and valuing our employees
LA11	Percentage of employees who regularly receive performance and career development evaluations	Developing and valuing our employees		✓
Suppliers assessment for labor practices
DMA		Materiality Commitments and actions Snam for suppliers
LA14	Percentage of new suppliers that were screened using labor practices criteria	Snam for suppliers		✓
LA15	Significant actual and potential negative impact for labor practices in the supply chain and actions taken	Snam for suppliers

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Material aspects		Page Reference	Omissions	External Assurance
	Category: Social
Society
Local communities
DMA		Materiality Commitments and actions Protecting local areas
SO1	Nature, objective and effectiveness of programmes and/or practices for evaluating and managing impact on a given community, including activity	Protecting local areas
SO2	Commencement, operation and decommissioning phases	Protecting the environment and biodiversity
Anti-Corruption
DMA		Materiality Commitments and actions Governing the business Developing and valuing our employees
SO3	Percentage of business units analysed for corruption risk	Corporate governance		✓
SO4	Percentage of employees with anti-corruption training	Developing and valuing our employees
SO5	Actions taken in response to incidents of corruption	Corporate governance
Compliance
DMA		Materiality Commitments and actions Governing the business
SO8	Total legal actions regarding unfair competition, anti-trust and monopolistic practices and respective judgments	See Consolidated Annual Report