GRI content summary

STANDARD DISCLOSURESPage/where addressedExternal assurance
Strategy and analysis
G4-1 Statement from the most senior decision-maker of the organization (such as CEO, chair, or equivalent senior position) about the relevance of sustainability to the organization and the organization’s strategy for addressing sustainabilityMessage from the CEO
G4-2 Description of key impacts, risks, and opportunities: focus on the organization’s key impacts on sustainability and effects on stakeholdersMessage from the CEO
Organizational profile
G4-3 Name of organizationOur company
G4-4 Primary brands, products, and servicesOur company
G4-5 Location of organization's headquartersOur company
G4-6 Number of countries where the organization operates, and names of countries either with major operations or that are specifically relevant to the sustainability issues covered in the reportOur company
G4-7 Nature of ownership and legal formGovenance
G4-8 Markets served (including geographic breakdown, sectors served, and types of customers and beneficiaries)Market overview
G4-9 Scale of organizationOur company
G4-10 Total number of employees UNGCOur company
G4-11 Percentage of total employees covered by collective bargaining agreements UNGCOur company
G4-12 Description of organization's supply chain50% of our direct suppliers (raw materials, utilities and process inputs) and 95% of indirect suppliers (Capex and inventory) are local companies. The company seeks where possible to identify indirect suppliers located within the metropolitan area of São Paulo for reasons that include proximity, cost savings and fostering local economic development. The Procurement department does not currently have a documented local sourcing policy.
G4-13 Significant changes during the reporting period regarding the organization’s size, structure, ownership, or its supply chain2016 headlines
Organizational profile
G4-14 Whether and how the precautionary approach or principle is addressed by the organizationThe precautionary approach is addressed for every newly developed product
G4-15 List externally developed economic, environmental and social charters, principles, or other initiatives to which the organization subscribes or which it endorsesWe subscribe to the Brazilian Chemical Industry Association’s (Abiquim) Responsible Care program (“Atuação Responsável”)
G4-16 List memberships of associations (such as industry associations) and national or international advocacy organizationsBrazilian Chemical Industry Association (Abiquim)
Identified material aspects and boundaries
G4-17 List all entities included in the organization’s consolidated financial statements or equivalent documentsAbout this report
G4-18 Explanation of the process for defining the report content and aspect boundariesAbout this report
G4-19 List of all material aspects identified in the process for defining report contentAbout this report
G4-20 For each material aspect, report the aspect boundary within the organizationAbout this report
G4-21 For each material aspect, report the aspect boundary outside the organizationAbout this report
G4-22 Effect of any restatements of information provided in previous reports, and the reasons for such restatementsN/A
G4-23 Significant changes from previous reporting periods in the scope and aspect boundariesN/A
Stakeholder engagement
G4-24 List of stakeholder groups engaged by the organizationAbout this report
G4-25 Basis for identification and selection of stakeholders with whom to engageAbout this report
Stakeholder engagement
G4-26 The organization’s approach to stakeholder engagement, including frequency of engagement by type and by stakeholder group, and an indication of whether any of the engagement was undertaken specifically as part of the report preparation processAbout this report
G4-27 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. Report the stakeholder groups that raised each of the key topics and concernsAbout this report
Report profile  
G4-28 Reporting period (such as fiscal or calendar year) for information providedJanuary 01, 2016 to December 31, 2016.
G4-29 Date of most recent previous report (if any)This is our first Annual and Sustainability Report
G4-30 Reporting cycle (such as annual, biennial)Annual, beginning with this edition
G4-31 Contact point for questions regarding the report or its contentsAbout this report
G4-32 'In accordance' option the organization has chosenAbout this report
G4-33 Policy and current practice with regard to seeking external assurance for the reportAssurance will be sought for our reports beginning in 2017
Governance  
G4-34 Governance structure of the organization, including committees of the highest governance body. Identify any committees responsible for decision-making on economic, environmental and social impactsGovernance 
Ethics and integrity
G4-56 The organization’s values, principles, standards and norms of behavior such as codes of conduct and codes of ethicsOur company
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SPECIFIC STANDARD DISCLOSURES
Economic
Material aspectsDMA and disclosuresPage/where addressedOmissionExternal assurance
Economic performance UNGCG4-DMA Management approachFinancial performance
G4-EC4 Financial assistance received from governmentFinancial performance
Market presenceG4-DMA Management approachOur company
G4-EC5 Ratio of standard entry level wage by gender compared to local minimum wage at significant locations of operationOur company
Economic
Indirect economic impactsG4-DMA Management approachCorporate social responsibility  
G4-EC8 Significant indirect economic impacts, including the extent of impactsCorporate social responsibility
Procurement practicesG4-DMA Management approach
G4-EC9 Proportion of spending on locally-based suppliers at significant locations of operationNitro Quimica does not have a formal local sourcing policy. However, 50% of our direct suppliers (raw materials, utilities and process inputs) and 95% of indirect suppliers (Capex and inventory) are local companies preferably located within the metropolitan area of São Paulo for reasons that include proximity, cost savings and fostering local economic development. A more detailed supplier assessment will be performed in 2017.
Environment UNGC
Materials
WaterG4-DMA Management approachSocial and environmental management
G4-EN8 Total water withdrawal by sourceSocial and environmental management
G4-EN10 Percentage and total volume of water recycled and reusedSocial and environmental management
EmissionsG4-DMA Management approachSocial and environmental management
G4-EN15 Direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (scope 1)Social and environmental management
G4-EN16 Energy indirect greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (scope 2)Social and environmental management
EmissionsG4-EN17 Other indirect greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (scope 3)Social and environmental management
G4-EN20 Emissions of ozone-depleting substances (ODS)Some of our operational processes generate emissions regulated by the Montreal Protocol. This data will be reported in our next report.
G4-EN21 NOx, SOx, and other significant air emissionsSocial and environmental management
Effluents and wasteG4-DMA Management approachSocial and environmental management
G4-EN22 Total water discharge by quality and destinationSocial and environmental management
G4-EN23 Total weight of waste by type and disposal methodSocial and environmental management
G4-EN24 Total number and volume of significant spillsIn 2017 we will determine the threshold from which a spill is deemed significant and include this information in incident investigation forms.
Effluents and wasteG4-EN25 Weight of transported, imported, exported or treated waste deemed hazardous under the terms of the Basel Convention (Annex I, II, III, and VIII) and percentage of transported waste shipped internationallySocial and environmental management
Social – labor practices and decent work UNGC
EmploymentG4-DMA Management approachOur people
G4-LA1 Total number and rates of new employee hires and employee turnover by age group, gender and regionOur people
G4-LA2 Benefits provided to full-time employees that are not provided to temporary or part-time employees, by significant locations of operationOur people
Social – labor practices and decent work UNGC
Occupational health and safetyG4-DMA Management approachOur people
G4-LA6 Rates of injury, occupational diseases, lost days, and absenteeism, and total number of work-related fatalities, by region and genderOur people
G4-LA7 Workers with high incidence or high risk of diseases related to their occupationOur people
Training and educationG4-DMA Management approachOur people
G4-LA9 Average hours of training per year per employee by gender, and by employee categoryOur people
G4-LA11 Percentage of employees receiving regular performance and career development reviews, by gender and by employee categoryOur people
Labor practices grievance mechanismsG4-DMA Management approachOur people
G4-LA16 Number of grievances about labor practices filed, addressed, and resolved through formal grievance mechanismsOur people
Category: social – society
Local communities UNGCG4-DMA Management approachRisks and safety
G4-SO2 Operations with significant actual or potential negative impacts on local communitiesRisks and safety
Social – product responsibility
Customer health and safetyG4-DMA Management approachRisks and safety
G4-PR1 Percentage of significant product and service categories for which health and safety impacts are assessed for improvementRisks and safety
G4-PR2 Total number of incidents of non-compliance with regulations and voluntary codes concerning the health and safety impacts of products and services during their life cycle, by type of outcomesRisks and safety