Global Reporting Initiative Indicators

GLOBAL REPORTING INITIATIVES INDICATORS

This Annex describes the extent to which the MTR Corporate Sustainability Report 2002 reports on those indicators proposed by the Global Reporting Initiative Guidelines (June 2002).

The following key has been used:

a Indicator as described in GRI Guidelines is fully reported;
~ Indicator is partially reported. This is usually due to (a) the GRI indicator has multiple elements and not all elements are fully reported against or (b) one of MTR's main operating Divisions (Operations, Project or Property) fully reports against the indicator but the other Divisions do not.
- Indicator is not included in the MTR Corporate Sustainability Report 2002.

The assessment indicates that the MTR Corporate Sustainability Report 2002 partially or completely reports against 84% of the indicators proposed by the GRI Guidelines.

Theme	Core GRI Indicator	Section of Sustainability Report	Extent of MTR's Reporting
Economic
Customers	Monetary flow indicators:
	EC1. Net sales.	Economic	a
	EC2. Geographic breakdown of markets.	All core businesses are in Hong Kong	a
Suppliers	Monetary flow indicators:
	EC3. Cost of all goods, materials, and services purchased.	Economic	a
	EC4. Percentage of contracts that were paid in accordance with agreed terms, excluding agreed penalty arrangements.	-	-
Employees	Monetary flow indicators:
Employees	EC5. Total payroll and benefits (including wages, pension, other benefits, and redundancy payments) broken down by country or region.	Economic	a
Providers of Capital	Monetary flow indicators:
	EC6. Distributions to providers of capital broken down by interest on debt and borrowings, and dividends on all classes of shares, with any arrears of preferred dividends to be disclosed.	Economic	a
	EC7. Increase/decrease in retained earnings at end of period.	Economic	a
Public Sector	Monetary flow indicators:
	EC8. Total sum of taxes of all types paid broken down by country.	Economic	a
	EC9. Subsidies received broken down by country or region.	Economic	a
	EC10. Donations to community, civil society, and other groups broken down in terms of cash and in-kind donations per type of group.	People	a
Environmental
Materials	EN1. Total materials use other than water, by type.	Environment	~
Materials	EN2. Percentage of materials used that are wastes (processed or unprocessed) from sources external to the reporting organisation.	-	-
Energy	EN3. Direct energy use segmentated by primary source.	Environment	~
Energy	EN4. Indirect energy use.	-	-
Water	EN5. Total water use.	Environment	~
Biodiversity	EN6. Location and size of land owned, leased, or managed in biodiversity-rich habitats.	No such land is owned, leased or managed	a
Biodiversity	EN7. Description of the major impacts on biodiversity associated with activities and/or products and services in terrestrial, fresh-water, and marine environments.	No major impacts on biodiversity. Potential impacts due to construction activities are controlled through the Environmental Impact Assessment Process.	a
Emissions, Effluents, and Waste	EN8. Greenhouse gas emissions.	Environment	~
	EN9. Use and emissions of ozone-depleting substances.	Environment	~
	EN10. No_x, So_x, and other significant air emissions by type.	Environment	~
	EN11. Total amount of waste by type and destination.	Environment	~
	EN12. Significant discharges to water by type.	Environment	~
	EN13. Significant spills of chemicals, oils, and fuels in terms of total number and total volume.	-	-
Products and Services	EN14. Significant environmental impacts of principal products and services.	Environment	a
Products and Services	EN15. Percentage of the weight of products sold that is reclaimable at the end of the products' useful life and percentage that is actually reclaimed.	Not applicable to MTR activities.	a
Compliance	EN16. Incidents of and fines for non-compliance with all applicable international declarations/conventions/treaties, and national, sub-national, regional, and local regulations.	Environment	a
Social
Employment	LA1. Breakdown of workforce, where possible, by region/country, status (employee/non-employee), employment type (full time/part time), and by employment contract (indefinite or permanent/fixed term of temporary). Also identify workforce retained in conjunction with other employers (temporary agency workers or workers in co-employment relation	People	~
Employment	LA2. Net Employment creation and average turnover segmented by region/country.	People	~
Labour/ Management Relations	LA3. Percentage of employees represented by independent trade union organisations or other bona fide employee representatives broken down geographically or percentage of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements broken down by region/country.	People	~
Labour/ Management Relations	LA4. Policy and procedures involving information, consultation, and negotiation with employees over changes in the reporting organisation's operations (eg. restructuring).	People	a
Health and Safety	LA5. Practices on recording and notification of occupational accidents and diseases, and how they relate to the ILO Code of Practice on Recording and Notification of Occupational Accidents and Diseases.	People	~
	LA6. Description of formal joint health and safety committees comprising management and worker representatives and proportion of workforce covered by such committees.	People	~
	LA7. Standard injury, lost day, and absentee rates and number of work-related fatalities (including subcontracted workers).	People	~
	LA8. Description of polices or programmes (for the workplace and beyond) on HIV/AIDS.	-	-
Training and Education	LA9. Average hours of training per year per employee by category of employee.	People	~
Diversity and Opportunity	LA10. Description of equal opportunity polices or programmes, as well as monitoring systems to ensure compliance and results of monitoring.	People	~
Diversity and Opportunity	LA11. Composition of senior management and corporate governance bodies (including the board of directors), including female/male ratio and other indicators of diversity as culturally appropriate.	People	~
Strategy and Management	HR1. Description of polices, guidelines, corporate structure, and procedures to deal with all aspects of human rights relevant to operations, including monitoring mechanisms and results.	People	~
	HR2. Evidence of consideration of human rights impacts as part of investment and procurement decisions, including selection of suppliers/contractors.	-	-
	HR3. Description of polices and procedures to evaluate and address human rights performance within the supply chain and contractors, including monitoring systems and results of monitoring.	-	-
Non-discrimination	HR4. Description of global policy and procedures/programmes preventing all forms of discrimination in operations, including monitoring systems and results of monitoring.	People	~
Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining	HR5. Description of freedom of association policy and extent to which this policy is universally applied independent of local laws, as well as description of procedures/programmes to address this issue.	People	~
Child Labour	HR6.Description of policy excluding child labour as defined by the ILO Convention 138 and extent to which this policy is visibly stated and applied, as well as description of procedures/programmes to address this issue, including monitoring systems and results of monitoring.	Not applicable to MTR.	a
Forced and Compulsory Labour	HR7. Description of policy to prevent forced and compulsory labour and extent to which this policy is visibly stated and applied as well as description of procedures/programmes to address this issues, including monitoring systems and results of monitoring.	Not applicable to MTR.	a
Community	SO1. Description of polices to manage impacts on communities in areas affected by activities, as well as description of procedures/programmes to address this issue, including monitoring systems and results of monitoring.	People	~
Bribery and Corruption	SO2. Description of the policy, procedures/management systems, and compliance mechanisms for organisations and employees addressing bribery and corruption.	People	a
Political Contributions	SO3.Description of policy, procedures/management systems, and compliance mechanisms for managing political lobbying and contributions.	In accordance with THE Code of Conduct, MTR makes no political contributions	a
Customer Health and Safety	PR1. Description of policy for preserving customer health and safety during use of products and services, and extent to which this policy is visibly stated and applied, as well as description of procedures/programmes to address this issue, including monitoring systems and results of monitoring.	People	~
Products and Services	PR2. Description of policy, procedures/management systems, and compliance mechanisms related to product information and labelling.	Not applicable to MTR.	a
Respect for Privacy	PR3. Description of policy, procedures/management systems, and compliance mechanisms for customer privacy.	-	-