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Strategy and analysis
1.1	Statement from the most senior decision maker of the organisation about the relevance of sustainability to the organisation and its strategy.	Letter from the Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer
1.2	Description of key impacts, risks and opportunities.�	Sustainable Agriculture Climate Change Products Stewardship Health, Safety & Environment Employees Human Rights Managing CR
Profile
2.1	Name of reporting organisation.	Articles of Incorporation Document
2.2	Primary brands, products and or services.	Products Innovation in crop protection Products & Brands
2.3	Operational structure of the organisation including main divisions, operating companies, subsidiaries and joint ventures.	Managing CR Corporate Governance Report 2007
2.4	Location of organisation�s headquarters.	Articles of Incorporation Document
2.5	Number of countries where organisation operates, and names of countries with either major operations or that are specifically relevant to the sustainability issues covered in the report.	Employees Country list
2.6	Nature of ownership and legal form.	Articles of Incorporation Document
2.7	Markets served (including geographic breakdown, sectors served and types of customers/beneficiaries).	Business and markets Country list
2.8	Scale of the reporting organisation including: Number of employees Net sales Total capitalisation broken down in terms or debt and equity; and Quantity of products or services provided	Employees This is Syngenta, Employees Financial report Product line performance
2.9	Significant changes during the reporting period regarding size, structure or ownership, including: Location of, or changes in operations, including facility operations, closings, and expansions; and Changes in the share capital structure and other capital formation, maintenance, and alteration operations.	Restructuring, CR Report p18-19
2.10	Awards received in the reporting period.	External recognition
Report Parameters
3.1	Reporting period for information provided.	CR Report, p30
3.2	Date of most recent previous report.	Publications
3.3	Reporting cycle	Publications
3.4	Contact point for questions regarding the report or its contents.	Contact us
Report scope and boundary
3.6	Boundary of the report.	Progress report and action plan
3.7	State any specific limitations on the scope or boundary of the report.	Progress report and action plan
3.8	Basis for reporting on joint ventures, subsidiaries, leased facilities, outsourced operations, and other entities that can significantly affect comparability from period to period and/or between organisations.	Progress report and action plan
3.9	Data measurement techniques and the bases of calculations, including assumptions and techniques underlying estimations applied to the compilation of the indicators and other information in the report.	Progress report and action plan Employee engagement
3.10	Explanation of the effect of any re-statements of information provided in earlier reports, and the reasons for such re-statement.	HSE reporting year changed: Progress report and action plan
3.11	Significant changes from previous reporting periods in the scope, boundary or measurement methods applied in the report.	HSE reporting year changed: Progress report and action plan
Assurance
3.13	Policy and current practice with regard to seeking external assurance for the report. If not included in the assurance report accompanying the sustainability report, explain the scope and basis of any external assurance provided. Also explain the relationship between the reporting organisation and the assurance provider.	Assurance
Governance, Commitments and Engagement
Governance
4.1	Governance structure of the organisation, including committees under the highest governance body responsible for specific tasks, such as setting strategy or organisational oversight.	Articles of Incorporation Document Corporate Governance report
4.2	Indicate whether the Chair of the highest governance body is also an executive officer (and if so, their function within the organisation�s management and the reasons for this arrangement).	Corporate Governance report (page 5)
4.3	For organisations that have a unitary board structure, state the number of members of the highest governance body that are independent and/or non-executive members.	Corporate Governance report (page 5)
4.4	Mechanisms for stakeholders and employees to provide recommendations or direction to the highest governance body. Identify topics related to economic, environmental and social performance raised through these mechanisms during the reporting period.	Contact us Employee satisfaction
4.5	Linkage between compensation for members of the highest governance body, senior managers, and executives� (including departure arrangements) and the organisation�s performance (including social & environmental performance.	Corporate Governance report (page 12)
4.6	Processes in place for the highest governance body to ensure conflicts of interest are avoided.	Articles of Incorporation Document
4.7	Process for determining the qualifications and expertise of the members of the highest governance body for guiding the organisation�s strategy on economic, environmental and social topics.	Corporate Governance report (page 5)
4.8	Internally developed statements of mission or values, codes of conduct, and principles relevant to economic, environmental and social performance, and the status of their implementation.	Commitments Code of Conduct Progress Report and Action Plan
4.9	Procedures of the highest governance body for overseeing the organisation�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.	Corporate Governance Report 2007
Commitments to external initiatives
4.12	Externally developed economic, environmental, and social charters, principles or other initiatives to which the organisation subscribes or endorses.	Code of Conduct Human rights
4.13	Members in associations and/or national/international advocacy organisations in which the organisation: Has positions in governance bodies Participates in projects or committees Provides substantive funding beyond routine membership dues; or Views membership as strategic	Croplife
Stakeholder engagement
4.14	List of stakeholder groups engaged by the organisation E.g. communities, civil society, customers, shareholders and providers op capital, suppliers and employees, other workers and their trade unions.	Production and Suppliers Safe Use Safe Use Survey Employee engagement
4.15	Basis for identification and selection of stakeholders with whom to engage.	Sustainable Agriculture Stewardship
4.16	Approaches to stakeholder engagement, including frequency of engagement by type and by stakeholder group. E.g. surveys, focus groups, community panels, corporate advisory panels, written communication, management/union structures and other vehicles. Say whether any engagement was undertaken specifically as part of the report preparation process.	Safe Use Survey Employee Engagement Introduction
4.17	Key topics and concerns that have been raised through stakeholder engagement, and how the organisation has responded to those key topics and concerns, including through its reporting.	What Syngenta thinks about Progress Report and Action Plan

Performance: Economic
Disclosure on Management approach - Provide a concise disclosure on the Management Approach items outlined below with reference to the following economic aspects; economic performance, market presence and indirect economic impacts
Aspect: Economic Performance
EC1	Direct 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.	Progress Report and Action Plan: People Financial Report
EC2	Financial implications and other risks and opportunities for the organisation�s activities due to climate change.	Climate Change
Aspect: Indirect economic impacts
EC8	Development and impact of infrastructure investments and services provided primarily for public benefit through commercial, in-kind, or pro-bono engagement.	Community Foundation Stewardship-Safe Use

Performance: Environmental
Disclosure on Management approach - Provide a concise disclosure on the management approach items outlined below with reference to the following environmental aspects: materials, energy, water, biodiversity, emissions, effluents and waste, products and services, compliance, transport and overall
Aspect: Energy
EN3	Direct energy consumption by primary energy source.	Environment
EN4	Indirect energy consumption by primary source.	Climate Change Impact
EN5	Energy saved due to conservation and efficiency improvements.	Environment
EN6	Initiatives to provide energy-efficient or renewable energy based products and services, and reductions in energy requirements as a result of these initiatives.	Biofuels Climate change
EN7	Initiatives to reduce indirect energy consumption and reductions achieved.	HS&E-Energy Climate change
Aspect: Water
EN8	Total water withdrawal by source.	Progress Report and Action Plan: Waste
EN10	Percentage and total water volume of water recycled and reused.	Progress Report and Action Plan: Effluent
Aspect: Biodiversity
EN12	Description of significant impacts of activities, products, and services on biodiversity in protected areas and areas of high biodiversity value outside protected areas.	Biodiversity
EN13	Habitats protected or restored.	Biodiversity
EN14	Strategies, current actions and future plans for managing impacts on biodiversity.	Biodiversity
Aspect: Emissions, effluents and waste
EN16	Total direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight.	Environment Our Climate Impact
EN17	Other relevant indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight.	Our Climate Impact
EN18	Initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reductions achieved.	Progress Report & Action Plan: Greenhouse gases Climate change
EN20	NOx, SOx, and other significant air emissions by type and weight.	Emissions to air
EN21	Total water discharged by quality and destination.	Progress Report and Action Plan: Effluent
EN22	Total weight of waste by type and disposal method.	Progress Report and Action Plan
EN23	Total number and volume of significant spills.	Compliance
Aspect: Products and services
EN26	Initiatives to mitigate environmental impacts of products and services, and extent of impact mitigation.	Stewardship
Aspect: Compliance
EN28	Monetary value of significant fines and total number of non-monetary sanctions for non-compliance with environmental laws and regulations.	Compliance
Aspect: Transport
EN29	Significant environmental impacts of transporting products and other goods and materials used for the organisation�s operations, and transporting members of the workforce.	Climate Change

Performance: Labour Practices and Decent work
Disclosure on management approach - Provide a concise disclosure on the management approach items outlined below with reference to the following labour aspects; employment, labour/management relations, occupational health and safety, training and education and diversity and equal opportunity. The ILO Tripartite Declaration Concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises should be primary reference points
Aspect: Employment
LA1	Total workforce by employment type, employment contract and region.	Employees This is Syngenta - Employees
LA3	Benefits provided to full-time employees that are not provided to temporary or part-time employees, by major operations.	Employees Training and Development
Aspect: Occupational health and safety
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 programmes.	HSE Management
LA7	Rates of injury, occupational diseases, lost days, absenteeism, and number of work related fatalities by region.	Health & Safety Performance
LA8	Education, training, counselling, prevention, and risk-control programmes in place to assist workforce members, their families, or community members regarding serious diseases.	Employee wellbeing
Aspect: Training and education
LA11	Programmes for skills management and lifelong learning that support the continued employability of employees and assist them in managing their careers.	Training and Development
LA12	Percentage of employees receiving regular performance and career development reviews.	Training and Development
Aspect: Diversity and equal opportunity
LA13	Composition of governance bodies and breakdown of employees per category according to gender, age group, minority group membership and other indicators of diversity.	Diversity

Performance: Human rights
Disclosure on management approach -�Provide a concise disclosure on the management approach items outlined below with reference to the following human rights; investment and procurement practices, non-discrimination, freedom of association and collective bargaining, abolition of child labour, prevention of forced and compulsory labour, complaints and grievance practices, security practices and indigenous rights. The ILO Tripartite Declaration Concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises should be primary reference points
Aspect: Investment and procurement activities
HR2	Percentage of significant suppliers and contractors that have undergone screening on human rights and actions taken.	Progress Report and Action Plan: Human Rights Human rights
Aspect: Child Labour
HR6	Operations identified as having a significant risk for incidents of child labour, and measures taken to contribute to the elimination of forced or compulsory labour.	Human Rights Progress Report and Action Plan: Human Rights

Performance: Society
Disclosure on management approach - Provide a concise disclosure on the management approach items outlined below with reference to the following society aspects; community, corruption, public policy, anti-competitive behaviour and compliance
Aspect: Community
SO1	Nature, scope and effectiveness of any programmes and practices that assess and manage the impacts of operations on communities, including entering, operating and exiting.	Community
Aspect: Corruption
SO4	Actions taken in response to incidents of corruption.	Progress Report and Action Plan: Conduct
Aspect: Compliance
SO8	Monetary value of significant fines and total number of non-monetary sanctions for non-compliance with laws and regulations.	Compliance

Performance: Product responsibility
Disclosure on management approach - Provide a concise disclosure on the management approach items outlined below with reference to the following society aspects; customer health and safety, product and service labelling, marketing communications, customer privacy and compliance
Aspect: Customer Health and safety
PR1	Lifecycle 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.	Progress Report and Action Plan-Products Stewardship

Performance: Product responsibility

Disclosure on management approach - Provide a concise disclosure on the management approach items outlined below with reference to the following society aspects; customer health and safety, product and service labelling, marketing communications, customer privacy and compliance

Aspect: Customer Health and safety

PR1

Lifecycle 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.

Progress Report and Action Plan-Products
Stewardship

Syngenta worldwide

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