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Sustainability

Global Reporting Index (GRI)

The GRI is an international standard for sustainability reporting. To help our readers, we have provided this table of the GRI indicators covered on emc.com and in our 2008 Sustainability Report.

GRI Indicator

Topic

Location

  Strategy and Analysis

 

1.1 Statement from the CEO. EMC 2008 Sustainability Report: Letter from our Chairman, President, and CEO
  Organizational Profile

 

2.1 Name of the organization. Corporate Profile
2.2 Primary brands, products, and/or services. The reporting organization should indicate the nature of its role in providing these products and services, and the degree to which it utilizes outsourcing. Corporate Profile
2.3 Operational structure of the organization, including main divisions, operating companies, subsidiaries, and joint ventures. Corporate Profile
2.4 Location of organization's headquarters. Contact Us
2.5 Number of countries where the organization operates, and names of countries with either major operations or that are specifically relevant to the sustainability issues covered in the report.

Corporate Profile

Contact Us

2.6 Nature of ownership and legal form. Corporate Profile
2.7 Markets served (including geographic breakdown, sectors served, and types of customers/beneficiaries). Corporate Profile
2.8 Scale of the reporting organization. 2008 10-K
2.9 Significant changes during the reporting period regarding size, structure, or ownership. 2008 10-K
2.10 Awards received in the reporting period. Awards and Recognition
  Report Parameters

 

  REPORT PROFILE

 

3.1

Reporting period (e.g., fiscal/calendar year) for information provided.

EMC 2008 Sustainability Report: About This Report
3.2

Date of most recent previous report (if any).

EMC 2008 Sustainability Report: About This Report
3.3

Reporting cycle (annual, biennial, etc.).

EMC 2008 Sustainability Report: About This Report
3.4

Contact point for questions regarding the report or its contents.

EMC 2008 Sustainability Report: About This Report
 

REPORT SCOPE AND BOUNDARY

 
3.5

Process for defining report content, including:

  • Determining materiality;
  • Prioritizing topics within the report; and
  • Identifying stakeholders the organization expects to use the report.
EMC 2008 Sustainability Report: About This Report
3.6

Boundary of the report (e.g., countries, divisions, subsidiaries, leased facilities, joint ventures, suppliers). See GRI Boundary Protocol for further guidance.

EMC 2008 Sustainability Report: About This Report
  GRI CONTENT INDEX

 

3.12 Table identifying the location of the Standard Disclosures in the report. EMC 2008 Sustainability Report: About This Report
  Governance, Commitments, and Engagement

 

  GOVERNANCE

 

4.1

Governance structure of the organization, including committees under the highest governance body responsible for specific tasks, such as setting strategy or organizational oversight.

Corporate Governance

Developing Our Strategy

EMC 2008 Sustainability Report: Corporate Governance

4.2

Indicate whether the Chair of the highest governance body is also an executive officer.

Board of Directors
4.3

For organizations 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
4.4

Mechanisms for shareholders and employees to provide recommendations or direction to the highest governance body.

Contact the Board
4.5

Linkage between compensation for members of the highest governance body, senior managers, and executives (including departure arrangements), and the organization’s performance (including social and environmental performance).

Corporate Governance Guidelines
4.6

Processes in place for the highest governance body to ensure conflicts of interest are avoided.

Corporate Governance Guidelines
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.

Ethics
4.10

Processes for evaluating the highest governance body’s own performance, particularly with respect to economic, environmental, and social performance.

Corporate Governance Guidelines
  COMMITMENTS TO EXTERNAL INITIATIVES

 

4.13

Memberships in associations (such as industry associations) and/or national/international advocacy organizations in which the organization:

  • Has positions in governance bodies;
  • Participates in projects or committees;
  • Provides substantive funding.

EMC 2008 Sustainability Report: Healthcare IT and Public Policy

Customer Information Privacy

Education Policy

Digital Inclusion

Supply Chain Social and Environmental Responsibility

Supplier Diversity

  STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT

 

4.14

List of stakeholder groups engaged by the organization. Examples of stakeholder groups are:

  • Communities;
  • Civil society;
  • Customers;
  • Shareholders and providers of capital;
  • Suppliers; and
  • Employees, other workers, and their trade unions.

Stakeholder Engagement

4.15

Basis for identification and selection of stakeholders with whom to engage. This includes the organization's process for defining its stakeholder groups, and for determining the groups with which to engage and not to engage.

Stakeholder Engagement

  Environmental

 

  ENERGY

 

EN3

Direct energy consumption by primary energy source.

Energy-Efficient Operations

EN5

Energy saved due to conservation and efficiency improvements.

Energy-Efficient Operations

EMC 2008 Sustainability Report: Efficient Facilities

EN6

Initiatives to provide energy-efficient or renewable energy based products and services, and reductions in energy requirements as a result of these initiatives.

Energy-Efficient Products and Services

EMC 2008 Sustainability Report: Energy Efficiency for the Data Center

EN7

Initiatives to reduce indirect energy consumption and reductions achieved.

Energy-Efficient Operations

EMC 2008 Sustainability Report: Efficient Facilities

  WATER

 

EN10

Percentage and total volume of water recycled and reused.

Water Conservation

  EMISSIONS, EFFLUENTS, AND WASTE

 

EN16

Total direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight.

Climate Change

EMC 2008 Sustainability Report: Climate Change

EN17

Other relevant indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight.

2008 Carbon Disclosure Project Report

EN18

Initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reductions achieved.

2008 Carbon Disclosure Project Report

EN19

Emissions of ozone-depleting substances by weight.

2008 Carbon Disclosure Project Report

EN23

Total number and volume of significant spills.

2008 Carbon Disclosure Project Report

  PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

 

EN26

Initiatives to mitigate environmental impacts of products and services, and extent of impact mitigation.

Climate Change

EMC 2008 Sustainability Report: Climate Change

EN27

Percentage of products sold and their packaging materials that are reclaimed by category.

Energy-Efficient Products and Services

Design for Environment

Product Compliance and Hazardous Substances

  COMPLIANCE

 

EN28

Monetary value of significant fines and total number of non-monetary sanctions for noncompliance with environmental laws and regulations.

EMC 2008 Sustainability Report: Environmental Certifications and Compliance

  Human Rights

 

  INVESTMENT AND PROCUREMENT PRACTICES

 

HR3

Total hours of employee training on policies and procedures concerning aspects of human rights that are relevant to operations, including the percentage of employees trained.

Ethics
  OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY

 

LA7

Rates of injury, occupational diseases, lost days, and absenteeism, and number of work-related fatalities by region.

Health and Safety

LA8

Education, training, counseling, prevention, and risk-control programs in place to assist workforce members, their families, or community members regarding serious diseases.

Health and Well-Being

  TRAINING AND EDUCATION

 

LA10

Average hours of training per year per employee by employee category.

Career Development and Training

LA11

Programs for skills management and lifelong learning that support the continued employability of employees and assist them in managing career endings.

Career Development and Training

LA12

Percentage of employees receiving regular performance and career development reviews.

Career Development and Training

  CORRUPTION

 

SO3

Percentage of employees trained in organization’s anti-corruption policies and procedures.

Ethics
SO4

Actions taken in response to incidents of corruption.

Ethics
  PUBLIC POLICY

 

SO5

Public policy positions and participation in public policy development.

Global Ecosystem

EMC 2008 Sustainability Report: Healthcare IT and Public Policy

Customer Information Privacy

Education Policy

SO6

Total value of financial and in-kind contributions to political parties, politicians, and related institutions by country.

Sustainability: Political Contributions Policy and Disclosure Statements

  Economic

 

  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.

2008 10-K
EC2

Financial implications and other risks and opportunities for the organization’s activities due to climate change.

Developing Our Strategy

  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.

Citizenship and Social Investment

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