Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)

The Global Reporting Initiative is one of the world’s most widely used reporting frameworks for performance on human rights, labor, environment, anti-corruption, and corporate citizenship. More than 1,500 organizations from 60 countries use these guidelines to produce annual sustainability reports. GRI Guidelines apply to corporations, public agencies, smaller enterprises, non-government organizations (NGO’s), industry groups and others.

Eaton is committed to the GRI Framework for reporting the company’s sustainability performance. Sustainability reports based on this framework can be used to demonstrate organizational commitment to sustainable development, to compare organizational performance over time, and to measure organizational performance with respect to laws, norms, standards and voluntary initiatives.

GRI offers three Application Levels: A, B & C, with “A” representing the highest level. Eaton applies a self-declared GRI Application Level of C+, with a goal to steadily improve performance towards the A level. Below you’ll find a full GRI Standard Disclosures Index for Eaton’s sustainability performance.


GRI Standard Disclosures Index

 Strategy and Analysis
1.1 Statement from senior decision-maker
1.2 Description of key impacts, risks & opportunities
 Organizational Profile
2.1 Organization's name
      Our Company
2.2 Major products
      Fast Facts
      Products and Services
2.3 Operational structure and major divisions
      Business Groups
2.4 Location of headquarters
      Fast Facts
2.5 Countries of operation
      Locations
2.6 Nature of ownership
      2012 Form 10K (pp. 2-4)
      Eaton Fast Facts       
2.7 Markets served including geographic breakdown/sectors served/customers
      Markets
2.8 Scale of organization including number of employees, net sales/revenues
2.9 Significant changes during reporting period
2.10 Awards
 Report Parameters
3.1 Reporting period
      2012
3.2 Date of previous report
      March 2011
3.3 Reporting cycle
      Annual
3.4 Contact point
      Contact Eaton
3.5 Process for defining report content
3.6 Boundary of the report
3.7 Limitations on the scope or boundary of the report
3.8 Basis for reporting on joint ventures, etc.
3.9 Data measurement techniques, basis of calculations and       assumptions
3.10 Restatements of information 
3.11 Significant changes from previous reporting periods  
3.12 GRI Content Index table 
      Note: This web page serves as Eaton's GRI index table.
3.13 Assurance 
 Governance, Commitments & Engagement
4.1 Governance structure including committees
4.2 Indicate whether chair of highest governance body is also an executive officer
4.3 Director independence
4.4 Mechanisms for shareholders and employees to provide recommendations/direction to highest governance body
4.5 Linkage between compensation and organization's performance for members of highest governance body/senior executives
4.6 Boundary of the report
4.7 Processes for determining qualifications and expertise for members of the Board
4.8 Mission and values statements, codes of conduct, principles relevant to economic, environmental and social performance, and status of implementation
      Global Ethics
4.9 Procedures of highest governance body for overseeing economic, environmental and social performance including compliance, codes of conduct
4.10 Processes for evaluating performance of governance body with respect to economic, environmental and social performance
4.11 Explanation of how precautionary approach/principle is addressed by organization
4.12 Externally developed, voluntary economic, environmental, and social charters, sets of principles, or other initiatives 
4.13 Significant memberships in associations and/or advocacy organizations
4.14 List of stakeholder groups
4.15 Basis for identification and selection of stakeholders with whom to engage
4.16 Approaches to stakeholder engagement, including frequency and type
4.17 Key issues raised through stakeholder engagement and how organization has responded
       Eaton stakeholder engagement
 Economic Performance Indicators
EC1 Direct economic value
EC2 Financial implications and other risks and opportunities for activities due to climate change
EC3 Direct economic value
 Environment
EN3 Direct energy consumption by primary energy source
EN5 Energy saved
      EHS Program
EN6 Initiatives to provide energy efficient or renewable energy-based products
EN7 Initiatives to reduce indirect energy consumption and reductions achieved
EN8 Total water withdrawal
EN16 Total direct and indirect Greenhouse Gas emissions
EN18 Initiatives to reduce GHG emissions and reductions achieved
      2013 Carbon Disclosure Project Response (Q's 3.3a & 3.3b)
EN20 NO, SO, and other significant air emissions by type and weight
      Eaton Toxic Release Inventory (TRI)
EN22 Total weight of waste by type and weight
EN26 Initiatives to mitigate environmental impacts of products
 Labor Performance Indicators 
LA3 Employee benefits
      Benefits
LA7 Rates of injury, occupational injuries, lost days
LA13 Composition of governance bodies and breakdown of employees per category
 Society 
SO5 Public policy positions and participation in public policy development and lobbying
SO8 Monetary value of of significant fines and total number of non-monetary sanctions for noncompliance with laws and regulations
 Product Responsibility 
PR1 Life cycle stages in which health & safety impacts of products and are assessed