Stockland Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Report

Community

GRI Indicator

Position in 2009 Report

1. Strategy and Analysis

 

1.2 Statement from our CR&S Committee

Message from the CR&S Committee

1.2 Key impacts, risks and opportunities

Value chain
Message from the CR&S Committee
Climate change and energy
Valuing our people
Our CR&S approach
Our customers and suppliers
Natural resources

2. Organisational Profile

 

2.1 Name of the organisation

Stockland Corporation Limited

2.2 Primary brands, products, and/or services

About Stockland

2.3 Operational structure

About Stockland

2.4 Location of headquarters

Contacts

2.5 Countries where we operate

About Stockland

2.6 Ownership and legal form

About Stockland

2.7 Markets served

About Stockland

2.8 Scale of the reporting organisation

About Stockland

2.9 Significant changes during the reporting period

About Stockland
Shareholder Review 2009

2.10 Awards received

Memberships and awards

3. Report Parameters

 

Report Profile

 

3.1 Reporting period

About this report

3.2 Date of the most recent previous report

About this report

3.3 Reporting cycle

About this report

3.4 Contact point

Contacts

3.5 Process for defining report content

About this report

3.6 Boundary of the report

About this report

3.7 Statement of specific limitations

About this report

3.8 Basis for reporting in joint ventures, subsidiaries

About this report
Environmental data

3.9 Data measurement techniques

Techniques footnoted as appropriate
Employee profile
Employee health and safety 
Engaging with our suppliers
Community development
Community investment
Climate change and energy
Environmental data
NABERS Energy and Water ratings

3.10 Re-statements

Employee health and safety 
Environmental data

3.11 Significant changes from previous reporting periods

About this report
Environmental data

3.12 Table identifying the location of the Standard Disclosures in the report

GRI Index

3.13 Policy and current practice regarding external assurance

About this report
Assurance statement

4. Governance, Commitments and Engagement: Governance

 

4.1 Governance structure

Our CR&S approach
Shareholder Review 2009
Financial Report 2009

4.2 Chair of the highest governance body

Shareholder Review 2009

4.3 Highest governance body

Shareholder Review 2009

4.4 Mechanisms to provide recommendations or direction to the highest governance body

Stakeholder engagement

4.5 Compensation and performance

Embedding CR&S
Shareholder Review 2009
Financial Report 2009

4.6 Conflicts of interest

Financial Report 2009

4.7 Expertise of governance bodies

Financial Report 2009
Directors are selected such that the Board has a balance of skills and experience. As such, the Board has extensive experience of the social and environmental context in which the business operates.

4.8 Statement of mission and values

http://www.stockland.com.au/about/mission.htm

4.9 Management of performance

Governance and risk management
Our CR&S approach
Stakeholder engagement

4.10 Performance evaluation

Financial Report 2009
The process for evaluating the performance of the Board is primarily focused on the relationship between the Board and management, and the effectiveness of the Board itself. This process includes the performance of Committees, encompassing the Board CR&S Committee.

4.11 Reference to precautionary principle

No. Sustainability for the organisation is defined in Our CR&S approach

4.12 Charters to which we subscribe

About this report
Memberships and awards

4.13 Memberships in associations/advocacy organisations.

Memberships and awards

Stakeholder Engagement

 

4.14 Stakeholder groups

Stakeholder engagement

4.15 Basis for identification and selection of stakeholders

Stakeholder engagement

4.16 Approaches to stakeholder engagement

Value chain, Stakeholder engagement, Residential, Stockland UK, Valuing our people, Employee engagement, Capability development, Embedding CR&S , Employee health and safety, Responding to our customers - Residential, Housing affordability, Responding to our customers - Commercial Property, Tenant engagement, Community development, Community investment, Waste materials

4.17 Concerns raised through stakeholder engagement

Stakeholder engagement, Our CR&S Approach, Residential, Employee engagement, Capability development, Responding to our customers - Residential Housing affordability, Responding to our customers - Commercial Property, Tenant engagement

Management Disclosures

 

Economic

Message from the CR&S Committee
Financial Report 2009
Shareholder Review 2009

Environmental

Climate Change and Energy
Natural Resources

Labour Practices

Our People

Human Rights

Employee engagement
Employee health and safety
Engaging with our suppliers

Society

Community

Product Responsibility

Governance and risk management
Responding to our customers - Residential
Responding to our customers - Commercial Property

Economic Performance Indicators

 

Economic Performance

 

EC1. Economic value generated

Community investment
Shareholder Review 2009

EC2. Financial implications and other risks and opportunities for the organisation's activities due to climate change

Climate change and energy
Understanding climate change
Carbon Disclosure Project Report 7 (link)

EC3. Coverage of the organisation's defined benefit plan obligations

Superannuation contributions are made in accordance with legislative requirements

EC4. Significant financial assistance received from government

Community development

Indirect Economic Impacts

 

EC8. Infrastructure investments and services provided primarily for public benefit

Community investment
Community development

EC9. Significant indirect economic impacts (Partial)

Value chain
Housing affordability

Environmental Performance Indicators

 

Energy

 

EN3. Direct energy consumption

Energy data

EN4. Indirect energy consumption

Energy data

EN5. Energy saved due to conservation and efficiency improvements

Energy data
Energy efficiency in existing buildings

EN6. Initiatives to provide energy-efficient products and reductions achieved

Energy efficiency in new buildings
Energy efficiency in existing buildings

EN7. Initiatives to reduce indirect energy consumption and reductions achieved

Energy efficiency in new buildings 
Energy efficiency in existing buildings

Water

 

EN8. Total water withdrawal by source

Water

Biodiversity

 

EN11. Location and size of land owned, leased, managed in, or adjacent to, protected areas and areas of high biodiversity value outside protected areas (Partial)

Biodiversity

EN12. Description of significant impacts of activities, products, and services on biodiversity value outside protected areas (Partial)

Biodiversity

EN13. Habitats protected or restored (Partial)

Biodiversity

EN14. Strategies, current actions, and future plans for managing impacts on biodiversity (Partial)

Biodiversity

Emissions, Effluents and Waste

 

EN16. Greenhouse gas emissions by weight

Energy data

EN17. Indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight

Energy data

EN18. Initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reductions achieved

Energy efficiency in new buildings
Energy efficiency in exisiting buildings

EN22. Total weight of waste by type and disposal method

Waste materials (Solid waste to landfill)

EN23. Total number and volume of significant spills

There were no spills in the reporting period.

Products and Services

 

EN26. Initiatives to mitigate environmental impacts of products and services

Energy efficiency in new buildings
Energy efficiency in exisiting buildings
Biodiversity
Waste materials
Water

Compliance

 

EN28. Significant fines and non-monetary sanctions

Nil

Transport

 

EN29. Significant environmental impacts of transporting products

Energy data (GHG emissions from business travel)

Overall

 

EN30. Total environmental protection expenditures and investments by type

Natural resources

Labour Practices and Decent Work

 

Employment

 

LA1. Total workforce

Employee profile

LA2. Total number and rate of employee turnover

Employee profile

LA3. Benefits provided

Employee engagement

Labour/Management Relations

 

LA4. Employees covered by collective bargaining agreements

All of our employees are on individual contracts

Occupational Health and Safety

 

LA7. Rates of injury, occupational diseases, lost days, and absenteeism, and number of work-related fatalities by region (Partial)

Employee health and safety

Training and Education

 

LA10. Average hours of training per year per employee by employee category (Partial)

Capability development.
We don't measure training per year by employee category.

LA12. Employees receiving regular performance reviews.

Capability development.
Embedding CR&S

Diversity and Equal Opportunity

 

LA13. Workforce diversity

Employee profile

LA14. Ratio of basic salary of men to women by employee category

Employee profile

Human Rights

 

Investment and Procurement Practices

 

HR2. Significant suppliers and contractors that have undergone screening on human rights (Partial)

Engaging with our suppliers

Non-discrimination

 

HR4. Total number of incidents of discrimination and actions taken

There were 2 serious incidents. These were investigated and in both cases the allegations were proven and the accused employees had their employment terminated for serious misconduct.

Society

 

Community

 

SO1. Programs and practices that assess and manage the impacts of operations on communities

Community development
Community investment

Corruption

 

SO3. Employees trained in anti-corruption policies and procedures

No employees underwent Trade Practices training in FY09. Relevant employees are enrolled to complete this training in early FY10

SO4. Actions taken in response to incidents of corruption

Nil aspects of corruption

Public policy

 

SO5. Public policy positions and participation in public policy development and lobbying

Government relations

SO6. Financial and in-kind contributions to political parties & politicians

Government relations

Anti-Competitive Behaviour

 

SO7. Legal actions for anti-competitive behaviour, anti-trust and monopoly practices

Nil

Compliance

 

SO8. Significant fines and total number of non-monetary sanctions for non-compliance with laws and regulations

Nil

Product Responsibility

 

Product and Service Labelling

 

PR5. Practices related to customer satisfaction

Stakeholder engagement, Our customers and suppliers, Responding to our customers - Residential, Responding to our customers - Commercial Property, Housing affordability, Tenant engagement

Marketing Communications

 

PR7. Incidents of non-compliance with regulations and voluntary codes concerning marketing communications

Nil 

Customer Privacy

 

PR8. Substantiated complaints regarding breaches of customer privacy

Nil

Compliance

 

PR9. Significant fines for non-compliance with laws and regulations concerning the provision and use of products and services

Nil