Briefing and Q&A:Construction & Real Estate Sector

Supplement

Agenda

• Project aims• GRI Report Statistics• Working Group Members• Project planning• The End Goal• Strategic choices made • Main draft disclosure items

Project Aims

• Respond to the unique sustainability challenges and reporting needs that C&RE sector faces.

• Improve the accessibility of the G3 Guidelines and hold the potential to both enhance the quality and increase the quantity of reports.

GRI Reports in the C&RE Sector 2000-2009

Data extracted from the GRI Reports List on 4 May 2010

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 20090

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

3 2 2 26

1016

25

49

68

Working Group Members

Project Planning Implementation

Phase 1 Implementation

Phase 2

LaunchCRESS

•3 Working Group Meetings

First Draft and Public SurveyClosing Date: 30 June 2010

Project Initiation

• 2/3 Working Group Meetings• Final Draft• Public Comment Period• Final Meeting• Governance Review

Mid 2011

The End GoalSector-specific reporting guidance integrated into the G3 Guidelines:

CRESS Introduction

Commentaries on existing Performance Indicators and DMA

New Performance Indicators

Strategic choices made Reporting Boundary:

1. The construction of infrastructure, and commercial and residential real estate;

2. Investment in construction infrastructure, residential and commercial real estate, and management of residential and commercial real estate; and

3. Those entities providing services throughout the real estate life cycle.

This Sector Supplement excludes:

4. The management of civil and private infrastructure; and

5. Agricultural, forestry & marine real estate assets.

12 new Performance Indicators

New Aspects: • CONTAMINATED LAND &

REMEDIATION • PRODUCT LEGACY• DESIGN &

CONFIGURATION

Main draft disclosure items• Building’s Energy, Water & CO2e Intensity • Policies and procedures for material selection• Percentage of procured materials with Sustainability Certification• Initiatives to reduce water consumption• Disclosure whether water access and scarcity is a criteria in

project development & planning• Existence of flood management plans• Initiatives to ensure consideration of design and configuration

beyond legal requirements• Proportion of contaminated land held & remediated• Monitoring of biodiversity impacts

Main Disclosure Items• Security of personnel in postwar situations – policy on

outsourcing and number of employees working in such areas• Number of people displaced by project & compensation paid• Human rights training for contractors and sub-contractors• Training and education – initiatives to address skills shortages• Occupational health and safety – handling certain materials• Outsourcing of labor and policy on screening those who are

responsible for recruiting supervised workers including on if recruitment costs are passed on to workers & withholding of Identification documents

• Provision of onsite sanitation facilities

Thank you and please provide you comments!