GRI index
| 1. Strategy and Analysis | ||||||||||
| Profile Disclosure | Description | Reported | Cross-reference /Direct answer | Reason for omission | Explanation | |||||
| 1.1 | Statement from the most senior decision-maker of the organization. | Fully | Leadership overvew - Letter from the Chairman & CE |
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| 1.2 | Description of key impacts, risks, and opportunities. | Fully | Profile; Integrated Risk Management |
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| 2. Organizational Profile | ||||||||||
| Profile Disclosure | Description | Reported | Cross-reference /Direct answer | Reason for omission | Explanation | |||||
| 2.1 | Name of the organization. | Fully | Profile; Scope of the report - Inside Front Cover (IFC) |
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| 2.2 | Primary brands, products, and/or services. | Fully | Profile; Nature of Business, major Products and Services |
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| 2.3 | Operational structure of the organization, including main divisions, operating companies, subsidiaries, and joint ventures. | Fully | Profile; Nature of Business, major Products and Services |
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| 2.4 | Location of organization's headquarters. | Fully | Profile - Nature of Business, major prodcuts and services: Offices and operations | |||||||
| 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. | Fully | Profile - Nature of Business, major prodcuts and services: Offices and operations | |||||||
| 2.6 | Nature of ownership and legal form. | Fully | Profile; Nature of Business, major Products and Services |
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| 2.7 | Markets served (including geographic breakdown, sectors served, and types of customers/beneficiaries). | Fully | Profile - Nature of business, major products and services, Southern African Grid map, Eskom's developmental role | |||||||
| 2.8 | Scale of the reporting organization. | Fully | Profile - Nature of business, major products and services, Southern African Grid map, Key facts about Eskom | |||||||
| 2.9 | Significant changes during the reporting period regarding size, structure, or ownership. | Fully | Leadership overvew - Letter from the Chairman; Eskom - the organisation |
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| 2.10 | Awards received in the reporting period. | Fully | Additional Infomration; Awards |
Not pracitical or appropriate to include ALL awards received. Only selected (significant) awards have been included | ||||||
| EU1 | Installed capacity, broken down by primary energy source and by regulatory regime. | Fully | "Tables"; Power station commercial capacities |
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| EU2 | Net energy output broken down by primary energy source and by regulatory regime. | Fully | "Tables"; Power station commercial capacities |
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| EU3 | Number of residential, industrial, institutional and commercial customer accounts. | Fully | "Tables"; Sale of electricity and revenue per category of customer |
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| EU4 | Length of above and underground transmission and distribution lines by regulatory regime | Fully | "Tables"; Transmission and distribution equipment in service at 31 March 2011 |
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| EU5 | Allocation of CO2e emissions allowances or equivalent, broken down by carbon trading framework. |
Fully | Corporate Services Division; Climate Change |
Does not exist | "Currently, there is no CO2 allocation framework in South Africa. However, Eskom has been active in the international and national climate change policy development process. As such Eskom must align its medium to long-term strategy and plans with the country’s national climate change response policy development process. As part of the South African delegation to the international climate change talks, Eskom continues to provide an advisory role to ensure the appropriate development of the future climate change regime taking into consideration growth, security of energy supply and the energy needs of South Africa, Southern Africa region and Africa as a whole." (Source: Climate Change section of the 2011 report) |
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| 3. Report Parameters | ||||||||||
| Profile Disclosure | Description | Reported | Cross-reference /Direct answer | Reason for omission | Explanation | |||||
| 3.1 | Reporting period (e.g., fiscal/calendar year) for information provided. | Fully | Profile; Scope of the report - IFC |
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| 3.2 | Date of most recent previous report (if any). | Fully | Profile; Scope of the report - IFC |
Note: Although not stated it stands to reason that the Eskom annual report aligns with the financial year (April to March) and therefore the most recent report is the 2010 Annual report. | ||||||
| 3.3 | Reporting cycle (annual, biennial, etc.) | Fully | Profile; Scope of the report - IFC |
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| 3.4 | Contact point for questions regarding the report or its contents. | Fully | Back section - Contact details | |||||||
| 3.5 | Process for defining report content. | Fully | Profile - Sustainability in Eskom, Responding to Stakeholders, The application of the GRI principles | |||||||
| 3.6 | Boundary of the report (e.g., countries, divisions, subsidiaries, leased facilities, joint ventures, suppliers). See GRI Boundary Protocol for further guidance. | Fully | Profile; Nature of business, major products and services, Offices and operations, scope of the report - IFC |
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| 3.7 | State any specific limitations on the scope or boundary of the report (see completeness principle for explanation of scope). | Fully | Profile; Nature of business, major products and services, Offices and operations, scope of the report - IFC |
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| 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 organizations. | Fully | Profile; Nature of business, major products and services, Offices and operations, scope of the report - IFC |
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| 3.9 | Data measurement techniques and the bases of measurements and the basis of calculations | Fully | See explanation column. | This report is an Integrated Annual report and therefore there is a range of pre-determined performance related information and indicators. Where applicable we have provided a description of key assumptions to better inform readers on how certain measures have been calculated. | ||||||
| 3.10 | Explanation of the effect of any re-statements of information provided in earlier reports, and the reasons for such re-statement (e.g.,mergers/acquisitions, change of base years/periods, nature of business, measurement methods). | Fully | See explanation column. | If there has been any re-statement of performance information, this has been corrected with an explanation within the text where it is most appropriate (e.g.: Safety: Fatality numbers for contractors were changed from 14 to 15 due to the late notification of the fatality by the contractor) | ||||||
| 3.11 | Significant changes from previous reporting periods in the scope, boundary, or measurement methods applied in the report. | Fully | Profile - Sustainability in Eskom, Responding to Stakeholders, The application of the GRI principles |
The Scope and boundary of the annual report has not changed since the last annual report. | ||||||
| 3.12 | Table identifying the location of the Standard Disclosures in the report. | Fully | Contents page and every divisional contents page. Weblink as a footer on the contents page (Inside Front Cover - IFC) | |||||||
| 3.13 | Policy and current practice with regard to seeking external assurance for the report. | Fully | Annual Financial Statements, Statement of responsibilities and approval, Independent auditors report to the sharholder, Independent assurance report on selected sustainability information. |
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| 4. Governance, Commitments, and Engagement | ||||||||||
| Profile Disclosure | Description | Reported | Cross-reference /Direct answer | Reason for omission | Explanation | |||||
| 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. | Fully | Corporate Governance, Governing bodies | |||||||
| 4.2 | Indicate whether the Chair of the highest governance body is also an executive officer. | Fully | Leadership overview - 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. | Fully | Leadership overview - Board of Directors | |||||||
| 4.4 | Mechanisms for shareholders and employees to provide recommendations or direction to the highest governance body. | Fully | Corporate Governance; compliance with the PFMA, ethical business conduct, Human Resources - employee relations, Regulatory and legal framework - shareholder - Minister of Pubic Enterprises. Back section - contact details -IBC |
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| 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). | Fully | Annual Financial Statements -Note 45 - pg 309 | |||||||
| 4.6 | Processes in place for the highest governance body to ensure conflicts of interest are avoided. | Fully | Corporate Governance; ethical business conduct - pg 43 |
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| 4.7 | Process for determining the qualifications and expertise of the members of the highest governance body for guiding the organization's strategy on economic, environmental, and social topics. | Fully | Corporate Governance;People and governance committee -pg 42, Ethical busines conduct & Internal control - pg 43-44, | |||||||
| 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. | Fully | Profile; Vision Values and strategic objectives - pgs 8-10. |
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| 4.9 | Procedures of the highest governance body for overseeing the organization'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. | Fully | Regulatory and legal framework; Legal framework- pg 33, Corporate Governance; Governing bodies - pg 39, Ethical business conduct - pg 43. |
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| 4.1 | Processes for evaluating the highest governance body's own performance, particularly with respect to economic, environmental, and social performance. | Fully | Corporate Governance; Shareholding and shareholder's compact & governing bodies - pg 39, Board evaluation - pg 40 |
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| 4.11 | Explanation of whether and how the precautionary approach or principle is addressed by the organization. | Fully | Regulatory and legal framework; environmental compliance - pg 33, Corporate Governance, ethical busness conduct - pg 43. |
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| 4.12 | Externally developed economic, environmental, and social charters, principles, or other initiatives to which the organization subscribes or endorses. | Fully | Corporate Services Division ;Climate Change - pg 109, Managing Eskom's environmental impact - pg 112, Finance and Group Capital Division - environmental fiscal reform - pg 77 | |||||||
| 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 beyond routine membership dues; or * Views membership as strategic. |
Fully | Corporate Services Division;Managing Eskom's environmental impact - pg 112. | Brian Dames has been nominated to serve on the WBCSD exec council. | ||||||
| 4.14 | List of stakeholder groups engaged by the organization. | Fully | Profile; Sustainability In Eskom - Responding to Stakeholders - pg 18 |
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| 4.15 | Basis for identification and selection of stakeholders with whom to engage. | Fully | Profile; Sustainability In Eskom - Responding to Stakeholders - pg 18 |
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| 4.16 | Approaches to Responding to Stakeholders, including frequency of engagement by type and by stakeholder group. | Fully | Profile; Sustainability In Eskom - Responding to Stakeholders - pg 18 |
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| 4.17 | Key topics and concerns that have been raised through Responding to Stakeholders, and how the organization has responded to those key topics and concerns, including through its reporting. | Fully | Profile; Sustainability In Eskom - Responding to Stakeholders - pg 18 |
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| STANDARD DISCLOSURES PART II: Disclosures on Management Approach (DMAs) | ||||||||||
| REPORT ON THE DISCLOSURES ON MANAGEMENT APPROACH FOR EACH CATEGORY. YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO DISCLOSE THIS INFORMATION ON THE ASPECT LEVEL FOR EACH PERFORMANCE INDICATOR THAT YOU HAVE REPORTED FULLY ON. |
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| G3 DMA | Description | Reported | Cross-reference/Direct answer | Further comments | ||||||
| DMA EC | Disclosure on Management Approach EC | |||||||||
| Aspects | Economic performance | Fully | Profile; Strategic Objectives, Finance and Group Capital Division?? |
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| Market presence | Fully | Regulatory and legal framework; Independent system operator - pg 8 |
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| Indirect economic impacts | Fully | Leadership overview, contribution to the south african economy - pg 4, CSD; Eskom Development Foundation; Distribution of CSI grants and donations - pg 28 |
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| Availability and reliability | ||||||||||
| EU6 | Management approach to ensure short and long-term electricity availability and reliability | Fully | Gx Business; Overview - pg 145-146, Customer Network Business; Medium term outlook and the Ten year Transmission Development Plan - pg 173 &174. |
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| Demand-side management | ||||||||||
| EU7 | Demand-side management programs including residential, commercial, institutional and industrial programs | Fully | Customer Network Business, Integrated Demand Management; Overview - pg 191 and Material Issues - pg 192. |
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| System efficiency | ||||||||||
| Research and development | ||||||||||
| EU8 | Research and development activity and expenditure aimed at providing reliable electricity and promoting sustainable development | Fully | Corporate Services Division, Research and demonstration - pg 117 | |||||||
| Plant decommissioning | Fully | |||||||||
| EU9 | Provisions for decommissioning of nuclear power sites | Fully | Annual finanical statements, Note 25 - pg 295 | A footnote has been provided giving a monetary provision for the decomissioning of Nuclear power sites (Koeberg). | ||||||
| DMA EN | Disclosure on Management Approach EN | |||||||||
| Aspects | Materials | Fully | CSD; Manageing our environmental impact - pg 6, Gx Business; Gx Nuclear Division; Nuclear waste management - pg 26 |
Note: It has been previsouly stated that Eskom has commmitted to phase out PCBs by 2025 and all asbestos containing material by 2033. | ||||||
| Energy | Fully | Leadership overvew - Letter from the Chairman; Environmental challenges - pg 5&6, Corporate Services; Material Issues; Internal energy efficiency - pg 5. |
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| Water | Fully | Group Commercial, Primary Energy Division; Long term water strategy - pg 11. |
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| Biodiversity | Fully | Corporate Services, Biodiversity - pg 7 | ||||||||
| Emissions, effluents and waste | Fully | CSD; Manageing our environmental impact - pg 6, Gx Business; Gx division; Atmospheric emissions - pg14, Gx Business; Gx Nuclear Division; Nuclear waste management - pg 26 |
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| Products and services | Fully | Profile; Integrated Risk management - pg 25, Generation Business, Gx division; Integrated Generatoin Control Centre established |
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| Compliance | Fully | Regulatory and legal framework - pg 4-10 | ||||||||
| Transport | Fully | Group Commercial; Primary Energy Division; Long term Coal supply strategy - pg 8 |
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| Overall | Fully | Leadership overvew - Letter from the Chairman; reporting - pg 6, Corporate Services Division; Managing eskom's environmental impact - pg 6 |
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| DMA LA | Disclosure on Management Approach LA | |||||||||
| Aspects | Employment | Fully | Leadership overvew - Letter from the Chairman; Contribution to the South Africa economy - pg 4, Human Resources Division; skills - pg 4 |
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| EU14 | Processes to ensure the availability of a skilled workforce | Fully | Human Resources Division; skills - pg 128, training interventions - pg 128, staffing for the expansion phase - pg 131. |
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| EU15 | Percentage of employees eligible to retire in the next 5 and 10 years broken down by job category and by region | Fully | Human Resources Division; Current Performance - Eskom staff age distribution - pg 132 |
Note: "Region" in Eskom's context refers to South Africa only. |
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| EU16 | Policies and requirements regarding health and safety of employees and employees of contractors and subcontractors | Fully | Corporate Services Division; Safety - pg 114-116 |
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| Labor/management relations | Fully | Human Resources Division; Employee relations - pg 8 |
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| Occupational health and safety | Fully | Human Resources Division; Health Wellness - pg 7&8 |
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| Training and education | Fully | Human Resources Division; training interventions - pg 5 |
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| Diversity and equal opportunity | Fully | Human Resources Division; transformation - pg 6 |
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| DMA HR | Disclosure on Management Approach HR | |||||||||
| Aspects | Investment and procurement practices | Fully | Corporate Services Division, Managing environmental impact (UN Global Compact) - pg 7, Group Commercial and Supply Chain; Overview - pg 2&3 |
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| Non-discrimination | Fully | Leadership overvew - Letter from the Chief Executive - pg 10, Corporate Services Division, Managing Eskom's environmental impact (UN Global Compact) - pg 7 |
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| Freedom of association and collective bargaining | Fully | Human Resources Division; Employee relations - pg 8 |
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| Child labor | Fully | Leadership overvew - Letter from the Chief Executive - pg 10, Corporate Services Division, Managing Eskom's environmental impact (UN Global Compact) - pg 7 |
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| Forced and compulsory labor | Fully | Leadership overvew - Letter from the Chief Executive - pg 10, Corporate Services Division, Managing Eskom's environmental impact (UN Global Compact) - pg 7 |
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| Security practices | Fully | Leadership overvew - Letter from the Chief Executive - pg 10, Corporate Services Division, Managing Eskom's environmental impact (UN Global Compact) - pg 7 |
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| Indigenous rights | Fully | Leadership overvew - Letter from the Chief Executive - pg 10, Corporate Services Division, Managing Eskom's environmental impact (UN Global Compact) - pg 7 |
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| DMA SO | Disclosure on Management Approach SO | |||||||||
| Aspects | Community | Fully | Generation Business; Partnering with non-government organisations; Profile, Responding to Stakeholderss - pg 8 |
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| EU19 | Stakeholder participation in the decision making process related to energy planning and infrastructure development. | Fully | Profile; Integrated risk Management - pg 21, Regulatory and legal framework; Electricity regulatory rules - pg 34-35 |
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| EU20 | Approach to managing the impacts of displacement | Fully | Corporate Governance, Ethical business conduct - pg 43 | |||||||
| Corruption | Fully | Leadership overvew - Letter from the Chief Executive - pg 10, Corporate Services Division, Managing Eskom's environmental impact (UN Global Compact) - pg 7 |
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| Public policy | Fully | Regulatory and legal framework - Legal framework; Corporate Governance - Compliance with the PFMA - pg 9 |
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| Anti-competitive behavior | Fully | Regulatory and legal framework, Ethical business conduct - pg 10, Electricity regulations on new generation capacity. | ||||||||
| Compliance | Fully | Regulatory and legal framework; Compliance with the PFMA - pg 9 and Ethical business conduct - pg 10 |
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| Disaster/Emergency planning and response | ||||||||||
| EU21 | Contingency planning measures, disaster/emergency management plan and training programs, and recovery/restoration plans. | Fully | Customer Network Business; System Operations and Planning Division; System resilience building - pg 175 |
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| DMA PR | Disclosure on Management Approach PR | |||||||||
| Aspects | Customer health and safety | Fully | Corporate Affairs Division | Energy loss programme and Operation Khanyise | ||||||
| Product and service labelling | Not | Not Applicable | Not part of Eskom's business activities | |||||||
| Marketing communications | Not | Not Applicable | Marketing - Not part of Eskom's business activities. | |||||||
| Customer privacy | Partially | Regulatory and Legal Framework, Legal Framework - pg 7 | ||||||||
| Compliance | Fully | Regulatory and legal framework; Compliance with the PFMA - pg 9 and Ethical business conduct - pg 10 |
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| Access | ||||||||||
| EU23 | Programs, including those in partnership with government, to improve or maintain access to electricity and customer support services. | Fully | Leadership overvew - Letter from the Chairman; Contribution to the south african economy - pg 51 |
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| Provision of information | ||||||||||
| EU24 | Practices to address language, cultural, low literacy and disability related barriers to accessing and safely using electricity and customer support services | Fully | Corporate Affairs Division; Major Campaigns run in 2010/11; public safety & energy losses programme - pg 140 |
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| STANDARD DISCLOSURES PART III: Performance Indicators | ||||||||||
| REPORT FULLY ON AT LEAST 20 CORE OR ADDITIONAL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS - AT LEAST 1 FROM EACH CATEGORY (ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENT, LABOR PRACTICES & DECENT WORK, HUMAN RIGHTS, SOCIETY, PRODUCT RESPONSIBLITY) OF THOSE 20: REPORT ON AT LEAST 14 "ORIGINAL G3" PERFORMANCE INDICATORS |
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| Economic | ||||||||||
| Performance Indicator | Description | Reported | Cross-reference /Direct answer | |||||||
| 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. | Fully | Finance and Group Capital Division; Group Value added statement - pg 76 |
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| EC2 | Financial implications and other risks and opportunities for the organization's activities due to climate change. | Fully | Finance and Group Capital Division; Environmental Fiscal Reform - pg 77, Future of Renewables - pg 86, Profile - Integrated Risk Management - pg 21, Customer Network Business, Integrated Demand Management; Material Issues - pg 192 |
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| EC3 | Coverage of the organization's defined benefit plan obligations. | Fully | Finance and Group Capital Division; employee benefits - pg 73 |
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| EC4 | Significant financial assistance received from government. | Fully | Leadership overview; Letter from the Chairman; Funding - pg 50 |
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| Market Presence | ||||||||||
| EC6 | Policy, practices, and proportion of spending on locally-based suppliers at significant locations of operation. | Fully | Group Commercial Division; National spend in the new build - pg 100 |
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| EC7 | Procedures for local hiring and proportion of senior management hired from the local community at significant locations of operation. | Fully | Group Commercial Division; National spend in the new build - pg 100, Human Resources: Transformation; Eskom Company employee profile - pg 129 |
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| EC7 | Procedures for local hiring and proportion of senior management hired from the local community at significant locations of operation. | Fully | Group Commercial Division; National spend in the new build - pg 100, Human Resources: Transformation; Eskom Company employee profile - pg 129 |
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| 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. | Fully | Group Commercial Division; Supplier development and localosation, Corporate Services Division; Eskom Development foundation |
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| EC9 | Understanding and describing significant indirect economic impacts, including the extent of impacts. | Fully | Leadership overvew - Letter from the Chairman, Conribution to the south african economy. |
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| System efficiency | ||||||||||
| EU11 | Average generation efficiency of thermal plants by energy source and regulatory regime. | Fully | "Table" Statistical overview - thermal efficiency |
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| EU12 | Transmission and distribution losses as a percentage of total energy. | Fully | "Table"; Statistical Overview, Customer Network Business, Copper and Pylon theft , Management of total energy losses |
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| Environmental | ||||||||||
| Performance Indicator | Description | Reported | Cross-reference /Direct answer | |||||||
| Materials | ||||||||||
| EN1 | Materials used by weight or volume. | Fully | Corporate Services Division; Consolidated eskom environmental performance (PCBs and Asbestos), "Table" - statistical overview |
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| EN2 | Percentage of materials used that are recycled input materials. | Fully | Eskom uses material inputs such as Coal, Uranium, Water, which are not regarded as recyclable. | |||||||
| Energy | ||||||||||
| EN3 | Direct energy consumption by primary energy source. | Fully | Group Commercial; Current performance, "Tables" - Statistical Overview |
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| EN4 | Indirect energy consumption by primary source. | Fully | "Tables" - Statistical Overview |
The difference between the energy generated and sold is the energy used by Eskom.i.e.: 3961GWh of electricity (Largely for pumped storage scheme) | ||||||
| EN5 | Energy saved due to conservation and efficiency improvements. | Fully | Corporate services Division; Internal energy Efficiency |
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| EN7 | Initiatives to reduce indirect energy consumption and reductions achieved. | Fully | Corporate services Division; Internal energy Efficiency, |
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| 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. | Fully | Corporate Services Division; Biodiversity |
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| EN13 | Habitats protected or restored. | Fully | Corporate Services Division; Biodiversity, Generation Business - Partnering with non-government organisations - pg 150 |
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| EN14 | Strategies, current actions, and future plans for managing impacts on biodiversity. | Fully | Corporate Services Division; Biodiversity |
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| Emissions, effluents and waste | ||||||||||
| EN16 | Total direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight. | Fully | Generation Business, Environmental and safety performance indicators, "Tables" - Statistical Overview. |
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| EN17 | Other relevant indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight. | Fully | Generation Business, Environmental and safety performance indicators, "Tables" - Statistical Overview. |
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| EN18 | Initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reductions achieved. | Fully | Corporate Services Division; Climate Change and Internal Energy Efficiency, Generation Business; Gx Division; Atmospheric emissions, Customer Network Business, Integrated Demand Management; Material Issues. |
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| EN19 | Emissions of ozone-depleting substances by weight. | Fully | Eskom does not emit ozone-depleting substances. SF6 is contained as a coolant for the operation of transformers. | |||||||
| EN20 | NOx, SOx, and other significant air emissions by type and weight. | Fully | Generation Business, Environmental and safety performance indicators, "Tables" - Statistical Overview. |
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| EN21 | Total water discharge by quality and destination. | Fully | No Water may be releavsed off site in terms of the relevant water user license agreements with the Department of Water Affairs. Release of water from a generation facility will constitute a legal contravention. | |||||||
| EN22 | Total weight of waste by type and disposal method. | Fully | Corporate Services Division; Consolidated eskom environmental performance - (PCBs and Asbestos), "Table" - statistical overview |
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| EN23 | Total number and volume of significant spills. | Fully | Corporate Services Division; Consolidated eskom environmental performance |
Environmental incidents are captured through the Environmental Liaison committee's reporting procedure. All significant spills that are classifed as a legal contravention are included in the legal contravention's number that is reported in the Annual Report | ||||||
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| EN26 | Initiatives to mitigate environmental impacts of products and services, and extent of impact mitigation. | Fully | Corporate Services Division; Managing Eskom's environmental impact. |
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| Compliance | ||||||||||
| EN28 | Monetary value of significant fines and total number of non-monetary sanctions for non-compliance with environmental laws and regulations. | Fully | Corporate Services Division; Managing Eskom's environmental impact; environmental legal contraventions. |
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| Transport | ||||||||||
| EN29 | Significant environmental impacts of transporting products and other goods and materials used for the organization's operations, and transporting members of the workforce. | Fully | Group Commercial; Primary Energy Division; Long term Coal supply strategy; Road Repairs. |
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| EN30 | Total environmental protection expenditures and investments by type. | Fully | Corporate Services Divisionsection; Consolidated eskom environmental performance. |
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| Social: Labor Practices and Decent Work | ||||||||||
| Performance Indicator | Description | Reported | Cross-reference /Direct answer | |||||||
| Employment | ||||||||||
| LA1 | Total workforce by employment type, employment contract, and region. | fully | Human Resources Division; Skills, transformation, |
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| EU18 | Percentage of contractor and subcontractor employees that have undergone relevant health and safety training. | Fully | Corporate Services Division; Safety. |
Note: this is not indicated as a %. However, it is an Eskom standard that ALL eskom contractors undergo Safety induction and or training - depending on the job specifications | ||||||
| Occupational health and safety | ||||||||||
| LA7 | Rates of injury, occupational diseases, lost days, and absenteeism, and number of work-related fatalities by region. | Fully | Corporate Services Division; Safety |
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| LA8 | Education, training, counseling, prevention, and risk-control programs in place to assist workforce members, their families, or community members regarding serious diseases. | Fully | Human Resources Division; Health Wellness , Corporate Services Division: Eskom Development Foundation. |
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| Training and education | ||||||||||
| LA10 | Average hours of training per year per employee by employee category. | Fully | Human Resources Division; Bencmarking, Training interventions |
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| 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. | Fully | Human Resources Division; transformation |
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| Social: Human Rights | ||||||||||
| Performance Indicator | Description | Reported | Cross-reference /Direct answer | |||||||
| Freedom of association and collective bargaining | ||||||||||
| HR5 | Operations identified in which the right to exercise freedom of association and collective bargaining may be at significant risk, and actions taken to support these rights. | Fully | Human Resources Division; Employee relations. |
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| Social: Society | ||||||||||
| Performance Indicator | Description | Reported | Cross-reference /Direct answer | |||||||
| Public policy | ||||||||||
| SO5 | Public policy positions and participation in public policy development and lobbying. | Fully | Regulatory and legal framework; energy policy framework, Finance and Group Capital Division - environmentla fiscal reform |
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| Compliance | ||||||||||
| SO8 | Monetary value of significant fines and total number of non-monetary sanctions for non-compliance with laws and regulations. | Fully | Corporate Services Division; Managing eskom's environmental impact; environmental legal contraventions. |
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| Social: Product Responsibility | ||||||||||
| Performance Indicator | Description | Reported | Cross-reference /Direct answer | |||||||
| Customer health and safety | ||||||||||
| PR1 | Life cycle 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. | Fully | Corporate Services Division; Safety |
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| EU25 | Number of injuries and fatalities to the public involving company assets, including legal judgments, settlements and pending legal cases of diseases. | Fully | Corporate Services Division; Group Safey Performance |
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| PR9 | Monetary value of significant fines for non-compliance with laws and regulations concerning the provision and use of products and services. | Fully | Corporate Services Division; Managing eskom's environmental impact; environmental legal contraventions. |
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| EU26 | Percentage of population unserved in licensed distribution or service areas. | Fully | Customer Network Business; Electrification. |
There is a backlog of 3,4 million households at an estimated cost of R32 billion (2007 estimate). NB: Reporting on electrification and as a % within a licensed area is no longer the responsibility of eskom but rather the Department of Energy. | ||||||
| EU27 | Number of residential disconnections for non-payment, broken down by duration of disconnection and by regulatory regime. | Fully | "Tables" - Sales of electricity and revenue per category of customer |
The total number of disconnections within the reporting period is the amount of 79 771 and the total reconnections is n the amount of 46 442 | ||||||
| EU28 | Power outage frequency. | Fully | Customer Network Business; Distribution system performance |
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| EU29 | Average power outage duration. | Fully | Customer Network Business; Distribution system performance |
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| EU30 | Average plant availability factor by energy source and by regulatory regime. | Fully | Generation Business, Current performance, Tables, statistical overview | |||||||

