STRATEGY AND PROFILE

1.  Strategy and Analysis

1.1

Statement from the most senior decision-maker of the organization (e.g., CEO, chair, or equivalent senior position) about the relevance of sustainability to the organization and its strategy.

Section 1

1.1.2

Should present the overall vision and strategy for the short-term, medium-term (e.g., 3-5 years), and long-term, particularly with regard to managing the key challenges associated with economic, environmental, and social performance.

Section 4

1.1.3

Strategic priorities and key topics for the short/medium-term with regard to sustainability, including respect for internationally agreed standards and how they relate to long-term organizational strategy and success;

Section 4

1.1.4

Broader trends (e.g., macroeconomic or political) affecting the organization and influencing sustainability priorities;

Section 4

1.1.5

Key events, achievements, and failures during the reporting period;

1.4, 1.5, 5.2

1.1.6

Views on performance with respect to targets;

1.5, 4.4

1.1.7

Outlook on the organization’s main challenges and targets for the next year and goals for the coming 3-5 years;

1.5, 4.4

1.1.7

Other items pertaining to the organization’s strategic approach.

Section 4

1.2

Description of key impacts, risks, and opportunities (in two Sections).

Section 4

1.2.1

A description of the significant impacts the organizations has had on sustainability and associated challenges and opportunities.  This includes the effect on stakeholders’ rights as defined by national laws and the expectations in internationally-agreed standards and norms.

Section 4

1.2.2

An explanation of the approach to prioritizing these challenges and opportunities.

Section 4

1.2.3

Key conclusions about progress in addressing these topics and related performance in the reporting period (includes an assessment of reasons for underperformance or overperformance);

Section 4

1.2.4

A description of the main processes in place to address performance and/or relevant changes.

Section 4

1.2.4

A description of the most important risks and opportunities for the organization arising from sustainability trends;

1.3

1.2.5

Prioritization of key sustainability topics as risks and opportunities according to their relevance for long-term organizational strategy, competitive position, qualitative and (if possible) quantitative financial value drivers.

4.4

1.2.6

Concise description of governance mechanisms in place to specifically manage these risks and opportunities, and identification of other related risks and opportunities.

3.3.1, 4.3.1

Table

Targets, performance against targets, and lessons-learned for the current reporting period; and

Targets for the next reporting period and mid-term objectives and goals (i.e., 3-5 years) related to key risks and opportunities.

1.5

2.  Organizational Profile

2.1

Name of the organization

Section 3

2.2

Primary brands, products, and/or services.[7]

Section 3

2.3

Operational structure of the organization, including main divisions, operating companies, subsidiaries, and joint ventures.

Section 3

2.4

Location of organization’s headquarters.

Section 3

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.

Section 3

2.6

Name of ownership and legal form.

3.1

2.7

Markets served (including geographic breakdown, sectors served, and types of customers/beneficiaries).

Section 3

2.8

Scale of the reporting organization, including

Section 3

2.8

­    Number of employees;

Section 3

2.8

­    Net sales (for private sector organizations) or net revenues (for public sector organizations);

3.3

2.8

­    Total capitalization broken down in terms of debt and equity (for private sector organizations); and

3.3

2.8

­    Quantity of products or services provided.

3.1, 3.2

Optional

N/A

Total assets.

Not Addressed

N/A

Beneficial ownership (including identity and percentage of ownership of largest shareholders).

Not Applicable

N/A

Breakdowns by country/region of the following:

N/A

­    Sales/revenues by countries/regions that comprise 5% of more of total revenues;

Not Applicable

All sales/revenues in the U.S.

N/A

­    Costs by countries/regions that comprise 5% or more of total revenues; and

Not Applicable

All revenues in the U.S.

N/A

­    Employees.

Not Applicable

All employees in the U.S.

2.9

Significant changes during the reporting period regarding size, structure, or ownership including:

2.9

­    The location of, or changes in operations, including facility openings, closings, and expansions;

3-5

2.1

2.9

­    Changes in the share capital structure and other capital information, maintenance and alteration operations (for private sector organizations).

3-5

3.2.1, 3.3

2.10

Awards received in the reporting period.

1-6

1.4

3.  Report Parameters

3.1

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

2-2

2.3

3.2

Date of most recent previous report (if any).

2-2

2.3

3.3

Reporting cycle (annual, biennial, etc.)

2-2

2.3

3.4

Contact point for questions regarding the report or its contents.

2-1

2.1

Report Scope and Boundary

3.5

Process for defining report content, including:

­    Determining materiality;

4-2

2-1

2-4

1.3, 2.2, 4.3

3.5

­    Prioritizing topics within the report; and

2-1

2.2

3.5

­    Identifying stakeholders the organization expects to use the report.

2-2

2.4, 2.4.3

3.5

Include an explanation of how the organization has applied the ‘Guidance on Defining Report Content’ and the associated Principles.

2-1

2.2

3.6

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

2-1

2.1

3.7

State any specific limitations on the scope or boundary of the report.[8]

2-1

2.1

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.

2-1

2.1

3.9

Data measurement techniques and the bases of calculations, including assumptions and techniques underlying estimations applied to the compilation of the Indicators and other information in the report.

2-5

2.5

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).

2-1

2.2

3.11

Significant changes from previous reporting periods in the scope, boundary, or measurement methods applied in the report.

2-1

2.1 and 2.3

GRI Content Index

3.12

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

Identify the page numbers or web links where the following can be found:

­    Strategy and Analysis 1.1 – 1.2;

­    Organizational Profile  2.1 – 2.10;

­    Report Parameters 3.1 – 3.13;

­    Governance, Commitments, and Engagement 4.1 – 4.17;

­    Disclosure of Management Approach, per category;

­    Core Performance Indicators; 

­    Any GRI Additional Indicators that were included; and

­    Any GRI Sector Supplement Indicators included in the report.

9-1

Section 9

Assurance

3.13

Policy and current practice with regard to seeking external assurance for the report.  If not included in the assurance report accompanying the sustainability report, explain the scope and basis of any external assurance provided.  Also explain the relationship between the reporting organization and the assurance provider(s).

2.5

4.  Governance, Commitments & Engagement

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. 

3.3.1

4.2

Indicate whether the Chair of the highest governance body is also an executive officer (and, if so, their function within the organization’s management and the reasons for this arrangement).

3.3.1

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. 

Not Applicable

4.4

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

Include reference to processes regarding:

3.3.1

4.4

­    The use of shareholder resolutions or other mechanisms for enabling minority shareholders to express opinions to the highest governance body; and

3.3.1

4.4

­    Informing and consulting employees about the working relationships with formal representation bodies such as organization level ‘work councils’, and representation of employees in the highest governance body.

3.3.1

4.4

Identify topics related to economic, environmental, and social performance raised through these mechanisms during the reporting period.

3.3.1

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).

3.3.1

4.6

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

3.3.1

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.

3.3.1

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.

4.1, 7.1.1, 3.2

4.8

Explain the degree to which these:

­    Are applied across the organization in different regions and department/units; and

Not Applicable

They are applied across the entire organization.

4.8

­    Relate to internationally agreed standards.

Not Addressed

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.

3.3.1

4.10

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

3.3.1

Commitments to External Initiatives

4.11

Explanation of whether and how the precautionary approach or principle is addressed by the organization.  

Not Addressed

4.12

Externally developed economic, environmental, and social charters, principles, or other initiatives to which the organization subscribes or endorses.

1.3.1.1

4.13

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

3.3.2

4.13

­    Has positions in governance bodies;

Not Addressed

4.13

­    Participates in projects or committees;

Not Addressed

4.13

­    Provides substantive funding beyond routine membership dues; or

Not Addressed

4.13

­    Views membership as strategic.

Not Addressed

Stakeholder Engagement

4.14

List of stakeholder groups engaged by the organization.

2.4

4.15

Basis for identification and selection of stakeholders with whom to engage.

2.4

4.16

Approaches to stakeholder engagement, including frequency of engagement by type and by stakeholder group.

2.4

4.17

Key topics and concerns that have been raised through stakeholder engagement, and how the organization has responded to those key topics and concerns, including through its reporting.

2.4

5.  Management Approach and Performance Indicators

ECONOMIC

Direct Economic Impacts - Economic Performance

EC1

Direct economic value generated and distributed, including:

3.3

Revenues

3.3

Operating Costs

3.3

Employee Compensation

3.3

Donations and Other Community Investments

3.3

Retained Earnings

3.3

Payments to Capital Providers and Governments

3.3

EC2

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

1.3.1.1

EC3

Coverage of the organization’s defined benefit plan obligations. 

Not Addressed.

EC4

Significant financial assistance received from government.

Not Applicable.

Direct Economic Impacts - Market Presence

EC5

Range of ratios of standard entry level wage compared to local minimum wage at significant locations of operation.

Table 7-1

EC6

Policy, practices, and proportion of spending on locally-based suppliers at significant locations of operations.

6.4, 6.5

EC7

Procedures for local hiring, and proportion of senior management hired from the local community at locations of significant operation.

Section 7

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.

N/A

EC9

Understanding and describing significant indirect economic impacts, including the extent of impacts.

3.4

ENVIRONMENTAL

Materials

EN1

Materials used by weight or volume.

6.3.2, 6.4, Figure 6-7

EN2

Provide the percentage of materials used that are recycled input materials.

6.4.1

EN3

Direct energy consumption by primary energy source.

6.1

EN4

Indirect energy consumption by primary source.

6.3

EN5

Energy saved due to conservation and efficiency improvements.

6.1, 6.3

EN6

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

1.3.1.1, 5.1, 5.7.6

EN7

Initiatives to reduce indirect energy consumption and reductions achieved.

6.3

Water

EN8

Total water withdrawal by source.

6.2

EN9

Water sources significantly affected by withdrawal of water.

Not Applicable

Green Mountain Power does not engage in water withdrawal activities.

EN10

Percentage and total volume of water recycled and reused.

Not Applicable

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.

5.8.5, 5.8.6

EN12

Description of significant impacts of activities, products, and services on biodiversity in protected areas and areas of high biodiversity value outside protected areas.

5.8.5, 5.8.6

EN13

Habitats protected or restored.

5.8.5

EN14

Strategies, current actions, and future plans for managing impacts on biodiversity.

5.8.5, 5.8.6

EN15

Number of IUCN Red List species and national conservation list species with habitats in areas affected by operations, by level of extinction risk.

Not Addressed

Emissions, Effluents, and Waste

EN16

Total direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight.

5.7.1, 5.7.2

Green Mountain Power has not yet completed a GHG inventory.

EN17

Other relevant indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight.

5.7.1, 5.7.2

EN18

Initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reductions achieved.

1.3.1.1, 5.7.2, 5.7.3, 5.7.4, 5.7.6

EN19

Emissions of ozone-depleting substances by weight.

Not Addressed

While Green Mountain Power suspects that its emissions of ODS are negligible, these emissions have not been quantified.  This will be done as part of a GHG inventory effort.

EN20

NO, SO, and other significant air emissions by type and weight.

5.7.1

EN21

Total water discharge by quality and destination.

Not Applicable

Green Mountain Power relies on municipal water sources and local wastewater treatment plants.

EN22

Total weight of waste by type and disposal method.

6.6

EN23

Total number and volume of significant spills.

6.4

EN24

Weight of transported, imported, exported, or treated waste deemed hazardous under the terms of the Basel Convention Annex I, II, III, and VII, and percentage of transported waste shipped internationally.

6.6.1

EN25

Identity, size, protected status, and biodiversity value of water bodies and related habitats significantly affected by the reporting organization's discharges of water and runoff.

Not Applicable

Products and Services

EN26

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

Section 5

EN27

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

Not Applicable

Compliance

EN28

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

Section 5

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.

6.3

Overall

EN30

Total environmental protection expenditures and investments by type.

Not Addressed

LABOR PRACTICES AND DECENT WORK

Employment

LA1

Total workforce by employment type, employment contract, and region.

Section 7

LA2

Total number and rate of employee turnover by age group, gender, and region.

Table 7-1

While we do provide overall turnover rate, this has not yet been broken down by age group, gender, or region.

LA3

Benefits provided to full-time employees that are not provided to temporary or part-time employees, by major operations.

7.2

Labor/Management Relations

LA4

Percentage of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements.

Table 7-1

LA5

Minimum notice period(s) regarding operational changes, including whether it is specified in collective agreements.

Not Applicable

Occupational Health and Safety

LA6

Percentage of total workforce represented in formal joint management -- worker health and safety committees that help monitor and advise on occupational health and safety programs.

7.8.1

LA7

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

7.8.3.1

LA8

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

7.8.3.1

LA9

Health and safety topics covered in formal agreements with trade unions.

Not Applicable

Training and Education

LA10

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

7.3

While we do provide information on the amounts of training provided, we do not have information on the amount of training per employee by employee category.

LA11

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

7.3

LA12

Percentage of employees receiving regular performance and career development reviews.

3.3.1

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 or diversity.

3.3.1

LA14

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

7-1

HUMAN RIGHTS

Investment and Procurement Practices

HR1

Percentage and total number of significant investment agreements that include human rights clauses or that have undergone human rights screening.

Not Applicable

HR2

Percentage of significant suppliers and contractors that have undergone screening on human rights and actions taken.

Not Applicable

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.

7-5

Non-Discrimination

HR4

Total number of incidents of discrimination and actions taken.

Not Applicable

No incidents occurred.

Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining

HR5

Operations identified in which the right to exercise freedom of association and collective bargaining may be a significant risk, and actions taken to support these rights.

Not Applicable

No operations identified.

Child Labor

HR6

Operations identified as having significant risk for incidents of child labor, and measures taken to contribute to the elimination of child labor.

Not Applicable

There is no child labor at Green Mountain Power.

Forced and Compulsory Labor

HR7

Operations identified as having significant risk for incidents of forced or compulsory labor, and measures to contribute to the elimination of forced or compulsory labor.

Not Applicable

There is no forced or compulsory labor at Green Mountain Power.

Non-Discrimination

HR8

Percentage of security personnel trained in the organization's policies or procedures concerning aspects of human rights that are relevant to operations.

Not Applicable

We have no security personnel.

Indigenous Rights

HR9

Total number of incidents of violations involving rights of indigenous people and actions taken.

Not Applicable

There have been no incidents.

SOCIETY

Community

SO1

Nature, scope, and effectiveness of any programs and practices that assess and manage the impacts of operations on communities, including entering, operating, and exiting.

8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6

Corruption

SO2

Percentage and total number of business units analyzed for risks related to corruption.

Not Applicable

SO3

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

Not Applicable

SO4

Actions taken in response to incidents of corruption.

Not Applicable

Public Policy

SO5

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

Not Applicable

Green Mountain Power has no public policy positions, nor do we participate in public policy development or lobbying.

SO6

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

Not Applicable

Green Mountain Power does not contribute to political parties, politicians, or related institutions.

Anti-Competitive Behavior

SO7

Total number of legal actions for anti-competitive behavior, anti-trust, and monopoly practices and their outcomes.

Not Applicable

There have been no legal actions for anti-competitive behavior, anti-trust, or monopoly practices.

Compliance

SO8

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

Not Applicable

There have been no fines or sanctions.

PRODUCT RESPONSIBILITY

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.

5.2-5.6

PR2

Total number of incidents of non-compliance with regulations and voluntary codes concerning health and safety impacts of products and services during their life cycle, by type of outcomes.

8.7

Product and Service Labeling

PR3

Type of product and service information required by procedures, and percentage of significant products and services subject to such information requirements.

Not Applicable

PR4

Total number of incidents of non-compliance with regulations and voluntary codes concerning product and service information and labeling, by type of outcomes.

Not Applicable

PR5

Practices related to customer satisfaction, including results of surveys measuring customer satisfaction.

8.1-8.4

Marketing Communications

PR6

Programs for adherence to laws, standards, and voluntary codes related to marketing communications, including advertising, promotion, and sponsorship.

8.7

PR7

Total number of incidents of non-compliance with regulations and voluntary codes concerning marketing communications, including advertising, promotion, and sponsorship by type of outcomes.

8.7

Customer Privacy

PR8

Total number of substantiated complaints regarding breaches of customer privacy and losses of customer data.

8.7

Compliance

PR9

Monetary value of significant fines for non-compliance with laws and regulations concerning the provision and use of products and services.

8.7