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Global Reporting Initiative
While we have been supportive of the Global Reporting Initiative since its inception, we have now progressed further to achieve the "in accordance with" conditions set out in the 2002 GRI Guidelines:
- Report on the numbered elements in Sections 1 to 3 of Part C of the GRI Guidelines.
- Include a GRI Content Index as specified in Section 4 of Part C of the GRI Guidelines.
- Respond to each core indicator in Section 5 of the GRI Guidelines by either (a) reporting on the indicator or (b) explaining the reason for the omission of each indicator
- Ensure that the report is consistent with the principles in Part B of the Guidelines
- Include the following statement signed by the Board or CEO: "This report has been prepared in accordance with the 2002 GRI Guidelines. It represents a balanced and reasonable presentation of our organization’s economic, environmental, and social performance."
The 2003 Dow Chemical Global Reporting Initiative Report (388KB PDF) provides both a reference to the GRI indicator covered in the GRI report and the specific Public Report web site reference as well.
A gap analysis of the GRI report for this year indicated that Dow was reporting on 77 of the 92 various criteria. We reported partial information on another six of the criteria, and have not reported any data on nine of the criteria. Of the 15 where there is currently only partial or no data, we are already working on five of these for next year's report – and we will evaluate the cost/benefit of the remaining indicators during the balance of 2004.
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