Global reporting initiative

We have self-declared this year’s reporting to fulfil the requirements of a GRI G3 report, to an Application Level C

Additional information on this report

This is our fourth annual sustainability group CSR report. We aim to provide a comprehensive account of our non-financial performance through this report, including issues based on their potential to help or harm our business, and the level of interest an issue represents for our key external stakeholders.

GRI Disclosure	Assessment	Reference
CEO Statement	Full	Securing our future
Key impacts, risks and opportunities	Partial	CSR commitment

Organisational Profile	Assessment	Reference
Name of the organisation	Full	Front cover
Primary brands and services	Full	Key customers and sectors
Operational structure	Full	Our people
HQ	Full	Back page
Countries of operation	Full	Where we operate
Nature of ownership	Full	Our business
Markets served	Full	Where we operate
Scale of the reporting organization	Full	Shape of organisation
Significant changes	Full	Annual Report
Awards	Full	None

Report Parameters	Assessment	Reference
Reporting period	1 Jan - 31 December 2012	About this report
Date of most recent report	April 2013	About this report
Reporting cycle	Annual	About this report
Contact point for questions	investor@g4s.com	Investor contacts
Process for defining report content	Partial	CSR priorities
Boundary of the report	Full	About this report
Limitations on the scope or boundary	Full	About this report
Basis for reporting on joint ventures	Full	About this report
Effect of any re-statements	Full	About this report
Significant changes in scope or boundary	Full	About this report
Location of the Standard Disclosures	Full	GRI content index
Policy and current practise when seeking external assurance for the report^*	Full	None

* "Verification of the data contained within the G4S CSR Report is undertaken by internal audit and due- diligence processes, G4S do not currently seek external assurance for its CSR Report. This policy is reviewed on a regular basis by the CSR Committee"

Governance, Commitments, and Engagement	Assessment	Reference
Governance structure of the organisation	Full	Corporate governance
Indicate whether the Chair of the highest governance body is also an executive officer	Full	Corporate governance
Number and gender of members of the highest governance body that are independent and/or non-executive members	Full	Corporate governance
Mechanisms for shareholders and employees to provide recommendations or direction to the highest governance body	Full	Corporate governance
Linkage between compensation for members of the highest governance body, senior managers, and executives	Full	Corporate governance
Processes in place to ensure conflicts of interest are avoided	Full	Corporate governance
Process for determining the composition, qualifications, and expertise of the members of the highest governance body and its committees	Full	Corporate governance
Internally developed statements of mission or values, codes of conduct, and principles relevant to economic, environmental, and social performance	Full	Corporate governance
Procedures of the highest governance body for overseeing the organisation’s identification and management of economic, environmental, and social performance	Full	CSR committee
Processes for evaluating the highest governance body’s own performance, particularly with respect to economic, environmental, and social performance	Full	Corporate governance
Explanation of whether and how the precautionary approach or principle is addressed by the organisation	Full	CSR strategy
Externally developed economic, environmental, and social charters, principles, or other initiatives to which the organization subscribes or endorses	Full	UN Global Compact
Memberships in associations (such as industry associations) and/or national/international advocacy organisations	Full	Industry participation
List of stakeholder groups engaged by the organisation	Full	Engaging with stakeholders
Basis for identification and selection of stakeholders with whom to engage	Full	Engaging with stakeholders
Approaches to stakeholder engagement, including frequency of engagement by type and by stakeholder group.	Full	Engaging with stakeholders
Key topics and concerns that have been raised through stakeholder engagement	Partial	Human rights

Indicator data	Assessment	Reference
EC1 Direct economic value generated and distributed	Partial	Our Community
EC2 Financial implications, risks and opportunities due to climate change	Full	CAP
EC8 Development and impact of infrastructure investment and services provided for public benefit through commercial, in-kind, or pro bone engagement	Full	Community investment
EC9 Indirect economic impacts, including the extent of impacts	Partial	Our Impacts
EN3 Direct energy consumption by primary energy source	Full	Energy consumption
EN4 Indirect energy consumption by primary source	Partial	Energy consumption
EN5 Energy saved due to conservation and efficiency improvements	Partial	Carbon footprint
EN6 Initiatives to provide energy-efficient or renewable energy based products and services, and reductions in energy requirements as a result of these initiatives	Full	Energy reduction
EN7 Initiatives to reduce indirect energy consumption and reductions achieved	Partial	Energy reduction
EN8 Total water withdrawal by source	Full	Waste & Water
EN16 Total direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight	Full	KPI - Emissions
EN17 Other relevant indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight	Full	KPI - Emissions
EN18 Initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reductions achieved	Full	CAP
EN22 Total weight of waste by type and disposal method	Full	Waste & Water
EN26 Initiatives to mitigate environmental impacts of products and services, and extent of impact mitigation	Full	Energy reduction
EN29 Significant environmental impacts of transporting products and other goods and materials used for the organisation's operations, and transporting members of the workforce	Partial	Energy reduction - vehicle fleet
LA1 Total workforce by employment type, employment contract, and region, broken down by gender	Partial	Shape of organisation
LA2 Total number and rate of new employee hires and employee turnover by age group, gender, and region	Partial	Employee turnover
LA4 Percentage of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements	Full	Union membership
LA7 Rates of injury, occupational diseases, lost days, and absenteeism, and number of work related fatalities by region and by gender	Partial	Health and Safety
LA8 Education, training, counselling, prevention and risk-control programmes to assist workforce member or their families regarding serious diseases	Partial	CSR report
LA12 Percentage of employees receiving regular performance and career development reviews, by gender	Partial	CSR report
LA13 Composition of governance bodies and breakdown of employees per employee category according to gender, age group, minority group membership, and other indicators of diversity	Partial	Diversity and inclusion
HR1 Percentage and total number of significant investment agreements and contracts that include clauses incorporating human rights concerns, or that have undergone human rights screening	Partial	Securing our people
HR6 Operations and significant suppliers identified as having significant risk for incidents of child labour, and measures taken to contribute to abolition of child labour^**	Partial	GRI content index
HR7 Operations and significant suppliers identified as having significant risk for incidents of forced or compulsory labour, and measures taken to contribute to elimination of all forms forced or compulsory labour^***	Partial	GRI content index
HR10 Percentage and total number of operations that have been subject to human rights reviews and/or impact assessments	Full	Human rights
SO1 Percentage of operations with implemented local community engagement, impact assessments, and development programs	Full	Securing our communities
SO2 Percentage and total number of business units analysed for risks related to corruption	Partial	Bribery Act
SO3 Percentage of employees trained in organisation’s anti-corruption policies and procedures	Full	Bribery Act
SO4 Actions taken in response to incidents of corruption^****	Full	GRI content index
SO5 Public policy positions and participating in public policy development and lobbying	Partial	Lobbying policy
SO6 Total value of financial and in-kind contributions to political parties, politicians and related institutions by country	Full	Lobbying policy

** "G4S fully supports the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Right at Work, including the principles of non-use of child labour. Given the nature of its services, its policy to adhere to local law and customer demand, there is low risk of G4S employing children within its operations. The G4S Supplier Code of Conduct requires our suppliers to meet the same standards."

*** "G4S fully supports the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Right at Work, including the principles of non-use of forced labour. No operations have been identified as using forced labour and a variety of measures and monitoring mechanisms, including minimum standards on the treatment of employees, a human rights framework and global employee whistleblowing hotlines have been put in place to ensure these principles are met. The G4S Supplier Code of Conduct requires out significant suppliers to meet the same standards."

**** "No incidents of corruption have been reported through employee reporting mechanisms during 2012"

Our CSR strategy

“CSR is an important part of the culture of the company and I have been proud to be associated with its development through the CSR Committee.”

Mark Elliott
Non-executive director and chairman of the CSR Committee

UN Global Compact

G4S is a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact, an international standard which promotes socially responsible business behaviour in the areas of human rights, labour, the environment and anti-corruption.

G4S plc: Communication of Progress 2012, see our CSR report.

More information on the Compact is available at www.unglobalcompact.org.