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Overview Environment Social Finance Contact GRI Index Back SITEMAP GRI-Index ITT Water & Wastewater´s Sustainibility Report for 2008 follows the guidelines of the Global Reporting Initiative. The following index show where information can be found: 1 Strategy and analysis Reported 1.1 Statement from the most senior decision-maker of the organization CEO John Williamson Reported 1.2 Description of key impacts, risks, and opportunities. Reported 2 Organizational Profile Reported 2.1 Name of the organization. Reported 2.2 Primary brands, products, and/or services. Reported 2.3 Operational structure of the organization, including main divisions, operating companies, subsidiaries, and joint ventures. Reported 2.4 Location of organization's headquarters. Reported 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. Reported 2.6 Nature of ownership and legal form. Reported 2.7 Markets served (including geographic breakdown, sectors served, and types of customers/beneficiaries). Reported 2.8 Scale of the reporting organization. Reported 2.9 Significant changes during the reporting period regarding size, structure, or ownership. Reported 2.10 Awards received in the reporting period. Reported 3 Report Parameters Reported 3.1 Reporting period (e.g., fiscal/calendar year) for information provided. Reported 3.2 Date of most recent previous report (if any). Reported 3.3 Reporting cycle (annual, biennial, etc.) Reported 3.4 Contact point for questions regarding the report or its contents. Reported 3.5 Process for defining report content. Reported 3.6 Boundary of the report (e.g., countries, divisions, subsidiaries, leased facilities, joint ventures, suppliers). Reported 3.7 State any specific limitations on the scope or boundary of the report. Reported 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. Reported 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. Explain any decisions not to apply, or to substantially diverge from, the GRI Indicator Protocols. Reported 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). Reported 3.11 Significant changes from previous reporting periods in the scope, boundary, or measurement methods applied in the report. Reported 3.12 Table identifying the location of the Standard Disclosures in the report. Reported 3.13 Policy and current practice with regard to seeking external assurance for the report. Reported 4 Governance, Commitments and Engagement Reported 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. Reported 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)." Reported 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. Reported 4.4 Mechanisms for shareholders and employees to provide recommendations or direction to the highest governance body. Reported 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). Reported 4.6 Processes in place for the highest governance body to ensure conflicts of interest are avoided. Reported 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. Reported 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. Reported 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. Reported 4.10 Processes for evaluating the highest governance body's own performance, particularly with respect to economic, environmental, and social performance. Reported 4.11 Explanation of whether and how the precautionary approach or principle is addressed by the organization. Reported 4.12 Externally developed economic, environmental, and social charters, principles, or other initiatives to which the organization subscribes or endorses. Reported 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. Reported 4.14 List of stakeholder groups engaged by the organization. Reported 4.15 Basis for identification and selection of stakeholders with whom to engage. Reported 4.16 Approaches to stakeholder engagement, including frequency of engagement by type and by stakeholder group. Reported 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. Reported 5 Management Approach and Performance Indicators     Economic Performance Indicators Report Status   linkto: < Disclosure on Management Approach > Reported EC1 Direct economic value generated distributed, including revenues, operating costs, employee compensation, donations other community investments, retained earnings, payments to capital providers and governments. Reported EC2 Financial implications and other risks and opportunities for the organization's activities due to climate change. Reported EC3 Coverage of the organization's defined benefit plan obligations. Not reported EC4 Significant financial assistance received from government. Not reported EC5 Range of ratios of standard entry level wage compared to local minimum wage at significant locations of operation.operation. Not reported EC6 Other relevant indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight. Not reported EC7 Procedures for local hiring and proportion of senior management hired from the local community at significant locations of operation. Not reported EC8 Development and impact of infrastructure investments and services provided primarily for public benefit through commercial, in-kind, or pro bono engagement. Not Reported EC9 Understanding and describing significant indirect economic impacts, including the extent of impacts. Not reported 5 Management Approach and Performance Indicators     Environmental Performance Indicators Report Status   linkto: < Disclosure on Management Approach > Reported EN1 EN2 Materials used by weight or volume. Percentage of materials used that are recycled input materials.> Reported Reported EN3 EN4 EN5 EN6 Direct energy consumption by primary energy source. Indirect energy consumption by primary source. Energy saved due to conservation and efficiency improvements. Initiatives to provide energy-efficient or renewable energy based products and services, and reductions in energy requirements as a result of these initiatives.> Reported Reported Reported Reported EN7 Initiatives to reduce indirect energy consumption and reductions achieved. Not reported EN8 Total water withdrawal by source. Reported EN9 Water sources significantly affected by withdrawal of water. Not reported EN10 Percentage and total volume of water recycled and reused. Not reported EN11 Location and size of land owned, leased, managed in, or adjacent to, protected areas and areas of high biodiversity value outside protected areas. Not reported EN12 Description of significant impacts of activities, products, and services on biodiversity in protected areas and areas of high biodiversity value outside protected areas. Not reported EN13 Habitats protected or restored. Not reported EN14 Strategies, current actions, and future plans for managing impacts on biodiversity. Not reported 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 reported EN16 Total direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight. Reported EN17 Other relevant indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight. Not reported EN18 Initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reductions achieved. Reported EN19 Emissions of ozone-depleting substances by weight. Not reported EN20 NOx, SOx, and other significant air emissions by type and weight. Not reported EN21 Total water discharge by quality and destination. Not Reported EN22 EN23 Total weight of waste by type and disposal method. Total number and volume of significant spills.> Reported Reported EN24 Weight of transported, imported, exported, or treated waste deemed hazardous under the terms of the Basel Convention Annex I, II, III, and VIII, and percentage of transported waste shipped internationally. Not reported 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 reported EN26 Initiatives to mitigate environmental impacts of products and services, and extent of impact mitigation. Reported EN27 Percentage of products sold and their packaging materials that are reclaimed by category. Not reported EN28 Monetary value of significant fines and total number of non-monetary sanctions for non-compliance with environmental laws and regulations. Reported EN29 Significant environmental impacts of transporting products and other goods and materials used for the organization's operations, and transporting members of the workforce. Reported EN30 Total environmental protection expenditures and investments by type. Not reported 5 Management Approach and Performance Indicators     Labor Practices and Decent Work Performance Indicators Report Status   linkto: < Disclosure on Management Approach > Reported LA1 LA2 Total workforce by employment type, employment contract, and region. Total number and rate of employee turnover by age group, gender, and region. > Reported Reported LA3 Benefits provided to full-time employees that are not provided to temporary or part-time employees, by major operations. Not reported LA4 Percentage of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements. Not reported LA5 Minimum notice period(s) regarding significant operational changes, including whether it is specified in collective agreements. Not reported 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. Not reported LA7 Rates of injury, occupational diseases, lost days, and absenteeism, and number of work-related fatalities by region. Reported LA8 Education, training, counseling, prevention, and risk-control programs in place to assist workforce members, their families, or community members regarding serious diseases. Not reported LA9 Health and safety topics covered in formal agreements with trade unions. Not reported LA10 Average hours of training per year per employee by employee category. Reported LA11 Programs for skills management and lifelong learning that support the continued employability of employees and assist them in managing career endings. Not reported LA12 Percentage of employees receiving regular performance and career development reviews. Not reported LA13 Composition of governance bodies and breakdown of employees per category according to gender, age group, minority group membership, and other indicators of diversity. Reported LA14 Ratio of basic salary of men to women by employee category. Not reported 5 Management Approach and Performance Indicators     Human Rights Performance Indicators Report Status   linkto: < Disclosure on Management Approach > Reported HR1 Percentage and total number of significant investment agreements that include human rights clauses or that have undergone human rights screening. Not Reported HR2 Percentage of significant suppliers and contractors that have undergone screening on human rights and actions taken. Reported 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. Reported HR4 Total number of incidents of discrimination and actions taken. Not reported 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. Not reported HR6 HR7 Operations identified as having significant risk for incidents of child labor, and measures taken to contribute to the elimination of child labor. 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. > Reported Reported HR8 Percentage of security personnel trained in the organization's policies or procedures concerning aspects of human rights that are relevant to operations. Not reported HR9 Total number of incidents of violations involving rights of indigenous people and actions taken. Not Reported 5 Management Approach and Performance Indicators     Society Performance Indicators Report Status   linkto: < Disclosure on Management Approach > Reported SO1 SO2 SO3 SO4 Nature, scope, and effectiveness of any programs and practices that assess and manage the impacts of operations on communities, including entering, operating, and exiting. Percentage and total number of business units analyzed for risks related to corruption. Percentage of employees trained in organization's anti-corruption policies and procedures. Actions taken in response to incidents of corruption.> Reported Reported Reported Reported SO5 Public policy positions and participation in public policy development and lobbying. Not reported SO6 Total value of financial and in-kind contributions to political parties, politicians, and related institutions by country. Not reported SO7 Total number of legal actions for anti-competitive behavior, anti-trust, and monopoly practices and their outcomes. Not reported SO8 Monetary value of significant fines and total number of non-monetary sanctions for non-compliance with laws and regulations. Not reported 5 Management Approach and Performance Indicators     Product Responsibility Performance Indicators Report Status   linkto: < Disclosure on Management Approach > Reported 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. Reported 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. Not reported PR3 Type of product and service information required by procedures, and percentage of significant products and services subject to such information requirements. Reported 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 reported PR5 PR6 Practices related to customer satisfaction, including results of surveys measuring customer satisfaction. Programs for adherence to laws, standards, and voluntary codes related to marketing communications, including advertising, promotion, and sponsorship. > Reported Reported 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. Not reported PR8 Total number of substantiated complaints regarding breaches of customer privacy and losses of customer data. Not reported PR9 Monetary value of significant fines for non-compliance with laws and regulations concerning the provision and use of products and services. Not reported Legal information, privacy policy and cookies © 2010 ITT Corporation . Copyright © 2010  ITT Water & Wastewater. All rights reserved.