GRI index

The table below provides information on our use of the GRI G3 guidelines in preparing our 2011 Integrated Annual Report. We have declared a “C” application level and thus the table lists only the indicators which apply to this application level. Our application level has been assured by PwC.

With regard to the location of the specific information, the references included in the table below refer to BLT’s 2011 Integrated Annual Report.

GRI Standard disclosures

GRI Working Paper (Prepared by G Lomas Walker)

G3 Content Index - GRI Application Level C
STANDARD DISCLOSURES PART I: Profile Disclosures
1. Strategy and Analysis
Profile Disclosure	Description	Reported	Cross-reference/Direct answer
1.1	Statement from the most senior decision-maker of the organization.	Fully	pg. 16, 21
2. Organizational Profile
Profile Disclosure	Description	Reported	Cross-reference/Direct answer
2.1	Name of the organization.	Fully	front cover
2.2	Primary brands, products, and/or services.	Fully	pg. 7, 25-26
2.3	Operational structure of the organization, including main divisions, operating companies, subsidiaries, and joint ventures.	Fully	7
2.4	Location of organization's headquarters.	Fully	79
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	7, 22
2.6	Nature of ownership and legal form.	fully	71-79
2.7	Markets served (including geographic breakdown, sectors served, and types of customers/beneficiaries).	Fully	2, 7, 16,24-29
2.8	Scale of the reporting organization.	Fully	2, 4, 59,74-75
2.9	Significant changes during the reporting period regarding size,structure, or ownership.	Fully	4,85-87
2.10	Awards received in the reporting period.	Fully	22
3. Report Parameters
Profile Disclosure	Description	Reported	Cross-reference/Direct answer
3.1	Reporting period (e.g., fiscal/calendar year) for information provided.	Fully	1
3.2	Date of most recent previous report (if any).	Fully	We report annually; our last report was published in 2010.
3.3	Reporting cycle (annual, biennial, etc.)	Fully	1
3.4	Contact point for questions regarding the report or its contents.	Fully	18
3.5	Process for defining report content.	Fully	1
3.6	Boundary of the report	Fully	1
3.7	State any specific limitations on the scope or boundary of the report (see completeness principle for explanation of scope).	Fully	At this stage, our reporting covers only our South African operations.We aim to both expand on the scope and boundary of our reporting, as well asthe depth of reported information, particularly our environmental performance over time.
3.8	Basis for reporting on joint ventures, subsidiaries, leasedfacilities, outsourced operations, and other entities that can significantlyaffect comparability from period to period and/or between organizations.	Fully	For reporting other than our financial information, we include onlyour core operations.
3.10	Explanation of the effect of any re-statements of information providedin earlier reports, and the reasons for such re-statement(e.g.,mergers/acquisitions, change of base years/periods, nature of business,measurement methods).	Fully	1
3.11	Significant changes from previous reporting periods in the scope,boundary, or measurement methods applied in the report.	Fully	1 Therehave been no significant changes in the scope, boundary, or measurement ofour sustainability-related performance information.
3.12	Table identifying the location of the Standard Disclosures in thereport.	Fully	Hyperlink to table to beincluded
4. Governance, Commitments, and Engagement
Profile Disclosure	Description	Reported	Cross-reference/Direct answer
4.1	Governance structure of the organization, including committees underthe highest governance body responsible for specific tasks, such as settingstrategy or organizational oversight.	Fully	39-41, 49
4.2	Indicate whether the Chair of the highest governance body is also anexecutive officer.	Fully	39-41
4.3	For organizations that have a unitary board structure, state thenumber of members of the highest governance body that are independent and/ornon-executive members.	Fully	10-12, 41
4.4	Mechanisms for shareholders and employees to provide recommendationsor direction to the highest governance body.	Fully	66
4.14	List of stakeholder groups engaged by the organization.	Fully	66
4.15	Basis for identification and selection of stakeholders with whom toengage.	Fully	66
STANDARD DISCLOSURES PART III: Performance Indicators
Economic
Profile Disclosure	Description	Reported	Cross-reference/Direct answer
Economic performance
EC1	Direct economic value generated and distributed, including revenues,operating costs, employee compensation, donations and other communityinvestments, retained earnings, and payments to capital providers andgovernments.	Fully	59
EC3	Coverage of the organization's defined benefit plan obligations.	Fully	105, 162
Market presence
EC6	Policy, practices, and proportion of spending on locally-basedsuppliers at significant locations of operation.	Fully	69, 73
EC7	Procedures for local hiring and proportion of senior management hiredfrom the local community at significant locations of operation.	Fully	74
Indirect economic impacts
EC8	Development and impact of infrastructure investments and servicesprovided primarily for public benefit through commercial, in-kind, or probono engagement.	Fully	72-73
Environmental
Profile Disclosure	Description	Reported	Cross-reference/Direct answer
Energy
EN4	Indirect energy consumption by primary source.	Fully	79 Currently this information applies to our head offices only.
EN28	Monetary value of significant fines and total number of non-monetarysanctions for non-compliance with environmental laws and regulations.	Fully	79
Social: Labor Practices and Decent Work
Profile Disclosure	Description	Reported	Cross-reference/Direct answer
Employment
LA3	Benefits provided to full-time employees that are not provided totemporary or part-time employees, by major operations.	Fully	73
Occupational health and safety
LA8	Education, training, counseling, prevention, and risk-control programsin place to assist workforce members, their families, or community membersregarding serious diseases.	Fully	77-78
Training and education
LA11	Programs for skills management and lifelong learning that support thecontinued employability of employees and assist them in managing careerendings.	Fully	76-77
Social: Human Rights
Profile Disclosure	Description	Reported	Cross-reference/Direct answer
Freedom of association and collective bargaining
HR5	Operations identified in which the right to exercise freedom ofassociation and collective bargaining may be at significant risk, and actionstaken to support these rights.	Fully	None of our operations in South Africa are at risk of any curtailmentof freedom of association and collective bargaining.
Child labor
HR6	Operations identified as having significant risk for incidents ofchild labor, and measures taken to contribute to the elimination of childlabor.	Fully	74
Forced and compulsory labor
HR7	Operations identified as having significant risk for incidents offorced or compulsory labor, and measures to contribute to the elimination offorced or compulsory labor.	Fully	74

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