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GRI Index

GRI indexes

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Strategy and analysis

NUMBER DESCRIPTION STATUS REFERENCE AND EXPLANATION
1.1

Statement from the most senior decision-maker of the organisation.


1.2

Description of key impacts, risks, and opportunities.

2011 Annual Report

* = Is core

Organization profile

NUMBER DESCRIPTION STATUS REFERENCE AND EXPLANATION
2.1

Name of the organization.

Gildan website/Company overview

Company overview
2.2

Primary brands, products, and/or services.

Gildan website/Company overview

Gildan Online

Gildan Imprintables

Company overview
2.3

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

Gildan website/Company overview

2011 Annual Information Report

Company overview
2.4

Location of organization's headquarters.

Gildan website/Company overview

2011 Annual Information Report

Company overview
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.

Gildan website/Company overview

2011 Annual Information Report

Company overview
2.6

Nature of ownership and legal form.

Gildan website/Company overview

2011 Annual Information Report

Company overview
2.7

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

Gildan website/Company overview

2011 Annual Information Report

2011 Annual Report

Company overview
2.8

Scale of the reporting organization.

Gildan website/Company overview

2011 Annual Report

2011 Annual Information Report

Company overview
2.9

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

Gildan website/Company overview

2011 Annual Report

2011 Annual Information Report

Company overview
2.10

Awards received in the reporting period.

Recognition
* = Is core

Report Parameters

NUMBER DESCRIPTION STATUS REFERENCE AND EXPLANATION
3.1

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

Reporting
3.2

Date of most recent previous report (if any).

Reporting
3.3

Reporting cycle (annual, biennial, etc.)

Reporting
3.4

Contact point for questions regarding the report or its contents.

Reporting
3.5

Process for defining report content.

Reporting
3.6

Boundary of the report (e.g., countries, divisions, subsidiaries, leased facilities, joint ventures, suppliers).

Reporting
3.7

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

Reporting
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.

Reporting
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.

Reporting
3.10

Explanation of the effect of any re-statements of information provided in earlier reports, and the reasons for such re-statement

Reporting
3.11

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

Reporting
3.12

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

GRI Index
3.13

Policy and current practice with regard to seeking external assurance for the report.

* = Is core

Governance, Commitments, and Engagement

NUMBER DESCRIPTION STATUS REFERENCE AND EXPLANATION
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.

2011 Annual Information Report

2011 Proxy Circular

Governance
4.2

Indicate whether the Chair of the highest governance body is also an executive officer.

2011 Proxy circular

 

 

Governance
4.3

For organizations that have a unitary board structure, state the number and gender of members of the highest governance body that are independent and/or non-executive members.

2011 proxy Circular

Governance
4.4

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

2011 Proxy Circular

Governance
4.5

Linkage between compensation for members of the highest governance body, senior managers, and executives (including departure arrangement), and the organization's performance (including social and environmental performance).

2011 Proxy circular

Governance
4.6

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

2011 Proxy Circular

Governance
4.7

Process for determining the composition, qualifications, and expertise of the members of the highest governance body and its committees, including any consideration of gender and other indicators of diversity.

2011 Proxy Circular

Governance
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.

Code of Ethics Code of Conduct Environmental Code of Practice
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.

Proxy Circular

Governance
4.10

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

2011 Proxy Circular

Governance
4.11

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

Reporting
4.12

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

Stakeholders & Partners
4.13

Memberships in associations (such as industry associations) and/or national/international advocacy organizations.

Stakeholders & Partners
4.14

List of stakeholder groups engaged by the organization.

Stakeholders & Partners
4.15

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

Stakeholders & Partners
4.16

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

Stakeholders & Partners
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.

Stakeholders & Partners
* = Is core

Disclosures on Management Approach (DMAs)

NUMBER DESCRIPTION STATUS REFERENCE AND EXPLANATION
DMA SCP

Management approach for supply chain aspects, goals and performance, policy, organisational responsibility, training and awareness, monitoring and follow up and additional contextual information.

2011 Annual Information Report

 


Our Approach Governance Goals & Targets Code of Conduct Social Compliance
DMS EC

Management approach for economic aspects, goals and performance, policy and additional contextual information.

2011 Annual Information Report

DMA EN

Management approach for environmental aspects, goals and performance, policy, organisational responsibility, training and awareness, monitoring and follow up and additional contextual information.

Our Approach Governance Goals & Targets Policies & Procedures
DMA LA

Management approach for labour aspects, goals and performance, policy, organisational responsibility, training and awareness, monitoring and follow up and additional contextual information.

Our Approach Governance Goals & Targets Code of Conduct Working Conditions Social Compliance
DMA HR

Management approach for human rights aspects, goals and performance, policy, organisational responsibility, training and awareness, monitoring and follow up and additional contextual information.

Our Approach Governance Goals & Targets Code of Conduct Working Conditions Social Compliance
DMA SO

Management approach for society aspects, goals and performance, policy, organisational responsibility, training and awareness, monitoring and follow up and additional contextual information.

Our Approach Governance Code of Ethics Goals & Targets Community Development Donations
DMA PR

Management approach for product responsibility aspects, goals and performance, policy, organizational responsibility, training and awareness, monitoring and follow-up and additional contextual information.

Our Approach Governance Goals & Targets Life Cycle Assessment Product Safety
* = Is core

Supply Chain Standards and Practices

NUMBER DESCRIPTION STATUS REFERENCE AND EXPLANATION
AF1 *

Code of conduct content coverage.

Code of Conduct
AF2 *

Parties and personnel engaged in code of conduct compliance function.

Methodology
AF3 *

Compliance audit process.

Methodology
AF4 *

Policy and procedures for receiving, investigating, and responding to grievances and complaints.

Grievance Mechanisms
AF5 *

Strategy and scope of efforts to strenghten capacity of management, workers and other staff to improve in social and environmental performance.

Code of Conduct Contractors & Suppliers
AF6 *

Policies for supplier selection, management, and termination.

Code of Conduct Methodology
AF7 *

Number and location of workplaces covered by code of conduct.

Company overview Code of Conduct Contractors & Suppliers
AF8 *

Number of audits conducted and percentage of workplaces audited.

Audits
AF9 *

Incidents of non-compliance with legal requirements or collective bargaining agreements on wages.

Unions Findings
AF10 *

Incidents of non-compliance with overtime standards.

Findings
AF11 *

Incidents of non-compliance with standards on pregnancy and maternity rights.

Findings
AF12 *

Incidents of the use of child labor.

Findings
AF13 *

Incidents of noncompliance with standards on gender discrimination.

Findings
AF14 *

Incidents of non-compliance with code of conduct.

Findings
AF15 *

Analysis of data from code compliance audits.

Findings
AF16 *

Remediation practices to address non-compliance findings.

Remediation
AF17 *

Actions to identify and mitigate business practices that affect code compliance.

Remediation
* = Is core

Economic

NUMBER DESCRIPTION STATUS REFERENCE AND EXPLANATION
EC1 *

Direct economic value generated and distributed, including revenues, operating costs, employee compensation, donations and other community investments, retained earnings, and payments to capital providers and governments.

2011 Annual Report

Community Development Donations
EC2 *

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

2011 Annual Report

 

GHG Emissions
EC3 *

Coverage of the organization's defined benefit plan obligations.

2011 Annual Report

EC4 *

Significant financial assistance received from government.

2011 Annual Report

EC5

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

This is confidential information for Gildan.

EC6 *

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

Community Development
EC7 *

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

Community Development
EC8 *

Development and impact of infrastructure investments and services provided primarily for public benefit through commercial, in-kind, or pro bono engagement.

Community Development Donations
EC9

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

Community Development
* = Is core

Environment

NUMBER DESCRIPTION STATUS REFERENCE AND EXPLANATION
AF18 *

Programs to replace organic-based adhesives and primers with water-based adhesives and primers

N/A

This indicator is not applicable to our business. Gildan does not use adhesives or primers in its processes.

AF19 *

Practices to source safer alternatives substances to those on the restricted susbstances list, including description of associated management system.

Environmental Code of Practice
EN1 *

Materials used by weight or volume.

This is competitive information for Gildan.

EN2 *

Percentage of materials used that are recycled input materials.

Raw Material
EN3 *

Direct energy consumption by primary energy source.

AF20 *

List of environmentally preferable materials used in apparel and footwear products.

Raw Material
EN4 *

Indirect energy consumption by primary source.

Metrics
EN5

Energy saved due to conservation and efficiency improvements.

Energy Energy Efficiency Project Metrics
EN6

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

We do not report on this yet as we have thus far not developed programs and policies in order to reduce  energy consumption associated with the use of our products. Gildan will be working on developing programs and policies to reduce energy consumption related to the use of our products (eg: electricity requirement for washing, etc.) in the coming years.

EN7

Initiatives to reduce indirect energy consumption and reductions achieved.

We do not report on this yet as we have thus far not develop programs and policies in order to reduce indirect energy consumption associated with use of energy-intensive materials, subcontracted production, business-related travel and employee commuting.

AF21 *

Amount of energy consumed and percentage of the energy that is from renewable sources.

Energy Renewable Energy Energy Efficiency Project Metrics
EN8 *

Total water withdrawal by source.

Water Metrics
EN9

Water sources significantly affected by withdrawal of water.

Water
EN10

Percentage and total volume of water recycled and reused.

Wastewater Management
EN11 *

Location and size of land owned, leased, managed in, or adjacent to, protected areas and areas of high biodiversity value outside protected areas.

N/A

We do not operate in or adjacent to protected areas.

EN12 *

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

N/A

We do not operate in or adjacent to protected areas.

EN13

Habitats protected or restored.

Biodiversity
EN14

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

Biodiversity
EN15

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

Biodiversity
EN16 *

Total direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight.

GHG Emissions Metrics
EN17 *

Other relevant indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight.

We do not currently measure this indicator.

EN18

Initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reductions achieved.

GHG Emissions Metrics
EN19 *

Emissions of ozone-depleting substances by weight.

Others Emissions Metrics
EN20 *

NOx, SOx, and other significant air emissions by type and weight.

Others Emissions Metrics
EN21 *

Total water discharge by quality and destination.

Wastewater Management Metrics
EN22 *

Total weight of waste by type and disposal method.

Waste Metrics
EN23 *

Total number and volume of significant spills.

Spills
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.

We do not have formal processes in place to collect this data.

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.

Wastewater Management
EN26 *

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

Life Cycle Assessment
EN27 *

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

N/A

We do not reclaim packaging material of sold products.

EN28 *

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

Findings
EN29

Significant environmental impacts of transporting products and other goods and materials used for the organization's operations, and transporting members of the workforce.

GHG Emissions Life Cycle Assessment
EN30

Total environmental protection expenditures and investments by type.

Environmental Policy
* = Is core

Labour Practices and Decent Work

NUMBER DESCRIPTION STATUS REFERENCE AND EXPLANATION
LA1 *

Total workforce by employment type, employment contract, and region, broken down by gender.

Employment Practices Metrics
LA2 *

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

This information is confidential for Gildan.

LA3

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

Wages & Benefits
AF22 *

Policy and practices regarding the use of employees with non-permanent and non-fulltime status.

Employment Practices Metrics
AF23 *

Policy regarding the use of home working.

A policy is in the process of being developed

AF24 *

Policy on the use and selection of labor brokers, including adherence to relevant ILO Conventions.

Code of Conduct Contractors & Suppliers
AF25 *

Policy and practices on wage deductions that are not mandated by law.

Code of Conduct
AF26 *

Policy on working hours, including definition of overtime, and actions to prevent excessive and forced overtime.

Code of Conduct Remediation
LA4 *

Percentage of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements.

There is currently no employees covered by a collective barganing agreement.

LA5 *

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

Facility Closures
AF27 *

Policy and actions to protect the pregnancy and maternity rights of women workers.

Code of Conduct
AF28 *

Percentage of foreign migrant workers as a portion of total workforce, broken down by region.

We do not currently track this indicator. We are planning to report on this indicator in future years.

AF29 *

Percentage of workplaces where there is one or more independent trade union(s), broken down by: Workplace with a collective bargaining agreement and Workplaces without a collective bargaining agreement. Also provide information broken down by country.

There is currently no employees covered by a collective barganing agreement.

Unions
AF30 *

Percentage of workplaces where, in the absence of a trade union, there are worker-management committees, broken down by country.

Grievance Mechanisms
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.

Health & Safety
LA7 *

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

Health & Safety
LA8 *

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

Health Clinics Employee Engagement Programs
LA9

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

AF31 *

Initiatives and programs (training) to respond to, reduce, and prevent the occurance of musculoskeletal disorders and also general health and Safety incidents.

Health & Safety Ergonomics Program
LA10 *

Average hours of training per year per employee by gender, and by employee category.

Training & Development
LA11

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

Training & Development
LA12

Percentage of employees receiving regular performance and career development reviews, by gender.

Training & Development
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.

Members of the Board of Directors Employment Practices Metrics
AF32 *

Actions to address gender discrimination and to provide opportunities for the advancement of women workers.

Code of Conduct Health & Safety
LA14 *

Ratio of basic salary and remuneration of women to men by employee category, by significant locations of operation.

We do not currently track this indicator. We hope to report on this indicator in the future.

LA15 *

Return to work and retention rates after parental leave, by gender.

We are currently not collecting this level of information.

* = Is core

Human Rights

NUMBER DESCRIPTION STATUS REFERENCE AND EXPLANATION
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.

Methodology
HR2 *

Percentage of significant suppliers, contractors and other business partners that have undergone human rights screening, and actions taken.

Methodology Audits
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.

Code of Conduct Training & Development
HR4 *

Total number of incidents of discrimination and corrective actions taken.

Findings
HR5 *

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

Unions Findings
HR6 *

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

Findings
HR7 *

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

Findings
HR8

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

Contractors & Suppliers
HR9

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

N/A

We do not operate in regions where we employ indigenous people.

HR10 *

Percentage and total number of operations that have been subject to human rights reviews and/or impact assessments.

Audits
HR11 *

Number of grievances related to human rights filed, addressed and resolved through formal grievance mechanisms.

Grievance Mechanisms Unions
* = Is core

Society

NUMBER DESCRIPTION STATUS REFERENCE AND EXPLANATION
SO1 *

Percentage of operations with implemented local community engagement, impact assessments, and development programs.

Community Development
SO9 *

Operations with significant potential or actual negative impacts on local communities.

We do not currently track this indicator.

SO10 *

Prevention and mitigation measures implemented in operations with significant potential or actual negative impacts on local communities.

We do not currently track this indicator.

AF33 *

Priorities in community investment strategy.

Donations
AF34 *

Amount of investment in worker communities broken down by location.

This information is competitive for Gildan.

SO2 *

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

Code of Ethics
SO3 *

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

All employees are trained on the Gildan Code of Ethics.

Code of Ethics
SO4 *

Actions taken in response to incidents of corruption.

In 2010-2011 there were no incidents of corruption.

SO5 *

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

This information is confidential for Gildan

SO6

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

In 2010-2011,  Gildan did not make any contributions to political parties, politicians or related institutions.

SO7

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

In 2010-2011, we had no legal actions for anti-competitive behavior, anti-trust or monopoly practices.

SO8 *

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

Findings
* = Is core

Product Responsibility

NUMBER DESCRIPTION STATUS REFERENCE AND EXPLANATION
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.

Product Safety Oeko-Tex® Standard 100 certification
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.

During  the 2010-2011 fiscal years, we had no incidents of non-compliance with regulations and voluntary codes concerning health and safety impacts of our products.

PR3 *

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

We currently do not provide sustainability impacts information on our product labels.

PR4

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

PR5

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

We do not have a formal customer satisfaction process in place yet.

PR6 *

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

We are complying with all the laws applicable in the countries where we operate.

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.

During  the 2010-2011 fiscal years, we had no incidents of non-compliance with regulations and voluntary codes concerning marketing communications.

PR8

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

During  the 2010-2011 fiscal years, we have not received any complaints regarding breaches of customer privacy and losses of customer data.

PR9 *

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

During  the 2010-2011 fiscal years, we had no incidents of non-compliance with laws and regulations concerning the provision and use of products and services.

* = Is core

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