Event Organizers Sector Supplement - Global Reporting Initiative

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Indicator Protocols Set: Sourcing
EO10 Type, amount and impact of
benefits, financial and in kind, received
by the event organizer from suppliers.
1. Relevance
In the event industry, the event organizer may receive
financial commissions, in kind products and services
and other benefits from the supply chain. Transparent
reporting in this area is relevant for stakeholders to
understand how sourcing decisions could be influenced.
Event Organizers Sector Supplement
2.8 Report the percentage of workforce (paid
employees, volunteers, and contracted labor, and,
where relevant, participants who are content
providers including athletes, artists, or speakers)
receiving benefits.
3. Definitions
Benefit
A gain that improves or promotes wellbeing or provides
an advantage. In this Indicator, may include for example
a gratuity, gift, commission or sole supplier deal.
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Financial and in kind benefits can be part of regular
business practice, but significant benefits or patterns of
the provision of benefits can signal an excessive level of
supplier influence.
2. Compilation
2.1 Identify practices in place to address the potential
risks associated with financial and in kind benefits
and to enable transparent reporting. These could
include:
• statements in supplier contracts
• negotiation strategies
• royalty agreements
2.2 Identify the type and financial value of each type
of financial and in kind benefit received. Benefits
should include commissions, gifts and value in
kind.
Supplier
External party from whom products or services are
obtained or with whom contracts are concluded for the
provision of goods and services. In this Supplement, the
term supplier includes contractors and sub-contractors,
manufacturers, wholesalers and service providers.
4. Documentation
Client contracts including financial contracts may
include this information.
5. References
• United Nations Global Compact Principle #
10. ‘Businesses should undertake initiatives to
promote greater environmental responsibility’,
2000
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2.3 Identify type of suppliers providing benefits and
the percentage of suppliers with whom there is a
benefit relationship in place.
2.4 Identify the percentage of the organization’s
workforce (paid employees, volunteers, contracted
labor and, where relevant, participants who are
content providers including athletes, artists or
speakers) receiving benefits.
2.5 Report the type of financial and in kind benefits
received by the organization’s workforce.
2.6 Report the financial value of each type of benefit
received by the organization’s workforce.
2.7 Report the type of suppliers providing benefits
and the percentage of suppliers with whom there
is a benefit relationship in place.
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