Electric Utilities Sector Supplement - Global Reporting Initiative
Electric Utilities Sector Supplement - Global Reporting Initiative
Electric Utilities Sector Supplement - Global Reporting Initiative
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Sustainability <strong>Reporting</strong> Guidelines & <strong>Electric</strong> Utility <strong>Sector</strong> <strong>Supplement</strong><br />
Product Responsibility Performance Indicators<br />
Aspect: Customer Health and Safety<br />
A d d<br />
PR5<br />
Practices related to customer satisfaction,<br />
including results of surveys measuring<br />
customer satisfaction.<br />
EU<br />
Co r e<br />
Co r e A d d<br />
EU<br />
PR1<br />
PR2<br />
Life cycle stages in which health and safety<br />
impacts of products and services are<br />
assessed for improvement, and percentage of<br />
significant products and services categories<br />
subject to such procedures.<br />
<strong>Electric</strong> Utility <strong>Sector</strong>-Specific Commentary on<br />
PR1 Indicator Protocol:<br />
For electric utilities the following categories<br />
should also be assessed:<br />
• Resource planning<br />
• Generation<br />
• Transmission<br />
• Distribution<br />
• Use<br />
State the processes for assessing community<br />
health risks including monitoring, prevention<br />
measures and, if applicable, long term healthrelated<br />
studies.<br />
Identify community health risks that are<br />
assessed such as:<br />
Compliance with exposure limit(s) to electric<br />
fields (in kV per m) and magnetic fields (in μT)<br />
where available, for members of the public and<br />
employees in the areas in which the reporting<br />
organization operates.<br />
Total number of incidents of non-compliance<br />
with regulations and voluntary codes concerning<br />
health and safety impacts of products and services<br />
during their life cycle, by type of outcomes.<br />
EU25. Number of injuries and fatalities to the public<br />
involving company assets, including legal<br />
judgments, settlements and pending legal<br />
cases of diseases.<br />
Aspect: Marketing Communications<br />
Co r e<br />
A d d<br />
PR6<br />
PR7<br />
Programs for adherence to laws, standards,<br />
and voluntary codes related to marketing<br />
communications, including advertising,<br />
promotion, and sponsorship.<br />
Total number of incidents of non-compliance<br />
with regulations and voluntary codes<br />
concerning marketing communications,<br />
including advertising, promotion, and<br />
sponsorship by type of outcomes.<br />
Aspect: Customer Privacy<br />
A d d<br />
PR8<br />
Total number of substantiated complaints<br />
regarding breaches of customer privacy and<br />
losses of customer data.<br />
Aspect: Compliance<br />
Co r e<br />
PR9<br />
Monetary value of significant fines for noncompliance<br />
with laws and regulations concerning<br />
the provision and use of products and services.<br />
Aspect: Access<br />
EU26. Percentage of population unserved in licensed<br />
distribution or service areas.<br />
Co r e Co r e<br />
Co r e<br />
Co r e<br />
EU27. Number of residential disconnections for<br />
non-payment, broken down by duration of<br />
disconnection and by regulatory regime.<br />
EU28. Power outage frequency.<br />
EU29. Average power outage duration.<br />
EU<br />
Aspect: Product and Service Labeling<br />
Co r e<br />
PR3<br />
Type of product and service information<br />
required by procedures, and percentage of<br />
significant products and services subject to<br />
such information requirements.<br />
Co r e<br />
EU30. Average plant availability factor by energy<br />
source and by regulatory regime.<br />
A d d<br />
PR4<br />
Total number of incidents of non-compliance<br />
with regulations and voluntary codes<br />
concerning product and service information<br />
and labeling, by type of outcomes.<br />
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