The Case Study - Seylan Bank

246Seylan Bank PLC Annual Report 2009GRI Compliance indexIndexNo.Description Report Level PageNo.1. STRATEGY AND ANALYSIS1.1 Statement from the most senior decision-maker of the Sustainability Report 105organization about the relevance of sustainability to theorganization and its strategy2. ORGANISATIONAL PROFILE2.1 Name of the organisation Corporate Information 2452.2 Primary Brands, Products, and/or services Management Report 57-622.3 Operational Structure of the organisation Corporate Governance Report 75-992.4 Location of organisation's headquarters Corporate Information 2452.5 Number of countries where the organisationSustainability Report 111operates, and names of countries with either majoroperations or that are specifically relevant to thesustainability issues covered in the report2.6 Nature of ownership and legal form Corporate Information 2452.7 Markets served Geographical Analysis 2432.8 Scale of the reporting organisation Labour, Ten Year Summary 111,2302.9 Significant changes during the reporting period Investor Information,236,136Financial Statements2.10 Awards received in the reporting period Sustainability Report 1073. Report Parameters3.1 Reporting Period Sustainability Report 1063.2 Date of most recent previous report First Report based on GRI Guidelines –3.3 Reporting cycle Sustainability Report 1063.4 Contact point for questions regarding the report or its contents Sustainability Report 1063.5 Defining report content Sustainability Report 1063.6 Boundary of the report Sustainability Report 106-1073.7 Any specific limitations on the scope or boundary of the report None –3.8 Basis for reporting on joint ventures, subsidiaries,Not Applicable –leased facilities, outsourced operations, and other entitiesthat can significantly affect comparability from period toperiod and/or between organisations3.10 Explanation of the effect of any re-statementNot Applicable –of information provided in earlier report3.11 Significant changes from previous reportingNot Applicable –periods in the scope, boundary, or measurement methodsapplied in the report4. Governance, Commitments and Engagement4.1 Governance Structure of the Organisation Corporate Governance Report 764.2 Indicate whether the Chair of the highest governance body Corporate Governance Report 75-99is also an executive officer4.3 For organisations that have a unitary board structure, state the Corporate Governance Report 75-99number of members of the highest governance body that areindependent and/or non-executive members4.4 Mechanisms for shareholders and employees toCorporate Governance Report 75-99provide recommendations or direction to the highestgovernance body4.14 List of Stakeholder group engaged by the organisation Sustainability Report 1074.15 Basis for identification and selection of stakeholders Sustainability Report 107