Corporate Responsibility performance 2012 At Syngenta, Corporate - PDF document

CR performance Corporate Responsibility performance 2012 At Syngenta, Corporate Responsibility (CR) Contents is an integral part of everything we do. Syngenta is guided by the conviction that About our CR reporting 02 value creation depends on the successful Our approach 02 integration of business, social and environmental performance. In this Materiality 02 document, we provide information on GRI/UNGC 03 our CR performance in 2012. Recognition 04 External assurance 04 People 06 Supporting the Highlights 06 UN Global Compact People retention 07 Diversity 08 Syngenta continues to support the 10 principles Employee development 09 of the UN Global Compact (UNGC) through Reward and recognition 10 an established commitment to Corporate Health, safety and wellbeing 11 Responsibility and ongoing implementations of policies on human rights, fair labor, environmental Manufacturing and procurement 13 protection and anti-corruption. We actively engage Highlights 13 in UNGC workgroups such as the CEO Water Our production and R&D sites 13 Mandate and the UNGC Sustainable Agriculture Quality management 14 Business Principles. Security management 14 Responsible supply chain 15 Environment 16 Highlights 16 Energy effjciency 17 Climate change and GHG emissions 18 Other air emissions 20 Water 21 Wastewater 22 Waste 22 Environmental compliance 23 Assured CR performance Responsible agriculture 24 indicators Product safe use 26 You can download a document with the Economic value shared 28 assured CR performance indicators from www.syngenta.com/ar2012, section Business integrity 30 “CR performance”. Highlights 30 Corporate conduct 30 Animal testing compliance 31 Biotechnology and regulatory compliance 31 Contact us Your feedback is important to us. It will help us to improve our reporting and inform our sustainability strategy. csr@syngenta.com CR performance 2012 01 Syngenta

CR performance About our CR reporting Our approach Materiality Corporate responsibility (CR) is part of everything Our CR management and reporting focuses we do – from managing the impact of our own on the aspects that are most important to our operations to helping farmers grow more from less business and our stakeholders. Our Corporate through innovative products and sustainable Responsibility Panel (CRP) and our Compliance farming techniques. and Risk Management Committee (CRMC), both at executive level, advise on priorities, implementation By maintaining the very highest standards of ethics of policies and the content and structure of our and integrity we aim to gain the trust of our annual reporting. stakeholders and their confjdence in our business. We maintain a robust Code of Conduct and In 2012 we used assessments with key accompanying strong policies and guidelines. stakeholders to review how we communicate Transparent reporting and open dialogue with our CR performance to ensure we meet their stakeholders helps us build trust. expectations and help us further align our reporting of business and CR performance. This resulted in a Our social and environmental activities are revised framework. The new structure covers seven embedded in our core business. This is refmected reporting pillars to better refmect our operations. in our integrated approach to our annual reporting. We have introduced new performance indicators Our printed Annual Review sets out our strategy in response to stakeholder feedback. We anticipate and demonstrates how CR issues are managed publishing additional information next year as our in different aspects of our business. More detailed reporting continues to evolve. information on our CR performance in 2012 is reported in this extended Online Annual Report. For 2012, we have reorganized our CR reporting around seven key focus areas, revised our performance indicators and aligned the reporting period to the 12 months ending September 30 (exceptions noted). Performance indicators related to health, safety and wellbeing; environment; responsible agriculture; product safe use training; and corporate community investment have been reported using the new reporting period since 2009. For the other indicators, the reporting period was adjusted in 2012. To ensure consistency with previously published data, we have not restated the 2010 and 2011 values. 02 Syngenta CR performance 2012

CR performance About our CR reporting continued Our seven reporting pillars are: GRI/UNGC – People – Attracting and retaining the very best people while creating an environment that Syngenta is a signatory of the United Nations stimulates innovation and personal performance Global Compact. We are committed to aligning and development our operations with the Compact’s 10 principles in the areas of human rights, labor, environment – Manufacturing and procurement – Maintaining and anti-corruption. Our CR reporting forms our the highest standards within our operations and Communication on Progress made in implementing working with our partners and suppliers to ensure these principles. the same ethical behavior Our performance on CR is reported in this – Environment – Managing and reducing the integrated Online Annual Report and aligned with environmental footprint of our operations from the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines. energy use and carbon emissions to waste and We publish an index of our reporting against the water use Global Compact principles alongside our GRI – Responsible agriculture – Developing Content Index. Since 2010, Syngenta has achieved sustainable farming techniques that increase A+ in its level of application of the GRI guidelines. productivity while minimizing the impact on the environment – Product safe use – Ensuring that our products are used safely and securely to deliver maximum benefjt – Economic value shared – Providing benefjt to the communities and economies in which we operate – Business integrity – Maintaining the highest standards across our entire business and going beyond regulatory compliance This Online Annual Report provides further detail on our approach and performance on each key reporting pillar. CR performance 2012 03 Syngenta

CR performance About our CR reporting continued Recognition External assurance Our reputation for transparent CR reporting is Independent Assurance Report on the evidenced by our continued recognition from Syngenta Corporate Responsibility Reporting external ESG/SRI rating agencies. The Dow Jones To the Head of Legal and Taxes, Syngenta AG, Sustainability Index and the FTSE4Good Index are Basel (‘Syngenta’) two of the most well-known and referenced indexes We have performed assurance procedures to for ESG/SRI investors and stakeholder groups. provide assurance on the following aspects of the By assessing corporate economic, environmental 2012 Corporate Responsibility (CR) reporting of and social performance these indexes recognize Syngenta. leading sustainability-driven companies around the world. Syngenta encourages further engagement Subject matter with ESG service providers based on a fully Data and information disclosed in the CR reporting transparent and independent approach. of Syngenta and its consolidated subsidiaries, for the fjnancial year ended December 31, 2012 and – Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI) – with the indicated level of assurance as follows: Syngenta has been included in DJSI World since 2006. – The application of the Syngenta internal Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) and Corporate – FTSE4Good Index – Syngenta has been a Community Investment (CCI) reporting guidelines member of the FTSE4Good Index since 2005. to the CR reporting with a reasonable assurance; – Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) – Syngenta – The internal reporting system and procedures, reports greenhouse gas emissions and water use including the control environment, to collect and through the CDP . We received a disclosure score aggregate CR data with a reasonable assurance; of 84 out of 100 in 2012 in recognition of our and transparent reporting on the management of greenhouse gas emissions. – With the exceptions noted below, the CR performance indicators disclosed in the CR performance section of Syngenta Annual Report 2012 website with a limited assurance. Our assurance procedures do not cover the information presented in the “CR performance” landing page, the “About our CR reporting” and “Economic value shared” pages, the side bars and the footers of the Annual Report 2012 website. Criteria – The Syngenta internal HSE and CCI reporting guidelines; and – The defjned procedures by which the CR data are gathered, collated and aggregated internally. 04 Syngenta CR performance 2012