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GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards (GRI Standards)
AGL's FY21 Annual Report and data centre have been prepared in accordance with the GRI Standards: Core option. The GRI Standards are designed to be used by organisations to report about their impacts on the economy, the environment and/or society.
GRI Standard | Chosen disclosure(s) | Response | Omission |
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GRI 102: General Disclosures 2016 | 102-1: Name of the organization | AGL Energy Limited (AGL Energy) | |
102-2: Activities, brands, products, and services | The principal activities of AGL Energy during FY21 comprised the operation of energy businesses and investments, including electricity generation, gas storage, the sale of electricity and gas to residential, business and wholesale customers and the retailing of broadband and mobile services. Refer to the About AGL Energy section in the FY21 Annual Report. | ||
102-3: Location of headquarters | AGL Energy's head office is located at L24/200 George Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000. Refer also to the Contact us section of the AGL Energy website. | ||
102-4: Location of operations | AGL Energy operates in Australia. While AGL Energy undertakes some activities in some overseas jurisdictions it has no assets, customers nor direct employees outside of Australia. | ||
102-5: Ownership and legal form | Refer to the Shareholding information section in the FY21 Annual Report. | ||
102-6: Markets served | AGL Energy sells gas, electricity and other essential services to customers in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, and Western Australia. AGL services residential, business, commercial and industrial, and wholesale market segments. Refer to the Customer services data series for further information. | ||
102-7: Scale of the organization | Total number of employees is reported in Employees by location. Assets are displayed on the map in the About AGL section of the FY21 Annual Report. Key financial data is available in the Operating and Financial Review section of the FY21 Annual Report. The quantity of energy sold is reported in Energy sold. | ||
102-8: Information on employees and other workers | The Employees by employment status chart shows a breakdown of permanent versus fixed term and full-time versus part-time employee by gender. This information is not broken down by region, however the Employees by location chart provides a breakdown of all employee types by location and gender. The number of hours worked by contractors versus the number of hours worked by employees is available in the Health and safety - contractors and Health and safety - employees charts respectively. Footnotes provided for each chart detail any relevant assumptions. | The number of employees is separately broken down by contract type, location, employment status and gender. Providing additional combinations of breakdowns is considered not applicable to our organisation, as these disclosures do not cover the specific impacts that make the topic material. | |
102-9: Supply chain | AGL Energy's supply chain extends to in excess of 3,000 vendors (refer to Supplier profile). Location information on suppliers is available in the First tier suppliers table. AGL Energy has embedded a Supplier Code of Conduct into procurement practices. Details of supplier performance against the Code of Conduct can be found in the Supplier performance table. | ||
102-10: Significant changes to the organization and its supply chain | Changes to AGL Energy's Board composition during FY21 are outlined in the Governance summary of the FY21 Annual Report. Acquisition of subsidiaries and businesses and Disposal of subsidiaries and businesses is detailed in the FY21 Annual Report. Issued Capital of AGL Energy at 16 July 2021 is available in the Shareholding information section of the FY21 Annual Report. AGL Energy has not had significant changes in location of suppliers, the structure of supply chain or relationships with suppliers in FY21. | ||
102-11: Precautionary Principle or approach | AGL Energy's approach to risk management and business resilience is provided in the Risk management section of the FY21 Annual Report. Our HSE Policy generally reflects the precautionary approach to environmental issues. | ||
102-12: External initiatives | AGL Energy is a signatory to a number of external initiatives, including the United Nations Global Compact (from FY17). Refer to the UNGC Communication on Progress. | ||
102-13: Membership of associations | Industry associations of which AGL Energy is a member are listed in the Industry associations table. | ||
102-14: Statement from senior decision-maker | Refer to the Managing Director and CEO's Report in the FY21 Annual Report. | ||
102-15: Key impacts, risks, and opportunities | AGL Energy's approach to risk management and business resilience is provided in the Risk management section of the FY21 Annual Report. | ||
102-16: Values, principles, standards, and norms of behaviour | AGL Energy's purpose and values are outlined in the About AGL section of the FY21 Annual Report. | ||
102-18: Governance structure | An overview of governance and board committees is provided in the Governance summary section of the FY21 Annual Report. | ||
102-40: List of stakeholder groups | Our stakeholders include our people, customers, governments and regulators, lenders and investors, suppliers, energy industry and industry associations, local communities, non-government organisations, and investment partners/joint ventures. | ||
102-41: Collective bargaining agreements | The percentage of people employed under enterprise bargaining agreements is available in the Awarded employees chart. | ||
102-42: Identifying and selecting stakeholders | We engage in constructive dialogue with our stakeholders (as per the list in 102-40, above) throughout the year to understand and respond to issues that are important to them, and to ensure our strategy and plans consider the legitimate concerns of stakeholders as well as the impact of emerging trends. | ||
102-43: Approach to stakeholder engagement | We engage in constructive dialogue with our stakeholders throughout the year to understand and respond to issues that are important to them, and to ensure our strategy and plans consider the legitimate concerns of stakeholders as well as the impact of emerging trends. Refer to the Communities & relationships scorecard in the FY21 Annual Report. | ||
102-44: Key topics and concerns raised | Our stakeholder raise a range of topics and concerns. These are responded to throughout the year via the appropriate forums. AGL's FY21 Annual Report covers topics that are material to our stakeholders. | ||
102-45: Entities included in the consolidated financial statements | Entities included in the consolidated financial statements are available in the FY21 Financial Report. | ||
102-46: Defining report content and topic Boundaries | Refer to 103-1 for each of the material topics below. | ||
102-47: List of material topics | AGL Energy has in the past undertaken an independently facilitated materiality review every alternate year involving stakeholder surveys and interviews. Material issues identified formed the basis of areas of focus for AGL’s sustainability reports. While this process was fit for purpose at the time, undertaking a stand-alone survey is now considered to be unnecessary due to the maturation of stakeholder engagement and risk processes. AGL Energy has considered the outputs of its Tier 1 Strategic Risk identification process and consolidated this into a list of six material topics for the purposes of GRI reporting: climate change; energy policy; social licence; affordability; reliability; and transition. Each of these material topics have impacts both inside and outside of the organisation, and many cut across AGL Energy's seven Business Value Drivers. | ||
102-48: Restatements of information | Any restatements of previous years’ data are identified within footnotes to charts or tables. The effects of any such re-statements are not considered to be material to stakeholders. | ||
102-49: Changes in reporting | Refer to the About this report section of the FY21 Annual Report. | ||
102-50: Reporting period | 1 July 2020 - 30 June 2021 | ||
102-51: Date of most recent report | 13 August 2020 | ||
102-52: Reporting cycle | Annual | ||
102-53: Contact point for questions regarding the report | Social media contact points are available in the Connect section of the footer. | ||
102-54: Claims of reporting in accordance with the GRI Standards | This report has been prepared in accordance with the GRI Standards: Core option. Refer also to the About this report section of the FY21 Annual Report. | ||
102-55: GRI content index | This index meets the requirements of 102-55. | ||
102-56: External assurance | Refer to the About this report section in the FY21 Annual Report. It is AGL Energy's intention to continue to have future sustainability disclosures assured to the AA1000 Assurance Standard and/or ASAE 3000 Standard. |
GRI Standard | Chosen disclosure(s) | Response | Omission |
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GRI 103: Management Approach 2016 | 103-1: Explanation of the material topic and its boundaries | Refer to the Infrastructure scorecard in the FY21 Annual Report. | |
103-2: The management approach and its components | Refer to the Infrastructure scorecard in the FY21 Annual Report. | ||
103-3: Evaluation of the management approach | Refer to Infrastructure scorecard and the Infrastructure section of the data centre for performance measures and discussion. |
GRI Standard | Chosen disclosure(s) | Response | Omission |
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GRI 103: Management Approach 2016 | 103-1: Explanation of the material topic and its boundaries | Refer to the Strategy section and Communities and relationships scorecard in the FY21 Annual Report. | |
103-2: The management approach and its components | Refer to the Communities and relationships scorecard in the FY21 Annual Report. | ||
103-3: Evaluation of the management approach | Refer to the Communities and relationships scorecard in the FY21 Annual Report for performance measures and discussion. | ||
GRI 413: Local communities | 413-1: Operations with local community engagement, impact assessments, and development programs | 100% of AGL Energy's operational assets have publicly available environmental impact assessments, local community development programs and formal local community grievance processes. |
GRI Standard | Chosen disclosure(s) | Response | Omission |
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GRI 103: Management Approach 2016 | 103-1: Explanation of the material topic and its boundaries | Refer to the Customers scorecard in the FY21 Annual Report. | |
103-2: The management approach and its components | Refer to the Customers scorecard in the FY21 Annual Report. | ||
103-3: Evaluation of the management approach | Refer to the Customers scorecard in the FY21 Annual Report for performance measures and discussion. |
GRI Standard | Chosen disclosure(s) | Response | Omission |
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GRI 103: Management Approach 2016 | 103-1: Explanation of the material topic and its boundaries | Refer to the Environment scorecard in the FY21 Annual Report. | |
103-2: The management approach and its components | Refer to the Environment scorecard in the FY21 Annual Report, our Climate Statement and AGL Energy's FY21 TCFD Report, Accelerating Our Transition. | ||
103-3: Evaluation of the management approach | Refer to the Environment scorecard in the FY21 Annual Report and AGL Energy's FY21 TCFD Report, Accelerating Our Transition for performance measures and discussion. | ||
GRI 305: Emissions 2016 | 305-1: Direct (Scope 1) GHG emissions | Refer to the Operational greenhouse gas footprint and net energy production chart in the data centre. | AGL Energy does not report emissions of CO2 from biogenic sources as these emissions are considered immaterial to AGL's operational greenhouse gas footprint. Furthermore, there is no requirement (or associated methodology) for reporting these emissions under the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007. |
305-2: Energy indirect (Scope 2) GHG emissions | Refer to the Operational greenhouse gas footprint and net energy production chart in the data centre. | ||
305-3: Other indirect (Scope 3) GHG emissions | Refer to the Energy supply greenhouse gas footprint in the data centre for further information. | AGL Energy does not report emissions of CO2 from biogenic sources as these emissions are considered immaterial to AGL's indirect (scope 3) emissions footprint. | |
305-4: GHG emissions intensity | Refer to the Carbon intensity of operated and controlled generation assets chart in the data centre. |
GRI Standard | Chosen disclosure(s) | Response | Omission |
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GRI 103: Management Approach 2016 | 103-1: Explanation of the material topic and its boundaries | Refer to the Communities and relationships scorecard in the FY21 Annual Report. The impact of energy policy is experienced internally and outside the organisation. | |
103-2: The management approach and its components | Refer to the Communities and relationships scorecard in the FY21 Annual Report and the FY21 TCFD Report, 'Accelerating Our Transition'. | ||
103-3: Evaluation of the management approach | Refer to the Communities and relationships scorecard in the FY21 Annual Report and the FY21 TCFD Report, 'Accelerating Our Transition'. | ||
GRI 415: Public Policy 2016 | 415-1: Political contributions | Refer to the Communities and relationships scorecard in the FY21 Annual Report. No political donations (monetary or in-kind) were made during FY21, nor were any political donations made through third parties. |
GRI Standard | Chosen disclosure(s) | Response | Omission |
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GRI 103: Management Approach 2016 | 103-1: Explanation of the material topic and its boundaries | Refer to the Communities and relationships, Environment and Infrastructure scorecards in the FY21 Annual Report. The impact of the energy transition is experienced internally and outside the organisation. | |
103-2: The management approach and its components | Refer to the Communities and relationships, Environment and Infrastructure scorecards in the FY21 Annual Report. | ||
103-3: Evaluation of the management approach | Refer to the Communities and relationships, Environment and Infrastructure scorecards in the FY21 Annual Report. |
Notes
Further information about the GRI Standards is available at the GRI website.
For the purposes of applying the GRI Standards, the material themes we identified have been mapped back to the available topic-specific GRI Standards. The table outlines which topic-specific GRI Standards (and associated Disclosures) have been used to compile this report, and the topic boundaries for each material issue.