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CDP Forests Questionnaire Preview and Reporting Guidance 2019 - Version Control
Version number
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Release/Revision date
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Revision summary
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0.1
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Released: Dec 17, 2018
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- The 2019 forests questionnaire preview and the general preliminary version of the reporting guidance was released.
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0.2
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Released: Feb 15, 2019
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Metals and mining and coal sectors
- ‘Rationales’, ‘Requested content’, ‘Explanation of terms’ and ‘Additional information’ were released.
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0.3
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Revised: March 14, 2019
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- The terms for submitting your response to CDP have been updated for 2019.
General questions
- Question linkages to the Accountability Framework initiative (AFi) were added to the ‘Connection to other frameworks’.
- F1.1a: New ‘Example response’
- F1.4: New ‘Additional information’
- F1.4a: New ‘Example response’
- F1.4b: New ‘Example response’
- F2.1a: New ‘Additional information’
- F3.2b: Clarifications to ‘Requested content’
- F6.1b: New ‘Example response’
- F6.3a: New ‘Additional information’
- F6.7: New ‘Additional information’
- F7.1a: New ‘Additional information’
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0.4
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Revised: August 22, 2019
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Submission deadline was altered to 13th September 2019.
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CDP disclosure cycle 2019
Accessing questionnaire previews, reporting guidance, and scoring methodologies
CDP’s corporate questionnaire previews, reporting guidance, and scoring methodologies can be accessed by program (climate change, forests, and water security) from the guidance for companies page of CDP's website. You will be presented with three prompt screens that allow you to select the sectors and other details relevant to your organization. Questionnaires are valid for information requests from investors, as well as from customers that are members of CDP’s supply chain program. As there are sector-specific questions throughout the questionnaires, you might find that question numbers skip since not all questions will be applicable to your organization.
Responses to questionnaires are submitted via CDP's online response system (ORS), which is part of CDP's online disclosure platform. Please refer to Using CDP's Online Disclosure Platform for more detail. Note that while the questions themselves are the same in the questionnaire preview as they are in the ORS, the format may differ, particularly for drop-down options and tables.
Full and Minimum versions of the questionnaire
For all CDP questionnaires, there are two versions: minimum and full. The minimum version contains identical but fewer questions, and no sector-specific questions or data points.
- The minimum version of a questionnaire can by completed by:
- Organizations disclosing to that questionnaire for the first time; OR
- Organizations not disclosing to that questionnaire for the first time, but with an annual revenue of less than EUR/US$250 million
Although any organizations meeting the above criteria may opt to complete a minimum version, they may not be eligible for scoring.
For more information on scoring eligibility and implications, please see Scoring Introduction.
For previous responders with an annual revenue of less than EUR/US$250 million, CDP reserves the right to remove the option of a minimum version questionnaire due to the organization’s potential or existing environmental impact.
Note that companies eligible to complete the minimum version of a questionnaire can choose to answer the full version if they consider this to provide greater benefit to their organization or stakeholders.
Timeline:
December 2018
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- Preview of questionnaire and preliminary version of reporting guidance released on CDP website.
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March 2019
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- Final version of reporting guidance and scoring methodologies released on CDP website.
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April 2019
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- Access will be provided to CDP`s online response system (ORS)
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September 2019
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- Responses to investor and supply chain requests must be submitted by 13th September 2019 to be automatically eligible for scoring and inclusion in CDP reports (where applicable).
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For any disclosure-related enquiries, please contact [email protected].
CDP forests questionnaire
CDP's forests program and forests questionnaire
CDP’s forests program acts on behalf of over 525 signatory investors, with US $96 trillion in assets, who wish to understand how organizations are addressing their exposure to forests-related risks. In 2018, 455 organizations responded to CDP’s forests questionnaire, which focuses on how organizations produce, source and use the four major agricultural commodities associated with deforestation: timber, cattle products, soy, and palm oil.
In 2019, CDP’s forests program is expanding its focus to also encompass non-agricultural activities. Specifically, it will also be looking at how mining companies are managing their impacts and risks, as well as realizing opportunities, related to biodiversity and forests. See sector introductions for more details on the approach adopted for these sectors. Note that Modules F1 to F9 are presented exclusively to companies sourcing or using the four major agricultural commodities associated with deforestation: timber, cattle products, soy, and palm oil.
CDP and New York Declaration on Forests (NYDF)
The New York Declaration on Forests (NYDF) is a voluntary initiative that brings together governments, companies, civil society and other stakeholders that work collaboratively towards halving the loss of natural forests by 2020 and ending it by 2030. CDP is one of the endorsers of the NYDF.
CDP is also part of the NYDF Progress Assessment Partners, an independent monitoring effort undertaken by a growing group of NGOs and research institutions that annually assess progress toward the NYDF.
CDP data is currently used to support the assessment of the NYDF Goal 2, which strives to eliminate deforestation from the production of agricultural commodities such as palm oil, soy, wood and cattle products by no later than 2020. CDP also plans to use disclosed data to contribute to the assessment of the NYDF Goal 3, which is focused on reducing forest loss linked to non-agricultural drivers.
Forests questionnaire developments
The forests questionnaire structure and content has been revised in 2018 to improve the discloser’s experience, meet the requirements from data users, as well as to better align with other reporting frameworks, policy agendas and CDP’s water security and climate change questionnaires.
A detailed document on forests changes from 2018 to 2019 is available on the website. Revisions to questions are also indicated by the “Change from 2018” below each question, either as ‘no change’, a ‘minor change’, or a ‘new question’.
“Minor change” indicates wording edits and revisions to drop-down options or a simple clarification, while a “modified question” indicates that a data request has been revised.
Sector approach
For 2019, companies responding to the forests questionnaire will have questions tailored to the sectors: coal, metals & mining and paper & forestry. The first two are new sectors, whereas the latter has been available since 2018. The rationale for developing a refined questionnaire for these sectors is outlined in the relevant sector introductions. Organizations with business activities outside of these sectors will receive a general questionnaire, as in previous years.
Each question number in the forests questionnaire begins with the letter F. Questions uniquely applicable for sectors are labeled using a two-letter abbreviation within the question number, as follows:
- F-CO for the coal sector
- F-MM for the metals & mining sector
- F-PF for the paper & forestry sector
Sector introduction: Metals & mining (Forests)
CDP’s metals & mining forests questionnaire solely focuses on the impacts and risks associated with mining projects, not covering downstream activities related to the processing of chemical elements and compounds from minerals.
A broad focus on biodiversity[1] management was adopted in this sector to ensure alignment with the sector best practices. This not only includes deforestation and forests degradation issues but also other aspects like protected areas, endangered species and biodiversity related commitments (e.g., no net loss).
Biodiversity-related risks associated with the metals & mining (MM) sector arise from:
- Natural ecosystem conversion for the mine itself and for waste disposal, as well as for associated infrastructure (e.g., processing facilities and residential areas);
- Impacts on areas of recognized value for biodiversity conservation;
- Negative effects on rare, migratory and/or endangered species;
- Facilitated access to remote areas, inducing migration and further conversion of natural ecosystems.
The sector questionnaire is largely based on questions from other frameworks and research relevant to this sector. Many questions overlap, and where possible, align with external frameworks. Relevant examples of frameworks considered are the IFC Performance Standards and the Cross-Sector Biodiversity Initiative (CSBI) sector guidance on the mitigation hierarchy.
[1] 'Biological diversity' means the variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are a part; this includes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems.” Convention on Biological Diversity, 1992.
F0 Introduction
Introduction
(F0.1) Give a general description of and introduction to your organization.
Change from 2018
No change
Response options
This is an open text question with a limit of 5,000 characters.
Please note that when copying from another document to the disclosure platform, formatting is not retained.
(F0.2) State the start and end date of the year for which you are reporting data.
Change from 2018
No change
Response options
Please complete the following table:
Start date
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End date
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From: [DD/MM/YYYY]
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To: [DD/MM/YYYY]
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(F0.3) Select the currency used for all financial information disclosed throughout your response.
Change from 2018
No change
Response options
Please complete the following table:
Currency
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Select from:
[List of currencies]
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(F-MM0.8/F-CO0.8) Select the option that best describes the reporting boundary for which biodiversity-related issues are being reported?
Change from 2018
New question
Response options
Select one of the following options:
- Companies, entities or groups over which financial control is exercised
- Companies, entities or groups over which operational control is exercised
- Companies, entities or groups in which an equity share is held
- Other, please specify
(F-MM0.9/F-CO0.9) Within your reporting boundary, are there any geographical areas, business units or mining projects excluded from your disclosure?
Change from 2018
New question
Response options
Select one of the following options:
(F-MM0.9a/F-CO0.9a) Please report your exclusions and describe their potential for biodiversity-related risk.
Question dependencies
This question only appears if you select 'Yes' in response to F-MM0.9/F-CO0.9.
Change from 2018
New question
Response options
Please complete the following table. You are able to add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.
Exclusion
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Description of exclusion
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Potential for biodiversity-related risk
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Please explain
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Select from:- Country/geographical area
- Business unit(s)
- Mining project(s)
- Other, please specify
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Text field [maximum 2,400 characters]
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Select from:
- No potential
- Potential for biodiversity-related risks but not evaluated
- Potential for biodiversity-related risks evaluated, but not disclosing to CDP
- Don’t know
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Text field [maximum 2,400 characters]
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[Add row]
F10 Current state
Mining projects
(F-MM10.1/F-CO10.1) Provide details on the mining projects covered by this disclosure, by specifying your project(s) type, location and mining method(s) used.
Change from 2018
New question
Response options
Please complete the following table. The table is displayed over several rows for readability. You are able to add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.
Mining project ID | Name | Share (%) | Country/ Region | Latitude | Longitude | Project stage |
Select from: - Project 1
- Project 2
- Project 3
- Project 4
- Project 5
- Project 6
- Project 7
- Project 8
- Project 9
- Project 10
.... | Text field [maximum 500 characters] | Numerical field [enter a number from 0 to 100] | Select from: [List of countries/regions] | Numerical field [enter a number from -90.000000 to 90.000000 using a maximum of six decimal places] | Numerical field [enter a number from -180.000000 to 180.000000 using a maximum of six decimal places] | Select from: - Exploration
- Development
- Production
- Closure and/or legacy site
- Other, please specify
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Mining method | Raw material(s) | Year extraction started / is planned to start | Year of closure | Description of project
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Select from:- Open-cut
- Underground
- Open-cut and underground
- Other, please specify
| Select all that apply:
- Bauxite
- Copper
- Gold
- Platinum group metals
- Silver
- Iron ore
- Nickel
- Zinc
- Lead
- Diamonds
- Manganese
- Thermal coal
- Metallurgical coal
- Cobalt
- Lithium
- Other non-ferrous metal, please specify
- Other minerals, please specify
| [YYYY] | [YYYY] | Text field [maximum 2,400 characters |
[Add row]
Land resources and land disturbed
(F-MM10.2/F-CO10.2) Can you disclose the mining project area and the area of land disturbed for each of your mining projects?
Change from 2018
New question
Response options
Please complete the following table:
Disclosing mining project area and area of land disturbed? | Comment |
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Select from: | Text field [maximum 2,400 characters] |
(F-MM10.2a/F-CO10.2a) Provide details on the mining project area and the area of land disturbed for each of your mining projects.
Question dependencies
This question only appears if you select ‘Yes’ or ‘Partially’ in response to F-MM10.2/F-CO10.2.
Change from 2018
New question
Response options
Please complete the following table. You are able to add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.
Mining project ID | Total area of owned land/lease/concession (hectares) | Total area disturbed to date (hectares) | Area disturbed in the reporting year (hectares) | Type(s) of habitat disturbed in the reporting year | Comment |
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Select from: [List created from mining project IDs selected in F-MM10.1/ F-CO10.1]
| Numerical field [enter a number from 0-999,999,999,999 using a maximum of 2 decimal places] | Numerical field [enter a number from 0-999,999,999,999 using a maximum of 2 decimal places] | Numerical field [enter a number from 0-999,999,999,999 using a maximum of 2 decimal places] | Select all that apply:- Modified habitat
- Natural habitat
- Data not available
| Text field [maximum 2,400 characters] |
[Add row]
Legally Protected and Internationally Recognized Areas
(F-MM10.3/F-CO10.3) Are any of your mining projects located in or near legally protected and internationally recognized areas?
Change from 2018
New question
Response options
Please complete the following table:
Type of area
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Are any your projects in or near?
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Comment
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Legally protected area(s)
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Select from:
- Yes
- Yes (partial assessment)
- No
- Not assessed
- Data not available
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Text field [maximum 2,400 characters]
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UNESCO World Heritage sites
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UNESCO Biosphere Reserves
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Ramsar sites
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Key Biodiversity Area(s)
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(F-MM10.3a/F-CO10.3a) Provide details on mining projects that are in or near legally protected and internationally recognized areas.
Question dependencies
This question only appears if you select 'Yes' or 'Yes (partial assessment)' in response to any row in F-MM10.3/F-CO10.3.
Change from 2018
New question
Response options
Please complete the following table. You are able to add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.
Mining project ID | Type of legally protected/ internationally recognized area | Protected area category (IUCN classification) | Name of the area | Proximity | Area of overlap (hectares) | Please explain |
Select from:
[List created from mining project IDs selected in F-MM10.1/ F-CO10.1]
| Select from: - Legally protected area
- UNESCO World Heritage site
- UNESCO Biosphere Reserves
- Ramsar site
- Key Biodiversity Area
| Select from: - Category Ia-III
- Category IV- VI
- Don’t know
- Not applicable
| Text field [maximum 500 characters] | Select from: - Overlap
- Adjacent
- Up to 5 km
- Up to 10 km
- Up to 25 km
- Data not available
| Numerical field [enter a number from 0-999,999,999,999 using a maximum of 2 decimal places] | Text field [maximum 2,400 characters] |
[Add row]
Artisanal and small-scale mining
(F-MM10.4/F-CO10.4) Are there artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) operations active in your mining project areas or in their area of influence?
Change from 2018
New question
Response options
Select one of the following options:
(F-MM10.4a/F-CO10.4a) Provide details on artisanal and small-scale mining operations active in your mining project areas or in their area of influence. Indicate the associated challenges, if there are any.
Question dependencies
This question only appears if you select 'Yes' in response to F-MM10.4/F-CO10.4.
Change from 2018
New question
Response options
Please complete the following table. You are able to add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.
Mining project ID
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Where does artisanal/small-scale mining operations occur?
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Legal status of artisanal and small-scale mining activity
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Type of challenges
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Please explain
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Select from: [List created from mining project IDs selected in F-MM10.1/ F-CO10.1]
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Select from:
- Inside mining concession/lease
- Adjacent to mining concession/lease
- In the area of influence of mining project
- Other, please specify
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Select from:
- Legal / formalised
- Illegal / informal
- Both, legal and illegal
- Data not available
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Select all that apply:
- Deforestation and/or forest degradation
- Natural habitat conversion
- Pollution
- Poaching
- Opposition to the mining project
- Human right issues
- No challenge identified
- Other, please specify
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Text field [maximum 2,400 characters]
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[Add row]
Detrimental impacts on your business
(F-MM10.5/F-CO10.5) Have biodiversity-related issues led to detrimental impact(s) on your business in the reporting year?
Change from 2018
New question
Response options
Please complete the following table:
Biodiversity-related issues led to detrimental impacts on the business? | Comment |
Select from:
| Text field [maximum 2,400 characters]
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(F-MM10.5a/F-CO10.5a) Describe the biodiversity-related detrimental impacts experienced by your organization, your response, and the total financial impact.
Question dependencies
This question only appears if you select 'Yes' in response to F-MM10.5/F-CO10.5.
Change from 2018
New question
Response options
Please complete the following table. The table is displayed over several rows for readability. You are able to add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.
Mining project ID
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Impact driver type
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Primary impact driver
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Primary impact
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Description of impact
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Select from: [List created from mining project IDs selected in F-MM10.1/ F-CO10.1]
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Select from:
- Physical
- Regulatory
- Reputational and markets
- Technological
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Select from:
- Response drop-down list below table.
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Select from:
- Response drop-down list below table
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Text field [maximum 2,400 characters]
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Primary response | Description of response | Are you able to provide a financial impact figure? | Total financial impact | Please explain |
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Select from: - Response drop-down list below table
| Text field [maximum 2,400 characters]
| Select from:
| Numerical field [enter a number from 0-999,999,999,999,999,999 using a maximum of 2 decimal places]
| Text field [maximum 2,400 characters]
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[Add row]
Primary impact driver (column 3)
Physical:
- Operations in or adjacent to legally or internationally recognized areas
- Reserves located in or adjacent to legally or internationally recognized areas
- Threatened species in or near mining operation
- Deforestation in project’s area of influence
- Forest fires
- Limited area for disposing solid waste
- Other physical driver, please specify
Regulatory:
- Lack of mature certification and sustainability standards
- Uncertainty and/or conflicts involving land use
- Increased difficulty in obtaining operation permits
- Exposure to sanctions and litigation
- Poor enforcement of regulation
- Poor coordination between regulatory bodies
- Regulatory uncertainty
- Non-compliance with national legislation
- Changes to national legislation
- Non-compliance with international law and bilateral agreements
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- Changes to international law and bilateral agreements
- Protected area designation
- Other regulatory driver, please specify
Reputational and markets:
- Greater market concern over biodiversity issues
- Local community opposition
- Increased stakeholder concern or negative stakeholder feedback
- Negative media coverage
- Other reputational and market driver, please specify
Technological:
- Lack of monitoring systems
- Other technological driver, please specify
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Primary impact (column 4)
- Brand damage
- Constraint to growth
- Closure of operations
- Decrease in shareholder value
- Disruption to sales
- Fines, penalties or enforcement orders
- Litigation
- Loss of license to operate
- Impact on company projects
- Disruption to workforce management and planning
- Increased insurance premiums
- Reduced availability of insurance on projects in “high-risk” locations
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- Increased capital costs
- Increased compliance costs
- Increased operating costs
- Increased production costs
- Reduction or disruption in production capacity
- Reduced demand for products and services
- Reduction in capital availability
- Other, please specify
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Primary response (column 6)
- Implementation of environmental best practices
- More ambitious biodiversity-related commitments
- Establishment of site-specific targets
- New product/technology development
- Market expansion
- Greater compliance with regulatory requirements
- Greater due diligence
- Greater focus on brownfield expansion
- Engagement with local community
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- Engagement with customers
- Engagement in multi-stakeholder initiatives
- Marketing campaign(s)
- Promotion of best practice and awareness
- Promotion of sustainable forest management, including financial incentives
- Promotion of certification, including financial incentives
- Voluntary engagement in conservation projects (including reforestation, afforestation and ecosystem restoration)
- Implementation of a landscape level approach
- Other, please specify
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(F-MM10.6/F-CO10.6) In the reporting year, was your organization subject to any fines, enforcement orders, and/or other penalties for violation of biodiversity-related regulation?
Change from 2018
New question
Response options
Please complete the following table:
Any penalties for violation of biodiversity-related regulation? | Comment |
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Select from:- Yes
- Yes, but none considered significant
- No
- Data not available
- Data available but not disclosing
| Text field [maximum 2,400 characters] |
(F-MM10.6a/F-CO10.6a) Provide details for all significant fines, enforcement orders and/or other penalties for biodiversity-related regulatory violations in the reporting year, and your plans for resolving them.
Question dependencies
This question only appears if you select 'Yes' in response to F-MM10.6/F-CO10.6.
Change from 2018
New question
Response options
Please complete the following table. You are able to add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.
Mining project ID
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Type of penalty
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Financial value of penalty
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Type of incident
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Please explain
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Select from:
[List created from mining project IDs selected in F-MM10.1/ F-CO10.1]
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Select from:
- Fine
- Enforcement order
- Other penalty type, please specify
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Numerical field [enter a number from 0-999,999,999,999,999,999 using a maximum of 2 decimal places]
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Select from:
- Unauthorized deforestation
- Unauthorized conversion of natural habitats (other than forests)
- Damage to protected and/or threatened species
- Damage to protected areas
- Tailing dam failure / accident
- Pollution leading to wildlife mortality
- Other, please specify
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Text field [maximum 2,400 characters]
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[Add row]
F11 Procedures
Environmental Impact Assessment
(F-MM11.1/F-CO11.1) Have biodiversity impacts and risks of your mining projects been assessed before the project development stage?
Change from 2018
New question
Response options
Please complete the following table:
Biodiversity impacts and risks assessed before the project development stage? | Please explain |
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Select from:- Yes, in all cases
- Yes, in some cases
- No
| Text field [maximum 2,400 characters] |
(F-MM11.1a/F-CO11.1a) Select the options that best describe your procedures for identifying and assessing biodiversity-related impacts and risks.
Question dependencies
This question only appears if you select 'Yes, in all cases' or 'Yes, in some cases' in response to F-MM11.1/F-CO11.1.
Change from 2018
New question
Response options
Please complete the following table. The table is displayed over several rows for readability. You are able to add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.
Mining project ID | Type of assessment | Impacts considered | Scope defined by | Methods and tools |
Select from: [List created from mining project IDs selected in F-MM10.1/ F-CO10.1]
| Select from:
- Full-scale environmental and social impact assessment
- A limited or focused environmental and social assessment
- Straightforward application of environmental siting, pollution standards, design criteria, or construction standards
- Other, please specify
| Select all that apply: - Direct impacts
- Indirect impacts
- Cumulative impacts
| Select all that apply:
- Governmental agency requirements
- Lender requirements
- Company own standards and/or policies
- Other, please specify
| Select all that apply:
- Desk-based research
- Field surveys
- Landscape-scale field surveys
- Expert consultation
- Stakeholder consultation/analysis
- Global Forest Watch
- IBAT for Business
- National specific tools and databases
- Other, please specify
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Aspects considered | Baseline biodiversity data available? | Is the Environmental Impact Statement publicly available? | Please explain |
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Select all that apply:
- Locational alternatives
- Threatened species
- Migratory species
- Endemic species
- Protected areas
- Critical habitats
- Natural habitats
- Ecosystem services
- Other, please specify
| Select from:
| Select from:
| Text field [maximum 2,400 characters] |
[Add row]
Corporate Risk Assessment
(F-MM11.2/F-CO11.2) Does your organization undertake a corporate-level procedure to assess biodiversity-related risks to your business?
Change from 2018
New question
Response options
Please complete the following table:
Is there a procedure to assess biodiversity-related risks? | Comment |
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Select from: | Text field [maximum 2,400 characters] |
(F-MM11.2a/F-CO11.2a) Select the options that best describe your procedure for identifying and assessing biodiversity-related risks.
Question dependencies
This question only appears if you select ‘Yes’ in response to F-MM11.2/F-CO11.2.
Change from 2018
New question
Response options
Please complete the following table:
Risk assessment procedure
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Frequency of assessment
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How far into the future are risks considered?
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Tools and methods used to identify and assess risks
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Please explain
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Select from:
- Assessed as part of an established enterprise risk management framework
- Assessed as part of other company-wide risk assessment system
- Assessed in an environmental risk assessment
- Assessed as a standalone issue
- Other, please specify
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Select from:
- Six-monthly or more frequently
- Annually
- Every two years
- Other, please specify
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Select from:
- Up to 1 year
- 1 to 3 years
- 3 to 6 years
- > 6 years
- Unknown
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Select all that apply:
- Internal company methods
- External consultants
- Global Forest Watch
- IBAT for Business
- National specific tools and databases
- Don’t know
- Other, please specify
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Text field [maximum 2,400 characters]
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(F-MM11.2b/F-CO11.2b) Which of the following issues are considered in your organization's biodiversity-related risk assessment(s)?
Question dependencies
This question only appears if you select ‘Yes’ in response to F-MM11.2/F-CO11.2.
Change from 2018
New question
Response options
Please complete the following table:
Issue
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Relevance & inclusion
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Please explain
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Deforestation
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Select from:
- Relevant, always included
- Relevant, sometimes included
- Relevant, not included
- Not relevant, included
- Not relevant, explanation provided
- Not considered
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Text field [maximum 2,400 characters]
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Legally protected areas
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Internationally recognized areas
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Threatened, migratory and endemic species
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Ecosystem services
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Regulation
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Indigenous peoples
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Local communities
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Other, please specify
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(F-MM11.2c/F-CO11.2c) Which of the following stakeholders are considered in your organization’s biodiversity-related risk assessments?
Question dependencies
This question only appears if you select ‘Yes’ in response to F-MM11.2/F-CO11.2.
Change from 2018
New question
Response options
Please complete the following table:
Stakeholder | Relevance & inclusion | Please explain |
Customers
| Select from:
- Relevant, always included
- Relevant, sometimes included
- Relevant, not included
- Not relevant, included
- Not relevant, explanation provided
- Not considered
| Text field [maximum 2,400 characters]
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Employees
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Investors
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Local communities
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Indigenous peoples
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NGOs
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Regulators
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Suppliers
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Other stakeholders, please specify
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Biodiversity Action Plans
(F-MM11.3/F-CO11.3) Do you adopt biodiversity action plans to manage your impacts on biodiversity?
Change from 2018
New question
Response options
Select one of the following options:
(F-MM11.3a/F-CO11.3a) Describe your criteria for defining which sites are required to produce biodiversity action plans.
Question dependencies
This question only appears if you select 'Yes' in response to F-MM11.3/F-CO11.3.
Change from 2018
New question
Response options
This is an open text question with a limit of 5,000 characters.
Please note that when copying from another document to the disclosure platform, formatting is not retained.
F12 Impacts, risks and opportunities
Impacts on biodiversity
(F-MM12.1/F-CO12.1) Have any of your projects caused, or have the potential to cause, significant adverse impact(s) on biodiversity?
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Any projects caused, or have the potential to cause, significant adverse impact(s) on biodiversity? | Comment |
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Select from: - Yes
- No
- Data not available
- Data available but not disclosing
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(F-MM12.1a/F-CO12.1a) For your disclosed mining projects, provide details of the significant adverse impacts on biodiversity, with respective response.
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Mining project ID | Type of impact | Impact | Description of the impact | Consequence | Likelihood | Describe response |
Select from: [List created from mining project IDs selected in F-MM10.1/ F-CO10.1]
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- Deforestation and/or forest degradation
- Conversion and/or degradation of natural habitats (other than forests)
- Negative impacts on legally or internationally recognized areas
- Fragmentation of ecosystems
- Loss of rare and threatened species
- Effects on sensitive or migratory species
- Negative impacts on ecosystem service provision
- Other, please specify
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- Moderate
- Serious
- Extreme
- Catastrophic
- Other, please specify
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- Almost certain
- Likely
- Possible
- Unlikely
- Rare
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Risks to the business
(F-MM12.2/F-CO12.2) Have you identified any biodiversity risks with the potential to have a substantive financial or strategic impact on your business?
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(F-MM12.2a/F-CO12.2a) How does your organization define substantive impact on your business?
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(F-MM12.2b/F-CO12.2b) For your disclosed mining projects, provide details of risks identified with the potential to have a substantive financial or strategic impact on your business, and your response to those risks.
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Type of risk
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Primary risk driver
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Primary potential impact
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Magnitude of the potential impact
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Likelihood
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Where does the risk driver occur?
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Select from:
- Physical
- Regulatory
- Reputational and markets
- Technological
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Select from:
- Response drop-down list below table
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Select from:
- Response drop-down list below table
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Select from:
- High
- Medium-high
- Medium
- Medium-low
- Low
- Unknown
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Select from:
- Virtually certain
- Very likely
- Likely
- More likely than not
- About as likely as not
- Unlikely
- Very unlikely
- Exceptionally unlikely
- Unknown
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Select from:
- Company-wide
- Selected mines, business units or geographies only
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Mining project ID | Company-specific description | Timeframe | Primary response to risk | Description of response |
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Select all that apply:
[List created from mining project IDs selected in F-MM10.1/ F-CO10.1]
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- Current - up to 1 year
- 1-3 years
- 4-6 years
- >6 years
- Unknown
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- Response drop-down list below table
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Primary risk driver (column 2)
Physical:
- Deforestation in project’s area of influence
- Operations in or adjacent to legally protected or internationally recognized areas
- Reserves located in or adjacent to legally protected or internationally recognized areas
- Presence of threatened species in or near mining operation
- Forest fires
- Limited area for disposing solid waste
- Other physical driver, please specify
Regulatory:
- Lack of mature certification and sustainability standards
- Uncertainty and/or conflicts involving land use
- Increased difficulty in obtaining operations permits
- Exposure to sanctions and litigation
- Poor enforcement of regulation
- Poor coordination between regulatory bodies
- Regulatory uncertainty
- Increased difficulty in obtaining operations permits
- Non-compliance with national legislation
- Changes to national legislation
- Non-compliance with international law and bilateral agreements
- Changes to international law and bilateral agreements
- Protected area designation
- Other regulatory driver, please specify
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Reputational and markets:
- Greater market concern over biodiversity issues
- Local community opposition
- Increased stakeholder concern or negative stakeholder feedback
- Negative media coverage
- Other reputational and market driver, please specify
Technological:
- Lack of monitoring systems
- Other technological driver, please specify
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Primary potential impact (column 3)
- Brand damage
- Change in revenue mix and sources
- Constraint to growth
- Closure of operations
- Decrease in shareholder value
- Disruption to sales
- Fines, penalties or enforcement orders
- Litigation
- Loss of license to operate
- Impact on company assets
- Disruption to workforce management and planning
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- Increased insurance premiums
- Reduced availability of insurance on assets in “high-risk” locations
- Increased capital costs
- Increased compliance costs
- Increased operating costs
- Increased production costs
- Reduction or disruption in production capacity
- Reduced demand for products and services
- Reduction in capital availability
- Supply chain disruption
- Other, please specify
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Primary response to risk (column 10)
- Implementation of environmental best practices in direct operations
- More ambitious biodiversity-related commitments
- Establishment of site-specific targets
- New product/technology development
- Market expansion
- Greater compliance with regulatory requirements
- Greater due diligence
- Greater focus on brownfield expansion
- Engagement with local community
- Engagement with customers
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- Engagement in multi-stakeholder initiatives
- Marketing campaign(s)
- Promotion of best practice and awareness
- Promotion of sustainable forest management, including financial incentives
- Promotion of certification, including financial incentives
- Voluntary engagement in conservation projects (including reforestation, afforestation and ecosystem restoration)
- Implementation of a landscape level approach
- Other, please specify
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Biodiversity-related opportunities
(F-MM12.3/F-CO12.3) Have you identified any biodiversity-related opportunities with the potential to have a substantive financial or strategic impact on your business?
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(F-MM12.3a/F-CO12.3a) For your disclosed mining projects, provide details of the identified opportunities with the potential to have a substantive financial or strategic impact on your business.
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Type of opportunity
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Primary biodiversity-related opportunity
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Financial incentives
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Where does the opportunity occur?
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Mining project ID
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Estimated timeframe for realization
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Company specific description & strategy to realize opportunity
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Select from:
- Efficiency
- Resilience
- Reputational and markets
- Products and services
- Other
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Select from:
- Response drop-down list below table
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Select from:
- Response drop-down list bellow table
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Select from:
- Company-wide
- Selected mines, business units or geographies only
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Select all that apply:
[List created from mining project IDs selected in F-MM10.1/F-CO10.1]
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Select from:
- Current - up to 1 year
- 1-3 years
- 4-6 years
- >6 years
- Unknown
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Primary biodiversity-related opportunity (column 2)
Efficiency:
- Cost savings
- Increased shareholder value
- Increased efficiency of production and/or distribution process
Resilience:
- Improved climate change adaptation
- Improved response to regulatory changes
- Improved staff retention
- Improved customer education
- Improved supply chain engagement
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Reputational and markets:
- Driving demand for sustainable materials
- Expansion into new markets
- Financial incentives, e.g., REDD+
- Improved community relations
- Positive stakeholder feedback
- Positive media coverage
- Positive reputational value
- Maintaining a social licence to operate
Products and services:
- Increased brand value
- Increased security of production
- Increased transparency
- Increased R&D and innovation opportunities
Other:
- Contribution to biodiversity knowledge
- Capacity building
- Other, please specify
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Financial incentives (column 3)*
- Community-based REDD+
- Jurisdictional REDD+
- Private REDD+
- Easier access, cheaper and/or more availability to credit
- Issuing green bonds
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- Payment for environmental services (other than REDD+)
- Financial reward from buyers
- Better market access
- Other, please specify
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* Column only appears depending on drop-down selection in C2 (Primary biodiversity-related opportunity)
F13 Governance
Biodiversity policy
(F-MM13.1/F-CO13.1) Does your organization have a policy that includes biodiversity-related issues?
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- Yes, we have a documented biodiversity policy that is publicly available
- Yes, we have a documented biodiversity policy, but it is not publicly available
- No, but we plan to develop one within the next two years
- No
(F-MM13.1a/F-CO13.1a) Select the options that best describe the scope and content of your policy.
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Format
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Content
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Please explain
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Select from:
- Stand-alone biodiversity policy
- Part of company-wide environmental/sustainability policy
- Other
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Select all that apply: - Recognition of the overall importance of natural habitats
- Recognition of potential business impact on natural habitats
- Description of timebound commitments and targets
- Description of biodiversity-related performance standards
- Commitments beyond regulatory compliance
- Commitment to transparency
- Commitment to stakeholder awareness and capacity-building
- Reference to international standards and widely-recognized biodiversity-related initiatives
- Commitment to protect rights and livelihoods of local communities
- Other, please specify
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Board-level oversight
(F-MM13.2/F-CO13.2) Is there board-level oversight of biodiversity-related issues within your organization?
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(F-MM13.2a/F-CO13.2a) Identify the position(s) of the individual(s) (do not include any names) on the board with responsibility for biodiversity-related issues.
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Position of individual
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Please explain
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Select from:
- Board Chair
- Director on board
- Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
- Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
- Chief Operating Officer (COO)
- Chief Procurement Officer (CPO)
- Chief Risk Officer (CRO)
- Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO)
- Other C-Suite Officer
- President
- Board-level committee
- Other, please specify
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(F-MM13.2b/F-CO13.2b) Provide further details on the board’s oversight of biodiversity-related issues.
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Frequency that biodiversity-related issues are a scheduled agenda item
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Governance mechanisms into which biodiversity-related issues are integrated
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Please explain
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Select from:
- Scheduled - all meetings
- Scheduled - some meetings
- Sporadic - as important matters arise
- Other, please specify
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Select all that apply:
- Monitoring implementation and performance
- Overseeing acquisitions and divestiture
- Overseeing major capital expenditures
- Providing employee incentives
- Reviewing and guiding annual budgets
- Reviewing and guiding business plans
- Reviewing and guiding corporate responsibility strategy
- Reviewing and guiding major plans of action
- Reviewing and guiding risk management policies
- Reviewing and guiding strategy
- Reviewing innovation / R&D priorities
- Setting performance objectives
- Other, please specify
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Management responsibility
(F-MM13.3/F-CO13.3) Provide the highest management-level position(s) or committee(s) with responsibility for biodiversity-related issues (do not include the names of individuals).
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Name of the position(s) and/or committee(s)
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Responsibility
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Frequency of reporting to the board on biodiversity-related issues
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Please explain
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Select from:- Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
- Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
- Chief Operating Officer (COO)
- Chief Procurement Officer (CPO)
- Chief Risk Officer (CRO)
- Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO)
- Other C-Suite Officer, please specify
- President
- Risk committee
- Sustainability committee
- Safety, Health, Environment and Quality committee
- Corporate responsibility committee
- Other committee, please specify
- Business unit manager
- Buyers/purchasers
- Energy manager
- Environmental, health and safety manager
- Environment/Sustainability manager
- Facilities manager
- Process operation manager
- Procurement manager
- Public affairs manager
- Risk manager
- There is no management-level responsibility for biodiversity-related issues
- Other, please specify
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Select from:- Assessing biodiversity-related risks and opportunities
- Managing biodiversity-related risks and opportunities
- Both assessing and managing biodiversity-related risks and opportunities
- Other, please specify
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Select from:- More frequently than quarterly
- Quarterly
- Half-yearly
- Annually
- Less frequently than annually
- As important matters arise
- Not reported to board
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Employee incentives
(F-MM13.4/F-CO13.4) Do you provide incentives to C-suite employees or board members for the management of biodiversity-related issues?
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Are there incentives to C-suite employees or board members?
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Comment
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Select from:
- Yes
- No, not currently but we do plan to introduce them in the next two years
- No, and we do not plan to introduce them in the next two years
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(F-MM13.4a/F-CO13.4a) What incentives are provided to C-Suite employees or board members for the management of biodiversity-related issues (do not include the names of individuals)?
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Type of incentives
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Who is entitled to benefit from these incentives?
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Indicator for incentivized performance
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Please explain
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Monetary reward
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Select all that apply:
- Board chair
- Board/Executive board
- Director on board
- Corporate executive team
- Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
- Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
- Chief Operating Officer (COO)
- Chief Procurement Officer (CPO)
- Chief Risk Officer (CRO)
- Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO)
- Chief Purchasing Officer (CPO)
- Other C-suite Officer
- Other, please specify
- No one is entitled to these incentives
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Select all that apply:
- Achievement of commitments and targets
- Other, please specify
- No indicator for incentivized performance
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Recognition (non-monetary)
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Other non-monetary reward
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F14 Business strategy
Strategic business plan
(F-MM14.1/F-CO14.1) Are biodiversity issues integrated into any aspects of your long-term strategic business plan, and if so how?
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Aspect of strategy
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Are biodiversity-related issues integrated?
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Long-term time horizon (years)
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Please explain
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Long-term business objectives
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Select from:
- Yes, biodiversity-related issues are integrated
- No, biodiversity -related issues were reviewed but not considered as strategically relevant/significant
- No, biodiversity-related issues not yet reviewed, but there are plans to do so in the next two years
- No, biodiversity-related issues were not reviewed and there are no plans to do so
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Select from:
- 5-10
- 11-15
- 16-20
- 21-30
- >30
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Strategy for long-term objectives
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Financial planning
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F15 Implementation
Biodiversity-related commitments
(F-MM15.1/F-CO15.1) Has your organization made any public commitment(s) to reduce or avoid impacts on biodiversity?
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(F-MM15.1a/F-CO15.1a) Provide details on your public commitment(s), including the description of specific criteria, coverage, and timeframe.
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Commitment
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Coverage
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% of total production covered by commitment
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Commitment timeframe
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Please explain
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Select from:
- Adoption of the mitigation hierarchy approach
- Net Positive Impact
- No Net Loss
- Not to explore or develop mines in World Heritage sites
- Not to explore or develop mines in legally designated protected areas
- Respect legally designated protected areas
- Avoidance of negative impacts on threatened and protected species
- No conversion of High Conservation Value areas
- Free, Prior and Informed Consent of Indigenous Peoples
- Other, please specify
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Select from:
- Company-wide
- Selected mines, business units or geographies only
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Select from:
- <1%
- 1-5%
- 6-10%
- 11-20%
- 21-30%
- 31-40%
- 41-50%
- 51-60%
- 61-70%
- 71-80%
- 81-90%
- 91-99%
- 100%
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Select from:
- <2017
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021-2025
- 2026-2030
- >2030
- Mine closure
- No specified timeframe
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Biodiversity-related targets
(F-MM15.2/F-CO15.2) Have you specified any measurable and time-bound targets related to your commitment(s) to reduce or avoid impacts on biodiversity?
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(F-MM15.2a/F-CO15.2a) Provide details of your target(s) related to your commitment(s) to reduce or avoid impacts on biodiversity, and progress made.
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Target reference number
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Target label |
Base year
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Target year |
% achieved |
Please explain |
Select from:
- Target 1
- Target 2
- Target 3
- Target 4
- Target 5
- Target 6
- Target 7
- Target 8
- Target 9
- Target 10
- Target 11
- Target 12
- Target 13
- Target 14
- Target 15
- Target 16
- Target 17
- Target 18
- Target 19
- Target 20
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[YYYY]
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[YYYY]
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Select from: - 0%
- 1-10%
- 11-20%
- 21-30%
- 31-40%
- 41-50%
- 51-60%
- 61-70%
- 71-80%
- 81-90%
- 91-99%
- 100%
- Data not available
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Biodiversity Action Plan
(F-MM15.3/F-CO15.3) Provide details on mining projects that are required to produce Biodiversity Action Plans.
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Number of mining projects required to produce a biodiversity action plan | % mining projects required to produce a biodiversity action plan that have one in place | Format | Frequency biodiversity action plans are reviewed | Please explain |
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Numerical field [enter a number from 0-999,999,999,999] | Numerical field [enter a number from 0-100] | Select all that apply:- Stand-alone document
- Part of general Environmental Management System
- Other, please specify
| Select all that apply:- Regularly
- Eventually
- Not reviewed
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Mitigation hierarchy
(F-MM15.4/F-CO15.4) Has your organization adopted avoidance and/or minimization as strategies to prevent or mitigate significant adverse impacts on biodiversity?
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(F-MM15.4a/F-CO15.4a) Provide relevant company-specific examples of your implementation of avoidance and minimization actions to manage adverse impacts on biodiversity.
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Mining project ID
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Approach
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Type of measure
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Description
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Select from: [List created from mining project IDs selected in F-MM10.1/ F-CO10.1]
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Select from:
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Select from: Avoidance
- Site selection
- Project design
- Scheduling
- Other avoidance measure, please specify
Minimization - Physical controls
- Operational controls
- Abatement controls
- Other minimization measure, please specify
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(F-MM15.5/F-CO15.5) Have significant impacts on biodiversity been mitigated through restoration?
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Have significant impacts on biodiversity been mitigated through restoration?
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Comment
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Select from:
- Yes
- Partially
- No
- Data not available
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(F-MM15.5a/ F-CO15.5a) Provide details on restoration actions you have in place in your sites.
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Mining project ID
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Description of the impact being mitigated by restoration | Type of ecosystem restored | Total area restored to date (hectares)
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Total area to be restored (hectares)
| Target year |
Describe restoration actions |
Select from:
[List created from mining project IDs selected in F-MM10.1/ F-CO10.1]
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Text field [maximum 2,400 characters] | Select from:- Forest ecosystems
- Other ecosystems
- Data not available
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Numerical field [enter a number from 0-999,999,999,999 using a maximum of 2 decimal places]
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Numerical field [enter a number from 0-999,999,999,999 using a maximum of 2 decimal places]
| [YYYY] |
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(F-MM15.6/F-CO15.6) Have significant residual impacts of your projects been compensated through biodiversity offsets?
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Have residual impacts been compensated through biodiversity offsets?
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Comment
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Select from:
- Yes
- Partially
- No
- Data not available
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Text field [maximum 2,400 characters]
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(F-MM15.6a/F-CO15.6a) Provide details on the biodiversity offsets you have in place.
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Mining project ID
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Description of the impact being offset
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Motivation
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Type of offset
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Area (hectares)
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Describe the offset
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Select from:
[List created from mining project IDs selected in F-MM10.1/ F-CO10.1]
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Text field [maximum 2,400 characters]
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Select from:
- Voluntary
- Lender requirements
- Legal requirements
- Other, please specify
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Select from:
- Restoration offset (forests)
- Restoration offset (other)
- Averted loss offset (forests)
- Averted loss offset (other)
- Compensation agreements
- Other, please specify
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Numerical field [enter a number from 0-999,999,999,999 using a maximum of 2 decimal places]
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Additional conservation actions
(F-MM15.7/F-CO15.7) Is your organization implementing or supporting additional conservation actions?
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Implementing or supporting additional conservation actions?
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Comment
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Select from:
- Yes
- No
- Data not available
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(F-MM15.7a/F-MCO15.7a) Provide details on the main additional conservation actions you are implementing or supporting.
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Project title
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Project theme
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Country/Region
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Location
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Primary motivation
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Text field [maximum 500 characters]
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Select from:
- Forest conservation
- Protected areas
- Threatened species
- Restoration (forests)
- Restoration (other)
- Community development
- Other, please specify
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Select from:
[List of countries/regions]
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Select from:
- In the area of influence of mining project
- Outside area of influence of mining project
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Select from:
- Voluntary
- Lender requirements
- Legal requirements
- Other, please specify
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Timeframe | Start year | End year | Description of project | Description of outcome to date |
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Select from:
| [YYYY]
| [YYYY]
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Closure and rehabilitation
(F-MM15.8/F-CO15.8) Do your mining projects have closure plans in place?
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Are there closure plans in place?
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Comment
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Select one of the following options:
- Yes
- Partially (not all projects)
- No
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Text field [maximum 2,400 characters]
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(F-MM15.8a/F-CO15.8a) Please provide details on mines with closure plans.
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Percentage of mines with closure plans
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Percentage of closure plans that take biodiversity aspects into consideration
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Is there a financial provision for mine closure expenditure?
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Frequency closure plans are reviewed
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Please explain
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Numerical field [enter a number from 0-100]
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Numerical field [enter a number from 0-100]
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Select from:
- Yes, for all mines
- Yes, for some mines
- No
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Select all that apply:
- Regularly (all projects)
- Regularly (some projects)
- Occasionally (all projects)
- Occasionally (some projects)
- Not reviewed (all projects)
- Not reviewed (some projects)
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Text field [maximum 2,400 characters]
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(F-MM15.9/F-CO15.9) Can you disclose the area rehabilitated (in total and in the reporting year) for each of your mining projects?
Change from 2018
New question
Response options
Please complete the following table:
Disclosing area rehabilitated (in total and in the reporting year)? | Comment |
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Select from: | Text field [maximum 2,400 characters] |
(F-MM15.9a/F-CO15.9a) Provide details on the area rehabilitated (total/reporting year) for each of your mining projects, including post-mining land use.
Question dependencies
This question only appears if you select ‘Yes’ or ‘Partially’ in response to F-MM15.9/F-CO15.9.
Change from 2018
New question
Response options
Please complete the following table. You can add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.
Mining project ID
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Total area rehabilitated (hectares)
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Area rehabilitated in the reporting year (hectares)
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Describe post-mining land use
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Select from:
[List created from mining project IDs selected in F-MM10.1/ F-CO10.1]
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Numerical field [enter a number from 0-999,999,999,999 using a maximum of 2 decimal places]
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Numerical field [enter a number from 0-999,999,999,999 using a maximum of 2 decimal places]
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Text field [maximum 2,400 characters]
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[Add row]
F16 Engagement
Engagement activities
(F-MM16.1/F-CO16.1) Do you participate in or endorse any of the following global initiatives?
Change from 2018
New question
Response options
Please complete the following table:
Global initiative
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Participate or endorse?
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Comment
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Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
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- Yes
- No, but plan do so in the next 2 years
- No
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Text field [maximum 2,400 characters] |
UN Global Compact
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Natural Capital Coalition
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Business and Biodiversity Pledge
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New York Declaration on Forests
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(F-MM16.2/F-CO16.2) Do you participate in or support industry-led and/or standards-setting initiatives and organizations promoting sustainability in the mining sector?
Change from 2018
New question
Response options
Please complete the following table:
Participating or supporting industry-led and/or standards-setting initiatives? | Comment |
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Select from:- Yes
- No, but plan to get involved in the next 2 years
- No
| Text field [maximum 2,400 characters] |
(F-MM16.2a/F-CO16.2a) Indicate the initiatives and/or organizations you took part in or supported during the reporting year.
Question dependencies
This question only appears if you select 'Yes' in response to F-MM16.2/F-CO16.2.
Change from 2018
New question
Response options
Please complete the following table. You can add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.
Activities
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Initiatives
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Comment
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Select from:
- Industry-led mining sustainability initiative/organization
- Standard-setting initiative/organization
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Select all that apply:
Industry-led mining sustainability initiative/organization- ICMM
- Towards Sustainable Mining - TSM (Mining Association of Canada)
- Finnish Network for Sustainable Mining
- Sustainable Mining Initiative – SMI (India)
- Other industry-led initiative, please specify
Standard-setting initiative/organization- Initiative for Responsible Mining (IRMA)
- Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC)
- Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI)
- ResponsibleSteel
- Bettercoal
- Business and Biodiversity Offsets Programme (BBOP)
- Other standard-setting initiative, please specify
|
Text field [maximum 2,400 characters]
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[Add row]
(F-MM16.3/F-CO16.3) Do you collaborate or engage in partnerships with non-governmental organizations to promote the implementation of your biodiversity-related goals and commitments?
Change from 2018
New question
Response options
Please complete the following table:
Collaborating or partnering with non-governmental organizations? | Comment |
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Select from:- Yes
- No, but plan to get involved in the next 2 years
- No
| Text field [maximum 2,400 characters] |
(F-MM16.3a/F-CO16.3a) Provide details on main collaborations and/or partnerships with non-governmental organizations that were active during the reporting year.
Question dependencies
This question only appears if you select 'Yes' in response to F-MM16.3/F-CO16.3.
Change from 2018
New question
Response options
Please complete the following table. You can add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.
Organization
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Scope of collaboration
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Mining project ID*
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Areas of collaborations
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Describe the nature of the collaboration
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Duration (until)
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Text field [maximum 500 characters]
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Select from:
- Company-wide
- Specific mining project(s)
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Select all that apply:
[List created from mining project IDs selected in F-MM10.1/ F-CO10.1]
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Select all that apply:
- Deforestation and /or forest degradation
- Biodiversity Action Plans
- Protected areas
- Endangered species
- Offsets
- Restoration
- Landscape-scale assessments
- Other, please specify
|
Text field [maximum 2,400 characters]
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Select from:
- 2018-2020
- 2021-2025
- 2026-2030
- >2030
- No specified timeframe
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[Add row]
* This column is shown if "Specific mining projects" is selected in column 2 (Scope of collaboration)
(F-MM16.4/F-CO16.4) Do you engage with artisanal and small-scale miners operating in or in the area of influence of your mining concessions?
Question dependencies
This question only appears if you select 'Yes' in response to F-MM10.4/F-CO10.4.
Change from 2018
New question
Response options
Select one of the following options:
(F-MM16.4a/F-CO16.4a) Describe your engagement approach to artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) during the reporting year.
Question dependencies
This question only appears if you select 'Yes' in response to F-MM16.4/F-CO16.4.
Change from 2018
New question
Response options
Please complete the following table. You can add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.
Mining project ID
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Forms of engagement
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Please explain
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Select all that apply: [List created from mining project IDs selected in F-MM10.1/ F-CO10.1]
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Select from:- Regularisation of ASM
- Establishment of alternative livelihood programs
- Resettlement of ASM miners
- Employment of ASM miners as workers
- Other, please specify
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Text field [maximum 2,400 characters]
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[Add row]
(F-MM16.5/F-CO16.5) Do you engage with other stakeholders to further the implementation of your policies concerning biodiversity?
Change from 2018
New question
Response options
Select one of the following options:
(F-MM16.5a/F-CO16.5a) Provide relevant examples of other biodiversity-related engagement activities that happened during the reporting year.
Question dependencies
This question only appears if you select 'Yes' in response to F-MM16.5/F-CO16.5.
Change from 2018
New question
Response options
Please complete the following table. You can add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.
Activities
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Mining project ID |
Please explain
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Select from:
- Participating in landscape-scale planning processes
- Engaging with local communities
- Engaging with indigenous peoples
- Funding research organizations
- Participating in government-led initiatives
- Other, please specify
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Select all that apply: [List created from mining project IDs selected in F-MM10.1/ F-CO10.1]
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Text field [maximum 2,400 characters]
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[Add row]
F17 Verification
Verification of biodiversity information
(F-MM17.1/F-CO17.1) Do you verify any biodiversity-related information reported in your CDP disclosure?
Change from 2018
New question
Response options
Select one of the following options:
- Yes
- In progress
- No, but we are actively considering verifying in the next two years
- No, we are waiting for more mature verification standards/processes
- No, we do not verify any biodiversity-related information reported in our CDP disclosure, and there are no plans to do so
(F-MM17.1a/F-CO17.1a) Which data points within your CDP disclosure have been verified, and which standards were used?
Question dependencies
This question only appears if you select 'Yes' in response to F-MM17.1/F-CO17.1.
Change from 2018
New question
Response options
Please
complete the following table. You can add rows by using the “Add Row” button at
the bottom of the table.
Disclosure module
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Data points verified
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Verification standard
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Please explain
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Select from:
- F1. Introduction
- F10. Current state
- F11.
Procedures
- F12. Impacts, risks and opportunities
- F13. Governance
- F14. Business strategy
- F15. Implementation
- Other,
please specify
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Text field [maximum 1,000 characters]
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Text field [maximum 1,000 characters]
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Text field [maximum 2,000 characters]
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[Add Row]
F18 Signoff
Further information
(F-FI) Use this field to provide any additional information or context that you feel is relevant to your organization’s response. Please note that this field is optional and is not scored.
Response options
This is an open text question with a limit of 9,999 characters.
When copying from another document to the disclosure platform, formatting is not retained.
Note
- Click the “File upload” button (paperclip icon) to drag and drop a file if you want to attach one.
Signoff
(F18.1) Provide the following information for the person that has signed off (approved) your CDP forests response.
Change from 2018
No change
Response options
Please complete the following table:
Job title
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Corresponding job category
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Text field [maximum 200 characters]
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Select from:
- Board Chair
- Board/Executive board
- Director on board
- Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
- Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
- Chief Operating Officer (COO)
- Chief Procurement Officer (CPO)
- Chief Risk Officer (CRO)
- Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO)
- Other C-Suite Officer
- President
- Business unit manager
- Energy manager
- Environmental, Health and Safety manager
- Environment/Sustainability manager
- Facilities manager
- Process operation manager
- Procurement manager
- Public affairs manager
- Risk manager
- Other, please specify
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Important Information
Companies should not consider their CDP response a means of complying with any regulatory requirement to share financially sensitive non-public information with the market. You may wish to consult with your financial, legal, and/or compliance departments for advice on your company’s general approach to the provision of forward-looking statements and information concerning risks.
CDP questionnaire copyright and licensed use
The copyright to CDP’s annual questionnaire/s is owned by CDP Worldwide, a registered charity number 1122330 and a company limited by guarantee, registered in England number 05013650. Any use of any part of the questionnaire, including the questions, must be licensed by CDP. Any unauthorized use is prohibited and CDP reserves the right to protect its copyright by all legal means necessary.
Terms for responding to Investors (2019 Forests)
These terms apply if you are submitting a response to the CDP Forests Questionnaire 2019 to Investors. If you are also submitting a response to Supply Chain Members the Terms for responding to Supply Chain Members (2019 Forests), below, will also apply.
1.DEFINITIONS
Billing Company: means the organization determined in accordance with the table at the end of these terms.
CDP: means CDP Worldwide, a charitable company registered with the Charity Commission of England and Wales (registered charity no. 1122330 and a company number 05013650). References to “we”, “our” and “us” in these terms are references to CDP and the Billing Company.
Deadline: means 13 September 2019.
Fee: means the fee set out in the table at the end of these terms, which is exclusive of any applicable taxes.
Full version: means the version of the Questionnaire which contains all questions that are applicable to you.
Minimum version: means the version of the Questionnaire which contains a subset of the questions included in the Full Version.
Personal Data: means data which relates to an individual who can be identified from the data, such as a person’s name and job title.
Questionnaire: means the Full Version and the Minimum Version of the CDP Forests Questionnaire 2019.
Responding Company: means the company responding to the Questionnaire. References to “you” and “your” in these terms are references to the Responding Company.
2.PARTIES
The parties to these terms shall be CDP, the Billing Company (where the Billing Company is not CDP) and the Responding Company.
3.THESE TERMS
These are the terms that apply when you submit a response to our Questionnaire to Investors. If you do not agree to these terms, please contact us at [email protected] to discuss them with us.
4.RESPONDING TO OUR QUESTIONNAIRE
General. When responding to our Questionnaire, you will be given a choice as to whether your response can be made public or whether your response is non-public. We strongly encourage you to make your response public.
Deadline for responding. You must submit your response to us using our online response system by the Deadline for your response to be eligible for scoring and inclusion in any reports.
Public responses. If you agree that your response can be made public, we may use and make it available for all purposes that we decide (whether for a fee or otherwise), including, for example, making your responses available on our website, to our investor signatories and other third parties and scoring your response.
Non-public responses. If your response is non-public, we may use it only as follows:
(a) make it available as soon as it is received by CDP to our investor signatories (as listed on our website) either directly or through Bloomberg terminals, for any use within their organizations but not for publication unless any data from your response has been anonymized or aggregated in such manner that it has the effect of being anonymized;
(b) make it available as soon as it is received by CDP to our group companies and affiliates (for example, CDP North America, Inc), our country partners, research partners, report writers and scoring partners:
(i) to score your response; and
(ii) for any other use within their organizations but not for publication unless any data from your response has been anonymized or aggregated in such manner that it has the effect of being anonymized.
Amending your response. You may amend a response that you have submitted at any time before the Deadline. After the Deadline has passed, certain amendments to your response can only be made by our staff and we may charge a fee for making them. Please note that any changes to your response after the Deadline may not be reflected in any score or in any report. Please email [email protected] for more information about amending your response.
Scoring of responses to the Full Version (of the Questionnaire). If you submit your response to the Full Version in English using our online response system:
(a) by the Deadline, your response will be scored;
(b) after the Deadline but on or before 30 September 2019 you can request an ‘On-Demand’ score for a fee. Please email [email protected] for more information on On-Demand scoring.
Please contact your local CDP office for information about scoring if you intend to submit your response in a language other than English.
Scoring of responses to the Minimum Version (of the Questionnaire). Responses to the Minimum Version will only be scored in certain circumstances. Please contact your local CDP office for further information.
Publication and use of scores. If you are responding to a CDP Forests Questionnaire for the first time or have received an On-Demand score, you may choose for your score to be “private” but in all other cases CDP may publish your score, and use and make it available for all purposes that we decide (whether for a fee or otherwise), regardless of whether your response is public or non-public. If you choose for your score to be “private”, unless you achieve an A grade in which case we may make your score public, we may only make it available to our group companies and affiliates (for example, CDP North America, Inc), our country partners, research partners, report writers and scoring partners, in each case for any use within their organizations but not for publication. Note that if you also submit your response to Supply Chain Members it will also be available to any Supply Chain Member that has asked you to respond to the Questionnaire. For further details please see the Terms for responding to Supply Chain Members (2019 Forests).
5.FEE
Fee. We are a not-for-profit organization and charge certain companies an annual administrative fee to enable us to maintain the disclosure system. Unless you are exempt from paying the Fee, as set out below, if you are listed, incorporated or headquartered in a country/region that is listed in the next paragraph, you are required to pay the Fee plus any applicable taxes. The Fee is payable once regardless of how many responses (climate change, forests and water security) you submit in 2019. Please note that we may charge an additional fee if you want to amend your response after the Deadline or if you submit your response after the Deadline and you would like it to be scored.
Countries/regions where the Fee applies. A Responding Company will be required to pay the Fee if it is listed, incorporated or headquartered in any one of the following countries/regions:
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Cayman Islands, Channel Islands, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, the UK or the USA.
Exemptions from the Fee. A Responding Company is exempt from paying the Fee if:
(a) it falls within one of CDP’s investor samples and it has not submitted a response to CDP in the last three years; or
(b) it is responding only to CDP’s supply chain request.
Please note we will decide in our absolute discretion as to whether the Fee is payable or not and we will notify you before you submit your response. A full list of companies in our investor samples is available on our website.
Payment of the Fee. You must pay the Fee by credit or debit card or request an invoice via CDP’s online corporate dashboard, which must be paid within such time as set out in the invoice. Please note that you will not be able to submit your response unless you have paid the Fee, you have requested an invoice or you are exempt from paying the Fee.
6.RIGHTS IN THE RESPONSES
Ownership. All intellectual property rights in your response will be owned by you or your licensors.
License. You grant to us, or shall procure for us, a perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, assignable, sub-licensable, royalty-free and global license to use your response and any copyright and data base rights in your response for the uses set out in these terms.
7.IMPORTANT REPRESENTATIONS
You confirm that:
(a) the person submitting the response to us is authorized by you to submit the response;
(b) you have obtained all necessary consents and permissions to submit the response to us; and
(c) the response that you submit:
(i) does not infringe the rights of any third party (including privacy, publicity or intellectual property rights);
(ii) does not defame any third party; and
(iii) does not include any Personal Data.
8.LIABILITY
We do not exclude or limit in any way our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or the negligence of our employees, agents or subcontractors; for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
We are not liable for business losses. Subject to these terms, CDP and the Billing Company have no liability to you in any circumstances for any loss of revenue, loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption, loss of business opportunity, loss of goodwill, loss of reputation, loss of, damage to or corruption of data or software or any indirect or consequential loss or damage.
Exclusion of liability. Subject to these terms, CDP and the Billing Company have no liability to you in any circumstances arising from the content or submission of your response to us, our use of your response and/or the use of your response by any third parties.
Limitation of liability. Subject to these terms, CDP and the Billing Company’s total liability to you in all circumstances shall be limited to an amount equivalent to the Fee or to £625 if you are not required to pay the Fee.
9.GENERAL
We may transfer our rights to someone else. We may transfer our rights and obligations under these terms to another organization.
Nobody else has any rights under these terms. These terms are between you and us. No other person shall have any rights to enforce any of its terms.
Entire agreement. These terms constitute the entire agreement between you and us unless you also choose to share your response with supply chain members, in which case you will also be subject to our Terms for responding to Supply Chain Members (2019 Forests).
Variation. CDP (acting on its own behalf and the Billing Company’s behalf, if applicable) reserves the right to change these terms at any time. Such changes shall be effective immediately or such other time as CDP elects. In the event of any materially adverse changes, you may request to withdraw your response within 30 days of us notifying you of the change.
If a court finds part of these terms illegal, the rest will continue in force. Each of the paragraphs of these terms operates separately. If any court or relevant authority decides that any of them are unlawful, the remaining paragraphs will remain in full force and effect.
Governing law and jurisdiction. These terms are governed by English law and you and us both agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts to resolve any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with these terms or their subject matter or formation.
Language. If these terms are translated into any language other than English, the English language version will prevail.
10.AMOUNT OF FEE
Location of Responding Company
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Fee (exclusive of any applicable taxes)
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Brazil
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BRL 3,560
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India
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INR 67,000
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Japan
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JPY 97,500
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UK
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GBP 625
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Europe (excluding UK)
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EUR 925
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Rest of the world
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USD 975
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11.BILLING COMPANY
Billing Company | Location of Responding Company |
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CDP Worldwide
| Australia, Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Channel Islands, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom
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CDP Worldwide (Europe) gGmbH
| Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
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CDP North America, Inc
| Canada, USA
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Carbon Disclosure Project (Latin America)
| Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru
|
Carbon Disclosure Project India
| India
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一般社団法人
CDP Worldwide-Japan
| Japan
|
If the Responding Company is located in a territory that is not listed in the table above, the Billing Company shall be CDP Worldwide.
Terms for responding to Supply Chain Members (2019 Forests)
These terms apply if you are submitting a response to the CDP Forests Questionnaire 2019 to Supply Chain Members. If you are also submitting a response to Investors the Terms for responding to Investors (2019 Forests), above, will also apply.
1.DEFINITIONS
CDP: means CDP Worldwide, a charitable company registered with the Charity Commission of England and Wales (registered charity no. 1122330 and a company number 05013650). References to “we”, “our” and “us” in these terms are references to CDP.
Deadline: means 13 September 2019.
Full version: means the version of the Questionnaire which contains all questions that are applicable to you.
Minimum version: means the version of the Questionnaire which contains a subset of the questions included in the Full Version.
Personal Data: means data which relates to an individual who can be identified by such data, such as a person’s name and job title.
Questionnaire: means the Full Version and the Minimum Version of the CDP Forests Questionnaire 2019.
Responding Company: means the company responding to the Questionnaire. References to “you” and “your” in these terms are references to the Responding Company.
Supply Chain Member: means an organization that is requesting data from its suppliers.
2.PARTIES
The parties to these terms shall be CDP and the Responding Company.
3.THESE TERMS
These are the terms that apply when you submit a response to our Questionnaire to Supply Chain Members. If you do not agree to these terms, please contact us at [email protected] to discuss them with us.
4.RESPONDING TO OUR QUESTIONNAIRE
General. When responding to our Questionnaire, you will be given a choice as to whether your response can be made public or whether your response is non-public. We strongly encourage you to make your response public, but in either case, we will not divulge the relationship between you and any Supply Chain Member that has asked you to respond other than to our group companies and affiliates (for example, CDP North America, Inc), our country partners, research partners, report writers and scoring partners, all of which are obliged to keep such relationship confidential.
Deadline for responding. You must submit your response to us using our online response system by the Deadline for your response to be eligible for scoring and inclusion in any reports.
Public responses. If you agree that your response can be made public, we may use and make it available for all purposes that we decide (whether for a fee or otherwise), including, for example, making your responses available on our website, to our investor signatories and other third parties and scoring your response. Note that information you submit within the Supply Chain module (2019 Forests) will be treated as non-public (see below for details).
Non-public responses. If your response is non-public, we may use it only as follows:
(a) make it available as soon as it is received by CDP to any Supply Chain Member that has asked you to respond to the Questionnaire for any use within their organization but not for publication unless any data from your response has been anonymized or aggregated in such manner that it has the effect of being anonymized;
(b) make it available as soon as it is received by CDP to our group companies and affiliates, our country partners, research partners, report writers and scoring partners:
(i) to score your response; and
(ii) for any other use within their organizations but not for publication unless any data from your response has been anonymized or aggregated in such manner that it has the effect of being anonymized.
Supply Chain module (2019 Forests). Information you submit in response to the Supply Chain module (2019 Forests) (questions SF0, SF1, and SF2 of the Questionnaire) will be treated as non-public even if you choose to make your response public. Questions SF1.1, SF2.1, and SF2.2a ask you to select a Supply Chain Member using a drop-down menu in our online response system, and only the Supply Chain Member you select for each row will have access to the information in it. For all other questions in the Supply Chain module (2019 Forests) the information you submit will be accessible to any Supply Chain Member that has asked you to respond to the Questionnaire. All information you submit in the Supply Chain module (2019 Forests) will be accessible to CDP and to our group companies and affiliates, our country partners, research partners, report writers and scoring partners, all of which are obliged to keep such information confidential.
Amending your response. You may amend a response that you have submitted at any time before the Deadline. After the Deadline has passed, certain amendments to your response can only be made by our staff and we may charge a fee. Please note that any changes that you make to your response after the Deadline may not be reflected in any score or in any report. Please email [email protected] for more information about amending your response.
Scoring of responses to the Full Version (of the Questionnaire). If you submit your response to the Full Version in English using our online response system:
(a) by the Deadline, your response will be scored;
(b) after the Deadline but on or before 30 September 2019 you can request an ‘On-Demand’ score for a fee. Please email [email protected] for more information on On-Demand scoring.
Please contact your local CDP office for information about scoring if you intend to submit your response in a language other than English.
Scoring of responses to the Minimum Version (of the Questionnaire). Responses to the Minimum Version will only be scored in certain circumstances. Please contact your local CDP office for further information.
Publication of scores. Unless you achieve an A grade, in which case we may make your score public, we may only make your score available to any Supply Chain Member that has asked you to respond to the Questionnaire, our group companies and affiliates (for example, CDP North America, Inc), our country partners, research partners, report writers and scoring partners, in each case for any use within their organizations but not for publication.
5.RIGHTS IN THE RESPONSES
Ownership. All intellectual property rights in your response will be owned by you or your licensors.
License. You grant to us, or shall procure for us, a perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, assignable, sub-licensable, royalty-free and global license to use your response and any copyright and data base rights in your response for the uses set out in these terms.
6.IMPORTANT REPRESENTATIONS
You confirm that:
(a) the person submitting the response to us is authorized by you to submit the response;
(b) you have obtained all necessary consents and permissions to submit the response to us; and
(c) the response that you submit:
(i) does not infringe the rights of any third party (including privacy, publicity or intellectual property rights);
(ii) does not defame any third party; and
(iii) does not include any Personal Data.
7.LIABILITY
We do not exclude or limit in any way our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or the negligence of our employees, agents or subcontractors; for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
We are not liable for business losses. Subject to these terms, CDP has no liability to you in any circumstances for any loss of revenue, loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption, loss of business opportunity, loss of goodwill, loss of reputation, loss of, damage to or corruption of data or software or any indirect or consequential loss or damage.
Exclusion of liability. Subject to these terms, CDP has no liability to you in any circumstances arising from the content or submission of your response to us, our use of your response and/or the use of your response by any third parties.
Limitation of liability. Subject to these terms, CDP’s total liability to you in all circumstances shall be limited to £625.
8.GENERAL
We may transfer our rights to someone else. We may transfer our rights and obligations under these terms to another organization.
Nobody else has any rights under these terms. These terms are between you and us. No other person shall have any rights to enforce any of its terms.
Entire agreement. These terms constitute the entire agreement between you and us, unless you also choose to share your response with investors in which case you will also be subject to our Terms for responding to Investors (2019 Forests).
Variation. CDP reserves the right to change these terms at any time. Such changes shall be effective immediately or such other time as CDP elects. In the event of any materially adverse changes, you may request to withdraw your response within 30 days of us notifying you of the change.
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About CDP
CDP is an international non-profit that drives companies and governments to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, safeguard water resources and protect forests.
Voted number one climate research provider by investors and working with institutional investors with assets of US$96 trillion, we leverage investor and buyer power to motivate companies to disclose and manage their environmental impacts.
Over 7,000 companies with some 50% of global market capitalization disclosed environmental data through CDP in 2018. This is in addition to the over 750 cities, states and regions who disclosed, making CDP’s platform one of the richest sources of information globally on how companies and governments are driving environmental change. CDP, formerly Carbon Disclosure Project, is a founding member of the We Mean Business Coalition. Please visit www.cdp.net or follow us @CDP to find out more.
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CDP Worldwide (CDP) is a UK Registered Charity no. 1122330 and a company limited by guarantee registered in England no. 05013650. The charity has wholly owned subsidiaries in Germany and China and companies in Australia, Brazil and India over which it exercises control through majority Board representation. In the US, CDP North America, Inc. is an independently incorporated affiliate which has United States IRS 501(c)(3) charitable status.
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