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Social indicators

This table shows which elements of the global reporting initiative guidelines are covered in our report or elsewhere on the GSK website

GRI guideline     Covered? Link
Performance: Labour practices and decent work
Employment
LA1 Core Breakdown of workforce by region/country, employment type (full/ part time) and employment contract (permanent/ temporary) Partial Total number of employees and countries:

Employment practices
LA2 Core Net employment creation and average turnover segmented by region/ country No  
LA12 Additional Employee benefits beyond those legally mandated (e.g. contributions to health care, maternity, education and retirement) Yes Information on our total reward programme:

Your reward package
Labour / management relations
LA3 Core Percentage of employees represented by independent trade union organisations or other bona fide employee representatives, broken down geographically, OR percentage covered by collective bargaining agreements Partial Freedom of association
LA4 Core Policy and procedures involving information, consultation and negotiation with employees over changes in the organisation's operations (e.g. restructuring) Partial Internal communication
LA13 Additional Provision for formal worker representation in decision making or management, including corporate governance Partial Information on consultation forums:

Internal communication
Health and safety
LA5 Core Practices on recording and notification of occupational accidents and diseases, and how they relate to the ILO Code of Practice on Recording and Notification of Occupational Accidents and Diseases Partial Health and safety
LA6 Core Description of formal joint health and safety committees comprising management and worker representatives and proportion of workforce covered No Health and safety management is covered in:

How we manage health and safety
LA7 Core Standard injury, lost day and absentee rates and number of work-related fatalities (including subcontracted workers) Yes Injury and illness rates

Health and safety/suppliers and contractors
LA8 Core Description of policies or programmes (for the workplace and beyond) on HIV/AIDS Yes Programmes for employees:

Health programmes

HIV/AIDS

Programmes to increase access to HIV/AIDS medicines in developing countries:

Access to medicines

Community programmes for HIV/AIDS:

Major health initiatives
LA14 Additional Evidence of substantial compliance with the ILO guidelines for occupational health management systems Partial Health and safety management is covered in:

How we manage health and safety
LA15 Additional Description of formal agreements with trade unions or other bona fide employee representatives covering health and safety at work and proportion of the workforce covered No  
Training and education
LA9 Core Average hours of training per year per employee by category of employee (e.g. senior/ middle management, professional, technical.) Partial Employee development
LA16 Additional Description of programmes to support the continued employability of employees and to manage career endings Partial Employee development
LA17 Additional Specific policies and programmes for skills management or for lifelong learning Yes Employee development
Diversity and opportunity
LA10 Core Description of equal opportunity policies or programmes, as well as monitoring systems to ensure compliance and results of monitoring Yes Diversity
LA11 Core Composition of senior management and corporate governance bodies (including board of directors), including female/male ratio and other indicators of diversity as culturally appropriate Yes Data on gender diversity and ethnicity:

Diversity

About GSK/corporate governance
Performance: human rights
Strategy and management
HR1 Core Description of policies, guidelines, corporate structure and procedures to deal with all aspects of human rights relevant to the reporter's operations, including monitoring mechanisms and results (state how policies relate to existing international standards such as UDHR and the ILO's Fundamental Conventions) Yes Human rights
HR2 Core Evidence of consideration of human rights impacts as part of investment and procurement decisions, including selection of suppliers/contractors Yes Suppliers
HR3 Core Description of policies and procedures to evaluate and address human rights performance within the reporting organisation's supply chain and contractors Yes Suppliers
HR8 Additional Employees training on the reporter's policies and practices concerning all aspects of human rights relevant to the reporter's operations Yes Suppliers
Nondiscrimination
HR4 Core Description of global policy and procedures/programmes preventing all forms of discrimination in the reporter's operations, including monitoring systems and results Partial Human rights/employees
Freedom of association and collective bargaining
HR5 Core Description of freedom of association policy and extent to which it is universally applied independent of local laws, and description of procedures/ programmes to address this issue Partial Human rights/employees
Child labour
HR6 Core Description of policy excluding child labour as defined by the ILO Convention 138 and extent to which this policy is visibly stated and applied Partial Human rights/employees
Forced and compulsory labour
HR7 Core Description of policy to prevent forced and compulsory labour and extent to which this policy is visibly stated and applied Yes Human rights/employees
Disciplinary practices
HR9 Additional  Description of appeal practices, including, but not limited to, human rights issues Partial Global integrity helpline:

Human rights/employees
HR10 Additional Description of non-retaliation policy and effective, confidential employee grievance system Yes Employee guide to business conduct
Security Practices
HR11 Additional Human rights training for security personnel (including type of training, number of persons trained and duration of training) No  
Indigenous rights
HR12 Additional Description of policies, guidelines, and procedures to address the needs of indigenous people Partial Traditional knowledge
HR13 Additional Description of jointly managed community grievance mechanisms/authority No  
HR14 Additional Share of operating revenues from the area of operations that are redistributed to local communities No  
Performance: society
Community
SO1 Core Description of policies to manage impacts on communities in areas affected by the reporting organisation's activities, as well as description of procedures/programmes to address this issue, including monitoring systems and results (Include explanation of procedures for identifying and engaging in dialogue with community stakeholders) Yes Access to medicines

Community investment

Major health initiatives

Community partnerships

Supporting education
SO4 Additional Awards received relevant to social, ethical and environmental performance Yes Community investment

Employee internal communications

Research and development
Bribery and corruption
SO2 Core Description of the reporting organisation's policy, procedures/management systems, and compliance mechanisms for organisations and employees addressing bribery and corruption Yes Standards of ethical conduct

Products and customers

Business ethics/preventing corruption
SO3 Core Description of reporting organisation's policy, procedures/management systems and compliance mechanisms for managing political lobbying and contributions Yes Business ethics/political donations

Leadership and advocacy
SO5 Additional Amount of money paid by the reporter to political parties and institutions whose prime function is to fund political parties or their candidates Yes Business ethics/political donations

Annual report
Competition and pricing
SO6 Additional Court decisions regarding cases pertaining to anti-trust and monopoly regulations Partial Material issues:

Annual report

Policy on anti-competitive behaviour:

Business ethics/anti-competitive behaviour
SO7 Additional Description of reporting organisation's policy, procedures/management systems, and compliance mechanisms for preventing anti-competitive behaviour Yes Business ethics/anti-competitive behaviour

Business ethics/ code of conduct

Standards of ethical conduct/code of conduct
Performance: Product responsibility
Customer health and safety
PR1 Core Description of policy for preserving customer health and safety during use of reporting organisation's products and services, and extent to which this policy is visibly stated and applied, as well as description of procedures/programmes to address this issue, including monitoring systems and results Yes Patient Safety

Information on patient safety during clinical trials:

Research and innovation/conduct of clinical trials

Research and innovation/training and auditing
PR4 Additional Number and type of instances of non-compliance with regulations concerning customer health and safety, including the penalties and fines for these breaches No Background information:

Patient safety
PR5 Additional Number of complaints upheld by regulatory or similar bodies to oversee or regulate the health and safety of the reporting organisation's products and services No  
PR6 Additional Voluntary code of compliance, product labels or awards with respect to social and /or environmental responsibility that the reporter is qualified to use or has received No  
Products and services
PR2 Core Description of the reporting organisation's policy, procedures/management systems, and compliance mechanisms related to product information and labelling Yes Products and customers/marketing codes of practice

Products and customers/training and monitoring

Public disclosure of trial results

Patient safety/labelling of medicines
PR7 Additional Number and type of instances of non-compliance with regulations concerning product information and labelling, including any penalties or fines for these breaches No  
PR8 Additional Description of reporter's policy, procedures/ management systems, and compliance mechanisms related to customer satisfaction, including results of surveys measuring customer satisfaction No Information on engagement with patient groups:

Leadership and advocacy/patient advocacy
Advertising
PR9 Additional Description of reporting organisation's policies, procedures/management systems and compliance mechanisms for adherence to standards and voluntary codes related to advertising Partial Information on marketing practices:

Products and customers
PR10 Additional Number and types of breaches of advertising and marketing regulations Partial Employees dismissed for breaching marketing codes of practice:

Products and customers/training and monitoring
Respect for privacy
PR3 Core Description of reporting organisation's policy, procedures/management systems and compliance mechanisms for consumer privacy No  
PR11 Additional Number of substantiated complaints regarding breaches of consumer privacy No  
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