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Profile Disclosures
Strategy and Analysis
Performance
Indicator
Description Reported Cross-reference /
Direct answer
If applicable, indicate the part not reported Reason for omission Explanation
1.1 Statement from the most senior decision-maker of the organization. Fully Executive Speak      
1.2 Description of key impacts, risks, and opportunities. Fully The Roadmap. The Journey.      
Organizational Profile
Performance
Indicator
Description Reported Cross-reference /
Direct answer
If applicable, indicate the part not reported Reason for omission Explanation
2.1 Name of the organization Fully Contact      
2.2 Primary brands, products, and/or services. Fully Report Boundary      
2.3 Operational structure of the organization, including main divisions, operating companies, subsidiaries, and joint ventures. Fully Report Boundary      
2.4 Location of organization's headquarters. Fully Contact      
2.5 Number of countries where the organization operates, and names of countries with either major operations or that are specifically relevant to the sustainability issues covered in the report. Fully Global Footprint      
2.6 Nature of ownership and legal form. Fully Shareholding Pattern      
2.7 Markets served (including geographic breakdown, sectors served, and types of customers/beneficiaries). Fully        
2.8 Scale of the reporting organization. Fully The Mahindra Group

Economic Performance

Annual report of
M&M 7, 40, 64 & 72
    Annual report 2010-11
Page 7-Financial highlights,
Page 40- Segment results by businesses
Page 64- Financial position at a glance
Page 72- Balance sheet
2.9 Significant changes during the reporting period regarding size, structure, or ownership. Fully Shareholding Pattern      
2.10 Awards received in the reporting period. Fully Awards      
Report Parameters
Performance
Indicator
Description Reported Cross-reference /
Direct answer
If applicable, indicate the part not reported Reason for omission Explanation
3.1 Reporting period (e.g., fiscal/calendar year) for information provided. Fully Report Boundary      
3.2 Date of most recent previous report (if any). Fully Report Boundary      
3.3 Reporting cycle (annual, biennial, etc.) Fully Report Boundary      
3.4 Contact point for questions regarding the report or its contents. Fully Contact      
3.5 Process for defining report content. Fully Materiality

Report Boundary

Stakeholder Engagement
    We have mentioned about the detailed exercise on materiality that was done in the previous year. Significant stakeholders, material issues and their prioritization have not changed this year. Please refer to pages 3-4 of
Sustainability Report 2009-10.
3.6 Boundary of the report (e.g., countries, divisions, subsidiaries, leased facilities, joint ventures, suppliers). See GRI Boundary Protocol for further guidance. Fully Report Boundary      
3.7 State any specific limitations on the scope or boundary of the report (see completeness principle for explanation of scope). Fully Report Scope Limitations      
3.8 Basis for reporting on joint ventures, subsidiaries, leased facilities, outsourced operations, and other entities that can significantly affect comparability from period to period and/or between organizations. Fully Report Scope Limitations      
3.9 Data measurement techniques and the bases of calculations, including assumptions and techniques underlying estimations applied to the compilation of the Indicators and other information in the report. Explain any decisions not to apply, or to substantially diverge from, the GRI Indicator Protocols. Fully Air Quality

Emissions

Energy

Water

Materials
     
3.10 Explanation of the effect of any re-statements of information provided in earlier reports, and the reasons for such re-statement (e.g.,mergers/acquisitions, change of base years/periods, nature of business, measurement methods). Not     Does not exist  
3.11 Significant changes from previous reporting periods in the scope, boundary, or measurement methods applied in the report. Fully Report Boundary      
3.12 Table identifying the location of the Standard Disclosures in the report. Fully GRI Index      
3.13 Policy and current practice with regard to seeking external assurance for the report. Fully Independent Assurance      
Governance, Commitments, and Engagement
Performance
Indicator
Description Reported Cross-reference /
Direct answer
If applicable, indicate the part not reported Reason for omission Explanation
4.1 Governance structure of the organization, including committees under the highest governance body responsible for specific tasks, such as setting strategy or organizational oversight. Fully Governance Framework      
4.2 Indicate whether the Chair of the highest governance body is also an executive officer. Fully Board of Directors      
4.3 For organizations that have a unitary board structure, state the number of members of the highest governance body that are independent and/or non-executive members. Fully Board of Directors

Board Committees

Group Executive Board
     
4.4 Mechanisms for shareholders and employees to provide recommendations or direction to the highest governance body. Fully Shareholder Value

Board of Directors
     
4.5 Linkage between compensation for members of the highest governance body, senior managers, and executives (including departure arrangements), and the organization's performance (including social and environmental performance). Fully Annual report of M&M pg no. 58, 59, 60 & 61      
4.6 Processes in place for the highest governance body to ensure conflicts of interest are avoided. Fully Policies      
4.7 Process for determining the qualifications and expertise of the members of the highest governance body for guiding the organization's strategy on economic, environmental, and social topics. Fully Board of Directors      
4.8 Internally developed statements of mission or values, codes of conduct, and principles relevant to economic, environmental, and social performance and the status of their implementation. Fully Core Values

Codes of Conduct

Compliance

Policies
     
4.9 Procedures of the highest governance body for overseeing the organization's identification and management of economic, environmental, and social performance, including relevant risks and opportunities, and adherence or compliance with internationally agreed standards, codes of conduct, and principles. Fully Special Purpose Committees

Core Values

Codes of Conduct

Compliance

Policies
     
4.10 Processes for evaluating the highest governance body's own performance, particularly with respect to economic, environmental, and social performance. Fully Board of Directors

Board Committees

Group Executive Board
     
4.11 Explanation of whether and how the precautionary approach or principle is addressed by the organization. Fully Environmental Performance      
4.12 Externally developed economic, environmental, and social charters, principles, or other initiatives to which the organization subscribes or endorses. Fully Public Policy Advocacy      
4.13 Memberships in associations (such as industry associations) and/or national/international advocacy organizations in which the organization: * Has positions in governance bodies; * Participates in projects or committees; * Provides substantive funding beyond routine membership dues; or * Views membership as strategic. Fully Memberships      
4.14 List of stakeholder groups engaged by the organization. Fully Stakeholder Engagement      
4.15 Basis for identification and selection of stakeholders with whom to engage. Fully Materiality

Stakeholder Engagement
    We have mentioned about the detailed exercise on materiality that was done in the previous year. Significant stakeholders, material issues and their prioritization have not changed this year. Please refer to pages 29-33 of
Sustainability Report 2009-10.
4.16 Approaches to stakeholder engagement, including frequency of engagement by type and by stakeholder group. Fully Stakeholder Engagement     We have mentioned about the detailed exercise on significant stakeholder engagement, including method, frequency of engagement and key results that was done in the previous year which has not changed this year. Please refer to pages 29-33 of
Sustainability Report 2009-10.
4.17 Key topics and concerns that have been raised through stakeholder engagement, and how the organization has responded to those key topics and concerns, including through its reporting. Fully Stakeholder Engagement