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W
e welcome you to the 5th
annual Sustainability Re-
port of MYTILINEOS Group
(hereinafter “Sustainability Report”
or simply “Report”). Our Sustain-
ability Reports, which are released
and published annually, present a
summary of the challenges that we
face in the domain of Corporate So-
cial Responsibility and of our relat-
ed efforts and performance, in line
with our goal to achieve socially re-
sponsible and sustainable develop-
ment, as defined by our corporate
values. The present Report that
covers the period from 1st January
to 31st December 2012, is a con-
tinuation of our previous Sustain-
ability Report 2011 and comple-
ments the Group’s Annual Report
2012.
2.1 Report Scope and Boundary
This year’s Sustainability Report in-
troduces substantial changes from
the structure of our previous Re-
ports, as its preparation has been
based for the first time on the
combination of a number of inter-
national standards and guidelines,
such as:
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The seven fundamental principles
of social responsibility defined by
the ISO 26000 Social Responsibil-
ity Guidance Standard, which cov-
er accountability, transparency,
ethical behaviour, respect for
Stakeholder interests, respect for
the rule of law and for interna-
tional norms of behaviour, and re-
spect for Human Rights.
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The OECD Guidelines on Corpo-
rate Social Responsibility, which
we take into account in our efforts
to determine and apply our re-
sponsible business conduct.
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The Ten Principles of the UN Glob-
al Compact; and
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The Guidelines of the Global Re-
porting Initiative (GRI) interna-
tional organisation on the publi-
cation of Sustainability Reports.
The novel features introduced with
our Report for 2012 refer to the
concrete description of our Social
and Environmental footprints and
the presentation of our performance
regarding the economic, social and
environmental dimensions of our ac-
tivities. To this end, in the present
Report we have done away with the
individual company sections which
2. SUSTAINABILITY REPORT
PARAMETERS
The key purpose of the Sustainability Report
is
to provide all social groups and all natural and
legal persons which the Group recognises as its
key Stakeholders (employees, shareholders,
financial analysts, corporate clients, suppliers,
business partners, government officials, the Press
& Media, and the local communities where the
Group deploys and develops its activities) with
direct, reliable and transparent information about
the Group’s efforts, performance and future
commitments concerning the integration of
Corporate Social Responsibility in its operations.
