Hennes & Mauritz : GRI Index

GRI Index 2021

DISCLOSURE

NOTES

GRI 1: Foundation

Statement of use

H&M Group has reported in accordance with the GRI Standards for the period 1 December 2020-30 November 2021.

GRI 1 used

GRI 1: Foundation 2021.

Applicable GRI sector standards

Not currently available.

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NOTES AND OMISSIONS

GRI 2: General Disclosures

• 2-1 Organizational details

  ASR: 43, 88, 116

  Yes

• 2-2 Entities included in the organization's sustainability reporting

  SD: 70

• 2-3 Reporting period, frequency and contact point

• 2-4 Restatements of informationASR: 39

SD: 70

If you have questions, need help locating information, or want to find the latest on our sustainability work including strategy, goals, standards and policies, please [e-mail].

ASR: 66

SD: 22-23, 28

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NOTES AND OMISSIONS

• 2-5 External assurance

• 2-6 Activities, value chain, and other business relationships

  SD: 7, 31, 33, 57, 66

• 2-7 Employees

• 2-8 Workers who are not employeesASR: 31, 68-69

  SD: 57-65

• 2-9 Governance structure and compositionASR: 44-45, 53, 106-110

  SD: 72-73

  ASR: 17-31

  ASR: 55-56, 90

  SD: 16, 51-52, 55-56

  YesDeloitte has provided limited assurance to specific information in our Sustainability Disclosure this year, and has also assured our Annual and Sustainability Report.

  Prior to this, EY assured specified information in our Sustainability Report since 2011, and also assured our Annual Report.

  Partially reported this year (total number and breakdown by gender).

  ASR: 39-50

• 2-10 Nomination and selection of the highest governance body

  ASR: 40-44

• 2-11 Chair of the highest governance body

  ASR: 42, 45

• 2-12 Role of the highest governance body in overseeing the management of impactsASR: 40, 46-47, 49

• 2-13 Delegation of responsibility for managing impacts

  ASR: 40, 48, 64

• 2-14 Role of the highest governance body in sustainability reporting

See note

Reviewed by all the relevant members of the executive management team and CEO.

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NOTES AND OMISSIONS

2-15	Conflicts of interest	ASR: 44, 61
2-16	Communication of critical concerns	ASR: 40, 46-47, 49, 56-59
2-17	Collective knowledge of the highest governance body	ASR: 46-48
2-18	Evaluation of the performance of the highest governance body	ASR: 47
2-19	Remuneration policies	ASR: 42, 46-47, 59-61, 89
2-20	Process to determine remuneration	ASR: 42, 46-47, 59-61, 89
2-21	Annual total compensation ratio	ASR: 89	Amounts reported in absolute figures rather than ratio.
ASR: 2-3
2-22	Statement on sustainable development strategy
SD: 4-5
ASR: 31, 39, 43, 46, 49-50, 58, 62, 64-65,
67-68, 70, 86-87, 97
2-23	Policy commitments	See also our full list of standards, codes and policies.
SD: 6
2-24	Embedding policy commitments	ASR: 30, 39, 49, 64, 70
2-25	Processes to remediate negative impacts	SD: 30, 39, 49, 64, 70
P. 4	TRANSPARENT REPORTING SINCE 2002

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EXTERNAL ASSURANCE

NOTES AND OMISSIONS

• 2-26 Mechanisms for seeking advice and raising concerns

  SD: 49, 55, 57, 66-67

• 2-27 Compliance with laws and regulationsASR: 39-41, 49, 58, 70, 72-74

  SD: 68

  Our supplier factories are measured against the Higg Facility Environmental Module (FEM). We disclose the aggregated score for participating suppliers.

  Our supplier factories are also measured against the Higg Facility Social & Labor Module (FSLM). We're working with Social & Labor Convergance Program to develop an industry scoring tool for FSLM, which we'll use when it's ready.

• 2-28 Membership associations

  SD: 8-9, 11, 18, 21, 24-27, 34-35, 36, 40, 45, 49-50, 52-54, 57-58, 66, 68

  See our full list of collaborations.

• 2-29 Approach to stakeholder engagement

  SD: 10-11

  Yes

  See also our Stakeholder Engagement Overview.

• 2-30 Collective bargaining agreements

GRI 3: Material Topics

• 3-1 Process to determine material topicsSD: 16, 55, 5-59

  SD: 49, 70

  See also How We Report and our Material Issues.

• 3-2 List of material topics

  SD: 49, 70-71

  See also our Material Issues and Salient Human Rights Issues.

• 3-3 Management of material topics

See note

See all relevant disclosures below, by topic.