Reporting and Indices

Sustainability reporting is integral to Roche’s year-end reporting and follows GRI guidelines. The current Annual Report comprises a Business Report, which contains Roche’s sustainability reporting and a Finance Report. Both reports cover the same period and group of affiliated companies, and both were submitted to the Board of Directors for final approval.

Roche’s corporate sustainability reports are compiled under the direction of the Corporate Sustainability Committee and verified by PricewaterhouseCoopers. The data and information contained in the reports serve as a guide for reviewing and adjusting the  sustainability strategy. They are thus a useful management tool as well as a source of information.

The Global Reporting Initiative's (GRI ) Sustainability Reporting Guidelines 3.0 (2006) and the European Chemical Industry Council’s (CEFIC) Responsible Care Reporting Guidelines (2006) provide the basis for collecting and presenting data on sustainability. Each year Roche requires Group companies to provide data and information covering indicators of safety, health and environmental performance, including all the indicators required under CEFIC guidelines. Five-year trends are charted for each indicator. Coverage of economic performance data and the social dimensions of sustainability closely follow GRI recommendations. In addition, Roche recognises and follows the international standard ISO 26000 guidance on social responsibility.

External verification of our sustainability part in our current annual report

External verification of sustainability reporting enhances credibility, and more importantly helps ensure the quality of internal reporting systems and of the reports themselves. Our current Business Report includes an independent assurance report on our sustainability reporting, prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers AG.