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Company TEXAS INSTRUMENT TEXAS INSTRUMENT TEXAS INSTRUMENT GENERAL MOTORS C GENERAL MOTORS C GENERAL MOTORS C CATERPILLAR INC CATERPILLAR INC CATERPILLAR INC SUNCOR ENERGY SUNCOR ENERGY SUNCOR ENERGY BANK OF MONTREAL BANK OF MONTREAL BANK OF MONTREAL Year IR 2012 2013 2014 2012 2013 2014 2012 2013 2014 2012 2013 2014 2012 2013 2014 SR AR GRI SASB In this project you are going to evaluate the evolution of reporting on sustainability of US companies. For that purpose, you need to find the sustainability disclosures for the companies/years presented in attached spreadsheet. For each company/year complete the following fields: 1. If the company releases an Integrated Report (mark cell = 1, 0 otherwise) 2. If the company releases a Sustainability Report (mark cell = 1, 0 otherwise) 3. If the company does not have any of these, look in the annual report for disclosures on sustainability (mark cell = 1 if they have, 0 otherwise) 4. If the company follows the GRI guidelines (mark cell = 1, 0 otherwise) 5. If the company follows the SASB standards (mark cell = 1, 0 otherwise) We talked in class about these different reports and standards. Based on the data you collected, 6. Did these companies change their level of disclosure on sustainability during this period? Pick one of the companies and answer the following questions: 1. Does the company provide information about the environment in the three years? Copy one example from one of them with page #. 2. Does the company provide information about people in the three years? Copy one example from one of them with page #. 3. Does the company provide economic information in the three years? Copy one example from one of them with page #. 4. What do you think about the evolution of reporting in this company? 5. Do you think that this evolution is related to the industry in which the company operates? How? 6. Would the quality of the sustainability information disclosed affect your decision to invest in the company or engage in commercial relationships? In which of the assigned companies would you invest based on their commitment to sustainability?
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1. If the company releases an Integrated Report (mark cell = 1, 0 otherwise)
None of the considered companies has filed an integrated report in the 2012-2014 period.

2. If the company releases a Sustainability Report (mark cell = 1, 0 otherwise)
General Motors, Caterpillar Inc and Suncor Energy filed an annual Sustainability Report in the 20122014 period.

3. If the company does not have any of these, look in the annual report for disclosures on
sustainability (mark cell = 1 if they have, 0 otherwise)
Even while Texas Instruments has not filed an independent integrated or sustainability report in the
period considered, the company started reported about its relationship with the surrounding
environment and its attempt to better protect it through sustainability in the annual report of 2014
(page 11). The Bank of Montreal, on the other hand, encouraged environmental protection and
sustainability in the 2012-2014 according to the information provided in the respective annual
reports.

4. If the company follows the GRI guidelines (mark cell = 1, 0 otherwise)
Texas Instruments does not only follow Global Reporting Initiative guidelines, but encourages its
suppliers to follow them as well. Even while no information as to when this has started is provided
by the company, the company used guideline G3 in the preparation of its Corporate Citizenship
Report in 2012. Similarly, Suncor energy uses the GRI guidelines in the preparation of its
sustainability reports, and Bank of Montreal takes them into account when evaluating the
company’s relationship with the environment and sustainability on its annual reports.

5. If the company follows the SASB standards (mark cell = 1, 0 otherwise)
None of the target companies seem to use the SASB standards in the 2012-2014 period.

6. We talked in class about these different reports and standards. Based on the data you collected.
Did these companies change their level of disclosure on sustainability during this period?
The only visible change in the reporting of their relationship with the environment and promoting
sustainability was observed in the 2014 annual report of Texas Instruments. These topics were not
included in the previous annual reports.

Pick one of the companies and answer the following questions:
1. Does the company provide information about the environment in the three years? Copy one
example from one of them with page #.
The Sustainability Reports of the Suncor Energy company analyse the environmental performance of
the company in the respective year and the fulfilment of the environmental goals. An example of
where the company provides information about the environment is the decrease in the water
consumption through recycling procedures (Suncor Energy 2012 Sustainability Repor...


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