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Module 5 of 6 · SGE 21 · Block 5

Community and environment

This block assesses the organization's relationship with the local community and its environmental performance.

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Social action

Collaboration initiatives with the local community: sponsorships, volunteering, working with social organizations.

Environmental management

Identifying significant environmental aspects and measures to reduce the activity's impact.

Reporting transparency

Publicly communicating social and environmental results, for example in a sustainability report.

What an auditor usually asks for

  • Social action initiatives documented
  • Significant environmental aspects identified
  • Environmental impact reduction targets
  • Sustainability report published or in progress

How to cover this block in Kimobox

  1. 1Log social action initiatives as version-controlled records.
  2. 2Document significant environmental aspects along with their targets.
  3. 3Use Kimobox's indicators as the basis for the sustainability report.

Social and environmental indicators are ready to feed straight into the sustainability report.

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Where each figure comes from

References to the official text in force. If a standard is revised, this page is updated and the review date says so.

  1. SGE 21 standard, ethical and socially responsible management system Foretica · 2017 version
  2. ISO 26000:2010 — Guidance on social responsibility ISO · 2010 ed.
  3. Directive (EU) 2022/2464 on corporate sustainability reporting (CSRD) EUR-Lex · 14 December 2022