Profile

Organizational Profile
2.1		Name of reporting organization.
2.2		Major products and/or services, including brands if appropriate.
2.3		Operational structure of the organization.
2.4		Description of major divisions, operating equipment, subsidiaries, and joint ventures.
2.5		Countries in which the organization's operations are located.
2.6		Nature of ownership; legal form.
2.7		Nature of markets served.
2.8		Scale of the reporting organization (including # employees, net sales, value added, total assets, total capitalization (debt/equity) etc.)
2.9		List of stakeholders, key attributes of each, and relationship to the reporting organization.
Report Scope
2.10		Contact persons for the report, including e-mail and web addresses.
2.11		Reporting period (e.g. fiscal/calendar year) for information provided.
2.12		Date of most recent report, (if any).
2.13		Boundaries of report (countries/regions, products/services, divisions/facilities/joint ventures/subsidiaries) and any specific limitations on the scope.
2.14		Significant changes in size, structure, ownership, or products/services that have occurred since the previous report.
2.15		Basis for reporting on joint ventures, partially owned subsidiaries, leased facilities, outsourced operations, and other situations that significantly affect comparability from period to period and/or between reporting organizations.
2.16		Explanation of the nature and effect of any re-statements of information provided in earlier reports, and the reasons for such re-statement (e.g. mergers/acquisitions, change of base years/periods, nature of business, measurement methods).		Throughout Performance Section of 2004 Sustainable Development Report.
Report Profile
2.17		Decisions not to apply GRI Principles or protocols in the preparation of the report.
2.18		Criteria/definitions used in any accounting for economic, environmental and social costs and benefits.		Throughout Performance Section of 2004 Sustainable Development Report.
2.19		Significant changes from previous years in the measurement methods applied to key economic, environmental and social information.		Throughout Performance Section of 2004 Sustainable Development Report.
2.20		Policies and internal practices to enhance and provide assurance about the accuracy, completeness, reliability that can be placed on the sustainability report.
2.21		Policy and current practice with regard to providing independent assurance for the full report.
2.22		Means by which report users can obtain additional information and reports about economic, environmental and social aspects of the organization's activities, including facility-specific information (if available).		Case Studies throughout Performance Section of Sustainable Development Report, or on Borax's web site at www.borax.com