Identified material aspects and boundaries

Entities included in the organization's consolidated financial statements (G4-17)

The entities included in Wärtsilä’s Consolidated Financial Statements are listed in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements 32. Subsidiaries.

All the Group companies are included in Wärtsilä’s Sustainability reporting. The report covers Wärtsilä's businesses. At the company level, the report includes the parent company and its subsidiaries as well as its manufacturing, service and sales units. The report excludes Wärtsilä's associated companies, joint ventures, and supply chain companies.

Process for defining report content and aspect boundaries (G4-18)

Wärtsilä's Sustainability Reporting 2015 is prepared according to the GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) sustainability Reporting Guidelines (G4) and the Reporting Principles for Defining report content. This report has been prepared in accordance with the G4 sustainability reporting procedures defined by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). The report corresponds to the ‘Comprehensive’ level in the G4’s reporting framework. This means that our reporting covers all the Standard Disclosures of the G4 framework and all the sustainability aspects we have identified as material in our operations.

In 2014, Wärtsilä updated the assessment of material sustainability topics. The process included an assessment of economic, environmental, and social aspects from the stakeholders’ point of view and as an impact to Wärtsilä’s business. Stakeholder views were collected through a questionnaire answered by 96 key stakeholder contacts in various Wärtsilä units and functions worldwide. The aim of the stakeholder questionnaire was to evaluate how important different sustainability aspects are for assessments and decision-making of Wärtsilä’s stakeholders. Sustainability aspects for the stakeholder evaluation were identified based on Wärtsilä’s previous experience on material sustainability topics, industry peer review, and analysis of significant economic, environmental and social impacts in Wärtsilä’s value chain. Focus on stakeholder assessment was in investors and financiers, major customers, personnel, local societies, and media.

The significance of identified aspects was then analysed as a current or potential business impact on Wärtsilä. The business implications of identified sustainability aspects were evaluated based on direct financial impacts as well as risks and opportunities. In addition the level of internal policies or practices were used as an indication of potential business impact.

As a result of the materiality assessment, the following aspects were identified as material for Wärtsilä:

• Environmental impacts of Wärtsilä’s products and services
• Compliance with laws and regulations
• Economic impacts to stakeholders
• Personnel skills and development
• Anti-corruption and –bribery, and
• Occupational health and safety

In addition to the identified material aspects Wärtsilä discloses sustainability data on several other areas, because they are frequently asked by Wärtsilä’s stakeholders or they are considered important on the basis of continuity of sustainability reporting.

Aspect boundaries for the identified material aspects were then evaluated in reflection to the sustainability context that is based on the significance of their economic, environmental, and social impacts in our value chain. A more detailed description of the aspect boundaries and completeness of data collection for the identified material aspects can be found in the G4-20 Aspect boundary within the organisation and G4-21 Aspect boundary outside the organisation.

Material aspects (G4-19)

From a sustainability impact point of view, product-related environmental issues are the most significant for Wärtsilä. The use of Wärtsilä’s products has an environmental impact both locally and globally. Other dimensions of sustainability mainly have a local impact.

Sustainability impact	Local	Global
Economic
Environmental
- Product related
- Operational
Social

The following GRI G4 aspects have been identified as material for Wärtsilä’s sustainability reporting:

Category	Aspects	Identified material aspect for Wärtsilä, reported in accor- dance with GRI G4	Other aspects included in Wärtsilä Sustainability Reporting	Excluded from Wärtsilä Sustainability Reporting*
Economic	Economic performance
	Market presence
	Indirect economic impacts
	Procurement practices
Environmental	Materials
	Energy
	Water
	Biodiversity
	Emissions
	Effluents and waste
	Products and services
	Compliance
	Transport
	Overall
	Supplier environmental assessment
	Environmental grievance mechanisms
Labor practices and decent work	Employment
	Labour/management relations
	Occupational health and safety
	Training and education
	Diversity and equal opportunity
	Equal remuneration for women and men
	Supplier assessment for labour practices
	Labour practices grievance mechanisms
Human rights	Investment
	Non-discrimination
	Freedom of association and collective bargaining
	Child labour
	Forced and compulsory labour
	Security practices
	Indigenous people
	Assessment
	Supplier human rights assessment
	Human rights grievance mechanisms
Society	Local communities
	Anti-corruption
	Public policy
	Anti-competitive behaviour
	Compliance
	Supplier assessment for impacts on society
	Grievance mechanisms for impacts on society
Product responsibility	Customer health and safety
	Product and service labelling
	Marketing communications
	Customer privacy
	Compliance
* Several Compliance-related indicators under the excluded GRI aspects have also been included in the reporting in order to supplement a comprehensive description of the overall importance of compliance to Wärtsilä.

Wärtsilä’s sustainability reporting provides a full standard disclosure of the management approach and performance indicators defined by the GRI G4 Guidelines.

Aspect boundary within the organisation (G4-20)

The aspect boundary for the material aspects is all Wärtsilä companies. The economic performance data covers all Wärtsilä companies. The data on environmental and social performance covers all Wärtsilä companies except the following:

• Wärtsilä Operations Guyana Inc.
• Wärtsilä Yuchai Engine Co. Ltd.
• Wärtsilä Egypt Power S.A.E
• Wärtsilä Tanzania Ltd.
• Wärtsilä Muscat LLC
• L-3 Marine Systems International's units, acquired during the financial period 2015:
• Funa International Oy
• Wärtsilä SAM Electronics Nederland B.V.
• Wärtsilä JOVYATLAS EUROATLAS GmbH
• Wärtsilä ELAC Nautik GmbH
• Wärtsilä SAM Electronics GmbH
• Wärtsilä FUNA International GmbH
• Wärtsilä APSS Srl
• Wärtsilä Lyngsø Marine A/S
• Wärtsilä Valmarine AS
• Wärtsilä FUNA International Inc.
• Wärtsilä Dynamic Positioning Inc.
• Wärtsilä SAM Electronics (Taizhou) Co. Ltd.
• Wärtsilä Marine Systems Korea Co Ltd.

These companies will be included in Wärtsilä's sustainable development reporting in the forthcoming years. Wärtsilä's Sustainability Reporting is an integrated part of its annual reporting, and therefore Wärtsilä publishes its sustainability data annually.

Coverage of operational data

Operational data, % of Wärtsilä companies

Operational data, % of personnel

Operational data, % of product manufacturing

Aspect boundary outside the organisation (G4-21)

Wärtsilä’s Sustainability Report does not cover performance data collected outside the Group companies.

Explanation of the effect of any re-statements of information provided in earlier reports (G4-22)

There are no major restatements of information provided in previous reports.

Significant changes from previous reporting periods (G4-23)

There are no significant changes from previous reporting periods in the reporting scope and aspect boundaries. Historical data covers all entities that were part of the Group at the end of each reporting period.