TheGlobal Reporting Initiative (GRI) is anetwork-basedorganization that has pioneered thedevelopment of theworld’smostwidelyused
sustainability reporting frameworkand is committed to its continuous improvement andapplicationworldwide. TheGRI Guidelines set out
theprinciples and indicators that organizations canuse tomeasureand report their economic, environmental, and social performance.
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Where the relevant sustainability reporting includes external links, including toaudio visualmaterial, this statement only
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Statement
GRI Application Level Check
GRI hereby states that
DolphinEnergy
haspresented its report “EmbeddingSustainabilityatOur
Roots” (2010) toGRI’sReport Serviceswhichhave concluded that the report fulfills the requirement of
Application Level A.
GRI Application Levels communicate theextent towhich the content of theG3Guidelineshasbeen
used in the submitted sustainability reporting. TheCheck confirms that the required set andnumber of
disclosures for thatApplication Level havebeenaddressed in the reportingand that theGRI
Content Indexdemonstrates a valid representationof the requireddisclosures, asdescribed in theGRI
G3Guidelines.
Application Levelsdonot provideanopinionon the sustainabilityperformanceof the reporter nor the
qualityof the information in the report.
Amsterdam, 11May2011
NelmaraArbex
DeputyChief Executive
Global Reporting Initiative