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For selection of issues to be reported, Samsung SDI not only gathered stakeholder comments, but established a process for critical issue selection, which was intended to capture as much of the stakeholders' input in the report.
This report consists largely of two aspects; one is things that stakeholders may want to know about Samsung SDI; the other is Samsung SDI's sustainability strategy. In order to deduce key issues of our stakeholders and determine topics and indicators for inclusion in the report regarding the two key matters, Samsung SDI conducted the materiality test. The test consisted of three phases. The process for selection of critical issues was developed with reference to AA1000 and GRI guidelines.
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Samsung SDI conducted a survey on external trend and analyzed the media to identify issues. Articles and news reports published during the reporting period were analyzed and narrowed down to 79 items divided into 15 groups. The results of this research served as the foundation of the questionnaire which was distributed to internal and external stakeholders. Samsung SDI received valuable responses from 210 individuals.
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The next step was to create a Materiality Matrix for issue prioritization. The first matrix was created from the results of the survey conducted on internal and external stakeholders. Then the importance of issues was adjusted based on homepage questionnaire and benchmarking results. Finally selected issues will be reported in the printed version due to be published in June 2008. Issues excluded from the report but still deemed relevant will be reported via the webpage. Issues considered irrelevant are not due to be included for reporting.
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Selected issues were confirmed as important issues after employee review. The contents of a completed sample sustainability report went though independent verification. The details of the independent verifi-cation are outlined in the Independent Verification Report on page 57, 58.
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45 people responded to the questionnaire of "Listening to you" through the Samsung SDI webpage.
Samsung SDI tried to harness the voices of our customers and capture it through the Sustainability Report 2007. We express our gratitude for your responses.
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