Non-financial information 2018
Fiscal Year
Governance (G)Unit2015201620172018
Board - Separation of Powers (G1 | GRI 102-23)





Does the CEO act as chairman of the board?Yes/noNoNoNoNo
Does the CEO lead committees?-NoNoNoNo
Does the CEO sit on the board?-NoNoNoNo
Board - Transparent Practices (G2)





Are board outcomes made public?Yes/noNoNoNoNo
   To the CEO?-YesYesYesYes
   To verifiers?-YesYesYesYes
Is voting by each member of the board made public?Yes/noNoNoNoNo
   To the CEO?-YesYesYesYes
   To verifiers?-YesYesYesYes
Incentivized Pay (G3 | GRI 102-35)





Are company executives formally incentivized to act on ESG Yes/noYesYesYesYes
    Regarding Corporate Governance-YesYesYesYes
Fair Labour Practices (G4 | UNCG-P3 | GRI 102-41)





Employees in labour unions%-99.8%99.8%99.8%
Employees outside labour unions--0.2%0.2%0.2%
Percentage of people working in accordance with labour market laws----100.0%
Supplier Code of Conduct (G5 | UNCG-P6, P8, P9, | GRI 308, GRI 414)





In regards to the environmentYes/no--YesYes
In regards to equal rights---YesYes
Ethics - Code of Conduct (G6| GRI 102-16)





Does the company publish and follow an EC?Yes/noYesYesYesYes
   That has been approved by the board of directors?-YesYesYesYes
   That has been introduced to employees?-YesYesYesYes
Anti-Bribery / Anti-Corruption (G7 | UNCG-P10)





Does the company publish and follow a BAC?Yes/no---Yes
Tax Transparency (G8)





Does the company have full tax transparency?Yes/noYesYesYesYes
Sustainability Report (G9)





Does the company publish a sustainability report?Yes/noYesYesYesYes
Other Framework Disclosures (G10)





The sustainability report is made with the help of the recent ESG guidelines introduced by Nasdaq for listed companies. The objective of these guidelines is to fulfil certain requirements of the Global Reporting Initiative, an international standard which helps companies and institutions to report information on sustainability in a transparent manner. Information on environmental factors is taken from Arion Bank’s environmental management system, Klappir Core. Information on social factors and corporate governance is taken from the Bank’s information systems.

External Validation & Assurance (G11)





Are the company"s ESG disclosures assured or validated by a third party?Yes/noThe environmental report and the summary of non-financial information for 2018 were prepared in collaboration with Klappir.