GRI Index

NVIDIA has applied the internationally recognized Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) G3 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines in producing the 2012 Citizenship Report. We are self-declaring a "B+" Application Level. The index below provides a full list of the GRI disclosures and indicators. As per the GRI Guidelines, we indicate whether we answered the indicator, if the answer is full or partial, and the relevant webpage where you can find information for each disclosure we responded to. Please follow these links for more information on the GRI guidelines and the GRI application levels.

GRI Guidelines Key:

Completely Addressed

Partially Addressed

Not Addressed

Strategy and Analysis

Section

Guideline

Status

	1.1	Statement from the most senior decision-maker of the organization. CEO Letter, Annual Review CEO Letter, pp.1-3
	1.2	Description of key impacts, risks, and opportunities. Products and Services Priority Issues Workforce Environment

Organizational Profile

Section

Guideline

Status

	2.1	Name of the organization. Economic Impact
	2.2	Primary brands, products, and/or services. Our Company Products and Services 10-K pp.4, 8
	2.3	Operational structure of the organization, including main divisions, operating companies, subsidiaries, and joint ventures. 10-K pp.4-5
	2.4	Location of organization's headquarters. Our Company, Our Locations
	2.5	Number of countries where the organization operates, and names of countries with either major operations or that are specifically relevant to the sustainability issues covered in the report. Our Company, Our Locations
	2.6	Nature of ownership and legal form. Economic Impact
	2.7	Markets served (including geographic breakdown, sectors served, and types of customers/beneficiaries). Products and Services
	2.8	Scale of the reporting organization. Economic Impact Workforce
	2.9	Significant changes during the reporting period regarding size, structure, or ownership. 10-K pp.79-82; 83-84; 99
	2.10	Awards received in the reporting period. Workplace Environment Product Design

Report Parameters

Section

Guideline

Status

	3.1	Reporting period (e.g., fiscal/calendar year) for information provided. Introduction
	3.2	Date of most recent previous report (if any). About this Report
	3.3	Reporting cycle (annual, biennial, etc.) About this Report
	3.4	Contact point for questions regarding the report or its contents. About this Report
	3.5	Process for defining report content. About this Report Priority Issues
	3.6	Boundary of the report (e.g., countries, divisions, subsidiaries, leased facilities, joint ventures, suppliers). See GRI Boundary Protocol for further guidance. About this Report
	3.7	State any specific limitations on the scope or boundary of the report (see completeness principle for explanation of scope). About this Report Assurance statement
	3.8	Basis for reporting on joint ventures, subsidiaries, leased facilities, outsourced operations, and other entities that can significantly affect comparability from period to period and/or between organizations. About this Report
	3.9	Data measurement techniques and the bases of calculations, including assumptions and techniques underlying estimations applied to the compilation of the Indicators and other information in the report. Explain any decisions not to apply, or to substantially diverge from, the GRI Indicator Protocols. Talent Development Assurance statement
	3.10	Explanation of the 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). There have been no restatements.
	3.11	Significant changes from previous reporting periods in the scope, boundary, or measurement methods applied in the report. There have been no significant changes.
	3.12	Table identifying the location of the Standard Disclosures in the report. This GRI Index
	3.13	Policy and current practice with regard to seeking external assurance for the report. Emissions Assurance

Governance, Commitments, and Engagement

Section

Guideline

Status

	4.1	Governance structure of the organization, including committees under the highest governance body responsible for specific tasks, such as setting strategy or organizational oversight. Governance Annual Review, pp.23-25
	4.2	Indicate whether the Chair of the highest governance body is also an executive officer. Governance
	4.3	For organizations that have a unitary board structure, state the number of members of the highest governance body that are independent and/or non-executive members. Governance
	4.4	Mechanisms for shareholders and employees to provide recommendations or direction to the highest governance body. Governance Annual Review pp. 6, 28
	4.5	Linkage between compensation for members of the highest governance body, senior managers, and executives (including departure arrangements), and the organization's performance (including social and environmental performance). Annual Review pp. 6, 41-49
	4.6	Processes in place for the highest governance body to ensure conflicts of interest are avoided. Governance Annual Review p. 27
	4.7	Process for determining the qualifications and expertise of the members of the highest governance body for guiding the organization's strategy on economic, environmental, and social topics. Annual Review pp. 28, 7
	4.8	Internally developed statements of mission or values, codes of conduct, and principles relevant to economic, environmental, and social performance and the status of their implementation. Governance Company Policies Who We Are and What We Do Global Citizenship Directive Corporate Culture
	4.9	Procedures of the highest governance body for overseeing the organization's identification and management of economic, environmental, and social performance, including relevant risks and opportunities, and adherence or compliance with internationally agreed standards, codes of conduct, and principles. Annual Review pp. 26-28
	4.10	Processes for evaluating the highest governance body's own performance, particularly with respect to economic, environmental, and social performance. Annual Review pp. 15, 16 and 23
	4.11	Explanation of whether and how the precautionary approach or principle is addressed by the organization. Governance
	4.12	Externally developed economic, environmental, and social charters, principles, or other initiatives to which the organization subscribes or endorses. Supply Chain Talent Development Key Environmental Metrics
	4.13	Memberships in associations (such as industry associations) and/or national/international advocacy organizations in which the organization: * Has positions in governance bodies; * Participates in projects or committees; * Provides substantive funding beyond routine membership dues; or * Views membership as strategic. Stakeholder Engagement Supply Chain
	4.14	List of stakeholder groups engaged by the organization. Stakeholder Engagement
	4.15	Basis for identification and selection of stakeholders with whom to engage. Stakeholder Engagement
	4.16	Approaches to stakeholder engagement, including frequency of engagement by type and by stakeholder group. Stakeholder Engagement
	4.17	Key topics and concerns that have been raised through stakeholder engagement, and how the organization has responded to those key topics and concerns, including through its reporting. Priority Issues Talent Development

DISCLOSURES ON MANAGEMENT APPROACH (DMAs)

Disclosure on Management Approach EC

Section

Guideline

Status

	DMA EC1	Economic performance Annual Review CEO Letter, pp.1-3 10-K pp.3-8
	DMA EC2	Market presence
	DMA EC3	Indirect economic impacts EC8; Compute the Cure

Disclosure on Management Approach EN

Section

Guideline

Status

	DMA EN1	Materials Product Design Supply Chain
	DMA EN2	Energy Environment Environment Goals and Progress Key Environmental Metrics Supply Chain Campus Operations
	DMA EN3	Water Supply Chain
	DMA EN4	Biodiversity
	DMA EN5	Emissions, effluents and waste Environment Environment Goals and Progress Key Environmental Metrics Campus Operations
	DMA EN6	Products and services Product Design
	DMA EN7	Compliance Environment Environment Goals and Progress Key Environmental Metrics
	DMA EN8	Transport Product Design
	DMA EN9	Overall Product Design

Disclosure on Management Approach LA

Section

Guideline

Status

	DMA LA1	Employment Workforce Workforce Goals and Targets
	DMA LA2	Labor/management relations LA4 Talent Development
	DMA LA3	Occupational health and safety Safety and Health.
	DMA LA4	Training and education Talent Development Workforce Goals and Progress
	DMA LA5	Diversity and equal opportunity Talent Development Workforce Goals and Progress University Partnerships

Disclosure on Management Approach HR

Section

Guideline

Status

	DMA HR1	Investment and procurement practices Safety and Health
	DMA HR2	Non-discrimination Talent Development
	DMA HR3	Freedom of association and collective bargaining Talent Development Environmental Goals and Progress
	DMA HR4	Child labor HR6
	DMA HR5	Forced and compulsory labor HR7
	DMA HR6	Security practices
	DMA HR7	Indigenous rights

Disclosure on Management Approach SO

Section

Guideline

Status

	DMA SO1	Community
	DMA SO2	Corruption SO2, SO3, Governance
	DMA SO3	Public policy
	DMA SO4	Anti-competitive behavior SO7 Worldwide Code of Conduct
	DMA SO5	Compliance SO8 Worldwide Code of Conduct

Disclosure on Management Approach PR

Section

Guideline

Status

	DMA PR1	Customer health and safety Product Design
	DMA PR1	Product and service labelling PR5
	DMA PR1	Marketing communications
	DMA PR1	Customer privacy
	DMA PR1	Compliance PR9

Economic

Section

Guideline

Status

	EC1	Direct economic value generated and distributed, including revenues, operating costs, employee compensation, donations and other community investments, retained earnings, and payments to capital providers and governments. Economic Impact
	EC2	Financial implications and other risks and opportunities for the organization's activities due to climate change. CDP Response pp.2-6
	EC3	Coverage of the organization's defined benefit plan obligations.
	EC4	Significant financial assistance received from government. In August 2010, NVIDIA received a $8.29 Million Contract from DARPA to develop high-performance GPU computing systems. The four-year research contract, awarded under DARPA's Ubiquitous High Performance Computing (UHPC) program, covers work to develop GPU technologies required to build the new class of exascale supercomputers, which will be 1,000-times more powerful than today's fastest supercomputers. The US government is not a registered shareholder of NVIDIA Corporation.
	EC5	Range of ratios of standard entry level wage compared to local minimum wage at significant locations of operation.
	EC6	Policy, practices, and proportion of spending on locally-based suppliers at significant locations of operation.
	EC7	Procedures for local hiring and proportion of senior management hired from the local community at significant locations of operation. Talent Development
	EC8	Development and impact of infrastructure investments and services provided primarily for public benefit through commercial, in-kind, or pro bono engagement. We executed a 'Development Agreement' with the City in 2009. As part of this agreement we put up a $5M Letter of Credit, against which the City can draw down to help fund infrastructure projects in the City of Santa Clara. This investment was made based upon traffic impact studies required under environmental impact and traffic planning regulations. Our hope is that this investment in the community infrastructure near our campus will improve traffic flow, decrease employees' commuting time, and improve the safety and quality of life of residents. See also Compute the Cure.
	EC9	Understanding and describing significant indirect economic impacts, including the extent of impacts.

Environmental

Section

Guideline

Status

	EN1	Materials used by weight or volume.
	EN2	Percentage of materials used that are recycled input materials.
	EN3	Direct energy consumption by primary energy source. Key Environmental Metrics
	EN4	Indirect energy consumption by primary source. Key Environmental Metrics
	EN5	Energy saved due to conservation and efficiency improvements. Campus Operations
	EN6	Initiatives to provide energy-efficient or renewable energy based products and services, and reductions in energy requirements as a result of these initiatives. Product Design
	EN7	Initiatives to reduce indirect energy consumption and reductions achieved. Campus Operations
	EN8	Total water withdrawal by source. Key Environmental Metrics
	EN9	Water sources significantly affected by withdrawal of water.
	EN10	Percentage and total volume of water recycled and reused. Key Environmental Metrics
	EN11	Location and size of land owned, leased, managed in, or adjacent to, protected areas and areas of high biodiversity value outside protected areas. We do not own property located near land with biodiversity value.
	EN12	Description of significant impacts of activities, products, and services on biodiversity in protected areas and areas of high biodiversity value outside protected areas. We do not own property located near land with biodiversity value.
	EN13	Habitats protected or restored. We did not protect or restore any habits.
	EN14	Strategies, current actions, and future plans for managing impacts on biodiversity.
	EN15	Number of IUCN Red List species and national conservation list species with habitats in areas affected by operations, by level of extinction risk.
	EN16	Total direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight. Environment Emissions Assurance
	EN17	Other relevant indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight. Key Environmental Metrics
	EN18	Initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reductions achieved. Campus Operations
	EN19	Emissions of ozone-depleting substances by weight. Our Ozone Depleting Substances are reported on this page.
	EN20	NOx, SOx, and other significant air emissions by type and weight. Key Environmental Metrics
	EN21	Total water discharge by quality and destination. Key Environmental Metrics
	EN22	Total weight of waste by type and disposal method. Key Environmental Metrics
	EN23	Total number and volume of significant spills. There have been no significant spills.
	EN24	Weight of transported, imported, exported, or treated waste deemed hazardous under the terms of the Basel Convention Annex I, II, III, and VIII, and percentage of transported waste shipped internationally. 1.2 Total weight (tonnes) of hazardous waste transported; 0 Total weight of imported hazardous waste; 0 Total weight of exported hazardous waste; 1.2 Total weight (tonnes) of treated hazardous waste; Global hazardous waste generation (treated) is 1.2 tonnes.
	EN25	Identity, size, protected status, and biodiversity value of water bodies and related habitats significantly affected by the reporting organization's discharges of water and runoff. We had zero discharges, and therefore no affects.
	EN26	Initiatives to mitigate environmental impacts of products and services, and extent of impact mitigation. Product Design Supply Chain In addition, see NVIDIA's white paper outlining the energy efficiency of its latest Kepler architecture for chips: http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/articles/introducing-the-geforce-gtx-680-gpu/
	EN27	Percentage of products sold and their packaging materials that are reclaimed by category.
	EN28	Monetary value of significant fines and total number of non-monetary sanctions for non-compliance with environmental laws and regulations. Key Environmental Metrics We consider significant fines those that are required to be disclosed in the company's SEC filings. There were no fines in 2011 that fell into this category. We also were not subject to any non-monetary sanctions for non-compliance with environmental laws and regulations.
	EN29	Significant environmental impacts of transporting products and other goods and materials used for the organization's operations, and transporting members of the workforce. Product Design
	EN30	Total environmental protection expenditures and investments by type. Key Environmental Metrics

Social: Labor Practices and Decent Work

Section

Guideline

Status

	LA1	Total workforce by employment type, employment contract, and region. Workforce
	LA2	Total number and rate of employee turnover by age group, gender, and region. Talent Development
	LA3	Benefits provided to full-time employees that are not provided to temporary or part-time employees, by major operations. US employees are eligible to enroll in NVIDIA's health and welfare programs if they are regular, full-time or part-time employees normally scheduled to work 20 hours or more per week. PT employees working fewer than 20 hours/week are not eligible. See also Talent Development.
	LA4	Percentage of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements. None of our employees is covered by collective bargaining agreements.
	LA5	Minimum notice period(s) regarding significant operational changes, including whether it is specified in collective agreements.
	LA6	Percentage of total workforce represented in formal joint management-worker health and safety committees that help monitor and advise on occupational health and safety programs.
	LA7	Rates of injury, occupational diseases, lost days, and absenteeism, and number of work-related fatalities by region.
	LA8	Education, training, counseling, prevention, and risk-control programs in place to assist workforce members, their families, or community members regarding serious diseases. Talent Development Safety and Health
	LA9	Health and safety topics covered in formal agreements with trade unions.
	LA10	Average hours of training per year per employee by employee category.
	LA11	Programs for skills management and lifelong learning that support the continued employability of employees and assist them in managing career endings. Talent Development
	LA12	Percentage of employees receiving regular performance and career development reviews.
	LA13	Composition of governance bodies and breakdown of employees per category according to gender, age group, minority group membership, and other indicators of diversity. Governance Annual Review p. 23 Talent Development
	LA14	Ratio of basic salary of men to women by employee category.

Social: Human Rights

Section

Guideline

Status

	HR1	Percentage and total number of significant investment agreements that include human rights clauses or that have undergone human rights screening.
	HR2	Percentage of significant suppliers and contractors that have undergone screening on human rights and actions taken. Safety and Health
	HR3	Total hours of employee training on policies and procedures concerning aspects of human rights that are relevant to operations, including the percentage of employees trained.
	HR4	Total number of incidents of discrimination and actions taken.
	HR5	Operations identified in which the right to exercise freedom of association and collective bargaining may be at significant risk, and actions taken to support these rights. Talent Development
	HR6	Operations identified as having significant risk for incidents of child labor, and measures taken to contribute to the elimination of child labor. In 2010, the State of California enacted into law the California Transparency in Supply Chain Act, which has provisions for child labor. Even though NVIDIA is not subject to this Act, we plan to voluntarily comply and have notified our Customers of our intent to comply. As a first step for compliance, we plan to put into place a process to ensure that we can address the requirements of the Act. As an EICC member, we are evaluating the use of the Validated Audit Process (VAP) or VAP-lite as the audit vehicle to confirm that our key suppliers do not engaged in child labor practices. We have also drafted a certificate of confirmation that we plan to send to each of our suppliers to confirm understanding and compliance with the Act. Within NVIDIA, we have identified no operations as having significant risk for incidents of child labor. See also, Safety and Health Supply Chain
	HR7	Operations identified as having significant risk for incidents of forced or compulsory labor, and measures to contribute to the elimination of forced or compulsory labor. In 2010, the State of California enacted into law the California Transparency in Supply Chain Act, which has provisions for forced labor. Even though NVIDIA is not subject to this Act, we plan to voluntarily comply and have notified our Customers of our intent to comply. As a first step for compliance, we plan to put into place a process to ensure that we can address the requirements of the Act. As an EICC member, we are evaluating the use of the Validated Audit Process (VAP) or VAP-lite as the audit vehicle to confirm that our key suppliers do not engaged in forced labor practices. We have also drafted a certificate of confirmation that we plan to send to each of our suppliers to confirm understanding and compliance with the Act. Within NVIDIA, we have identified no operations as having significant risk for incidents of forced or compulsory labor. See also, Safety and Health Supply Chain
	HR8	Percentage of security personnel trained in the organization's policies or procedures concerning aspects of human rights that are relevant to operations.
	HR9	Total number of incidents of violations involving rights of indigenous people and actions taken.

Social: Society

Section

Guideline

Status

	SO1	Nature, scope, and effectiveness of any programs and practices that assess and manage the impacts of operations on communities, including entering, operating, and exiting.
	SO2	Percentage and total number of business units analyzed for risks related to corruption. Internal audit did a fraud/corruption analysis in 2011, entity-wide, to identify potential fraud schemes. We have analyzed 100% of our operations, which includes 8 business areas.
	SO3	Percentage of employees trained in organization's anti-corruption policies and procedures. In 2010 we rolled out an online training which includes corruption and fraud; enhanced training will be rolled out in 2012. Training related to corruption and fraud was incorporated into a Code of Conduct training we rolled out in 2010; our latest data shows that 65% of global employees have completed this training (our goal is 100%). See also Governance.
	SO4	Actions taken in response to incidents of corruption.
	SO5	Public policy positions and participation in public policy development and lobbying.
	SO6	Total value of financial and in-kind contributions to political parties, politicians, and related institutions by country.
	SO7	Total number of legal actions for anti-competitive behavior, anti-trust, and monopoly practices and their outcomes. There were no actions for anti-competitive behavior initiated against NVIDIA in 2011.
	SO8	Monetary value of significant fines and total number of non-monetary sanctions for non-compliance with laws and regulations. We consider significant fines those that are required to be disclosed in the company's SEC filings. We were not subject to any fines or non-monetary sanctions in 2011 for non-compliance with laws and regulations.

Social: Product Responsibility

Section

Guideline

Status

	PR1	Life cycle stages in which health and safety impacts of products and services are assessed for improvement, and percentage of significant products and services categories subject to such procedures. Product Design
	PR2	Total number of incidents of non-compliance with regulations and voluntary codes concerning health and safety impacts of products and services during their life cycle, by type of outcomes.
	PR3	Type of product and service information required by procedures, and percentage of significant products and services subject to such information requirements.
	PR4	Total number of incidents of non-compliance with regulations and voluntary codes concerning product and service information and labeling, by type of outcomes.
	PR5	Practices related to customer satisfaction, including results of surveys measuring customer satisfaction. NVIDIA Customer Care group has implemented customer satisfaction surveys since 2006. This survey is intended to provide data directly from our customers regarding our support capabilities with the intent of using the data to drive continual improvements.Customer Satisfaction is the objective from which NVIDIA's Customer Care Key Performance Indicators are derived. NVIDIA's customer support web site, http://www.nvidia.com/page/support.html, offers support on a wide variety of topics, a robust customer forum and live help. NVIDIA customer care also closely monitors social media tools such as the NVIDIA blog, Facebook and Twitter accounts, to respond to customer support questions and concerns.
	PR6	Programs for adherence to laws, standards, and voluntary codes related to marketing communications, including advertising, promotion, and sponsorship.
	PR7	Total number of incidents of non-compliance with regulations and voluntary codes concerning marketing communications, including advertising, promotion, and sponsorship by type of outcomes.
	PR8	Total number of substantiated complaints regarding breaches of customer privacy and losses of customer data.
	PR9	Monetary value of significant fines for non-compliance with laws and regulations concerning the provision and use of products and services. We consider significant fines those that are required to be disclosed in the company's SEC filings. We were not subject to any fines in 2011 for non-compliance with laws and regulations concerning the provision and use of products and services.