OUR GOVERNANCE

Global Reporting
Initiative

Reporting in accordance with the GRI Guideline. This Report is aligned with the Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) G3.1 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines. The index below gives full details of reporting against GRI disclosure profiles.

Full reporting

Partial reporting

Don't report, not considered to be of material importance

Don't report, confidential information

Don't report, will consider

Profile Disclosure	Description	Level of Reporting	Cross-reference/Direct answer	Link
1. Strategy and Analysis
1.1	Statement from the most senior decision maker of the organisation		NSSF Integrated Report 2023: Managing Director’s Statement NSSF Integrated Report 2023: Our Sustainability: Message from our Managing Director	Managing Director’s Statement Message from our Managing Director
1.2	Description of key impacts, risks, and opportunities		NSSF Integrated Report 2023: Risk and Opportunity Management	Risk and Opportunity Management

Profile Disclosure	Description	Level of Reporting	Cross-reference/Direct answer	Link
2. Organisational Profile
2.1	Products, and/or services		NSSF Integrated Report 2023: Organisational Overview, Products and Services NSSF Integrated Report 2023: About our Theme: Building Resilience for Inclusive Prosperity NSSF Integrated Report 2023: Performance against Strategy (Reason for decline in new products)	Organisational Overview, Products and Services Building Resilience for Inclusive Prosperity Performance against Strategy (Reason for decline in new products)
2.2	Operational structure of the organisation		NSSF Integrated Report 2023: Governing Structures and Delegation	Governing Structures and Delegation
2.3	Location of organisation’s headquarters		NSSF Integrated Report 2023: Registered Office: Workers House	See page 2 of the Audited Financial Statements (AFS )
2.4	Number of countries where the organisation operates, and names of countries with either major operations or that are specifically relevant to the sustainability issues covered in the Integrated Report		NSSF Integrated Report 2023: National Social Security Fund operates solely in Uganda	Geographic Reach
2.5	Markets served (including geographic breakdown, sectors served, and types of customers/ beneficiaries)		NSSF Integrated Report 2023: Organisational Overview, Products and Services	Organisational Overview, Products and Services
2.6	Significant changes during the reporting period regarding size and mode of operation		NSSF Integrated Report 2023: Strategic Trade-offs NSSF Integrated Report 2023: Internal Operating Context	The Organisational Redesign Involved Trade-offs: Aligning the Organisational Structure with the Fund’s Business Model Internal Operating Context
2.7	Awards received in the reporting period		NSSF Integrated Report 2023: Operational Highlights NSSF Integrated Report 2023: Integrated Report Recognition	Operational Highlights Integrated Report Recognition

Profile Disclosure	Description	Level of Reporting	Cross-reference/Direct answer	Link
3. Report Parameters
3.1	Date of most recent previous report		NSSF Integrated Report June 2022	NSSF Integrated Report June 2022
3.2	Indicate whether the Chair of the highest governance body is also an executive officer		NSSF Integrated Report 2023: Governance The Chair of the Fund is a Board member and is a non-executive officer	Board Committee Composition
3.3	State the number and gender of members of the highest governance body that are independent and/or non-executive Members		NSSF Integrated Report 2023: Governance	Board Committee Composition
3.4	Processes in place for the highest governance body to ensure conflicts of interest are avoided		NSSF Integrated Report 2023: Governance	Leadership, Ethics and Corporate Citizenship
3.5	Processes for evaluating the highest governance body’s own performance, particularly with respect to economic, environmental and social performance		NSSF Integrated Report 2023: Governance	Evaluations and Performance of the Board Oversight of ESG
3.6	Process for determining the composition, qualifications, and expertise of the members of the highest governance body and it’s committees		NSSF Integrated Report 2023: Governance	Board Committee Composition
3.7	Basis for identification and selection of stakeholders with whom to engage		NSSF Integrated Report 2023: Stakeholder Engagement and Value Creation	Stakeholder Engagement and Value Creation

Profile Disclosure	Description	Level of Reporting	Cross-reference/Direct answer	Link
4. Market Presence
4.1	Standard entry level wage by gender compared to local minimum wage at significant locations of operation		NSSF only operates in Uganda and complies with Uganda legislation. As such, this indicator is not considered material	-
4.2	Procedures for local hiring and proportion of senior management hired from the local community at significant locations of operation		NSSF only operates and recruits in Uganda, as such this indicator is not considered material	-

Profile Disclosure	Description	Level of Reporting	Cross-reference/Direct answer	Link
5. Indirect Economic Impacts
5.1	Understanding and describing significant indirect economic impacts, including the extent of impacts		NSSF Integrated Report 2023: External Environment NSSF Integrated Report 2023: Material Matters	External Environment Material Matters
5.2	Direct economic value generated and distributed, including revenues, operating costs, employee compensation, and other community investments, and payments to members		NSSF Integrated Report 2023: Summary of Outcomes in Business Model by Capitals	Business Model

Profile Disclosure	Description	Level of Reporting	Cross-reference/Direct answer	Link
6. Water
6.1	Water sources significantly affected by withdrawal of water		NSSF is not a major user of water, and while it is developing its reporting in relation to water, this indicator is not currently considered material to the Business	-
6.2	Percentage and total volume of water recycled and reused		NSSF is not a major user of water, and while it is developing its reporting in relation to water, this indicator is not currently considered material to the Business	-

Profile Disclosure	Description	Level of Reporting	Cross-reference/Direct answer	Link
7. Biodiversity and Environment
7.1	Total water discharge by quality and destination		This indicator considers the scale of impacts associated with the organisation’s discharge. NSSF is not a major user of water. This indication is not currently considered material to the Business	-
7.2	Energy and water saved due to conservation and efficiency improvements		NSSF Integrated Report 2023: Business Model under Natural Capital Outlook under Natural Capital NSSF ESG Report 2023: Environmental Protection	Business Model under Natural Capital Outlook under Natural Capital NSSF ESG Report 2023: Environmental Protection, page 65

Profile Disclosure	Description	Level of Reporting	Cross-reference/Direct answer	Link
8. Compliance
8.1	Monetary value of significant fines and total number of non-monetary sanctions for non-compliance with environmental laws and regulations		NSSF Integrated Report 2023: Our Stakeholders - Regulators	Our Regulators

Profile Disclosure	Description	Level of Reporting	Cross-reference/Direct answer	Link
9. Employment
9.1	Total workforce by employment type, employment contract, and region, broken down by gender		NSSF Integrated Report 2023: Our Employees	Our Employees
9.2	Total number and rate of new employee hires and employee turnover by age group, gender, and region		NSSF Integrated Report 2023: Business Model under Human Capital	Business Model under Human Capital
9.3	Return to work and retention rates after parental leave		NSSF only employs people in Uganda and complies with all Uganda labour laws, including those relating to maternity and paternity leave	-
9.4	Procedures for local hiring and proportion of senior management hired from the local community at significant locations of operation		NSSF only operates and recruits in the Uganda, as such this indicator is not considered material	-
9.5	Education, training, counseling, prevention, and risk-control programmes in place to assist workforce members, their families		NSSF Integrated Report 2023: Our Employees: Employee Health and Wellbeing	Our Employees
9.6	Labour/management relations Occupational health and safety		NSSF Integrated Report 2023: Our Employees: Occupational Safety and Health	Our Employees
9.7	Percentage of employees receiving regular performance and career development reviews		NSSF Integrated Report 2023: Our Employees: Performance Management/Training and Development Remuneration Report	Our Employees Remuneration Report

Profile Disclosure	Description	Level of Reporting	Cross-reference/Direct answer	Link
10. Labour/ Management
10.1	Percentage of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements		We encourage employees to become members of one of the trade unions recognised by the Fund	-
10.2	Minimum notice period(s) regarding significant operational changes, including whether it is specified in collective agreements		Minimum notice periods are defined in our Human Resource Manual	-

Profile Disclosure	Description	Level of Reporting	Cross-reference/Direct answer	Link
11. Occupational Health and Safety
11.1	Security practices		The Fund has a security manager who is fully in charge of all security issues. It also employs a full-time security firm and anti-terrorism police to ensure safety of staff, assets and clients	-

Profile Disclosure	Description	Level of Reporting	Cross-reference/Direct answer	Link
12. Corruption
12.1	Actions taken in response to incidents of corruption		NSSF only operates in Uganda and aligns practices to Uganda law. Incidences of corruption are dealt with as specified in the code of business conduct. Such information is considered business confidential.	-