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Archive of referenced documents
Does the company archive the policies or other external documents it refers to in its non-financial report?
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About the data

Why is this important?

Archiving disclosures is essential for enabling accurate assessments over time. 

Context:

For example, if a company references a Human Rights policy in its annual report, but later removes it from their website or overrides the url with a newer version, researchers' assessments would not be able to accurately reflect a company’s past performance. 

In other words, archiving disclosures improves data quality and enables companies to demonstrate progress over time.

This question most likely requires you to add a new Source. 

Note: When adding a new Source, the pdf-snapshot maker does not always capture webpages well. In those cases, go back to the webpage, right-click 'Print', make sure the option 'Print headers and footer' is selected, and 'Save as pdf'. Then add it to Wikirate as a pdf, and add the URL address to the description of the Source.

Use a search engine of your choice and look for:

[company name] [commonly referenced document] 

For example: Solar A/S human rights policy

Note: Make sure to look for a page on the company website that has an archive of different documents and reports, not a direct link to the document you included in your search terms. 

If you find such an archive, that is the page you now use to create a new Source on Wikirate and which you will cite for your answer.

 

Make sure to check if it is an archive including historic copies of these documents or whether it is just a library of current policies, codes and other documents.

Framework Mappings
Value Type
Category
Options
Archive with current and historic documents
Library with current documents
No
Assessment
Community Assessed
Steward
Laureen van Breen